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Senior Cameron Snowden goes up for two of his 20 points in the Warriors’ December 29 game against JP Stevens High School. Bad passing leading to converted turnovers stung the Franklin High School Warriors’ basketball team in their December 29 game against JP Stevens of Edison. The Hawks took advantage of just about every opportunity they were given to score …

The Franklin High School Warriors basketball team used steals and three-point shots to power their way over the Union High School Farmers on December 27, 62-49. The Warriors’ big frame was the second. Entering the quarter leading 18-16, Franklin shut down the Farmers, outscoring them 15-8 and leaving the court with a 33-24 lead.

Iyanna Cotton powered the Franklin High School Lady Warriors to a 6-35 victory on December 22, helping secure Franklin’s second consecutive win. Cotton, a Junior, scored eight of her point from the free -throw line, where she went 7-for-8.

Still smarting from a rough season-opening loss five days earlier, the Franklin High School Lady Warriors took out their frustrations on a hapless Bridgewater-Raritan team on December 20, winning 59-22. The Lady Warriors dominated the game from the tip-off, running up a quick 6-point lead before the Panthers could get on the board.

Athletes gathered in the high school auditorium for the ceremony. Franklin High School fall athletes were honored in a ceremony held at the school on November 15. Here is a list of the winners:

Photos submitted by LaQuina Fladger. The Franklin Township Pop Warner 12U team bested New Brunswick on October 30, 13-0, to grab the Central Jersey Championship cup.

Senior Quasim Ashford stiff arms a Plainfield Cardinal during the Warriors’ game on October 21. They didn’t experience victory in eight tries this season, but Franklin High School football head coach Blair Wilson still considers his players to be winners. The Warriors finished the 2022 campaign falling to the Plainfield Cardinals 40-26 on October 21 at home. With the loss, …

Senior football player Samuele Mattia was among those honored during senior night on October 21. Seniors on the Franklin High School football team and cheerleading squad were honored October 21, before the Warriors’ final game against Plainfield. A total of 25 football players and 10 cheerleaders were escorted through a gauntlet of cheerleaders by friends and family members.

The six Senior members of the Franklin High School Cross-Country teams were honored at their Senior Night on October 18. Ken Margolin, the school’s Athletic Director, told the seniors that he was “super, super proud” of what they had accomplished during the season.

Contracts worth more than $430,000 were approved October 11 by the Township Council. The largest of the two, for $363,746.70, was for lighting for a Franklin Township Little League field at the DeKalb Avenue baseball complex.