Tag: Wrestling
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Eisenhower wrestling team delivers another winning season
Thanks to their tri-captains, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School wrestling team was reloaded. In what would have been a rebuilding season for less successful programs (losing eight starters), the Generals came through with another winning season (9-6) and made their presence felt at the Central Jersey Interscholastic Wrestling League White Division Tournament (fourth place…
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Rivera thrilled by son’s state wrestling championship triumph
By Tim Morris Steve Rivera won the NJSIAA state championship in 1988 while wrestling for Manalapan High School. At this year’s state championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, he had the opportunity to relive that joy — this time as a father. His son, Sebastian Rivera, a senior at Christian Brothers Academy (CBA), followed…
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Jackson Liberty’s Kalmowitz turns attention to lacrosse season
By Wayne Witkowski Few student-athletes compete in both wrestling and boys lacrosse. Tyler Kalmowitz of Jackson Liberty High School excels in both as a definitive exception to that notion. Kalmowitz comes off a wrestling season that far exceeded expectations and is preparing for his senior season on Jackson Liberty’s lacrosse team as its leading scorer…
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Howell wrestlers ruled the season, All-District Team
Led by a talented senior class, the Howell High School wrestling team again took its place among the best in the state. It was a season of mixed emotions for head coach John Gagliano’s grapplers but in the end, they came out on top. There were the two excruciating losses to Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) — the…
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Jackson wrestlers leave state championships empty-handed
By Wayne Witkowski All four wrestlers from Jackson Township’s high schools — Matt McGowan and Mike Spino of Jackson Memorial High School and Tyler Kalmowitz and Nick Pellegrino from Jackson Liberty High School — exited earlier than they hoped from the state championships March 5 at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall without a medal. McGowan, a…
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CBA’s Rivera wins state wrestling championship
Sebastian Rivera made Christian Brothers Academy’s (CBA) finest wrestling season even more memorable. After a year in which the Colts set team records, Rivera’s championship victory at 113 pounds at the NJSIAA Individual Wrestling Championships March 6 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City provided the perfect conclusion to the season. Seeded second in his weight…
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Allentown’s Mulryne closes indoor season with MOC return
By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School girls indoor track and field high jumper Kassidy Mulryne ended her season the way every high school competitor in her sport dreams about — in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions (MOC) for the second straight winter season. But it was far from a dream season at the start when Mulryne,…
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Monroe returns to girls hoops sectional title game
By Jimmy Allinder There is nothing like watching state tournament basketball because of what’s at stake. Win and move on to the next one-and-done game. Lose and the season comes to an abrupt conclusion. Three area girls teams experienced that range of emotions in recent sectional tournament games. Monroe Township High School (25-3) earned the…
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Barrons’ McLaughlin medals at state wrestling tournament
By Jeff Appelblatt Woodbridge High School’s Bryan McLaughlin knew that the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA Wrestling State Championships would be a tough battle — if he was able to make it that far at the 3-day tournament March 4-6 in Atlantic City, that is. But it only took one match for the junior to show…
