High School Sports

Franklin High School’s Quasim Ashford sprints into the end zone with less than two minutes to play in the Warriors’ 7-6 win over the Edison Eagles on October 3 in Middlebush Park. With less then two minutes to play in their game against the Franklin High School Warriors at Middlebush Park, the Edison Eagles looked as though they would hang …

The FHS field hockey team started their season on October 1. Lady Warriors took to the fields on October 1 as the seasons of the girls’ soccer and field hockey teams got underway. Lady Warriors tennis was also playing on Oct. 1, but their season started on September 30. The varsity tennis and field hockey teams took on Bernards, while …

Submitted by Franklin School District. Picture if you will, Saturday, October 3rd, it is a perfect fall afternoon…the air is brisk, the sky is clear, the fans have gathered and the FHS Warriors take the field for the first home game of the 2020 FHS football season. Only for this game, that field will be located at Middlebush Park and …

Schools Superintendent John Ravally said on September 24 that the district may not send student-athletes to Hunterdon Central Regional High School for sports contests. Franklin High School athletes may not travel to Hunterdon Central Regional High School for games this year, the schools Superintendent said on September 24. Superintendent John Ravally said published reports of Hunterdon Central students mocking the …

Onoseta Ufuah goes up for a shot in heavy defense during the Lady Warriors’ March 11 game against Randolph. UNION – Most days, ask Lady Warriors’ basketball team head coach Audrey Taylor about the overarching factor in a particular win, and she’ll tell you “defense.” But after the Lady Warriors came back to win the NJSIAA state Group 4 semi-finals …

Junior center Kyierah Dempsey-Toney shoots for two of her game-leading 17 points March 9 during the NJSIAA state sectional championship game. To hear Kennady Schenck tell it, she and her Lady Warrior teammates had their NJSIAA state sectional championship game won days ago. That would have been March 7, when the Lady Warriors basketball team blew past Bayonne in what …

Lady Warrior Onoseta Ufuah goes up for a shot late in the NJSIAA Sectional opening round against Newark Eastside. The Franklin High School girls’ and boys’ basketball teams each won their first-round state tournament games March 3. The boys defeated Edison 66-60, while the girls romped over Newark Eastside, 65-15. On the boys’ side, senior guard Tracy Brown led his …

Kyierah Dempsey-Toney sinks the second of two foul shots that tied the game at 44 with less than 10 seconds left in regulation. It looked for a while that the Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team would exact some revenge February 27 on Watchung Hills, easing the pain of their previous two losses to the team. But, reminiscent of …

Lady Warrior Onoseta Ufuah goes up for two of her nine points in the February 22 game against Morristown. The Franklin High School Lady Warriors didn’t just outscore the Morristown Colonials in their 59-28 win February 22, they out-hustled and out-thought them, too. Whether it was fighting for an offensive rebound, forcing a turnover or finding an open player in …

Junior guard Kyierah Dempsy-Toney takes a shot over a defending Purple Rose in the Lady Warriors’ Feb. 15 regular season finale. The Franklin High School Lady Warriors’ 11-game winning streak was snapped February 15 with a 69-60 loss to St. Rose. Shots just weren’t dropping for the Lady Warriors, who finish the regular season at 16-4. They also had no …