Tag: Girls Basketball
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Bulldogs have a few more hurdles before postseason action
By Warren Rappleyea Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s girls’ basketball team will face a pair of tough tests before the regular season ends and the Shore Conference Tournament begins. The Bulldogs are an impressive 16-3, but they play in the Shore Conference’s A Central Division, which also houses Saint John Vianney High School, (17-3) and…
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Hoernlein, Mulryne to lead Redbirds into sectional track meet
By Wayne Witkowski Distance runner Devon Hoernlein and jumper Kassidy Mulryne will lead Allentown High School girls’ indoor track and field team into the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group III sectionals at 9 a.m. Feb. 12 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. Hoernlein, a junior, will go into the meet with impressive…
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Places to be for week of Feb. 6
The calendar has flipped to February, which is the time of the winter scholastic season when tournaments are beginning to take form. Here are some tournaments and regular-season events to focus on this week. The wrestling postseason has been launched … The NJSIAA sectional tournaments have started, beginning Feb. 6 with the opening rounds at…
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Performers of the week for Jan. 30
The so-called dead of winter period is brightened by the sparking play of local scholastic athletes. Here is a look at who recently has been lighting it up. The spotlight on boys’ basketball has been these players … With the game on the line, Jack Solano stood on the foul line. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High…
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Middletown’s Karcz continues to be key scorer for Loyola
Freshman forward Stephanie Karcz, a former star at Middletown High School South, scored a career-high 20 points as the Loyola University Maryland women’s basketball team picked up a 75-47 win over Lafayette College at the annual Women In Sports Day event Jan. 28 at Reitz Arena. With the win, the Greyhounds swept the Leopards this…
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Bombers on 12-game winning streak as tournaments near
By Warren Rappleyea Sayreville War Memorial High School’s girls’ basketball team is rolling toward the postseason with 12 straight wins, including an impressive 58-40 victory over previously unbeaten Morristown High School Jan. 28. The Bombers went into halftime with a 27-26 lead and then dominated the second half with its opportunistic defense. Isi Enahoro scored…
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Bears try to stay on winning path as they adapt to new coach
By Jimmy Allinder The East Brunswick High School girls’ basketball team is 10-5 overall and 7-4 in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division, which hardly could have been predicted before the season began. The Bears have managed this with a team that returns just one returning starter, junior Nicole Johnson, and is led by…
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Rams’ girls continue to flourish in Blue Division action
By Jimmy Allinder It would be unfair to expect the South River High School girls’ basketball team to continue winning like it did the past three seasons. The Rams were 68-17 overall and captured the Greater Middlesex Conference’s (GMC) Gold Division championship each year, fueled by some of the most talented players in school history,…
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Lancers rebound with important wins in showcase contests
By Matthew Rocco The Saint John Vianney High School girls’ basketball team has shown no signs of slowing down since a loss to Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School, taking four games in a row capped by a win at the Coaches Choice USA weekend showcase. The Lancers put on a defensive display in an…