Tag: Girls Basketball
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Rumson turns focus to state tourney after deep SCT run
By Warren Rappleyea Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s girls basketball team has parlayed a deep and talented roster into a 19-6 record and a trip to the Shore Conference Tournament semifinals. The second-seeded Lady Bulldogs battled Manasquan High School down to the wire and into overtime in the semifinals before falling, 61-58, Feb. 22 at…
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Barrons defy seedings, advance to GMC semifinals
By Jeff Appelblatt After the rankings for the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) were released, Woodbridge High School’s boys basketball coach, Matt Gigliello, told his team the numbers don’t mean a thing when the playoffs start — play well enough and anyone can win. “Come tournament time, it doesn’t matter what your seed is,” the coach…
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DeTulio, Mayrose among ex-basketball stars now coaching
By Tim Morris Fans of Shore Conference basketball will notice a number of familiar faces in the coaching ranks. Former stars who went to play in college have returned and are now adding their experiences to coaching staffs around the conference. One of them is Colts Neck High School graduate Tiffany DeTulio, who is now…
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Four Redbirds wrestlers move on to region tourney
By Wayne Witkowski Unbeaten Allentown High School 160-pound wrestler Jordan Rugo repeated as NJSIAA District 25 champion and sealed a return to the Region VII tournament in Robbinsville, which started Feb. 24, with a first-period pin in the district finals Feb. 20. A top-three finish in the region will keep alive Rugo’s quest to return…
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Harris, Bass lead Rams into sectional hoops tourney
By Jimmy Allinder South River High School girls basketball coach Mike Feaster watched with pensive eyes as Middlesex High School labored against an obviously superior East Brunswick High School in a recent Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament game. The scene was similar to how his team was soundly beaten by Piscataway Township High School, 71-39,…
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Bears trying to get back to GMC Tournament finals
By Jimmy Allinder With one more mountain to climb, the East Brunswick High School boys basketball team will have returned to familiar territory and play rival Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament championship game. The Falcons prevented the Bears from winning the crown in 2013 and 2014, and…
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Trojans’ girls move on in GMC hoops tournament
By Jimmy Allinder When the Bishop George Ahr High School girls basketball team is firing on all cylinders, it is capable of beating any team in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC). That is what happened Feb. 20 when the sixth-seeded Trojans defeated third-seeded Sayreville War Memorial High School, 58-52, in the conference tournament quarterfinals. The…
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Bulldogs making deep run in conference tourney
By Warren Rappleyea Rumson Fair-Haven Regional High School’s girls basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the Shore Conference Tournament with a convincing 52-26 victory over Neptune High School Feb. 20 at Brookdale Community College. The second-seeded Bulldogs were scheduled to square off against Manasquan High School, the third seed, Feb. 22 at Toms River…
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Vikings’ girls capture sectional indoor track championship
By Warren Rappleyea It was a strong week for South Brunswick High School indoor track and field as the girls team won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV meet and the Vikings’ boys came in second. South Brunswick’s girls won three events and had 12 athletes contribute to the scoring as the Lady Vikings piled…
