Tag: Boys Lacrosse
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Improved Bears among top teams in GMC boys’ lacrosse
By Jimmy Allinder For years, opponents considered a match with the East Brunswick High School boys’ lacrosse team an automatic win. That’s not the case anymore. The Bears were 6-0 (8-2 overall) and tied with Monroe Township High School (8-1 overall) for first place in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) standings before the teams clashed…
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Falcons unfazed by graduations with continued lacrosse success
By Jimmy Allinder A quick history lesson is required to truly appreciate what’s going on with the Monroe Township High School boys’ lacrosse team this season. With the advent of the new millennium, lacrosse was among the fast-growing high school sports, so naturally Monroe jumped on the bandwagon in 2007 to begin its own program.…
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Performers of the Week for April 17
While many high schools were on spring break, local athletic teams were quite busy on fields throughout the region. Baseball games plentiful during break Jackson Memorial High School posted two victories behind the hitting of Tim Halasnik. On April 10, Halasnik collected three hits and drove in two runs, while Jaquars teammate Tom Pellone slugged…
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Returning lacrosse players lead Redbirds to strong start
By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School’s girls’ lacrosse team has capitalized on eight returning starters to get off to a fast start this season. The Redbirds won their first five games behind explosive scoring junior middie Marin Hartshorn, who has 19 goals and 11 assists, and senior attacker Danielle Sullivan, with 13 goals and five…
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Knights rebound from opening loss with four straight wins
By Warren Rappleyea After an opening-day loss to East Brunswick April 1, Old Bridge High School’s boys’ lacrosse team has won four straight games and is nearly halfway to reaching the 11-victory mark it posted last spring. The Knights are coming off a strong 17-4 win over Edison High School April 13 in a match…
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Redbirds see strong starts from baseball, girls’ lacrosse teams
By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School’s baseball and girls’ lacrosse teams have gotten off to flying starts in the budding spring sports season. Baseball After outscoring its first two opponents, 32-5, with 15 players driving in runs, Allentown’s baseball team went to 3-0 April 8 by pulling out a 2-1 victory over Hopewell Valley Central…
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Senior-led Redbirds’ lacrosse team aims for postseason success
By Wayne Witkowski Senior defenders Jason Rider and Jeremy Kleinwaks are looking to end their careers as four-year starters for Allentown High School’s boys’ lacrosse team the way they started: in the championship game of the Mercer County Tournament. With 12 of 21 players back from last season, the team is looking to qualify for…
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Jaguars relying on experience to make mark in conference lacrosse
By Wayne Witkowski Jackson Memorial High School’s boys’ lacrosse team is looking to get back into the Shore Conference Tournament after falling short of qualifying the past four years. In stark contrast, the Jaguars reached the championship game two straight years prior to that. Veteran starting goalkeeper Dylan Furnback remembers those glory years when he…
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Bischoff a driven leader for Falcons’ lacrosse team
By Jimmy Allinder Maxwell Bischoff has literally driven himself to becoming one of the top lacrosse players in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC). When the time came for the Bethlehem Township resident to decide where he would go to high school and play lacrosse, he chose Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen, even though the…