Tag: Girls Basketball
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Lady Vikings vie for sectional hoops championship
By Warren Rappleyea South Brunswick After a pair of clutch victories in both the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV semifinals and quarterfinals, South Brunswick High School’s girls’ basketball team was set to meet Sayreville War Memorial High School March 6 in the sectional finale. The top-seeded Bombers (27-2) downed the Lady Vikings in the Greater…
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Newsom in right frame of mind in return to competition from surgery
By Jimmy Allinder The expression “no gain without pain” has a special meaning for Edison High School softball and basketball player Bianca Newsom. The Edison High School senior had tried to battle through pain due to a genetic condition called developmental hip dysplasia that also affected her range of motion. “I tried to play as…
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Redbirds close winter sports seasons in state playoff action
By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School’s winter sports scene came to an end last weekend with the girls’ basketball team suffering a gritty 69-61 loss to Neptune High School March 4 in the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group III tournament and wrestlers Joe Lamparelli and Liam McDermott came short of placing in the state championships at…
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Places to be for March 6
The winter scholastic season is in its final stretch with the boys’ and girls’ basketball NJSIAA state tournaments approaching with championship games. Here are the games that will determine state champions. The group championship games for both the public and non-public divisions are scheduled for March 11 and 12. On March 11, the Non-Public A…
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Performers of the week for March 6
As the winter seasons settle into March, the state tournaments will be coming to an end shortly. Here are some local players who shined in the final days of the scholastic season. Shooting stars in boys’ basketball … Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen picked up where it left off after winning the Greater Middlesex…
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Bombers capture GMC girls’ basketball championship
By Warren Rappleyea Sayreville War Memorial High School’s girls’ basketball team won the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament with a thrilling 59-52 victory over third-seeded South Brunswick High School Feb. 24 at the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway. The top-seeded Bombers, who handily defeated the Lady Vikings during the regular season, appeared on the way…
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Lady Vikings look to rebound from GMC loss in state tourney
By Warren Rappleyea South Brunswick High School’s girls’ basketball team entered the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV tournament on the heels of a 59-52 loss to top-seeded Sayreville War Memorial High School in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament finale, but the two teams could meet again. “Of course we would like to play Sayreville…
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Lamparelli, McDermott heading to Atlantic City for Redbirds
By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School freshman Joe Lamparelli and junior Liam McDermott advanced to the NJSIAA wrestling state championships at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall March 3-5 after both finished in third place in their respective weight classes at the Region 6 meet Feb. 25 at Brick Memorial High School. The top four finishers advanced…
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Barrons’ girls look to move past struggles in sectional play
By Jeff Appelblatt Woobridge High School’s girls’ basketball team not only won its first six games of the regular season, but it did so by an average of 27.5 points. Things just didn’t go as well the rest of the way. The Barrons lost five of their next six games and hovered around the .500…