Category: Suburban Sports
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Bears’ luck finally runs out against Piscataway Sayreville-East Brunswick girls to battle for conference title
Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie Bears’ luck finally runs out against Piscataway Sayreville-East Brunswick girls to battle for conference title JERRY WOLKOWITZ East Brunswick’s Yaron Schlomi plays the ball off his chest during the Bears’ Greater Middlesex Conference tournament semifinal game against Piscataway on Saturday. For an up-and-coming program in the world of high school…
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Bombers ready to take on top-seed East Brunswick
Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea The Sayreville War Memorial High School girls soccer team will meet East Brunswick on Saturday to decide the Greater Middlesex Conference championship, but the two teams could be getting together as soon as tomorrow. Yesterday both teams were scheduled to play first round games in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group…
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Sayreville girl makes her mark on the record books
Staff Writer By Richard Jerome As athletic records go, it’s kind of a mixed blessing. But that doesn’t diminish Amanda Cobb’s towering achievement. The Sayreville resident, a senior goalkeeper for the New Jersey City University’s women’s soccer team, recently set the all-time NCAA career mark for saves, regardless of gender or division. Cobb, who finished…
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Young Knights play well against GMC’s top teams
Young Knights play well against GMC’s top teams With a 10-7 record heading into yesterday’s NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV playoff game at Manalapan, it’s been a successful season by any measure for the young Old Bridge High School girls soccer team. With a starting lineup that includes a senior, five juniors, five sophomores and…
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Fiore’s Chargers capture first-ever division title Look for school-record ninth win on Saturday
Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie Fiore’s Chargers capture first-ever division title Look for school-record ninth win on Saturday When they took the field for Sunday’s game against Middlesex, Coach John Fiore’s Spotswood Chargers were facing a scenario they have encountered all season. They were facing a bigger, stronger team in what would be the latest…
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Sport Shorts
The newly elected officers of the Madison Park girls softball league are holding additional registrations at the Old Bridge Library on Nov. 6 and 7, and Nov. 13 and 14, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. All girls ages 5-16 are welcome. For more information, call Joel Cooper at (732) 613-0456. The Old Bridge Predators…
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Chargers one win away from first division title
Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie JERRY WOLKOWITZ Spotswood tailback Walter Herres hauls in a pass in front of Metuchen’s Brian McConico during Saturday’s 40-23 Charger win. When first-year coach John Fiore took over the Spotswood Chargers football team this year, he knew he had inherited a good group of players with plenty of varsity experience.…
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Young Rams have played their way into postseason Team lacks experience but is full of talent
Staff Writer By Richard Jerome Young Rams have played their way into postseason Team lacks experience but is full of talent Although there are quite a few new faces on this year’s South River High School boys’ soccer team, Coach Eric Clays can’t complain about his Rams’ 10-6-2 mark, which represents some substantial progress. In…
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DeMonico, O’Dowd win Race Against Hunger five-miler
JEFF HUNTLEY Lisa Sanders of Old Bridge finishes first in the Greater Middlesex Conference Cross Country Championships at Thompson Park in Jamesburg on Saturday with a time of 19:40. As a team, the Knights (92 points) finished second behind South Brunswick (80 points). On the boys’ side, Old Bridge (27 points) took both the team…
