Tag: Girls Basketball
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Area teams vying for state sectional basketball championships
By Jimmy Allinder The NJSIAA boys’ and girls’ basketball tournaments kicked off with first-round games Feb. 27 and 28, hosted by higher-seeded teams. Boys’ basketball Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen (25-1) — fresh off its seventh Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament championship in eight years — was seeded second in Non-Public A South. That…
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Performers of the week for Feb. 27
This time of the winter scholastic season signals when a loss could result in the end of the year. Here are some players who produced crucial performances to keep their teams alive and well. In boys’ basketball tournament headlines … Mater Dei Prep was crowned the king of the Shore Conference Tournament for the second…
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Places to be for Feb. 27
The winter scholastic season is nearing the finish line with state tournaments in full force. Wave so long to the wrestling season on the boardwalk … New Jersey wrestling’s faithful followers will converge in Atlantic City and pack themselves into Boardwalk Hall to watch the final chapter of the season: the state tournament March 3-5. The…
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Monroe stumbles in quarterfinals of girls’ GMC Tournament
By Jimmy Allinder Monroe Township High School’s girls had the only area basketball team to advance to last weekend’s Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament quarterfinals, and it didn’t turn out well. The 11th-seeded Falcons (9-16 overall, 7-7 Red Division) were eliminated by third-seeded South Brunswick High School, 60-28, Feb. 18 — the third loss to…
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Trojans top Eagles to advance to GMC Tournament semifinals
By Jimmy Allinder Girls’ basketball It was an old-fashion knock-down, drag-out turf war between two combatants with common geography, with the team executing the best game plan winning in the end. That was the Bishop George Ahr High School (19-5 overall, 12-2 White Division) girls’ basketball team, which broke open a close game for three…
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Allentown athletes making deep runs in postseason competition
By Wayne Witkowski Three members of Allentown High School’s girls’ indoor track and field team — Devon Hoernlein, Kassidy Mulryne and Carly Roche — qualified for the NJSIAA Meet of Champions (MOC) coming off the NJSIAA Group III championships Feb. 17 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. Also last weekend, seven Allentown wrestlers…
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Performers of the week for Feb. 20
Tournaments are the time of the year when players step up with big performances. Here are some local players who delivered with crucial efforts in the tournaments and in the regular season. On the boys’ basketball scene … Letrell West produced an offensive show in leading Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen to two victories…
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Places to be for week of Feb. 20
Spring is approaching, so this is the time of the year when scholastic tournaments are in full bloom. Basketball crowns to be determined locally The Shore Conference Tournament championship is Feb. 25 at Monmouth University in West Long Branch. The girls will settle the tournament title at 5:30 p.m., followed by the boys at 7:30…
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Bombers, Knights look to make noise in GMC Tournament
By Warren Rappleyea Sayreville War Memorial High School’s girls’ basketball team is the top seed in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament, while the Bombers’ boys’ squad earned the third seed. Neighboring Old Bridge High School — fresh off its upset win over Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen — garnered the fifth seed in…