Tag: Baseball
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Falcons’ baseball season comes to sudden close with playoff losses
By Jimmy Allinder In one day — 18 hours to be exact — the Monroe Township High School baseball season went from promising to over. The ninth-seeded Falcons were edged by top-seeded Montgomery High School, 4-3, May 26 in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey, Group IV quarterfinals. The following day,…
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Saint Joseph’s Terpanick shows continues improvement on links
By Jimmy Allinder Golf The improvement was only a few strokes, but T.J. Terpanick believes he is a better golfer than when he was a freshman. The sophomore and No. 1 player for Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen carded a 76 to finish second in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Boys’ Golf Tournament compared…
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Caseys aim for deep run in SCT after winning county crown
By Warren Rappleyea Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School’s baseball team is off to a strong start in the Shore Conference Tournament, as the Caseys look to add a second championship trophy to their case this spring. Fourth-seeded RBC exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the first inning and went on to dominate…
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Monroe has advantage of pitching depth in postseason play
By Jimmy Allinder If there ever was a time pitching depth was important, it’s now. The Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) regular season is complete, with East Brunswick High School (13-4 overall, 10-2 division) and Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen (17-9, 10-2) sharing the Red Division title. However, with the GMC and New Jersey State…
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Performers of the Week for May 22
As the month of May rolls on, so does the 2017 season for scholastic sports in the region. Local tournaments are in full bloom, as the state tournaments are just kicking off. Here is a look at local student-athletes who have starred in this past week. On the baseball diamond … The Shore Conference Tournament…
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Redbirds aim to add to Mercer County baseball championship
By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School’s baseball team played its New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey, Group III tournament opener May 22 against Hamilton High School West at Robert DeMeo Field in Hamilton’s Veterans Park with something it never had before: it entered the state tournament as the Mercer County Tournament (MCT)…
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Patriots playing above their seed in conference tournament
By Jeff Appelblatt Freehold Township High School’s baseball team prepared for the second round of the Shore Conference Tournament (SCT) knowing it was an underdog. But that didn’t matter for the lower-ranked No. 18 seed. In the game May 20, Ryan Ford gave up only one hit to Monmouth Regional High School, and the Patriots…
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Ravens ice hockey coach Bergan retiring after 11 years
By Wayne Witkowski Dan Bergan, who built the Robbinsville/Allentown Ravens ice hockey team into a perennial contender in his 11 years as head coach, is retiring. “After 11 seasons, it has been a great run,” said Bergan, who early in his tenure worked with Allentown’s players as a co-op team and got the two sets…
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Bats heat up as Warriors enter big week of league games
By Wayne Witkowski Star pitcher Nate Peacock has been on the shelf with arm problems, but it has not diminished the performance recently of New Egypt High School’s baseball team. The Warriors (8-7) won two of their last three games, scoring 34 runs in a stretch that included a victory over Pemberton Township High School,…
