Tag: Football
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Red Bank Regional to honor legendary football coach
Red Bank Regional High School will unveil a new road dedicated to it beloved former football coach. Robert Strangia, who coached Red Bank Regional’s football team from 1970 to 1975, will have a path named after him before the team’s home opener on Sept. 15 against Matawan Regional High School. The path begins at the…
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South Brunswick storms to dominant victory to open football season
South Brunswick High School football coach Joseph Goerge had good reason to be fired up. His team opened the season with a 35-6 victory over Old Bridge High School on Sept. 8 in Old Bridge. “Really proud of my guys,” Goerge said. “The kids played extremely well on both sides of the ball. We came…
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Old Bridge seeks to bounce back on football field
Coach Anthony Lanzafama remained optimistic that his Old Bridge High School football team will rebound after opening the season with a defeat. Old Bridge launched the 2017 season on its home turf on Sept. 8 when South Brunswick High School came to town and left with a 35-6 victory. South Brunswick had built a 22-0…
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Colonials aiming for strong start to football season
Freehold High School started slow and finished strong during the 2016 football season. The Colonials had struggled to an 0-4 start before winning six of their following seven games. Freehold’s bid to win a New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association sectional title came to an end when Brick Township High School edged the Colonials, 24-23,…
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Patriots striving for third straight state playoff berth
Cory Davies will continue in his third year to construct the Freehold Township High School football team into a winning program. In Davies’ second season as the head man, the Patriots posted a 7-3 record and qualified for the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s sectional playoffs for the second straight year in 2016. Freehold…
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Saint John Vianney has ‘Super Bowl’ expectations this football season
Derek Sininsky, the football coach at Saint John Vianney High School, compares the goal of his program to what every NFL team strives for each season. “Our expectations are the same every year,” Sininsky said. “Just like every good NFL team, what do they want to do? They want to win the Super Bowl every…
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More than wins and losses for Mater Dei football team
Mater Dei Prep enjoyed a magical 2016 football season. Under Dino Mangiero, who was in his first season coaching at the Middletown school, Mater Dei finished 12-0 and won the Non-Public, Group 2 state playoff championship. Mangiero, who played in the NFL for six seasons during the 1980s, looks beyond the victories and defeats. He…
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Blue Devils’ football team depending on youth at skill positions
Winning the battles in the trenches could lift the Shore Regional High School football team to another winning season and a trip to the state sectional playoffs. Shore Regional, under veteran coach coach Mark Costantino, who enters his 27th season, posted a 7-4 record and advanced to the semifinal round in the New Jersey State Interscholastic…
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Rebels celebrate unveiling of new sports facility
Summer vacation is not over yet, but that did not stop Howell High School from throwing a pep rally and ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate its new sports complex. On Aug. 24, a pep rally was held for incoming ninth graders (the Class of 2021). The freshmen were greeted by upperclassmen and the varsity cheerleaders upon…
