Tag: State tournament
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Hillsborough softball advances behind Davenport to Group IV title game
Standing in the circle during the semifinals of the state tournament was something that Hillsborough High School softball team’s star ace Sarah Davenport didn’t think she would be doing when the 2021 season began. Not having a freshman season due to COVID-19, neither Davenport nor Hillsborough softball Coach Cheryl Iaione thought that she would be…
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‘Brotherhood’ mentality leads Middletown South to first sectional title since 2011
The message that first-year coach Chris LeMore has constantly told his Middletown South High School baseball team since the beginning of the 2021 season is that “the strongest part of our chain will be from the bottom to the top.” All of the players bought into the culture LeMore was trying to build and the…
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Allentown lacrosse coach proud of team’s effort during 2021 campaign
ALLENTOWN – Playing lacrosse during the spring of 2021 was something Allentown High School girls lacrosse coach Jen Garavente and her players did not take lightly. After losing the 2020 season during the coronavirus pandemic, Garavente and her players made sure they took advantage of every moment they had on the field this year. “We…
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Pontari, Middletown South top Freehold Township in state sectional tournament
It wasn’t the start Matt Pontari and the Middletown South High School baseball team were expecting against Freehold Township in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament on June 5 in Middletown. Before Pontari, who was the Eagles’ starting pitcher, and his teammates got back to their dugout, the No.…
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Holbrook advances in Little League Baseball state tournament
The Holbrook 12U Little League team opened the state tournament with a 6-4 victory last night, July 27, against Washington Park of Jersey City in Newton. Holbrook will now play Sweedsboro-Woolwich tonight at 8. A victory over Sweedsboro-Woolwich will send Holbrook to the state championship game on July 30. A loss tonight will put…
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Sayreville 12U baseball team faces elimination games
The Sayreville 12U Little League team can not afford another loss in its pursuit to win the Section 3 championship. Sayreville is now in a must-win situation after it was defeated by Holbrook, 8-6, last evening, July 18, at the Hamilton Township Recreation Baseball Association’s Van Horn Park in Mercerville. Sayreville plays in an elimination…
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Freehold Township softball team plays elimination game July 15
Freehold Township can not afford another loss in its drive to win the New Jersey Little League Junior Softball State Tournament championship. Tomorrow, July 15, Freehold Township plays in elimination game when it meets Merchantville at 12 p.m. at the Ocean Township Little League Colt Complex. The game was scheduled to be played tonight, July…
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Freehold 13U baseball team one victory away from state final
The Freehold Township 13U baseball team, the defending state champion, is one victory away from reaching the state championship game. Freehold Township will continue its bid to retain the state title when it plays Buena at 8 tonight, July 13, at the Middletown Little League complex that is located at 47 Market St., Red Bank.…
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Freehold Township softball team continues bid to win state championship
Freehold Township will meet Clifton tonight, July 12, in its bid to reach the championship game of the New Jersey League Junior Softball State Tournament. Freehold Township will play Clifton at 7:30 tonight at the Ocean Township Little League Colt Complex. Freehold Township gained a ticket to this game when it defeated Lyndhurst, 15-5, last…
