Tag: Wrestling
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Performers of the week for Feb. 6
The calendar has turned to February as the winter scholastic season keeps moving forward. Local athletes continue to excel while they keep an eye on county and state tournaments that are approaching. Standouts were abundant on the boys’ basketball courts … Rob Higgins experienced a week that saw him spark Middletown High School North to…
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Goetz’s success at Tri-County meet unprecedented
By Wayne Witkowski Brett Blaess of Carl W. Goetz Middle School in Jackson Township was a runner-up two years ago in his weight class at the Tri-County Wrestling championships, a tournament pitting the top wrestlers in Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties against each other. This year, he was determined to be the best in his…
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Hoernlein, Mulryne to lead Redbirds into sectional track meet
By Wayne Witkowski Distance runner Devon Hoernlein and jumper Kassidy Mulryne will lead Allentown High School girls’ indoor track and field team into the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group III sectionals at 9 a.m. Feb. 12 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. Hoernlein, a junior, will go into the meet with impressive…
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Barrons impressed with season despite holes in lineup
By Jeff Appelblatt For as many matches as Woodbridge High School’s wrestling team is forfeiting regularly, the Barrons haven’t looked too shabby this season. But with some of the wrestlers the squad had back this year, coach Mike Carbone didn’t expect his team to hit rock bottom. “We’re doing OK. We have a lot of…
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Places to be for week of Feb. 6
The calendar has flipped to February, which is the time of the winter scholastic season when tournaments are beginning to take form. Here are some tournaments and regular-season events to focus on this week. The wrestling postseason has been launched … The NJSIAA sectional tournaments have started, beginning Feb. 6 with the opening rounds at…
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Performers of the week for Jan. 30
The so-called dead of winter period is brightened by the sparking play of local scholastic athletes. Here is a look at who recently has been lighting it up. The spotlight on boys’ basketball has been these players … With the game on the line, Jack Solano stood on the foul line. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High…
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Long Branch goes deep on conference wrestling tournament
By Matthew Rocco The Long Branch High School wrestling team kicked off the postseason with a trip to the Shore Conference Tournament (SCT) semifinals. The Green Wave have counted on both veterans and underclassmen throughout the season, and the team used the same formula during its run to the final four of the Shore Conference.…
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Lamparelli, McDermott weight class winners at county meet
By Wayne Witkowski Freshman Joe Lamparelli continued to show the promise he brought into the season when he won the 106-pound weight class Jan. 28 as one of two Allentown High School’s wrestlers who prevailed in their weights when the Redbirds finished third in the team standings at the Mercer County Championships. Junior Liam McDermott…
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Braves’ wrestlers not deterred by loss at Shore Conference meet
By Jeff Appelblatt The wrestling team from Middletown High School North ended Manalapan High School’s wrestlers’ goal of winning the Shore Conference meet eventually won by Howell High School, but Manalapan coach Scott Pressman thinks his wrestlers had more positives than negatives to take away from the annual competition. That list began with the win…
