Tag: Mater Dei Prep
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Mater Dei’s Jones signs with Loyola
Mater Dei Prep’s Ken Jones, who is regarded as one of the top boys’ basketball players in the Shore Conference, signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Loyola University in Maryland. Jones, a guard, helped guide Mater Dei to the Shore Conference Tournament championship the past two seasons. “Over the past 27 years of…
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Mater Dei appoints new president
Donald Galante, a resident of Little Silver, was appointed as the new president at Mater Dei Prep. The Mater Dei Board of Trustees recently selected Galante, who has a professional career in finance and has 35 years of management experience, according to a press release from Mater Dei. “Don received the unanimous support of…
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More than wins and losses for Mater Dei football team
Mater Dei Prep enjoyed a magical 2016 football season. Under Dino Mangiero, who was in his first season coaching at the Middletown school, Mater Dei finished 12-0 and won the Non-Public, Group 2 state playoff championship. Mangiero, who played in the NFL for six seasons during the 1980s, looks beyond the victories and defeats. He…
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Mater Dei Prep names Sherlock boys’ soccer coach
Anthony Sherlock, who had a career as a player in Europe and has recently coached in the area, is the new head boys’ soccer coach at Mater Dei Prep. Sherlock will be joined at the Middletown school by assistant coach Ralph Troisi. Sherlock played semi-pro soccer in Europe, where he competed for Galway United in the…
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Mater Dei Prep announces winners of essay contest
Three seventh graders have earned scholarships at Mater Dei Prep after they were selected as the winners in the school’s second annual essay contest. According to the Mater Dei press release, the contest was open to all seventh graders who attended public or private schools in Ocean, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties and who wanted…
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Area track and field standouts move on to Meet of Champions
By Wayne Witkoiwski Drake Ariano of Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) in the 1,600 meters and Thomas Kalieta of Matawan Regional High School in the 400 will return to defend their New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Meet of Champions (MOC) titles June 10 at Northern Burlington County Regional High School. Both advanced with winning performances…
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Mater Dei student selected for London arts program
A Mater Dei Prep School student and an aspiring has been chosen to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art’s summer program in London, England. Griffin Cole will attend the academy, which was established in 1904 and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom. It is considered to be one of…
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Hitting, position switching has Mater Dei tourney ready
By Wayne Witkowski Jeanne Dickinson never had more than one player with 100 career hits in any of her 35 seasons before this one as Mater Dei Prep’s softball coach. This season, she may have four. Pitcher Paige Fernandez and first baseman Tyrah Graves, both seniors, already have reached that milestone. Catcher Samantha Napoli needs…
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Mater Dei lacrosse teams see early results in 1st season
By Matthew Rocco Mater Dei Prep’s boys’ lacrosse program registered its first win last week, as the Seraphs move forward in their inaugural season. In January, Mater Dei announced plans to play lacrosse for the first time in school history, launching boys’ and girls’ junior varsity lacrosse teams for the 2017 season. Just a few…
