High School Sports

Members of the Franklin High School 1994 football team gathered May 24 at the Imperia on Easton Avenue to relive their state championship season. The event was organized by Robert Edmond and Dwayne Chiles, and featured members of the team’s coaching staff, including head coach Joe Goerge. The 1994 team’s success was all the more sweet for the players because they …

The Franklin High School freshman baseball team was on both ends of lopsided games over the past few days. On May 5, the Warriors crushed Delaware Valley Regional High School 13-1, but was on the receiving end in a 10-0 loss to South Plainfield High School on May 2. In the May 5 contest, the Warriors blew open a 3-1 …

The Franklin High School girls’ basketball team on May 1 finally received their trophy for winning the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group IV Section II state championships. They also received a game ball – which they will all sign – a net from one of the goals in the high school gym and certificates attesting to their accomplishment. “Those certificates are huge,” …

Franklin High School’s freshman baseball team suffered its first loss of the season April 28 at the hands of the Bridgewater-Raritan squad, 5-4. But they didn’t go quietly. Down by three runs when they came to the plate in the bottom of the 3rd inning, the Warriors got on the board when Patrick Pallay scored on a Kenny Millman single. Pallay …

Can anyone stop that Franklin High frosh baseball squad? The freshman team, to date, has defeated Ridge 7-0 and 10-6, Somerville 3-0 and 13-12, Delaware Valley 12-5, Voorhees 21-7, Piscataway 9-3, and, on April 25, Union, 12-2. The freshman squad dominated Union from the start of the 5-inning game. In the first inning after Patrick Pallay reached on an error …

The Franklin High School freshman baseball team improved its record to 2-0 April 3 with a 3-1 win over Somerville High School’s squad. Below are some scenes from the game.    

Tori Hyman, Amanda Jordan, Kennia Reyes and Ashley Rupp each recorded one hit in the Lady Warriors 22-1 loss in five innings to Somerville High School on April 3. The Warriors kept it close for the first two innings, but a 13-run third inning by Somerville, coupled with 12 walks handed out by Warriors pitcher Chelsea Hoagland, spelled doom for …

The Township Council on March 25 presented the Franklin High School varsity girls’ basketball team with a proclamation honoring them for their history making season. The Lady Warriors captured the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section II Group IV state championships before falling in the first round of the group championship tournament, representing the furthest into the post-season the girls’ team has …

Two Franklin High School athletes were finally recognized for the college scholarships they earned at the March 25 Fall/Winter National Signing Day celebration. The two – football defensive end/linebacker Jameer Outsey and wrestler Ralph Normandia – actually signed their letters of intent in February. But winter snow storms and schedule conflicts delayed the school’s annual celebration, said Kim Kenny, the …

There was a point in the first quarter of the NJSIAA Group 4 semifinals game against Paterson Eastside when it looked as though the contest was going to be a classic Lady Warriors battle, with both teams trading baskets. The Warriors even took a slight lead, at 13-10. The first hint of trouble came during the final 45 seconds of …