Tag: Football
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Freehold football team rolls to 5th straight win behind Worthy
Colts Neck Colts Neck High School’s girls’ soccer team’s quarterfinals contest in the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV tournament was a showdown between two conference champions from this autumn. The Cougars — the champion of the Shore Conference Tournament — faced East Brunswick, which won the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament. Besides their local supremacy, each…
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Knights vs. Bombers game to impact Red Division standings
By Warren Rappleyea The Old Bridge High School football team will host Sayreville War Memorial High School Nov. 4 in a game that has major ramifications for the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division standings as well as the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group V playoffs. The Knights are coming off a 27-13 loss at Jackson…
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Rockets football team on a roll after turning season around
By Matthew Rocco Between the injuries and the challenging schedule, the first three weeks of the season weren’t kind to the Raritan High School football team. But that’s all changed, as the Rockets have kept their playoff hopes alive with four wins in a row. Raritan began the 2016 campaign being shut out by Rumson-Fair…
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Warriors look to rebound from loss with sights set on division title
By Wayne Witkowski A trick play helped New Egypt High School’s football team take an early 10-0 lead before Haddon Heights High School rallied in the second half for a 28-25 nondivision victory Oct. 28. Wide receiver Neal Flogel completed an option pass to quarterback Kyle Frimel, who finished off a 40-yard scoring play. It…
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Caseys put on offensive showcase in shutout of rival Buccaneers
By Warren Rappleyea Red Bank Catholic Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School’s football team slowly piled up points and downed crosstown rival Red Bank Regional High School, 35-0, Oct. 29 at Count Basie Field. Quarterback Steve Lubischer returned to the Caseys’ lineup in style. The sophomore signal-caller tossed three touchdown passes, including a 22-yarder to…
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Raiders top Vikings to claim GMC boys’ soccer crown
By Warren Rappleyea North Brunswick Township High School’s boys’ soccer team has relied on a stellar defense unit and some timely goals to post 16 wins this fall. That formula worked perfectly Oct. 29, as the Raiders upended South Brunswick High School to win the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) championship. The 10th-seeded Raiders and fifth-seeded…
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Unbeaten St. Joe’s secures White Division gridiron title
By Jimmy Allinder St. Joseph The importance of depth can never be underestimated, and that’s a major reason why the Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen football team is unbeaten (8-0). The Falcons clinched the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) White Division title Oct. 29 by defeating Carteret High School, 14-7, highlighted by a yeoman rushing…
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Barrons offense coming around as regular season winds down
By Jeff Appelblatt First-year head coach Kevin Coleman emphasized the need to score to his football team at Woodbridge High School. Proven by a number of losses early in the season, the Barrons weren’t going to win when relying solely on their defense. Following the team’s fourth game of the season — a 28-6 loss…
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Freehold Township looks for share of A North football crown
By Jeff Appelblatt The football team from Freehold Township High School looks to make history in its next game, Nov. 4 at Manalapan High School. A win would result in a share of Freehold Township’s Shore Conference A North Division championship. Thinking that far ahead, though, made the goal near impossible. When the Patriots stepped…
