Tag: Middletown South High School
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Middletown South graduate Cranwell takes reins as Eagles’ coach
MIDDLETOWN — There has been a changing of the guard for the Middletown South High School girls basketball program for the 2022-23 season. Middletown South graduate Meghan Cranwell, who played for the Eagles, has taken the reins as the team’s head coach. Former coach Tom Brennan is now an assistant coach with the squad. Being…
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Eagles skate past Lions, 5-2, in 2022-23 hockey season opener
MIDDLETOWN — For the second straight year, the Middletown South High School and Middletown North High School hockey teams opened their seasons with a rivalry showdown at the Middletown Sports Complex. In a replay of the 2021-22 season opener, the Eagles of Middletown South began the new campaign with a triumph, defeating the rival Lions,…
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Jaffe scores overtime winner to lift Eagles to CJ Group III soccer crown
Senior captain Makayla Jaffe was not going to let a lingering hamstring injury deny her from helping the Middletown South High School girls soccer team from winning its third state sectional tournament championship since 2017. Jaffe delivered a gutsy performance for the No. 3 seed Eagles against No. 5 seed Brick Memorial High School of…
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Eagles defeat rival Lions, 2-1, to notch fourth victory of 2022 campaign
MIDDLETOWN — For the last two years, the players on the Middletown South High School boys soccer team watched their crosstown rivals on the Middletown North High School squad win bragging rights on the pitch. The Eagles and Coach Dan Riverso wanted to author a different outcome this year when the teams met on the…
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Eagles top Lancers, 3-0, as squad begins to find its soccer stride
The Middletown South High School girls soccer team is starting to find its groove on the field this fall. Following its first victory of the season against Rumson Fair-Haven Regional High School on Sept. 12, the Eagles defeated Saint John Vianney High School of Holmdel, 3-0, on Sept. 15 in Middletown. The Lancers entered the…
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Eagles hoping to soar again as 2022 football season kicks off
MIDDLETOWN – Win, restock, repeat. That has been the recipe of success for the Middletown South High School football team for 24 seasons under the leadership of Coach Steve Antonucci. During that span, Antonucci’s teams have compiled a 206-61 record and won six state sectional playoff championships. Antonucci expects that success to continue in his…
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Eagles earn top seed in sectional tournament; eye second straight state title
MIDDLETOWN – The NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament will begin June 1 and the Middletown South High School baseball team is in pursuit of a second straight state sectional title. The Eagles, who are also the defending Group IV state champions, received the No. 1 seed in the state sectional tournament when…
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Challenging slate will test Eagles boys lacrosse team in 2022
The Middletown South High School boys lacrosse team has started the 2022 season looking to continue to build on the success achieved in 2021 when the Eagles had a record of 11-4 and won a New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament game for the first time in the program’s history. “We beat many established…
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Schild no-hits Patriots, strikes out 16, to open 2022 campaign for Eagles
Middletown South High School junior ace Ben Schild loves pitching on the big stage. He showed that in 2021 when he threw a complete-game, two-hit shutout in the NJSIAA Group IV championship game to lead the Eagles to their first state title in 25 years. On April 1, Schild was on the mound in Middletown,…