Tag: Mater Dei Preparatory School

  • Mater Dei rallied but fell short in state football playoff championship game

    Mater Dei rallied but fell short in state football playoff championship game

    Mate Dei Prep’s football team fought to the end. But it was not meant to be. Another accomplishment—a fourth straight trip to the state playoff championship game–was then over ridden by another defeat. Mater Dei gave it all it had left in its tank they to climb back from a 14-point halftime deficit in the…

  • Central Jersey Top 10: Final 2019 football rankings

    Central Jersey Top 10: Final 2019 football rankings

    Another scholastic football season has come to a close in New Jersey. The final New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association playoff championship games were completed this past weekend of Dec. 7-8. Notre Dame High School ended the 2019 season as the No. 1 team in the final Top 10 rankings for Central Jersey. Here is…

  • Mater Dei Prep falls in state football playoff championship

    Mater Dei Prep falls in state football playoff championship

    The Mater Dei Prep football team fell one victory short of winning a state playoff championship–again. For a third straight season, Mater Del was defeated in a New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association playoff championship game. On the evening of Dec. 7, Mater Dei’s attempt to win its first state playoff title since 2016 was…

  • Central Jersey Top 10: State Championship Weekend

    Central Jersey Top 10: State Championship Weekend

    The final week of the 2019 scholastic football season is upon us. The lone representative from the Central Jersey region, Mater Dei Prep, will bid to win the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Non-Public, Group 3 playoff championship on Dec 7. Mater Dei will square off with DePaul Catholic High School of Wayne in…

  • Mater Dei Prep gains revenge over RBC and lands in fourth straight state final

    Mater Dei Prep gains revenge over RBC and lands in fourth straight state final

    It was the opportunity the Mater Dei Prep football team had been waiting for since the end of last season. A chance to avenge last year’s loss in the state playoff final with a matchup against Red Bank Catholic High School in the semifinals of the NJSIAA Non-Public, Group 3 playoffs. Through an outstanding defensive…

  • Central Jersey Top 10: Mater Dei Prep move stop to No. 1 ranking

    Central Jersey Top 10: Mater Dei Prep move stop to No. 1 ranking

    Mater Dei Prep has risen to the No 1 ranking in Central Jersey and will now focus on winning a state playoff championship on Dec. 7. New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association state playoff championship games are set for the next two weekends of Nov. 29-Nov. 30 and Dec. 6-Dec. 7. Here is a look…

  • Mater Dei Prep’s Gaston signs letter of intent to play at Misericordia University

    Mater Dei Prep’s Gaston signs letter of intent to play at Misericordia University

     Mater Dei Prep student-athlete Claire Gaston made her official commitment to play soccer at the collegiate level on Nov. 15, signing a letter of content to play for the Misericordia University women’s soccer team next fall. Gaston will study biochemistry at Misericordia with the intent of becoming a veterinarian. “I chose MU because I loved…

  • Mater Dei Prep gets redemption over RBC to advance to fourth straight state final

    Mater Dei Prep gets redemption over RBC to advance to fourth straight state final

    It was the opportunity that the Mater Dei Prep football team had been waiting for since the end of last season. A chance to avenge last year’s loss in the state group playoff with a matchup against Red Bank Catholic in the semifinals of the NJSIAA Non-Public, Group 3 playoffs. Through an outstanding defensive performance…

  • Mater Dei will focus on RBC in state playoff semifinals

    Mater Dei will focus on RBC in state playoff semifinals

     Nothing was going to slow down senior running back Malik Ingram from helping the Mater Dei Prep football team advance to the semifinals of the NJSIAA Non-Public, Group 3 playoffs. Ingram rushed for 302 yards and amassed a game-high four rushing touchdowns to power third-seeded Mater Dei to a 49-14 victory over sixth-seeded Pope John…