Tag: Girls Basketball
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Shore Coaches Senior All-Star Game slated for March 23
By JEFF APPELBLATT Correspondent Basketball season still isn’t entirely over for some of the seniors in the Shore Conference A North Division. On March 23 at the Toms River High School North’s Pine Belt Arena, top players will compete in the Shore Basketball Coaches Senior All-Star Game. First, at 6 p.m., will be the girls’…
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Woodbridge’s Vazquez to play in GMC Senior All-Star Game
By Jeff Appelblatt Each coach in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) had to select one player to play in the the Senior All-Star Game March 28 in Woodbridge. Woodbridge High School’s girls’ basketball team had four seniors this year that meant a lot to the Barrons: Najyah Adams, Emily Kolpuc, Joyce Loda and Jordan Vazquez.…
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Sectional champion Bombers fall short in Group IV finals
By Warren Rappleyea It was a great run through the postseason for Sayreville War Memorial High School’s girls’ basketball team, as the Bombers came up one win short of making a trip to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Tournament of Champions. Franklin High School (22-7) ended the Blue and Gray’s run in the…
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Bulldogs proud of girls’ hoops season despite sectional finals loss
By Matthew Rocco A heartbreaking end to the NJSIAA girls’ basketball tournament — and the entire season — won’t cast a shadow over Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s accomplishments over the past three months. In the Central Jersey, Group II finals, the Bulldogs had a one-point advantage over Manasquan High School thanks to Tori Hyduke’s…
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Markham Place girls capture league basketball championship
By Warren Rappleyea The Markham Place Middle School’s girls’ basketball team ended a successful campaign by winning the Coastal Intermediate Basketball League (CIBL) championship with a 33-30 victory against Forrestdale School of Rumson. The Little Silver-based Warriors sported a 15-2 record and earned the top seed for the CIBL tournament. Coach Ryan Pina’s team hung…
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Weise focused on leading Redbirds against next season
By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School girls’ basketball standout Ryan Weise figures to be working harder than ever in the months ahead after the Redbirds were eliminated from the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group III semifinals by Neptune High School earlier this month. “I think we had a memorable season. We had so much fun together,”…
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Middletown’s Karcz earns Patriot League honors at Loyola
Loyola University women’s basketball freshman Stephanie Karcz was selected to the Patriot League’s All-Defensive Team and All-Rookie Team accolades March 3. Karcz is the lone freshman to be named to the All-Defensive Team this season and is Loyola’s second selection to the team since it joined the league for the 2013-14 season. The former Middletown…
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South River girls surpass expectations on the hardwood
By Jimmy Allinder Before this season began, no one expected the South River High School girls’ basketball team to win like it had in recent seasons. Yet, playing a more difficult schedule in their inaugural season as members of the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division, the Rams won the title. “I am incredibly proud…
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Bombers meet Vikings in state sectional girls’ hoops finals
By Warren Rappleyea Sayreville War Memorial High School’s girls’ basketball team dominated all three of its opponents to make its way to the finals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV tournament. The top-seeded Bombers were slated to host South Brunswick High School, the second seed, in the sectional finals March 6. The two team…