Category: Suburban Sports

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Abby Viola of Monroe Township High School, right, scored one of the Falcons’ two goals in their 2-0 upset of top-seeded South Plainfield High School in the Greater Middlesex Conference Field Hockey Tournament championship game Oct. 22 at South Brunswick High School.

SAYREVILLE WAR MEMORIAL By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Sayreville War Memorial High School’s football team turned in an impressive performance and walked out of Piscataway Township High School with a 23-21 win over the previously undefeated Chiefs. Just one week after watching Old Bridge High School come from 14 points behind to beat them, the Bombers…

OLD BRIDGE By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Old Bridge High School’s boys crosscountry team continued its impressive campaign by winning the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Championships Oct. 24 at Thompson Park in Jamesburg. The Knights — paced by Rey Rivera, who finished first in 16:10.05 — averaged 16:16.3 to easily win the team title, 20-53, over…

By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Sayreville War Memorial High School’s Meghan Luzetsky, right, and Woodbridge High School’s Savoia Kelsey race to see who gets the ball first during a recent match. The Bombers have been given the No. 12 seed for the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament and were scheduled to be home to No. 21-seed South…

Steed captured the $16,000 New Jersey Futurity for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings, setting a track record of 1:58.4, Oct. 16 at Freehold Raceway. Steed’s time for a 2-year-old gelded trotter eclipsed the 1:59.2 track record he established Sept. 17 when he won the Harold Dancer Trot. The Futurity and Dancer are sponsored by the…

By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Old Bridge High School football team took to the air and over the course of under nine minutes turned a 14-point deficit into a seven-point lead over Sayreville War Memorial High School Oct. 16, and the night suddenly belonged to the Knights, who went on to win, 28-21. “Our guys…

FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Meghan Luzetsky, right, of Sayreville War Memorial High School follows the ball during a game against Woodbridge High School at Sayreville Oct. 8. The Bombers were shut out by the Barrons, 4-0.

By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Old Bridge High School boys’ cross-country team is gearing up for the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) championships Oct. 24 at Thompson Park in Jamesburg. A year ago, the Knights finished second to South Brunswick High School, and the Vikings are likely to be a contender again. However, Old Bridge is…

By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent SAYREVILLE WAR MEMORIAL After losing two straight games, the Sayreville War Memorial High School football team got back in the win column with a strong effort in a 41-13 victory over Monroe Township High School Oct. 9. The host Falcons opened the scoring with a 26-yard field goal by Josh Wood.…