NJSIAA Field Hockey Group Finals
Toms River, NJ, USA; 16 November 2008 Sunday: NJSIAA Field Hockey Group FInals held at Toms River High School East.
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Eastern 3, Bridgewater-Raritan 0
West Essex 3, Bishop Eustace 0
2008 All-State Girls Lacrosse
June 15, 2008: The Star-Ledger today announced its 2008 Spring All-Stars: All-State Girls Lacrosse Team, which included Alyssa Dragon (Bridgewater-Raritan), Danielle Van Fossan (Chatham), Kelly Draper (Shore), Ali Cassera (West Essex), Virginia Weber (Moorestown), Kirsten Donahue (Seneca), Alyssa Ogle (Moorestown), Lauren Murray (Chatham), Annie McGinley (Moorestown), Ilyssa McIntyre (Oak Knoll), Kyla Damback (Mendham) and Barb Previ (Shawnee). Also, congratulations to Annie McGinley and Deb Marriott for being named the Player of the Year and Coach of the Year, respectively. We look forward to photographing these athletes in action next year when they play in college. Here are the All-Stars in Action:
Bridgewater-Raritan vs Hillsborough Lacrosse
Bridgewater, NJ - Wednesday May 28, 2008; Hillsborough versus Bridgewater-Raritan during the 2008 Girls Lacrosse North IV Sectional Lacrosse Finals held at John Basilone Memorial Field. Bridgewater-Raritan defeated Hillsborough 14-12 in double overtime.
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Photos by Alan Maglaque/www.njsi.net
Moorestown @ Bridgewater-Raritan Lacrosse
Bridgewater, NJ, USA; Monday May 20, 2008; Moorestown High School Quakers versus Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers Boys Varsity Lacrosse played at Basilone Field. The Quakers defeated the Panthers 9-8.
Bridgewater-Raritan @ Jefferson Lacrosse
Thursday May 14; Bridgewater-Raritan @ Jefferson Boys Varsity Lacrosse.
Bridgewater-Raritan @ Westfield Lacrosse
Bridgewater-Raritan defeated Westfield 17-3 durng a girls varsity lacrosse game played on APril 12, 2008 at Kehler Stadium.
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Lenape vs. Bridgewater-Raritan @ Soccer Group Finals
TCNJ Lion’s field Ewing, NJ – November 17th, Writen by Louis Rossi for NJSI.net, Photos by Alan Maglaque
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Set to go in the brutal cold at 9:45 Saturday morning were Lenape and Bridgewater-Raritan girls soccer teams, both eager to get underway and determined to make the right decisions that would lead to victory.
Coming out strong were the Indians, asserting control over the ball and keeping the pressure on Bridgewater-Raritan defense and goal keeper throughout the first half.
While the Lenape pushed the offensive, the Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers pushed right back. Keeping each other in check throughout the first half, leaving the coaches to sit their teams down and utilize their observations to best benefit their players in the second half.
The difference in the Lenape team coming onto the field after halftime was unmistakable. They wanted to win, and win big. (more…)
Field Hockey Championships - Group Finals @ Toms River East
Toms River, NJ -The 2007 NJSIAA Field Hockey Championships were held at Toms River High School East on November 11, 2007. Please go to the links below to view the photo highlights from each gmae.
CLICK HERE for Camden Catholic-West Essex Field Hockey @ Group Finals
CLICK HERE for Eastern v Bridgewater-Raritan Field Hockey @ Group Finals
CLICK HERE for Freehold v Shawnee Field Hockey @ Group Finals
CLICK HERE for Oak Knoll-Holy Cross Field Hockey @ Group Final
Photos by Alan Maglaque for NJSI
Westfield @ Bridgewater-Raritan Soccer
Bridgewater, NJ - The Westfield Blue Devils Coached by Katie Wertheimer and Joe Paradise were defeated 1-0 by the Panthers of Bridgewater-Raritan coached by Rob Hamilton and Andrea Leininger during today’s NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2 Group 4 Semifinal Round of the high school girls soccer tournament held at John Basilone Memorial Field. The Panther’s senior #11 Sam Andrea knocked in the only goal from a corner kick with 5:08 remaining in the first period. Westfield had 11 shots on goal to the Panther’s nineteen. Bridgewater-Raritan’s keeper Amanda Wong had 10 saves, while Westfield’s Claire Bennett had seventeen.
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Somerset County Cross Country Championships
Bernards Township, NJ - The Somerset County Cross Country Championships were held at Pleasant Valley Park on October 17, 2007.
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Photos by Alan Maglaque for NJSI.net
GIRLS Cross Country
Jillian Prentice a Sophmore from Montgomery High School came out on top in a field of 95 runners competing with a time of 18:42.25 running at an average of 6:01.3 for each mile.
TEAMS: 1-Ridge 50. 2-Montgomery 69. 3-Hillsborough 70. 4-Pingry 141. 5-Immaculata 146. 6-Bridgewater 152. 7-Bernards 178. 8-Mount St. Mary 182. 9-Somerville 253. 10-Watchung Hills 299. 11-Gill St. Bernards 301. 12-Franklin 345. 13-Rutgers Prep 349. 14-Manville 360. 15-Bound Brook 447.
