FHS Lady Warrior Tiana Joy Jackson, far right, has accepted a scholarship to play basketball at the University of Illinois – Chicago. Pictured is her family, from left, sister Jasmine, father Walter, sister Chloe and mother, Catina. In the end, it came down to a water balloon fight. Tiana Joy Jackson, part of two Franklin High School Lady Warrior state …
Read More »Diamond Miller Prepares To Join U19 USA National Women’s Basketball Team
Diamond Miller will once again represent the United States in an international women’s basketball tournament. (File photo.) Former Lady Warrior Diamond Miller will have another chance to show her stuff on the world stage while representing the United States this summer when she joins the U19 USA National Women’s Basketball Team. Miller, who did not make the team during tryouts …
Read More »Lady Warriors Receive Their Championship Rings
Franklin High School Lady Warriors display their championship rings on June 10. The Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team received the final memento of its historic 2018-19 campaign on June 10: the championship rings. Holding an intimate dinner for team members, coaches and family at the Chimney Rock Inn, the girls celebrated each other one more time. Don’t Miss …
Read More »Warrior Track And Field: State Championship, Qualify For Meet Of Champions
Franklin’s Jasmine Jackson (No. 2) led off for the girls in the 4×400 relay May 31 during the NJSIAA Group Championships. May 31 and June 1 were big days for Franklin High School track and field: the boys’ team narrowly won the Group IV state championship, while a number of athletes from the boys’ and girls’ teams qualified for the …
Read More »Lady Warrior Basketball Team Honored By State Assembly For Historic Season
State Assemblyman Joe Danielsen speaks about the FHS Lady Warriors basketball team on the floor of the Assembly Chamber. The Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team on May 23 was honored by the state Assembly for the second time in the last three years. Led by state Assemblymen Joe Danielsen, the Assembly unanimously passed a resolution honoring the Lady …
Read More »‘Lady Warrior Day’ In Words And Pictures
Tiana Joy Jackson takes a selfie with a group of MacAfee Road School students during the May 2 “Tour of Champions.” May 2 was “Lady Warrior Day” in the school district, in honor of the historic state championship won by the Franklin High School girls’ basketball team, and what a day it was. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet …
Read More »FHS Sports Photo Gallery: Warriors Tri-Meet Against Montgomery and Phillipsburg
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Read More »FHS Sports: Warriors Pound Irvington 13-2 In Shortened Game
Avery Myers strokes a double during the Warriors’ contest against Irvington on April 29. Franklin High School pitcher Avery Myers fanned four and walked two while giving up four hits and two runs in the Warriors’ 13-2 rout of Irvington on April 29. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …
Read More »Overwhelming Offense Leads To 16-1 Warrior Win In Somerset County Baseball Tournament Opener
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer crosses home plate after his inside-the-park home run April 22 in the play-in round of the Somerset County Tournament. A seven-run fourth inning powered the Franklin High School Warriors baseball team to a 16-1 win over Manville High School April 22 in the opening day of the Somerset County Tournament. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …
Read More »10 Franklin High School Athletes Sign Letters Of Intent
Ten more Franklin High School athletes signed their Letters of Intent to play for various colleges and universities on April 17. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight Villages. But we can only …
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