Tag: Girls Indoor Track and Field

  • Lady Vikings strong at state meets to close winter track season

    Lady Vikings strong at state meets to close winter track season

    By Warren Rappleyea South Brunswick High School’s girls’ indoor track and field team’s season culminated with the Lady Vikings taking second place at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group IV championships — just three points behind Rancocas Valley Regional High School at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River Feb. 17.…

  • Lions’ Notarfrancesco takes second in shot put at MOC

    Lions’ Notarfrancesco takes second in shot put at MOC

    By Wayne Witkowski Danielle Notarfrancesco, the most decorated girls’ track and field athlete in Jackson Liberty High School’s young history, finished the indoor season the way she had hoped. Notarfrancesco, who committed last November to a college career at the University of Massachusetts, threw the shot put a season-best 47-2¾ to finish second in the…

  • Lamparelli, McDermott heading to Atlantic City for Redbirds

    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…

  • Matawan’s Kalieta hopes to recover in time for MOC

    Matawan’s Kalieta hopes to recover in time for MOC

    By Wayne Witkowski Matawan Regional High School senior Thomas Kalieta Jr. was all set to return to the NJSIAA indoor track and field boys’ Meet of Champions (MOC) as he was moving up to the lead in the closing steps of the 400-meter dash at the NJSIAA Group II championships Feb. 18 at the John…

  • Colts Neck captures Group III indoor track championship

    Colts Neck captures Group III indoor track championship

    By Jeff Appelblatt Colts Neck High School’s track and field coach, Jim Schlentz, can remember when the boys’ team was young. That includes his memories of when some of the team’s current best struggled in getting used to the sport. “We were a good, young group a couple of years ago,” the coach said, reminiscing…

  • Lions’ Notarfrancesco wins Group III shot put

    Lions’ Notarfrancesco wins Group III shot put

    Danielle Notarfrancesco of Jackson Liberty High School’s girls’ indoor track and field team left no doubt that she would return to the NJSIAA Meet of Champions when she threw the shot put a winning 46-11 in the Group III finals Feb. 18 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. The senior will…

  • Allentown athletes making deep runs in postseason competition

    Allentown athletes making deep runs in postseason competition

    By Wayne Witkowski Three members of Allentown High School’s girls’ indoor track and field team — Devon Hoernlein, Kassidy Mulryne and Carly Roche — qualified for the NJSIAA Meet of Champions (MOC) coming off the NJSIAA Group III championships Feb. 17 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. Also last weekend, seven Allentown wrestlers…

  • Places to be for week of Feb. 20

    Places to be for week of Feb. 20

    Spring is approaching, so this is the time of the year when scholastic tournaments are in full bloom. Basketball crowns to be determined locally The Shore Conference Tournament championship is Feb. 25 at Monmouth University in West Long Branch. The girls will settle the tournament title at 5:30 p.m., followed by the boys at 7:30…

  • Weise notches 300th win in key division girls’ hoops contest

    Weise notches 300th win in key division girls’ hoops contest

    By Wayne Witkowski It’s been a season of distinction for Allentown High School girls’ basketball coach Linda Weise after she got her 300th coaching victory and her Redbirds finished unbeaten in the division for the first time in her 12 seasons at the school last week. Weise pointed out that her 300th win came at…