Tag: State tournament
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Jaguars defeat Middletown South, 57-47, to win Central Jersey Group IV title
JACKSON – It was the type of contest fans expect from a championship game. The Jackson Memorial High School and Middletown South High School girls basketball teams were tied 45-45 with 4:00 to play in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament championship game on March 8 in Jackson. A back-and-forth game of…
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Mustangs defeat Trenton, 75-67, to win school’s first state sectional title
History. Redemption. There are many ways to describe what the Marlboro High School boys basketball team accomplished on March 7 in front of its hometown fans by winning the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament championship. No. 1 seed Marlboro held off No. 7 seed Trenton Central High School to secure a 75-67…
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Redbirds post winning record; have high expectations for 2022-23
ALLENTOWN – The 2021-22 season came to an end for the Allentown High School girls basketball team on March 3 in the quarterfinal round of the Central Jersey Group III state sectional tournament against Wall High School in Wall Township. A full season on the court – following a 2020-21 campaign that was abbreviated by…
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Jackson Memorial defeats Monroe Township; will face Middletown South in CJ IV final
Jackson Memorial High School senior girls basketball player Brooke McKown would be the first person to say that shooting free throws is not one of her strengths. But with the Jaguars trailing Monroe Township High School of Middlesex County, 44-43, with under :40 to play in a Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament semifinal…
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Jaguars stake claim as state’s premier girls wrestling program
JACKSON – For the second year in a row, the Jackson Memorial High School girls wrestling program sent six wrestlers to the NJSIAA state tournament. The 2022 edition of the tournament was held at Phillipsburg High School on Feb. 20. All six wrestlers who went to the state tournament – Skyelar Smith (138), Abigail Stanberry…
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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…
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Mazzella makes history as first Bordentown state wrestling champion
The name Lexi Mazzella will hang forever in the rafters of Bordentown Regional High School. Mazzella cemented her place in Bordentown history and capped off her tremendous athletic career for the Scotties during the NJSIAA Girls State Wrestling Championships on Feb. 20 at Phillipsburg High School. For the first time in the history of the…
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Middletown North tops Saint John Vianney, 2-1, to win Handchen Cup
Postseason action is in full swing on the ice and Coach Don Wood and his Middletown North High School hockey team have made the most of it so far. The Lions have been playing what the coach described as “complete hockey” over the last few weeks. The Lions’ run started when they defeated Middletown South…
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Mazzella headed to girls state wrestling tournament for second year in a row
Senior Lexi Mazzella continues to add more highlights to her stellar athletic career at Bordentown Regional High School. Mazzella rewrote the history books yet again during the NJSIAA South Region girls wrestling tournament on Feb. 12 at Kingsway Regional High School in Woolwich Township, becoming a two-state qualifier by placing third in the 132-pound bracket…
