Category: sports
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2021 Brookdale cross country team finishes ninth in nation
The Brookdale Community College men’s cross country team finished the 2021 season ninth in the nation. Standout freshman Theodore Purdon finished seventh in the nation at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III championship meet held at the Georgia Military College in Milledgeville, Ga. “I could not have asked for a better season.…
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Monmouth Ocean Soccer Association announces 2021 Hall of Fame class
The Monmouth Ocean Soccer Association (MOSA) officially announced its 2021 Hall of Fame Class on Nov. 29, with the inductees being Alex DeJohn, Mark Geiger, Richard Spector and Chris Thorsheim. MOSA has set its 2021 Hall of Fame Dinner for Dec. 2, and the ceremony will be held at the Colts Neck Inn. “Alex, Mark,…
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Caseys top DePaul, 13-8, to win state football championship
Red Bank Catholic High School senior quarterback Alex Brown and all of his teammates knew they had a guardian angel watching over them when they took the field on Nov. 26 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford to face DePaul Catholic High School of Wayne in the NJSIAA Non-Public Group B state championship football game.…
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Goal of winning state titles ends in final matches for Freehold Township soccer squads
The 2021 soccer season was a stellar campaign for the Freehold Township High School boys and girls teams. Each team won an NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament title and each team won a Group IV state tournament semifinal match to reach their respective Group IV championship match. Unfortunately, the end result in…
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Cougars make history by winning first girls volleyball state sectional title
Colts Neck High School girls volleyball coach Gregory Hope knew he had a special group of student-athletes suiting up in 2021 and his players knew they were a championship-caliber team. During the regular season, the players proved they were capable of achieving great things. The Cougars defeated Saint John Vianney High School of Holmdel to…
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Hornets top Hanover Park, 2-0, to win Group II state soccer championship
The shining star of the 2021 NJSIAA Group II girls soccer tournament was Holmdel High School senior Juliana Kolbasovsky. From scoring the game-winning goal in overtime of the Central Jersey Group II state sectional tournament championship match against Wall High School, to scoring two goals in Holmdel’s victory over Haddonfield High School in a Group…
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Hillsborough rumbles to first state sectional championship since 2000
The unstoppable train that is the Hillsborough High School football team once again could not be derailed on Nov. 19 at the school’s Dan A. Noonan Field. Hillsborough improved to a perfect 12-0 on the season and added some championship hardware in the process by taking down North Brunswick Township High School in the NJSIAA…
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Freehold Township gymnasts win third consecutive state sectional championship
Since Ashley Montgomery took the reins as the coach of the Freehold Township High School gymnastics program in 2017, the Patriots have gone 60-0 in regular season meets and have won three state sectional championships and three state titles. The 2021 Patriots went 14-0 in their meets and won the Shore Conference A North Division…
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Eagles defeat Sayreville to clinch spot in state sectional title game
For the first time since 2015, the Middletown South High School football team will play for a state sectional championship. The Eagles raced to a 17-8 victory over Sayreville War Memorial High School in the semifinals of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section II, Group IV state sectional tournament on Nov. 12 in Middletown to punch…
