Tag: Softball
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Eagles play 2 big games in state, conference tourneys
By Wayne Witkowski Middletown High School South’s softball team ends its season in a familiar setting: playing in the NJSIAA Group III semifinals June 7 and playing Middletown High School North again in the Shore Conference Tournament championship game the following day at Wall High School. Middletown North won last year’s Shore Conference Tournament championship…
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Hitting woes hurt Redbirds at end of softball season
By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School softball coach Kim Maurer almost wished she could grab a bat and go to the plate. That’s the frustration she felt in her team’s tailspin at the end of its 14-12 season, which concluded with a 4-1 loss to Moorestown High School in the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group III…
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Warren’s experience helps lead Bears to sectional softball title
By Jimmy Allinder When it comes to varsity sports, nothing can substitute the experience of being thrown into pressure situations, and East Brunswick High School multi-talented athlete Allie Warren knows that better than most. When the senior stepped up to the plate against Hightstown High School June 3 with the game tied 2-2 and the…
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St. Joe’s falls short of capturing sectional volleyball title
By Jimmy Allinder Throughout the course of a long season, high school volleyball teams sometimes play each other multiple times, and the outcome of a match often depends on which one is hot that day. East Brunswick High School was on fire June 3 when the top-seeded Bears dispatched second-seeded Saint Joseph High School of…
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New Egypt’s baseball, softball teams seeks sectional crowns
By Wayne Witkowski New Egypt High School’s softball team again extended its season into June, advancing to its sixth straight NJSIAA sectional championship game, this time in Central Jersey, Group I. The Warriors’ baseball team hoped to do the same when it played in the section semifinals May 31 at Pitman High School. New Egypt’s…
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Vikings, Raiders make deep runs in state sectional tourney
By Warren Rappleyea One was expected and the other maybe not as much, but both the South Brunswick High School and North Brunswick Township High School baseball teams have reached the semifinals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV tournament and were set to play each other May 31. The youthful North Brunswick (9-13) team…
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Marlboro softball, baseball fall in state sectional quarterfinals
The Marlboro High School softball team played a pair of one-run thrillers in the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV tournament. Unfortunately, the Mustangs went 1-1 in those games, bringing an end to another fine season on the softball diamond. Fourth-seeded East Brunswick High School ended Marlboro’s season May 25 with a come-from-behind, 4-3 win over…
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J.P. Stevens’ baseball team sets new school wins record
By Jimmy Allinder The John P. Stevens High School baseball team (20-8) has already broken the school record for wins in a season, but the Hawks hoped to add one more important win to the ledger. J.P. Stevens (ninth seed) met the second seed, East Brunswick High School (20-3-1), in the championship game of the…
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Woodbridge baseball, softball fall early in state tourney
By Jeff Appelblatt Harry Rutkowski was the best pitcher on Woodbridge High School’s baseball team the last two years and like most all aces do, he was going to be first on the hill for the first game of the playoffs — in this case, the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section II,…