Tag: Softball
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Lost experience could be challenge for Bears’ softball team
By Jimmy Allinder Kevin Brady knows better than anyone his East Brunswick High School softball team usually wins 20 or more games every season because of a well of talent that never runs dry. This spring might be different. The Bears graduated eight starters from last year’s 22-7 team, which won the New Jersey State…
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Spotswood softball favored to repeat at Blue Division champs
By Jimmy Allinder Spotswood Spotswood High School is the two-time defending Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division softball champion and with most of the lineup intact, the Chargers are favorites to repeat. Untested junior Joey Bartusak inherits the vitally important pitching job from departed Alexa Raba, but Spotswood is bolstered by a lineup that has…
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Freehold softball team looking for turnaround season
By Jeff Appelblatt Freehold High School’s softball team was set to begin its season April 1, but rain changed that plan. The team knew 24 hours prior and yet, coach Danielle Orender knew it was still necessary to hold its regularly scheduled practice March 31 — even if it was inside the gym because of…
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Redbirds’ softball team hopes South Carolina trip pays off
By Wayne Witkowski Little did Allentown High School softball coach Kim Maurer and her players realize when they planned a mid-March trip to the Cal Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, how fortuitous it was amid the onslaught of winter weather after a brief stretch of mild temperatures in the opening week of preseason.…
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Hawks to be challenged with mostly new baseball lineup
By Jimmy Allinder John P. Stevens With 12 regulars graduated, including the entire pitching staff, the John P. Stevens High School baseball team will be challenged to have as much success as it did last year. The Hawks were 20-9 overall, 10-6 in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division and made the conference tournament…
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Vazquez, Barrons put on offensive showcase in softball opener
By Jeff Appelblatt Woodbridge High School’s softball team began the 2017 season on fire, and there was nothing South Amboy High School could do to cool the Barrons off. The three runs South Amboy scored in the first half-inning of the game was all Jordan Cinelli was going to give up in the blowout-shortened game…
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Raritan seeking another successful season on softball diamond
By Matthew Rocco A veteran lineup and a talented ace in the circle have the Raritan High School softball team dreaming about another big season. The Rockets have been a perennial success story. Although the team fell short in the Shore Conference and state tournaments in 2016, Raritan extended its run of winning seasons to…
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Lions ready to start softball campaign as B South front-runners
By Wayne Witkowski Meghan Conroy can’t wait for the opening game April 1 after pitching Jackson Liberty High School’s softball team to its first Ocean County championship last season and a Shore Conference B South Division co-championship — its third division championship in school history. “It looks really good. We’re all super excited and working…
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Spotswood’s Raba enjoying her time on softball diamond
By Jimmy Allinder There is not a softball player around more dedicated to the game than Julie Raba, but that doesn’t mean she’s all work and no play. Raba, originally from Milltown and now residing in Helmetta, is a fourth-year starting shortstop for Spotswood High School and recalls a light-hearted moment two years ago during…
