Tag: Girls Tennis
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Buccaneers win B North tennis crown; fashion 18-3 mark during campaign
LITTLER SILVER — The Red Bank Regional High School girls tennis team soared under the guidance of first-year coach Eileen Savko during the 2022 season. Led by seniors Janey Wright and Josie Munson, the Buccaneers went 18-3 and reached the championship match of the Central Jersey Group III state sectional tournament. “We had a lot…
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Hornets defeat Demarest, 3-2, to win Group II state tennis championship
WEST WINDSOR — Holmdel High School senior Nithya Thalasila remembers how, as an eighth-grader, she watched the Hornets win the NJSIAA Group II state tennis title in 2018. That was the Hornets’ last state crown until Oct. 20. Thalasila, now playing third singles for the Hornets, had an opportunity to help end that drought as…
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Mustangs defeat Westfield to win second straight Group IV state crown
WEST WINDSOR — The Marlboro High School girls tennis team capped a 20-0 season in 2022 by winning its second consecutive NJSIAA Group IV state championship with a 3-2 victory over Westfield High School at Mercer County Park, West Windsor, on Oct. 20. The title was the eighth state championship in program history and capped…
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Mustangs rule N.J. tennis with victory in 2021 Tournament of Champions
David Kretzmer has been at the helm of the Marlboro High School girls tennis program for 22 years. He has coached several outstanding teams during those two decades, but there was always a team “a little better” than the Mustangs when tournaments were contested. That changed in 2021 and this time it was the Mustangs…
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Allentown girls’ tennis advances in state sectional tournament
The Allentown High School girls’ tennis team continues to make strides. That was the theme when Allentown knocked off Brick Memorial High School, 5-0, in the first round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 3 tournament. “They came to win,” Allentown head coach Daniel Fallon said after the Redbirds’ victory in Allentown on Oct. 5.…
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Sayreville girls’ tennis team strives to win division title
The Sayreville War Memorial High School girls’ tennis team has its sights on claiming the White Division title in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) all to itself. Sayreville made a huge statement in its bid to win the division when the Bombers scored a 5-0 victory over South Plainfield High School on Sept. 18 in…
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Allentown girls’ tennis team features youth, depth
Coach Monica Kays will rally her girls’ tennis team at Allentown High School behind a victory achieved during last year’s state tournament. For the first time in her four seasons coaching at Allentown, the Redbirds won a state tournament match when they defeated Trenton Central High School, 5-0, in the opening round of the Central…
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Smith imparts winning attitude on Edison tennis teams
By Jimmy Allinder Edison Some measure a team’s success by its win-loss record. Wes Smith, who coaches boys’ and girls’ tennis at Edison High School, encourages his players to become winners in other ways. Smith has coached the girls since 1995 and the boys since 2000. Both teams have never won a Greater Middlesex Conference…
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Sayreville, Old Bridge girls find success on tennis court
By Warren Rappleyea Sayreville War Memorial High School’s girls’ tennis team turned in a solid fall campaign, posting a 16-3 record and winning the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) White Division title. At neighboring Old Bridge High School, the Lady Knights made the most of a rebuilding year to finish at 11-10. The Bombers were consistent…