Tag: Football
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New Egypt closes football season with loss to Bordentown
By Wayne Witkowski Bordentown Regional High School continues to make a tough ending to the football season feel even worse at New Egypt High School. For the fourth straight year, Bordentown ended the season with a victory over New Egypt — this time, 34-22, Nov. 24. It could’ve looked even worse if not for two…
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Pop Warner Warriors heading to Orlando for showcase
By Wayne Witkowski It’s off to Florida again this late fall for players on a New Egypt youth football team. Members of the New Egypt Pop Warner Pee Wee Warriors leave Dec. 3 for Florida to compete in a two-game Division III showcase at Walt Disney World in Orlando. Coach Larry Peslak hopes that the…
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Braves look to close football season as undefeated state champions
By Jeff Appelblatt The Manalapan High School football team has played well ahead of its competition this season. Most of its opponents look stunned by halftime, and a number of Braves expressed their desire for a perfect season by the time the middle of the campaign rolled around. Now there is only one team standing…
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Seraphs vie for program’s first state football championship
By Matthew Rocco Mater Dei Prep is on the cusp of winning its first state football championship. The only thing standing in its way is Holy Spirit High School. The Seraphs will take their perfect record of 11-0 into the NJSIAA Non-Public, Group II final Dec. 3, and the key to walking away with the…
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Redbirds set to battle for state sectional football crown
By Wayne Witkowski Halfback Joe Mannino, quarterback Jordan Winston and their senior and junior teammates remember two years ago when they were in Allentown High School’s football program that reached the state playoff championship game for the first time, losing in the NJSIAA South Jersey, Group III finals in overtime to Delsea Regional High School.…
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Millstone’s Palladino passes for over 10,000 yards at Muhlenberg
Nick Palladino of Millstone rallied his team back in his final football game for Muhlenberg College, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Mules from falling short short to Delaware Valley University, 30-27, Nov. 19 in the Centennial-MAC Bowl Series. Palladino went over 10,000 passing yards for his career. He completed 24 of 34 passes…
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Places To Be
The 2016 fall scholastic season in sports will close its curtains this week when the NJSIAA football playoff championship games are staged at four major venues. The four host sites for this week’s sectional playoff title games are MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, which is home to the NFL’s New York Giants and New York…
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Knights look to close out football season on high note
By Warren Rappleyea Old Bridge High School’s football team will look to end its season on a winning note when it hosts East Brunswick High School (2-7) Thanksgiving Day. The third-seeded Knights are coming off a disappointing 42-3 loss to second-seeded Piscataway Township High School Nov. 19 in the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group V playoffs.…
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Bombers to play for section football championship
By Warren Rappleyea Sayreville War Memorial High School’s football team may not quite be as Willie Nelson sang: “Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway.” But the Bombers do keep insisting that the world turn their way. The Blue and Gray was indeed on the road again Nov. 18 at the not-so-friendly…
