Tag: State tournament
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Caldwell beats Bulldogs, 18-14, in Group II state championship game
PISCATAWAY — The members of the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School football team took the field to compete in the first NJSIAA Group II state championship game on Dec. 4 at SHI Stadium on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway. The Bulldogs squared off against undefeated Caldwell High School of Essex County and gave…
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Zawatski wins cross country Meet of Champions title; qualifies for national meet
Every morning when Freehold Township High School distance runner Emma Zawatski wakes up, the first thing she sees is a cork board on which a list of all the goals she wants to achieve each season is posted. For her junior cross country campaign in 2022, Zawatski had two big goals: to win the NJSIAA…
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DePaul defeats Red Bank Catholic, 19-17, to win Non-Public B state title
EAST RUTHERFORD — History and redemption were on the line in a rematch of the 2021 NJSIAA Non-Public B state football championship game when Red Bank Catholic High School and DePaul Catholic High School met in the 2022 title game on Nov. 25 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. The Caseys of Red Bank were…
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Edison captures first sectional football title since 1991; ends Cinderella postseason run in state semifinal
EDISON – There was no doubt in the mind of Edison High School football coach Matt Fulham that his 2022 squad had what it took to be champions. He knew it even before his 2022-23 senior class entered high school when he saw them play over four years ago at the youth level for the…
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Freehold Township Patriots end perfect season with state championship
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A gymnastics dynasty has been born in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. The Freehold Township High School gymnastics team became the first public school in the Garden State to win four state championships when the 2022 Patriots won the program’s fourth state title in six years on Nov. 10 at…
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Hillsborough wins first sectional field hockey crown since 1983; season ends in Group IV Final
HILLSBOROUGH – The final two weeks of the 2022 season was a splendid one to say the least for the Hillsborough High School field hockey team. The biggest highlight of it all was the Raiders bringing home the program’s first sectional championship since 1983 on Nov. 10 against Phillipsburg High School in the NJSIAA North…
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O’Toole rallies Bulldogs past Raritan, 34-27, to win state sectional championship
HAZLET — The words “epic rally” would be an understatement for what the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School football team was able to pull off against Raritan High School to win the 2022 NJSIAA South Jersey Group II state sectional playoff championship on the evening of Nov. 11 in Hazlet. The fourth quarter began with…
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Patriots defeat Ridgewood, 1-0, to win Group IV state soccer championship
Redemption from a loss in the 2021 NJSIAA Group IV state tournament championship game was the ultimate desire of the members of the Freehold Township High School girls soccer team during the 2022 season. That desire fueled the Patriots to a return appearance in the Group IV championship match on Nov. 13 at Kean University,…
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Thygeson lifts CBA to 1-0 win over Seton Hall Prep in Non-Public A title match
Big-time players deliver big-time plays in the most important moments. That proved true for Christian Brothers Academy senior forward Will Thygeson during the 2022 state tournament when he returned from a hamstring injury as the NJSIAA South Jersey Non-Public A state sectional soccer tournament began. In the Non-Public A state sectional tournament championship match on…
