Category: Suburban Sports

By warren rappleyeaStaff Writer by one game Sayreville girls have solid season after a slow start Miss qualifying for state tournament By warren rappleyea Staff Writer After a 1-5-1 start, things looked kind of bleak for the Sayreville War Memorial High School field hockey team, but the Bombers rebounded to go 6-3 over their final…

Coach Jeff Horohonich, head varsity basketball coach for Immaculate Heart Academy High School, Washington Township, will hold an AAU basketball workout for girls ages 11 and under. In order to play on an 11-and-under AAU team players must be born in 1990 or later. The workout will be held at Immaculate Heart Academy on Nov.…

Staff Writer By george albano VERONICA YANKOWSKI East Brunswick’s Emily Goldstein and Sayreville’s Jamie Jarusiewicz battle for the ball during their GMC Tournament semifinal game in East Brunswick on Oct. 26. Cindi Todoroff certainly knows a thing or two about developing field hockey teams. Over the past 20 years, the East Brunswick High School coach…

The Old Bridge High School boys soccer team is looking to close its season with a strong performance in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Central Jersey Group IV tourney. Coach Rich Mould’s Knights are 11-5-3 overall, and reached the semifinals of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament before losing 3-1 to East Brunswick. It…

Coach Chris Gozick was a little disappointed that his Spotswood High School boys’ soccer team had a second straight .500 season, going 9-9. The Chargers had quite a few players back from last year’s 8-8-1 squad, but lost two to illness early on. "We had some personnel issues," said Gozick. "But to the credit of…

Last year the St. John Vianney girls soccer team won the overall Parochial State Championship, knocking off the nation’s No. 1-ranked team Immaculate Heart Academy of Westwood along the way. At the end of their unlikely run, senior Tami Coyle, one of the state’s most celebrated high school players, was asked what the highlight of…

Staff Writer By tim morris Old Bridge cross country came up a double winner Saturday at the Central Jersey Group IV Championships at Holmdel Park. The Knights boys, the defending champions and ranked No. 2 in the state, won as expected, putting their first five runners in the top 10 and scoring 33 points. The…

With only a couple of weeks of regular season games remaining, the high school football playoff picture is beginning to come into focus for local teams. Based on NJSIAA power points through games played by Oct. 27, the brackets are beginning to take form. The official NJSIAA pairings will be released Monday. In Central Jersey…

JERRY WOLKOWITZ Old Bridge High School goalie Stefanie Luicci makes a key save during Tuesday’s opening-round state playoff win over Manalapan. The Knights won the game 3-2 in a shootout, and advanced to the second round.