Tag: John P. Stevens High School
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Edison students recognized for videos
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — For Wali Quershi, an eighth-grader at John Adams Middle School, the more he explored the topic of criminal justice reform, the more he felt the struggle is real for so many people who find themselves in what State Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) said is a “shameful reality…
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Metuchen golf teams successful in relaxed atmosphere
By Jimmy Allinder Metuchen A high school golf match couldn’t be more different than what takes place in a professional tournament. There are no giant crowds lining fairways and surrounding the greens, and there are certainly no television cameras stationed near holes. For the most part, matches are competitive but tend to be more friendly…
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Hawks to be challenged with mostly new baseball lineup
By Jimmy Allinder John P. Stevens With 12 regulars graduated, including the entire pitching staff, the John P. Stevens High School baseball team will be challenged to have as much success as it did last year. The Hawks were 20-9 overall, 10-6 in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division and made the conference tournament…
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J.P. Stevens choir sings to win
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — For the 32 students in the John P. Stevens High School Chamber Choir, emotions progressed quickly from shock to delight and joy as they came away with the grand prize during their first time competing at the Sing N’ Joy Princeton International Choral Festival. “Preparation for the competition…
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Edison school board member remembered
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Longtime Board of Education member Deborah A. Anes will be remembered for her terrific character and her tireless efforts in doing what was best for the children in the Edison Township School District. “There will certainly be a huge void with her gone that will never be replaced,”…
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Area teams vying for state sectional basketball championships
By Jimmy Allinder The NJSIAA boys’ and girls’ basketball tournaments kicked off with first-round games Feb. 27 and 28, hosted by higher-seeded teams. Boys’ basketball Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen (25-1) — fresh off its seventh Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament championship in eight years — was seeded second in Non-Public A South. That…
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Trojans top Eagles to advance to GMC Tournament semifinals
By Jimmy Allinder Girls’ basketball It was an old-fashion knock-down, drag-out turf war between two combatants with common geography, with the team executing the best game plan winning in the end. That was the Bishop George Ahr High School (19-5 overall, 12-2 White Division) girls’ basketball team, which broke open a close game for three…
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Edison’s Salzone maintains positive attitude when she hits the lanes
By Jimmy Allinder Each time Samantha Salzone enters a bowling alley, she is firmly convinced she’ll roll nothing but strikes. However, the senior at Edison High School is well aware she competes in a sport that can be very unkind to those who have the slightest doubt that’s possible. If the battle of that rages…
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Falcons excelling in pool against GMC, nonconference foes
By Jimmy Allinder St. Joseph The Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen swimming team really has no peer in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC), and that has been validated by this season’s 5-0 record (7-0 overall). Thus, it’s natural for the Falcons to seek out competition from other parts of New Jersey and even neighboring…
