High School Sports

Two missed extra points and an incomplete hail-Mary pass as time ran out led to defeat for the Franklin High School Warrior football team in their home opener Sept. 25. The Warriors, 1-2, lost a heartbreaker to the Minutemen of Elizabeth High School, 14-12. For the most part, Franklin’s defense dominated Elizabeth, which is now 3-0 with the win. But …

On paper, the girls varsity soccer match between Franklin High School and Hunterdon Central Regional High School should have resulted in a big win for Hunterdon. But the Devils – ranked No. 13 in the state – had a devil of a time with the Lady Warriors on Sept. 18, although they did emerge with a 2-1 victory. That victory …

Chloe Conover scored a hat trick and Tara Weniger notched her second shutout as the Franklin High School varsity field hockey team shut out visiting Koinonia Academy on Sept. 17. Conover, a Junior, scored all three of her goals in the second half. Fellow Junior Arianna Brody started the scoring for Franklin in what was an otherwise sluggish first half. With the …

By Matthew Modzelewski, FHS. It may only be the preseason, but the Franklin High School varsity boys soccer team is looking primed for a big season, as they demonstrated in their first preseason matchup against Piscataway High School, which they won 4 – 0. The Franklin side saw two goals from Ryan Arnold, one from Jaime Asuncion, and one from …

Seven Franklin High School athletes were the focus of attention May 27 at the annual Winter/Spring Signing Day celebration. The students and their families, friends and coaches gather din the library for an afternoon ceremony. The student athletes were: Ashley Berry, Girls’ Track, who will be attending Rider University Aamira Muse, Girls’ Track, who will be attending Indiana Institute of …

The season ended March 19 for Lady Warriors basketball, but it took the best team in the state to do it. Franklin fell to the Warriors of Manasquan High School 62-52 in a NJSIAA Tournament of Champions semi-final contest, a game that saw the Lady Warriors hold their only lead – by a slim 4 points – for only a few minutes. In …

Senior Adreana Miller gave a clinic in shooting three-pointers March 17 as she led the Lady Warriors in a 66-38 Tournament of Champions quarter-final blowout of Middletown South in Pine Belt Arena, Toms River. Nearly half of Miller’s 33 points came via the long-distance shot, mostly during the first half. It was back-to-back three-pointers by Miller and Tahira Scott when …

The Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team made history March 15 with an NJSIAA Group 4 championship, the program’s first. The senior-dominated starting five showed the tenacity that now has them in the Tournament of Champions, battling back from several deficits to finally best the Shawnee Renegades, 54-48. That effort was led by senior guard Alexandra Jackson, who scored a career-high …

It looked bad with 22 seconds left in the 4th quarter. Within the course of about two minutes, the Lady Warriors had blown a 15-point lead in the Group 4 semifinals game against East Orange in Union High School March 12. With 22 seconds left in the game, the Lady Warriors were down 62-61 and the momentum was clearly with …

The Franklin High School Lady Warriors repeated as the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 4 champions March 10 with a 79-43 victory over Piscataway High School. Three Warriors broke double digits in the win – Adreana Miller with 24 points, Jaeda Wildgoose with 16 points and Mary Trossi with 12 points. The game’s end was marred by a brief altercation between Piscataway’s …