Tag: Holmdel High School

  • Hornets defeat Demarest, 3-2, to win Group II state tennis championship

    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…

  • Hornets soccer team finds success with new starters, new coach in 2022

    Hornets soccer team finds success with new starters, new coach in 2022

    HOLMDEL — There have been a lot of changes in 2022 for the Holmdel High School girls soccer team. First, Brianna Brennan became the team’s new coach. Brennan succeeds John Nacarlo, who led Holmdel to the 2021 NJSIAA Group II state championship. Second, the Hornets had to replace nine starters from last year’s team. Through…

  • Hornets have championship goals as 2022 soccer season opens

    Hornets have championship goals as 2022 soccer season opens

    HOLMDEL — Championship aspirations are in play each season for the members of the Holmdel High School boys soccer team. Third-year coach Matt Isaacson has continued the program’s championship mindset that was built by former head coach John Nacarlo, who led the Hornets to seven state sectional tournament titles and three state group championships in…

  • Holmdel lacrosse team sets record with 13 victories during 2022 season

    Holmdel lacrosse team sets record with 13 victories during 2022 season

    HOLMDEL – Coach Brendan Quinn and his Holmdel High School boys lacrosse players continued to lift the school’s lacrosse program to new heights during the 2022 season. The Hornets set a program record for the most wins in a season by posting a 13-7 record and completing a fifth consecutive winning campaign. “I had so…

  • Holmdel lacrosse team sets record with 13 victories during 2022 season

    Holmdel lacrosse team sets record with 13 victories during 2022 season

    HOLMDEL – Coach Brendan Quinn and his Holmdel High School boys lacrosse players continued to lift the school’s lacrosse program to new heights during the 2022 season. The Hornets set a program record for the most wins in a season by posting a 13-7 record and completing a fifth consecutive winning campaign. “I had so…

  • Region V recap: Addison, Zaleski become two-time champs; SJV sends eight to states

    Region V recap: Addison, Zaleski become two-time champs; SJV sends eight to states

    Tickets were punched to the upcoming NJSIAA state wrestling tournament in Atlantic City by grapplers who competed in the Region V tournament at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington. The Region V finals were held on Feb. 26. Senior Shay Addison from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School and junior Jack Zaleski from Middletown South…

  • Four champions lift Manalapan wrestling team to District 18 title

    Four champions lift Manalapan wrestling team to District 18 title

    In the final wrestling event of the 2021-22 season during which team scoring was counted, the Manalapan High School Braves scored 213 points to win the NJSIAA District 18 team championship on Feb. 19 at home. The Braves won their first district team title since 2017 and the program’s ninth crown. Manalapan produced four district…

  • Hornets top Hanover Park, 2-0, to win Group II state soccer championship

    Hornets top Hanover Park, 2-0, to win Group II state soccer championship

    The shining star of the 2021 NJSIAA Group II girls soccer tournament was Holmdel High School senior Juliana Kolbasovsky. From scoring the game-winning goal in overtime of the Central Jersey Group II state sectional tournament championship match against Wall High School, to scoring two goals in Holmdel’s victory over Haddonfield High School in a Group…

  • Kolbasovsky lifts Hornets to Central Jersey Group II crown with overtime goal

    Kolbasovsky lifts Hornets to Central Jersey Group II crown with overtime goal

    The Holmdel High School and Wall High School girls soccer teams were tied 0-0 after a full 80 minutes of regulation time in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II state sectional tournament championship match on Nov. 12 in Holmdel. The Hornets and the Crimson Knights would be permitted to play a maximum of two 10-minute…