Tag: Boys Volleyball
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Colonials stay positive after losses to top volleyball teams
By Jeff Appelblatt Following the recent loss to the rival team from Colts Neck High School, Freehold High School boys’ volleyball coach Ryan Walkiewicz was ready to say his team could compete with almost anyone. While the Cougars defeated the Colonials for the second time this year, it was a hard-fought battle. “Ability-wise, our guys…
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Strong Hawks following team gearing up for postseason
By Jimmy Allinder Boys’ volleyball It would be interesting to know what the John P. Stevens High School boys’ volleyball record would be if it didn’t compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division. The Hawks were 11-4 overall but 6-4 against conference teams before a match May 2 against Woodbridge High School of…
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Bears contending with inconsistent volleyball season
By Jimmy Allinder The East Brunswick High School boys’ volleyball team has experienced more ups and downs than an elevator this season, which is unusual for a program that finishes at or near the top of the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) standings. The Bears were 6-7 overall and 5-3 in the conference behind front-runner Old…
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Knights primed to be top contender in GMC volleyball tourney
By Warren Rappleyea Old Bridge High School’s boys’ volleyball team owns an 11-2 overall record and appears to be the front-runner to earn the top seed in the upcoming Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament. Old Bridge is coming off a 2-0 (25-22, 25-21) victory against East Brunswick High School April 26 in a match that…
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Cougars holding onto unbeaten boys’ volleyball record
By Jeff Appelblatt If exhaustion kicked in from playing each day, the perfect record of the boys’ volleyball team from Colts Neck High School could have been in jeopardy by the time it played its fourth match in four days. The team wasn’t used to daily competition, but when the Cougars took the court at…
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Smith imparts winning attitude on Edison tennis teams
By Jimmy Allinder Edison Some measure a team’s success by its win-loss record. Wes Smith, who coaches boys’ and girls’ tennis at Edison High School, encourages his players to become winners in other ways. Smith has coached the girls since 1995 and the boys since 2000. Both teams have never won a Greater Middlesex Conference…
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Cougars’ volleyball team doesn’t miss a beat with coaching change
By Jeff Appelblatt There have been a few years over the last decade that Colts Neck High School’s boys’ volleyball team wasn’t one of the top teams to beat in the Shore Conference A North Division, but the Cougars are fighting for the top spot most seasons — including this one. Fourteen-year coach Glenn Jansen…
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Barrons picking up wins for new volleyball coach
By Jeff Appelblatt By the time the girls’ volleyball season ended at Woodbridge High School, Jayson Calhoun realized it was time for him to step away from coaching. He had young children and a wife at home that he wanted to see more often. Calhoun was ready to step away and leave the boys’ volleyball…
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Colonials bounce back from opening boys’ volleyball loss
By Jeff Appelblatt It took just one match for Ryan Walkiewicz, the boys’ volleyball coach at Freehold High School, to be assured expectations should be high this season. Although the Colonials lost their first match, 2-0 (25-22, 25-20), to Shore Conference A North Division rival Colts Neck High School, Walkiewicz always kept the Cougars on…
