Tag: Girls Basketball
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Redbirds look to get healthy in key part of wrestling schedule
By Wayne Witkowski Wrestling Allentown High School’s wrestling team will look to get its lineup that is riddled with injuries and illness back to full strength as it heads into this key week of the schedule. As many as four wrestlers may return to action — senior David Fischer at 220 pounds, junior Anthony Heinz…
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Colts Neck girls’ hoops team looks to get back on winning track
By Jeff Appelblatt It could not have been what Colts Neck High School girls’ basketball coach Glenn Jansen hoped for when his team followed finishing December as winners of three straight with two straight home losses to Toms River High School North and Holmdel High School to open January. Toms River North entered the game…
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Manalapan searching for wins as girls learn new system
By Jeff Appelblatt First-year head coach Jenna Anderson knew things would start off tough for the girls’ basketball team at Manalapan High School. The team had a rough season last year (6-15), and Anderson knew the girls would struggle getting used to her approach early even though the majority of her lineup has played basketball…
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Performers of the Week for Jan. 9
Bid farewell to the holidays and greetings to a major dose of games and events for the 2017 winter scholastic athletic season. Here are some high school players who entered the new year with sound performances last week. The busiest results from last week were produced on the boys’ and girls’ basketball courts. In boys’…
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Places to be for Week of Jan. 9
January is upon us, and the weather is chilly. So warm up by visiting a local high school gym, indoor pool or ice arena. The boys’ basketball slate has a ton of hot games … On Jan. 12, Mater Dei Prep — one of the strongest teams in the region — will be home in Middletown to face…
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Bombers, Knights reach finals of holiday hoops tournaments
By Warren Rappleyea Boys’ basketball Sayreville War Memorial High School’s Ryan O’Leary and Old Bridge High School’s Kyle Parris turned in strong performances to lead their respective teams to the finals in holiday basketball tournaments. The Bombers made their way to the finals of the Albert E. Martin “Buc” Classic at Red Bank Regional High…
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Keyport depending on young players to step up for girls’ hoops team
By Matthew Rocco The Keyport High School girls’ basketball team was the last squad standing in the Roselle Park Holiday Tournament, as the young Red Raiders take another step forward. Keyport recorded a 15-win season a year ago with just two seniors on the varsity roster. This season, the Lady Raiders again have two seniors…
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Seraphs look to mix of veterans, newcomers to get back into division race
By Wayne Witkowski Mater Dei Prep’s girls’ basketball team is what coach Brian Laux calls a “bookend squad.” Five seniors and four freshmen comprise much of the current version of the Seraphs that look to bounce back into the Shore Conference B Central Division race in January after an up-and-down 2-3 start. They helped themselves…
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Middletown’s Karcz earns rookie honor with Loyola
By Wayne Witkowksi Loyola University Maryland freshman Stephanie Karcz of Middletown was named The Rock Patriot League Women’s Basketball Rookie of the Week recently. She is the first Greyhound to earn that honor in the past two seasons. Current junior Bri Betz-White was selected once in 2014-15 and current senior Lisa March twice won the…
