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Shaquille O’Neal’s Big Chicken Restaurant Is Making Its Way To His Home State
Shaquille O’Neal’s Big Chicken is heading to his home state of New Jersey. As previously reported by AFROTECH™, the former basketball-player-turned-serial-entrepreneur became a co-owner of Big Chicken in 2018 and opened the first location in Las Vegas, NV, alongside his friend Matt Silverman and agent Perry Rogers. Since, thanks in part due to its popular… Continue reading Shaquille O’Neal’s Big Chicken Restaurant Is Making Its Way To His Home State
Chargers Softball Falls to Allentown
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School varsity softball team took on Allentown High School on Thursday in an out of conference game. Spotswood fell to Allentown 4-1. Gabrielle Hill and Hannah Graulich had the lone hits for the Chargers in the game. Graulich's single drove in Hill, who scored Spotswood's only run of the game. Ava Mormile took the loss on the mound for Spotswood. Mormile went the distance, pitching seven innings and giving up four runs on eight hits. The junior struck out nine. Braylie LaFisca picked up the victory for Allentown. LaFisca pitched 4.2...
Projected seeds for the 2024 N.J. baseball state tournament
The 2024 New Jersey high school baseball state tournament will be officially seeded on Monday. The seeding, as it has in the past, will be based off power points. Under tournament regulations this year, the power point calculation will take a team’s 16 best power point games from the start of the season to the cutoff. Residual points earned from opponents will be calculated from an opponent’s first 16 games played.
South Jersey Mean 15 softball rankings for third week of May
It's almost time for postseason softball. The pairings for the state tournament are scheduled to be released by the NJSIAA on Monday and play is slated to begin on Wednesday. The following are the last Mean 15 rankings until the final edition is published with the season-ending content in June.
Baseball: Nottingham Wins Mercer County Invitational, 10-5, Over West Windsor-Plainsboro North
HAMILTON, NJ -- Nottingham scored six runs in the second inning and went on to a 10-5 baseball victory over West Windsor-Plainsboro North for the championship of the Mercer County Invitational on Thursday. Chris Babkowski went 2-for-3 with a home run and four runs batted in for Nottingham (14-6), which led, 7-0, after two innings.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Matthew Juliano went 2-for-3 with a triple, two runs scored and two RBI and Jordan Raba was 1-for-3 with a triple and two runs scored for the North Stars. Juliano was the winning pitcher, going 4 2/3 innings and allowing four runs, two earned. Danny Alonzo pitched the last 2 1/3 innngs and allowed a run on two hits. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Baseball Game Preview: Bordentown on Home-Turf
The Bordentown Scotties will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Bishop Eustace Prep Crusaders at 11:00 a.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Bordentown: 2.6, Bishop Eustace Prep: 2) so any runs scored will be well earned. On Friday, Bordentown was able to grind...
Pieters’s three-hit shutout pushes No. 7 Kingsway past No. 9 Steinert - Softball recap
Jessa Pieters tossed a three-hit shutout with six strikeouts and one walk to lead Kingsway, No. 7 in the NJ.com Top 20, to a 5-0 win over No. 9 Steinert, in Hamilton. Olivia Sciulli hit a homer for the Dragons (21-2) and finished 2-for-4 with three RBI. Ava Snyder went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Female flag football coaches learn & teach, all while shattering gender barriers
“We were a Pop Warner family and I got stuck cheering. My mom would not let me play. I wanted to wrestle, too. By not getting that opportunity, I knew coaching football was for me. I want to be here for girls like me who didn’t get the chance to play football.” — Nicole Alessi, South Brunswick flag coach.
Ole Miss faces do-or-die situations today at Lafayette Regional
Ole Miss faces elimination today at the Lafayette Regional. The Rebels (31-26) will play Princeton (29-17) in an elimination game at 4:30 p.m. CT. The game can be streamed on ESPN+. If the Rebels defeat Princeton, they will immediatley turn around and pplay the loser of today's winner's bracket game at 7 p.m. CT. That game will also be streamed on ESPN+.
Final boys tennis power points standings heading into the 2024 postseason
The cutoff date has passed, and now it is time to fully look ahead to the boys tennis postseason. Find out below where your team stacks up in the final power points standings. Entries were due at noon on Thursday and the seeding meeting is set for Monday, May 20.
Boys Volleyball Top 20 for May 17: Top holds strong, newcomers emerge ahead of states
It was another busy week in boys volleyball as many county/conference champions were crowned around the state. The postseason is upon us and it is only going to intensify from here. On Monday, seeding for the state tournament will take place and teams will prepare for the most important time of the year. Over the last week, tournaments shed some more light on placements around the state.
Shiner dazzles, No. 13 Northern Burlington takes down Seneca - Softball recap
Emily Shiner scattered nine hits, allowing one run while striking out 10 to help give Northern Burlington, No. 13 in the NJ.com Top 20, a 6-4 win in nine innings in Tabernacle. Abigail Todd, Madison Fontana, and Emma Powell each had an RBI for Northern Burlington (19-3). If you purchase...
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