INDIVIDUALS: 1-Jillian Prentice, So @ Montgomery, 18:42.3. 2-Ashley Smolinka, So @ Hillsborough, 18:50.2. 3-Liz Campbell, Sr @ Mount St. Mary, 19:08.6. 4-Dana Guglielmo, Jr @ Ridge, 19:12.5. 5-Amanda Herrmann, Sr @ Montgomery, 19:25.6. 6-Olivia Tarantino, Fr @ Pingry, 19:32.9. 7-Erin James, So @ Immaculata, 19:35.5. 8-Josefine Kvist, Sr @ Ridge, 19:45.1. 9-Meredith Mayes, Jr Hillsborough, 19:59.7. 10-Amanda Gracia, Jr @ Ridge, 20:00.8.
BOYS Cross Country
Gill St. Bernard’s Junior Doug Smith not only defeated a field of more than 100 competitors, but also established a new course record of 15:25.48 compared to 15:47 formerly set by another Gill St. Bernard’s Knight Bobby Papazian back in 2004. Doug Smith ran a 4:57.9 average mile.
TEAMS: 1-Bridgewater-Raritan 64. 2-Bernards 91. 3-Hillsborough 93. 4-Pingry 115. 5-Franklin 117. 6-Ridge 118. 7-Somerville 127. 8-Montgomery 240. 9-Watchung Hills 264. 10-Gill St. Bernards 306. 11-Rutgers Prep 312. 12-Immaculata 331. 13-North Plainfield 397. 14-Bound Brook 417.
INDIVIDUALS: 1-Doug Smith, Jr @ Gill St. Bernards, 15:25.5, course record; former record, 15:47, Bobby Papazian, Gill St. Bernards, 2004. 2-Jermaine Coore, Sr @ Franklin, 15:52.2. 3-Dan Stiles, Sr @ Somerville, 16:05.6. 4-Jordan Magath, Jr @ Hillsborough, 16:18.8. 5-Selasi Lumax, Sr @ Franklin, 16:35.1. 6-Dan Schuchinsky, Jr @ Pingry, 16:42.5. 7-Matt LaForgia, Jr @ Pingry, 16:43.7. 8-Auggie Stadtmueller, Sr @ Bernards, 16:48.5. 9-Tom Banafato, Sr @ Bridgewater-Raritan, 16:51.0. 10-Ian McArtney, Sr @ Ridge, 16:54.0.
Bridgewater-Raritan @ Watchung Hills Field Hockey
Warren, NJ - The Panthers of Bridgewater-Raritan High School won 4-2 over the Warriors of Watchung Hills in Warren, NJ. A. Tichy, A.Dragon, N. D’Abrantes and T. Luke each scored a goal for the Panthers, while
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Photos by Alex Cena
Games We Plan to Photograph Near-term
Over the next several days, we may be taking action photos during the following sports events.
07-Sep Morristown @ Seton Hall Prep Boys Soccer
08-Sep Bridgewater-Raritan @ Watchung Hills Field Hockey
08-Sep Gill St Bernards @ Watchung Hills Boys Soccer
08-Sep Morristown @ Seton Hall Prep Football
08-Sep St. Peter’s vs. Delbarton @ Giants Stadium Football
08-Sep Xaverian vs. St. Joseph @ Giants Stadium Football
08-Sep Bergen Catholic vs. Philipsburg @ Giants Stadium Football
08-Sep 10-Sep Scotch Plains-Fanwood @ Westfield Girls Soccer
11-Sep Kent Place @ Oak Knoll Field Hockey
2007 NJSIAA Ice Hockey State Finals at Mennen
We were at the NJSIAA Ice Hockey State Finals held at William G. Mennen Ice Arena on March 23, 2007 and got to watch two excellent and very close games. Photos taken during the NJSIAA State Ice Hockey Tournament of Champions Finals held at William G. Mennen Sports Arena in Morristown New Jersey may now be viewed on-line. The game between the two public and the non-public high school galleries have about 300 images taken during the warm-ups, the game itself as well as some of the images taken after the game.
In addition to the photos in the galleries above, you can also view images taken by Rich Graessle of NY Greenpics and video footage taken by Phil McRimmon of NJHotshots. If I find galleries created by other photographers who also strobed the event, I will post them here as well. I am not trying to promote or endorse the quality of the competition. You are going to find their site anyway so you may as well learn about them from here. There were a dozen or more professional photographers at the event though there were only about six of us who were using professional strobes similar to those you would find at Continental Arena or other professional sports venues. Strobed action photos will look great small and still look spectacular (i.e. sharp and no noise & grain) blown up to a 20×30.
The fans were really there for their favorite sports teams and a special thanks to all the game officials! Enjoy the photographs!
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A BIG shout out to all the photographers that were present at the game and using strobes. Everyone was real cooperative in coordinating Pocket Wizard frequencies and agreeing to bounce their lights off the ceiling as opposed to hitting the players with a powerful flash directly. I prefer direct light myself for that high-contrast Sports-Illustrated look but opted to bounce. I was afraid with so many of us strobing the place like the northern lights we could’ve been disruptive. I’m just happy indoor sports are over so I do not have to lug lights around everywhere anymore.
