Tag: Football
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Lions hopeful talent can overcome inexperience on football field
Replacing a slew of skilled players from a successful football team at Middletown High School North will not be easy, but the task can be accomplished. So said the program’s head coach, Stephen Bush. “Our biggest concern this year is inexperience,” Bush said. “We graduated a lot of three- and four-year starters last year.” Middletown…
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Bulldogs shoot for fifth straight state football playoff title
The names may have changed, but the attitude and focus remains the same for the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School football team that will zero in on another state sectional playoff championship this season. Jerry Schulte, who starts his second season as head coach at the school, will rely on what has worked the past…
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North Brunswick hopes new football coach brings new culture
When North Brunswick Township High School head coach Michael Cipot took over the team in the spring after six years as a coordinator, he knew that he would need to change the culture of the program in order to win. Coming off a 1-9 season, Cipot hopes to build in a winning mentality that will…
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Allentown football team not discussing repeat just yet
Allentown High School enjoyed its finest season in the history of the football program during 2016. Allentown finished 10-2 and captured the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Central Jersey, Group 4 title — the first state sectional playoff championship in school history. Repeating as a state playoff champion will be a difficult task this…
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Quality football featured again in the GMC Red Division
Sayreville The Sayreville War Memorial High School football team will focus on winning on the home front first, and then it will concentrate on retaining a state sectional playoff championship. Sayreville will battle its rivals all fall in the highly competitive Greater Middlesex Conference’s (GMC) Red Division. The Bombers finished 10-2 overall and posted a…
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Howell pursues football pinnacle this season
An experienced and skilled Howell High School football team will pursue a New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association sectional playoff championship this season. Howell’s coach, Luke Sinkhorn, has his players focused on finishing the upcoming season with a championship trophy. “We call this year ‘the pursuit,’ and we are trying to be uncommon, uncomfortable and…
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Veteran, skilled Manalapan will be force this football season
A victory in the final game of 2016 was all that was needed in Manalapan High School’s quest for an undefeated season and a state sectional playoff championship. However, Manalapan was thwarted in its bids when Piscataway Township High School scored a 34-13 victory in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Central Jersey, Group…
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Jackson Liberty hopes young team can make playoff push
James Sharples, the Jackson Liberty High School football coach, is counting on a work effort from his team that will lead to a winning season — and a possible berth in the state sectional playoffs. “Our expectations for this year are for a vast improvement over last year’s 1-9 record,” Sharples said. “The team put…
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Saint Joseph of Metuchen poised for productive season under new head coach
The Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen football program hopes first-year head coach Rich Hilliard brings the same offensive firepower he did when he was offensive coordinator. Hilliard was on the sidelines for the Falcons for five years and was the offensive coordinator for the last two years before replacing Casey Ransone as head coach…
