High School Sports

HISTORIC GAME – Sophomore Kayla Duncan goes for some of her 88 passing yards May 28 during the flag football Big Central Tournament championship game. The Franklin High School Lady Warriors’ flag football championship game May 28 could have been called the Kayla Duncan show: The sophomore threw for 88 yards, scored the tying touchdown and then scored what turned …

Junior Mike Schiermeyer and Sophomore Stanley Madera went 3-for-3 May 20 in the Franklin High School baseball team’s 6-3 defeat of Hillsborough High School. Franklin took an early 3-0 lead in the 2nd inning, then added another in the 3rd. Hillsborough got on the board in the 3rd inning, plating one run. Franklin answered in its half of the 3rd …

SQUARING UP – Senior Sophia Ziegler squares up for a bunt attempt during the Lady Warriors May 20 game against Mt. St. Mary. A pair of runs in the bottom of the 4th inning broke a 1-1 tie and proved to be the winners in Franklin High School softball’s 3-1 victory May 20 over Mr. St. Mary. Mt. St. Mary …

A PROUD MOM – Eli’Sha Brown gets a peck from his mother during the May 13 Commitment and Signing Day ceremony at Franklin High School. Eleven Franklin High School athletes on May 13 made public their commitments to continue their educations and athletic careers at a variety of colleges and universities. The athletes, their families, coaches, and friends gathered in …

WARMING UP – Senior Warren Bell gets in some pregame throws before the Warriors’ Somerset County Tournament game against crosstown rival Rutgers Prep. An eighth-inning run cemented an upset victory for No. 13 Rutgers Prep over No. 5 Franklin High School in the second round of the Somerset County Tournament on May 13. The two teams played five innings of …

JUST OUT OF REACH – Junior Nyasia Salley in action during the Lady Warriors’ flag football team game against South Hunterdon on April 10. Iyanna Cotten broke through for an 80-yard touchdown run April 10 to help propel the newly minted Franklin High School girls’ flag football team to a 27-6 victory against South Hunterdon. Cotten, a senior better-known for …

The Franklin High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams won back-to-back NJSIAA Section II, Group IV tournament opening games February 21. In the first game, the Lady Warriors defeated the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 58-48. In that game, Senior Tiffany Pecorella recorded her 100th 3-point shot. In the later game, the Warriors defeated Westfield 68-43. Freshman Alivia Stewart led the Lady …

The Franklin High school indoor track team received acknowledgement at the annual Senior Night ceremony on February 10. The athletes were given pillows and other memorabilia as their names were called and they walked a red carpet with family and friends. Those honored were: Hannah Adhikari Daniel Arana Austin Choy Rayne Davis Bryce Dawson Justin Des Vignes Chavi Salvagno, Manager …

SCORE – Landen Miller goes up for two of his game-leading 19 points during the Warriors’ February 10 game against Bridgewater-Raritan in the Somerset County Tournament. Senior Landen Miller led all scorers with 19 points February 10 in the Franklin High School Warriors basketball teams’ 66-42 victory over Bridgewater-Raritan in the Somerset County Tournament. The Warriors dominated the entire game, …

DOUBLE-TEAMED – Aliva Stewart looks for an opening during the Lady Warriors’ SCT game against Bernards on February 10. The Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team wasted no time February 10 in showing Bernards High School what they were in for during the Somerset County Tournament’s second-round game, won by Franklin 67-35. The Lady Warriors dominated from the get-go, …