Tag: Girls Basketball
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J.P. Stevens boys, girls produce winning hoops seasons
By Jimmy Allinder It was 2008 and 2007, respectively, that the J.P. Stevens High School boys and girls basketball teams last finished with winning seasons. This year, however, the boys completed a 15-9 mark while the girls managed to squeeze out a 12-11 record despite losing their last four contests. Bobby Jones, head coach of…
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Rumson battling familiar foe for state sectional title
By Warren Rappleyea Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s girls basketball team bounced back from its loss to Manasquan High School in the Shore Conference Tournament finals and was set to meet the second-seeded Warriors again in the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group II championship game. The contest, which was scheduled for March 8, marks the fourth…
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Lancers seek more titles after capturing SCT crown
By Matthew Rocco With a Shore Conference Tournament (SCT) championship in tow, St. John Vianney High School has its eyes on more postseason titles to cap an already impressive season. SCT titles have proven to be rather elusive for St. John Vianney, a dominant force in girls basketball. The Lancers last took the SCT crown…
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Barry, Campbell named Kerwin winners as Shore’s best
Brendan Barry of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School and Kelly Campbell of St. John Vianney High School have been selected as the 2016 Kerwin Award winners, symbolic of being the best male and female high school basketball players in the Shore Since the 1973-74 season, the James J. and Margaret M. Kerwin Awards have been…
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Vikings fall in finals of boys GMC Tournament
By Warren Rappleyea Both South Brunswick High School’s boys and girls basketball teams turned in strong showings in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament, with the boys squad makings its way to the finals before losing to the powerful top seed, Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen. The second-seeded Vikings more than held their own…
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Colts Neck peaking as state girls hoops playoffs begin
By Tim Morris Having made the program’s first trip to the Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals in seven years, the Colts Neck High School girls basketball team heads into the state playoffs in a positive frame of mind. The Cougars are 17-7 overall and have won six of their last seven games. Their only loss came…
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Turner, Rugo head to state wrestling championships
By Wayne Witkowski Zach Turner became the second Region 7 wrestling champion in Allentown High School’s history and locked up a return to the NJSIAA championships at 182 pounds when he rallied from a 2-1 deficit early in the third period of the finals. The pin, Turner’s third in his four region tournament bouts and…
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Bears looks to build on GMC win in state tourney
By Jimmy Allinder Things have radically changed in the space of three seasons for Sydney Greenspan and Allie Warren, a pair of seniors on the East Brunswick High School girls basketball team. As freshmen, Greenspan and Warren played for a team that finished 5-20 and were anxiously looking forward to the spring and softball season.…
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Seraphs, Lancers win SCT basketball championships
By Matthew Rocco Mater Dei Prep had a little more magic left for the Shore Conference Tournament (SCT) championship game. The Seraphs, facing a Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) team that was playing in its third straight SCT boys basketball final, advanced to the title game for just the second time in school history. And when…
