Tag: Raritan High School

  • Rockets have unfinished business as 2022-23 basketball season tips off

    Rockets have unfinished business as 2022-23 basketball season tips off

    HAZLET — During the 2021-22 postseason, the Raritan High School boys basketball team was eight seconds away from advancing to the Central Jersey Group II state sectional tournament championship game, but in the blink of an eye, Bound Brook High School’s Quadir Harrell hit a game-winning basket to deny the Rockets a chance to play…

  • Bulldogs rally past Raritan; clinch share of A Central soccer crown

    Bulldogs rally past Raritan; clinch share of A Central soccer crown

    HAZLET — In comeback fashion on Oct. 6 in Hazlet, the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School boys soccer team earned its sixth victory of the 2022 season and clinched a share of the Shore Conference A Central Division title. On the strength of two goals and two assists from sophomore Ronan Hogg in the second…

  • Raritan, Middletown North grapplers support ‘Wrestling for Recovery’

    Raritan, Middletown North grapplers support ‘Wrestling for Recovery’

    HAZLET — Wrestling mats were brought out of storage for a special purpose on Aug. 12 in Hazlet when members of the Raritan High School and Middletown North High School wrestling teams took part in an exhibition match as part of the inaugural “Wrestling for Recovery” event. The location for 17 bouts between the Rockets…

  • Region V recap: Addison, Zaleski become two-time champs; SJV sends eight to states

    Region V recap: Addison, Zaleski become two-time champs; SJV sends eight to states

    Tickets were punched to the upcoming NJSIAA state wrestling tournament in Atlantic City by grapplers who competed in the Region V tournament at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington. The Region V finals were held on Feb. 26. Senior Shay Addison from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School and junior Jack Zaleski from Middletown South…

  • Raritan defeats High Point to win Group II state team championship

    Raritan defeats High Point to win Group II state team championship

    FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP – Redemption was captured in the ultimate way for the Raritan High School, Hazlet, wrestling team in the NJSIAA Group II state team tournament championship match against High Point Regional High School of Wantage Township on Feb. 13 at Franklin High School. In 2018, Raritan lost the Group II final to High Point.…

  • Rockets defeat Bulldogs to win CJ Group II state sectional title

    Rockets defeat Bulldogs to win CJ Group II state sectional title

    Coach Rob Nucci and the Raritan High School wrestling team are New Jersey state sectional team champions once again. Nucci led the Rockets to their fourth state sectional team championship since taking the reins of the program 21 years ago with a 42-25 victory over Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School in the Central Jersey Group…

  • Rockets rolling; prep for play in conference, state sectional tournaments

    Rockets rolling; prep for play in conference, state sectional tournaments

    HAZLET – The Raritan High School boys basketball team is creating a lot of buzz throughout the Shore Conference and in the A Central Division this winter. The 2021-22 Rockets are off to the program’s best start in more than a decade. Raritan is 13-4 and the players are hoping to make a run at…

  • Rockets return veteran group for 2021-22 basketball campaign

    Rockets return veteran group for 2021-22 basketball campaign

    HAZLET – It is all about “seizing the day” for the Raritan High School boys basketball team as the Rockets prepare to tip off the 2021-22 season. That is the motto Coach Denis Caruano has been preaching to his players since practice began just after Thanksgiving. With a mentality that is similar to the one…

  • Rockets top Falcons, 3-0, in A Central soccer action

    Rockets top Falcons, 3-0, in A Central soccer action

    The Raritan High School and Monmouth Regional High School girls soccer teams came into their Shore Conference A Central Division clash on Sept. 15 in Tinton Falls searching for their first division victory of the 2021 season. After a scoreless first half, Raritan’s players came out firing in the second half and found the back…