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TRENTON – On paper, it wasn’t supposed to happen. But in their hearts, they knew they could do it. In what can only be described as an epic battle, the Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team fought back from an early double-digit deficit on March 20 to defeat the Manasquan High School Warriors, 50-48, and capture the 2017 NJSIAA …

TOMS RIVER – Diamond Miller couldn’t stop smiling. “I just can’t believe we beat them,” the sophomore sensation said. “We did everything we could do to win, and we got it. I’m just so happy right now.” The “them” to whom she was referring was the Rutgers Prep girls basketball team, the top-ranked girls team in the state, whom the …

TOMS RIVER – Diamond Miller went into the second half of the March 16 Tournament of Champions game against Pascack Valley with one thought in mind: Stop No. 42, Kelly Petro, from scoring. The Indians had erased a 10-point Franklin lead during the second quarter, mainly though the 3-point shooting of Petro and her teammates Brianna Smith and Cerina Dunkel, …

“Welcome to Mo’s.” The folks who run Pine Belt Arena in Toms River may as well have placed that on a sign posted underneath the Lady Warriors net March 12, because the baseline definitely belonged to the senior standout Monique Davis-Campbell. Led by Davis-Campbell’s 19 points – most of which came as a result of her powering through defenders for …

UNION – Strong defense sets the stage for winning basketball games, according to the gospel of Lady Warriors head coach Audrey Taylor. Her team preached from that gospel March 8, when they employed a sometimes stifling defense to dominate the Morristown Colonials en route to a 61-37 win in the NJSIAA Group IV semi-finals at Union High School. The team …

They had to overcome some tenacious defense to do it, but the Franklin High School Lady Warriors defeated Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School March 6 to regain the title of NJSIAA Group IV, Section II champions. Sophmore Diamond Miller led all scorers in the Warriors 78-56 win with 23 points, nine of them from the three-point zone. Keona Schenck scored 18 …

Franklin High School football coach Anthony Racciopi has resigned his position to take a coaching job at another school. Racciopi, who is also a track coach, will become the quarterback coach for The Hun School’s football program in Princeton, Warriors athletic director Ken Margolin confirmed. Margolin said that Racciopi will continue to be a physical education teacher and rack coach …

There must be something in the Miller family’s genes engineered to make them deadly from downtown on a basketball court. Reminiscent of her older sister, Diamond Miller conducted a clinic from the 3-point zone March 3 as the Franklin High School Lady Warriors cruised past the Westfield Blue Devils, 67-46, in the Group IV, Section II, semi-finals at the high …

It was all about the defense. The March 1 quarter final Section II, Group IV basketball game pitting the Franklin High School Warriors against the North Hunterdon Lions was a textbook lesson in how an explosive offense is generated by tight defense. After posting a shaky second quarter following a dominant opening frame, the Lady Warriors focused on defense and …

The Franklin High School Lady Warriors dominated the Dickinson Rams Feb 27 in a 70-52 win in the first round of the NJSIAA sectional tournament. The Warriors next play North Hunterdon High School on March 1, after their victory over Franklin arch-rival Piscataway. The game began slowly, but the Warriors soon got down to business in the first quarter, ending …