Tag: Manalapan High School

  • Manalapan edges Princeton in boys’ basketball state tournament

    Manalapan edges Princeton in boys’ basketball state tournament

    Manalapan High School held off Princeton High School to secure a 60-54 overtime victory in the opening round of the Central Jersey, Group 4 state sectional boys’ basketball tournament on March 3 in Manalapan. Manalapan’s offense was led by senior Ryan Knorr, who produced 24 points and six assists, while fellow senior Blake Henis recorded…

  • Peterson wins second region title; Rumson-Fair Haven places second overall; Manalapan sends four to state tournament

    Peterson wins second region title; Rumson-Fair Haven places second overall; Manalapan sends four to state tournament

    Tickets were punched to Atlantic City —the venue for the state wrestling tournament–during the Region 5 Tournament at Franklin Township High School on Feb. 29. Headlining the fray going to compete at this week at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City was Saint John Vianney High School’s 2019 state champion, Dean Peterson. Last year’s state champion…

  • Manalapan advanced to state wrestling group final

    Manalapan advanced to state wrestling group final

    The goal for the Manalapan High School wrestling team all season was to win the state sectional championship and get a chance to go to the RWJ Barnabas Health Arena in Toms River to compete for a group championship. That’s exactly what happened for the Braves, who won their first state sectional championship since 1992…

  • Howell wins second straight SCT team title; Colts Neck’s Waller named OW

    Howell wins second straight SCT team title; Colts Neck’s Waller named OW

    Howell High School stole the show as a team while individual wrestlers shined from Saint John Vianney High School, Colts Neck High School, Manalapan High School, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, Jackson Memorial High School and Middletown High School North when the Shore Conference Tournament was completed on Feb. 1. The third installment of the…

  • Manalapan wrestling will bid to pin down state sectional title

    Manalapan wrestling will bid to pin down state sectional title

    It’s been a sizzling start on the mat this winter for the Manalapan High School wrestling team. The Braves have surged to a 14-2 record and look primed to make a run back to the final of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 5 sectional tournament. “We try to keep a short term and long term…

  • Jackson Liberty skates by Manalapan for first victory of the season

    Jackson Liberty skates by Manalapan for first victory of the season

      Both the Manalapan High School and the Jackson Liberty/Point Pleasant Borough co-op ice hockey teams will learn from their recent matchup to seek success this winter. Jackson Liberty/Point Pleasant Borough gained its first victory when it skated to a 4-1 victory over Manalapan on Dec. 6 at the Howell Ice Arena. Tied going into…

  • Jackson Liberty pushes by Manalapan for first hockey victory of the season

    Jackson Liberty pushes by Manalapan for first hockey victory of the season

    Both the Manalapan High School and the Jackson Liberty/Point Pleasant Borough co-op ice hockey teams were in search of their first victories of the season when they faced off against each other on Dec. 6 at the Howell Ice Arena. Tied going into the third period, Jackson Liberty was the club that pushed through in…

  • Area scholastic football teams secure state playoff berths

    Area scholastic football teams secure state playoff berths

    The regular season has finished for New Jersey high school football teams across the state. Area teams found out on Nov. 3 where they will be heading when the NJSIAA sectional playoffs begin this coming weekend, Nov. 8-9. Here is a roundup of area teams and where they are competing in either the state playoffs…

  • Monmouth players enjoy victory over Ocean County in Gridiron Classic

    Monmouth players enjoy victory over Ocean County in Gridiron Classic

    Friday night under the lights seemed like a fitting ending to the high school football careers of graduated seniors who were selected to play in the All-Shore Gridiron Classic. On the football field of Bresett Stadium at Long Branch High School, some of the top 95 players who recently graduated assembled on July 12 to…