Tag: Girls Basketball
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RBC girls pursue greater success on basketball court
By Warren Rappleyea With much of its lineup returning, Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School’s girls’ basketball team will look to raise the bar even higher after turning in a 21-7 mark last winter. The Caseys reached the semifinals of the NJSIAA South Jersey, Non-Public A Tournament and were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the…
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Lady Vikings off to strong start to basketball season
By Warren Rappleyea South Brunswick High School’s girls’ basketball team is off to a 2-0 start, including an exciting come-from-behind victory over a much-improved Old Bridge High School team in the season opener. “Coming back to beat Old Bridge was huge,” Lady Vikings coach Jeff Johnson said. “We were down early, and the girls just…
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J.P. Stevens boys’ basketball team building around defense
By Jimmy Allinder J.P. Stevens The John P. Stevens High School boys’ basketball team could face a difficult task topping last year’s 15-9 record. Five players were lost to graduation, including leading scorers Mike Lionikis and Alex Corrigan. In addition, the Hawks have been elevated to the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) largest school Red Division…
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Rebuilding Colonials pick up come-from-behind win over Braves
By Jeff Appelblatt Before the season began, coach Jen Brzucki said it would be a rebuilding year for her girls’ basketball team at Freehold High School. So when she saw her team fall behind by double digits in its second game of the season, she couldn’t have thought of it as anything significant. The team…
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Places To Be for Week of Dec. 26
The holiday cheer will turn to scholastic sports cheers this week when local teams will be in action during the break at area high schools. The boys’ basketball holiday slate … Red Bank Regional High School will be the venue for the Albert E. Martin Buc Basketball Classic that began Dec. 27 and runs though…
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Defending TOC champion Lancers ready for another strong year
By Matthew Rocco The St. John Vianney High School girls’ basketball team, winners of last season’s NJSIAA Tournament of Champions (TOC), couldn’t have set the bar any higher for the 2016-17 campaign. With their leading scorer and four more seniors back in the mix, the Lancers figure to make another run at postseason glory. Two…
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South River tackles challenges of Blue Division, Group II
By Jimmy Allinder Basketball is all about numbers, and that will very much be the case for the South River High School girls’ team this season. First and foremost, the Rams graduated career scoring leader Gabrielle Harris (1,741 points) along with her 21.7 points per game (ppg). The freshman is now at William Paterson University,…
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Defensive play a focus for New Egypt girls’ hoops team
By Wayne Witkowski New Egypt High School’s girls’ basketball team is looking to rebuild its lineup with the loss of Faith Weber and three other starters from last year’s division championship season. “I feel really confident with this team. We’re very young but quick,” said new head coach Katie Panacek, who was an assistant the…
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Allentown girls’ hoops team encouraged by chemistry on court
By Wayne Witkowski Kali Hartshorn, who was an integral figure in Allentown High School’s girls’ basketball team’s 20-win seasons the last three years, as well as Bianca Santos, Hope Narozniak and Camille Flim are all graduated. Hartshorn is off to a college career playing lacrosse at the University of Maryland after an all-state high school…
