Michael Holcombe

1 week ago | nj.com | Michael Holcombe

Madilynn Boyce became just the 25th pitcher in New Jersey softball history to record 1,000 career strikeouts when she struck out the first six batters in a 1-0 win over Manasquan in Middletown on Tuesday. But Boyce hardly stopped with the first six strikeouts as she fanned 18 overall, including the first 12 batters in a row, and allowed just two hits in an absolutely dominating pitching performance. “I definitely had the adrenalin rush because I knew what today could have been.

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Michael Holcombe

Although only a first year program, Watchung Hills has proven to be a defensive powerhouse through its first four games, not allowing a single point while jumping out to a 3-0-1 record. The Warriors remained flawless on defense Tuesday night at South Hunterdon, but it was an explosive offensive play in the final minute of the first half that made the difference, as Watchung Hills defeated the Eagles 6-0 in a Big Central Blue Division game.

1 month ago | nj.com | Michael Holcombe

It was a year of firsts in the Colonial Valley Conference this year. Blase Mele became the first state champion in the 60 year history of the Princeton High School program, while the CVC held its first annual conference tournament after the dissolution of the Mercer County Tournament Committee at the end of the last school year. Trenton won the girls team title in the CVC Tournament, as it had in 2024’s first ever Girls MCT Tournament.

1 month ago | nj.com | Michael Holcombe

Anthony Petrock has been the coach of the Ramsey boys wrestling program for 16 years. But his association with the girls program has been significantly shorter. The team has been able to conduct duals for just three seasons and the program didn’t have its first girl wrestler until the 2021-22 season, when one of the team’s stat keepers, Reeve Faluova, expressed an interest in competing for her senior year.

1 month ago | nj.com | Michael Holcombe

After finally showing some vulnerability last season, Jackson Memorial went back to its unbeatable ways this year, winning absolutely everything in sight, placing five individual wrestlers at the state tournament, capturing the first NJ Girls Duals championship and finishing the season ranked No. 1 in the NJ.com Top 10. That is why Jackson Memorial is the NJ.com Girls Wrestling Team of the Year for 2024-25.