Stevens boys ready to face division rivals
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer
      EDISON — After a 1-2 showing at this year’s Rahway Tournament, the J.P Stevens High School boys basketball team enters this week 3-4 on the young season with big games against Red Division rivals Piscataway, Edison and Old Bridge staring it in the face.
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Shooter’s touch
      Bishop Ahr’s Dan Hurley scores two of his 14 points during the Trojans’ loss to host Roselle Catholic on Dec. 28.
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Metuchen boys start to round into form
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer
      METUCHEN — After stumbling out of the gate with an 0-2 start, the borough high school boys basketball team has won three of its last four contests to improve its record to 3-3. Last week the Bulldogs competed in the Roselle Park Holiday Tournament and lost an opening-round thriller to...
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Rutgers’ historic year puts program in spotlight
Coach knows, with success comes heightened expectations
BY MIKE McDONALD Staff Writer
      When the Rutgers University football team (11-2) beat Kansas State (7-6) by the final score of 37-10 on Dec. 28 in the Texas Bowl, it marked the end to one of the most illustrious seasons in school history. The win was the school’s first-ever bowl victory and validated the notion th...
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Tigers hand Lady Hawks their first loss of season
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer
      EDISON — The South Plainfield High School girls basketball team was well aware of just how lethal a shooter J.P. Stevens’ Kathryn Ruhno is when hot, and held her in check to win the Lady Hawks Invitational Tournament last week by a 49-37 score in the title game.
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NJCU women win Holiday Jamboree title
As Woodbridge’s Spratford wins second singles title
      GLASSBORO — The nationally No. 5 ranked New Jersey City University women’s bowling team defeated top-ranked Fairleigh Dickinson University, 3-2, in the semifinals, and swept No. 6 University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 3-0, in the finals to win the championship of the 2006 Holiday Jamboree, ...
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Sports Shorts
      Raritan Valley Soccer Officials Association is seeking candidates interested in officiating high school soccer in Middlesex, Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren counties. The RVSOA are members of the National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association Interscholastic Division and the New Jersey ...
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