Tag: ice Hockey
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Turner, Rugo head to state wrestling championships
By Wayne Witkowski Zach Turner became the second Region 7 wrestling champion in Allentown High School’s history and locked up a return to the NJSIAA championships at 182 pounds when he rallied from a 2-1 deficit early in the third period of the finals. The pin, Turner’s third in his four region tournament bouts and…
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DeStefano’s scoring a highlight for Edison-J.P. Stevens hockey
By Jimmy Allinder Robert DeStefano, a junior forward for the Edison High School-J.P. Stevens High School co-op ice hockey team, had 46 goals at season’s end — the most in the state. However, DeStefano may not finish as top goal scorer because players from other teams that could go deep in the NJSIAA state tournament…
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Robby Andrews lowered his time in the 1-mile run to 3:53.16 when he finished fourth in the Wanamaker Mile at the New York Roadrunners Millrose Games Feb. 20. The Games, the biggest indoor track and field meet in the country, were held at the New Balance Armory in New York, New York. Andrews, who runs…
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Barrons defy seedings, advance to GMC semifinals
By Jeff Appelblatt After the rankings for the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) were released, Woodbridge High School’s boys basketball coach, Matt Gigliello, told his team the numbers don’t mean a thing when the playoffs start — play well enough and anyone can win. “Come tournament time, it doesn’t matter what your seed is,” the coach…
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CBA focused on three-peat state ice hockey championship
By Wayne Witkowski Christian Brothers Academy’s (CBA) ice hockey team is not looking back when it comes to seeking an NJSIAA Non-Public A state championship three-peat. That may seem hard to do after the Colts knocked off top-seeded Delbarton School, 3-1, for the Gordon Cup championship Feb. 20 at Codey Arena in West Orange. CBA…
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Four Redbirds wrestlers move on to region tourney
By Wayne Witkowski Unbeaten Allentown High School 160-pound wrestler Jordan Rugo repeated as NJSIAA District 25 champion and sealed a return to the Region VII tournament in Robbinsville, which started Feb. 24, with a first-period pin in the district finals Feb. 20. A top-three finish in the region will keep alive Rugo’s quest to return…
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Trojans’ girls move on in GMC hoops tournament
By Jimmy Allinder When the Bishop George Ahr High School girls basketball team is firing on all cylinders, it is capable of beating any team in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC). That is what happened Feb. 20 when the sixth-seeded Trojans defeated third-seeded Sayreville War Memorial High School, 58-52, in the conference tournament quarterfinals. The…
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Barrons to rely on defense in GMC basketball tournament
By Jeff Appelblatt The boys basketball team from Woodbridge High School sizzled through January (10-0) before winning its first few games of February. But on the backend of playing back-to-back days Feb. 9, the Barrons lost to Sayreville War Memorial High School, 48-43. The loss fit into a pattern for Woodbridge (16-4): fail to score…
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Littlefield sets sights on return to indoor MOC
By Wayne Witkowski Alden Littlefield hardly looked like he has missed virtually the entire indoor track and field season throwing the shot put for Allentown High School after injuring his right elbow last summer. The senior is one good throw away from returning to the NJSIAA Meet of Champions (MOC) for the third straight year…