Tag: Boys Indoor Track and Field

  • Cougars near finish line in strong indoor track and field season

    Cougars near finish line in strong indoor track and field season

    By Jeff Appelblatt Colts Neck High School’s track and field team has been winding down the indoor season strong. Within the past few weeks, the boys have excelled in the NJSIAA Group III competition and in the Meet of Champions (MOC). Coach Jim Schlentz expected to see his athletes continue going strong at the Armory…

  • Cougars’ Brannan wins 2nd consecutive 3,200 crown at MOC

    Cougars’ Brannan wins 2nd consecutive 3,200 crown at MOC

    By Jeff Appelblatt The boys from Colts Neck High School weren’t able to take over the top three spots in the 3,200-meter run at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions (MOC) the way they were able to in the Group III championships. But when all was said and done Feb. 25 at the John Bennett Indoor…

  • Matawan’s Kalieta hopes to recover in time for MOC

    Matawan’s Kalieta hopes to recover in time for MOC

    By Wayne Witkowski Matawan Regional High School senior Thomas Kalieta Jr. was all set to return to the NJSIAA indoor track and field boys’ Meet of Champions (MOC) as he was moving up to the lead in the closing steps of the 400-meter dash at the NJSIAA Group II championships Feb. 18 at the John…

  • Colts Neck captures Group III indoor track championship

    Colts Neck captures Group III indoor track championship

    By Jeff Appelblatt Colts Neck High School’s track and field coach, Jim Schlentz, can remember when the boys’ team was young. That includes his memories of when some of the team’s current best struggled in getting used to the sport. “We were a good, young group a couple of years ago,” the coach said, reminiscing…

  • Lions’ Notarfrancesco wins Group III shot put

    Lions’ Notarfrancesco wins Group III shot put

    Danielle Notarfrancesco of Jackson Liberty High School’s girls’ indoor track and field team left no doubt that she would return to the NJSIAA Meet of Champions when she threw the shot put a winning 46-11 in the Group III finals Feb. 18 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. The senior will…

  • Places to be for week of Feb. 20

    Places to be for week of Feb. 20

    Spring is approaching, so this is the time of the year when scholastic tournaments are in full bloom. Basketball crowns to be determined locally The Shore Conference Tournament championship is Feb. 25 at Monmouth University in West Long Branch. The girls will settle the tournament title at 5:30 p.m., followed by the boys at 7:30…

  • Weise notches 300th win in key division girls’ hoops contest

    Weise notches 300th win in key division girls’ hoops contest

    By Wayne Witkowski It’s been a season of distinction for Allentown High School girls’ basketball coach Linda Weise after she got her 300th coaching victory and her Redbirds finished unbeaten in the division for the first time in her 12 seasons at the school last week. Weise pointed out that her 300th win came at…

  • Places to be for week of Feb. 13

    Places to be for week of Feb. 13

    The postseason has arrived — and in full blast. This week, we look at county and state tournaments that are sure to grab your viewing attention. Local boys’ and girls’ basketball tournaments are off and running The Shore Conference Tournament for both boys and girls kicked off Feb. 14. The second round is slated for Feb.…

  • Hoernlein, Mulryne to lead Redbirds into sectional track meet

    Hoernlein, Mulryne to lead Redbirds into sectional track meet

    By Wayne Witkowski Distance runner Devon Hoernlein and jumper Kassidy Mulryne will lead Allentown High School girls’ indoor track and field team into the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group III sectionals at 9 a.m. Feb. 12 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. Hoernlein, a junior, will go into the meet with impressive…