Tag: Freehold High School
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Freehold players honor coach with heartwarming victory over Howell
HOWELL – It felt strange for Dave Ellis to be on the sideline coaching his Freehold High School football team when the Colonials suited up against Howell High School on Oct. 23. Freehold’s 10th year coach had been away from his team all week after his sister-in-law died of a heart attack at the age…
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Student launches Play Ball baseball equipment exchange
FREEHOLD – Play Ball, a new community service project founded by Ryan Tietjen, a current Freehold High School student, collects pre-owned baseball gear and offers and donates the equipment to players and teams in need of equipment, free of charge. In a press release dated Oct. 14, Ryan said Play Ball has received donations of…
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Freehold holds off Manalapan to win 2020 grid season opener
FREEHOLD – Control the controllables. That is the message Freehold High School football coach Dave Ellis gave to his players the first time he was able to meet with them during the off-season prior to the start of the 2020 campaign. After going through a preseason that was unlike any other because of the coronavirus…
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FRHSD baseball players look forward to ‘Last Dance World Series’
The thrills associated with America’s pastime will be on display this summer when an event that has been dubbed the “Last Dance World Series” takes center stage for high school baseball players from throughout New Jersey. Saint Joseph High School, Metuchen, athletic director and baseball coach Mike Murray has put together the 222-team tournament. The…
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Freehold High School seniors reach bittersweet end to scholastic days
Everyone is feeling the impact of the state-mandated shelter in place orders due to COVID-19. Need a haircut or your nails done? Of course you do. Can’t find toilet paper or the piece of meat you want? No question about it. But as most people have to bear the isolation and the emotional and financial…
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Messina sets new standard for Freehold High School wrestling program
No wrestler from Freehold High School in Freehold Borough had earned a medal in his weight class at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association state wrestling tournament since 1964, but that streak was broken by Nico Messina at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on March 7. Messina, who qualified for the NJSIAA state wrestling…
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Area scholastic football teams secure state playoff berths
The regular season has finished for New Jersey high school football teams across the state. Area teams found out on Nov. 3 where they will be heading when the NJSIAA sectional playoffs begin this coming weekend, Nov. 8-9. Here is a roundup of area teams and where they are competing in either the state playoffs…
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Monmouth players enjoy victory over Ocean County in Gridiron Classic
Friday night under the lights seemed like a fitting ending to the high school football careers of graduated seniors who were selected to play in the All-Shore Gridiron Classic. On the football field of Bresett Stadium at Long Branch High School, some of the top 95 players who recently graduated assembled on July 12 to…
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Four graduates take their place in Freehold High School Hall of Fame
FREEHOLD – Four graduates of Freehold High School, Freehold Borough, have been inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame. Mary-Elaine Smith Tashjian, Bruce Carney, Patrick Preston and Jason Mumford were inducted into the Hall of Fame during a recent celebration. The induction was posthumous for Tashjian, who died in 2016. A resolution honoring each graduate…