Tag: Softball
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Lancers cap softball season with Shore Conference Tournament title
Saint John Vianney High School was faced with ending its softball season with a rare defeat. Saint John Vianney, which had suffered just one loss in its first 28 games of the spring, was down by five runs after five innings to Ocean Township High School in the championship game of the Shore Conference Tournament…
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Marlboro among higher seeds to fall in conference tourney
By Jeff Appelblatt Marlboro High School’s softball team had a very good season, but like it was for all the better-ranked teams toward the top of the Shore Conference Tournament, seedings didn’t mean a thing. Ask the first-place team at Donovan Catholic High School. The top-seeded Griffins (27-2) lost at home to the No. 16…
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Lancers to vie for Shore Conference Tournament softball title
By Matthew Rocco The Saint John Vianney High School softball team will take the field in the Shore Conference Tournament championship this week. The Lancers are looking for their first postseason title of 2017 after falling one win shy of a sectional championship in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) tournament. With an…
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Lady Knights fall just short in sectional softball finals
By Warren Rappleyea Old Bridge High School’s softball team battled its way to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Central Jersey, Group IV finals, where the season ended with a hard-fought 1-0 loss to top-seeded Montgomery High School. The Cougars scored the lone run of the game in the second inning, and it proved…
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Metuchen falls in state finals to Cedar Grove in perfect game
By Brett Carroll Staff Writer The Metuchen High School softball team lost in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Group I finals, 4-0, to Cedar Grove High School after Cedar Grove pitcher Mia Faieta threw a perfect game June 4 at Kean University. The final was Faieta’s third perfect game of the season,…
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Performers of the Week for May 29
A soggy week may have washed out some crucial sporting events at our local scholastic fields, but there were some glimmers of bright play when the state tournaments launched. State baseball playoffs open … Raritan High School received a balanced effort when the Rockets opened the Central Jersey, Group II state tournament with a 6-0…
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N.J. Cheetahs prepare for showcases with eye toward expanding program
By Wayne Witkowski As high school and college softball is winding down, the New Jersey Cheetahs elite travel program prepares for the start of practices, training and playing showcase games that begin in a few weeks. “It’s going good,” said David Dominici, who founded the Cheetahs in 2004 and is the president of the program,…
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Tavaska leads Lions deeper in state sectional tournament
By Wayne Witkowski Jackson Liberty Kyle Tavaska came through in the clutch for Jackson Liberty High School’s baseball team as it advanced to the second round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey, Group III tournament with a 6-4 victory May 23 over Moorestown High School. Tavaska, who hit a sacrifice…
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Falcons relying on pitching for deep tournament runs
By Jimmy Allinder Baseball The Memorial Day weekend is usually when the high school sports season is nearing its end. However, the Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen baseball team (18-9) hopes this spring can last longer. The Falcons met Monroe Township High School May 27 at East Brunswick Vocational Technical High School for the…