Tag: State tournament
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Rebels win state sectional team title; bow in Group V state final
The Howell High School wrestling team and Coach John Gagliano won their fifth NJSIAA state sectional tournament team title in eight years on Feb. 9 in Howell against Hunterdon Central Regional High School of Flemington. Sophomore 138-pounder Giovanni Scafidi pinned Hunterdon Central’s Henry Wilkinson in the final bout of the championship match to lift the…
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Raritan defeats High Point to win Group II state team championship
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP – Redemption was captured in the ultimate way for the Raritan High School, Hazlet, wrestling team in the NJSIAA Group II state team tournament championship match against High Point Regional High School of Wantage Township on Feb. 13 at Franklin High School. In 2018, Raritan lost the Group II final to High Point.…
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Rockets defeat Bulldogs to win CJ Group II state sectional title
Coach Rob Nucci and the Raritan High School wrestling team are New Jersey state sectional team champions once again. Nucci led the Rockets to their fourth state sectional team championship since taking the reins of the program 21 years ago with a 42-25 victory over Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School in the Central Jersey Group…
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Seniors finish off amazing careers in helping Hillsborough win South Jersey Group V regional title
From the moment the Hillsborough football players in the Class of 2022 stepped onto the grounds of Hillsborough High School four years ago, their ultimate goal was to bring home a state championship. This talented group of 19 seniors knew they were capable of doing something special and showed that off this fall by setting…
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Hillsborough caps 13-0 season by winning South Jersey Group V regional championship
Legacies were made and milestones were set on Dec. 4 at SHI Stadium in Piscataway as the Hillsborough High School football team capped off its historic 2021 season by winning the NJSIAA South Jersey Group V regional championship. Hillsborough roared to a 28-7 victory over Kingsway Regional High School of Gloucester County in the regional…
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Caseys top DePaul, 13-8, to win state football championship
Red Bank Catholic High School senior quarterback Alex Brown and all of his teammates knew they had a guardian angel watching over them when they took the field on Nov. 26 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford to face DePaul Catholic High School of Wayne in the NJSIAA Non-Public Group B state championship football game.…
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Hillsborough rumbles to first state sectional championship since 2000
The unstoppable train that is the Hillsborough High School football team once again could not be derailed on Nov. 19 at the school’s Dan A. Noonan Field. Hillsborough improved to a perfect 12-0 on the season and added some championship hardware in the process by taking down North Brunswick Township High School in the NJSIAA…
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Eagles defeat Sayreville to clinch spot in state sectional title game
For the first time since 2015, the Middletown South High School football team will play for a state sectional championship. The Eagles raced to a 17-8 victory over Sayreville War Memorial High School in the semifinals of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section II, Group IV state sectional tournament on Nov. 12 in Middletown to punch…
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Kolbasovsky lifts Hornets to Central Jersey Group II crown with overtime goal
The Holmdel High School and Wall High School girls soccer teams were tied 0-0 after a full 80 minutes of regulation time in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II state sectional tournament championship match on Nov. 12 in Holmdel. The Hornets and the Crimson Knights would be permitted to play a maximum of two 10-minute…
