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Dunellen 7th Graders Win B-Ball Championship

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Dunellen's 7th grade travel basketball team and coaches celebrate first JBA championship. March 2016

Dunellen Recreation Department’s 7th Grade Boys Basketball Travel Team won the Jersey Basketball Association (JBA)’s gold division championship, having played a perfect season, 17-0. This was the first year that Dunellen participated in the JBA. Based on same-sized neighboring towns, Dunellen was initially placed in the blue division. During the regular season, the team was undefeated (13-0) in the blue division. The league decided to move the team up into the gold division which is a higher competition level, seeding the Destroyers in 8th place out of 9 teams. According to Dunellen Recreation Director Alex Miller, the JBA moves teams up or down at playoff time so that each division will have a balanced competition. Continue Reading →

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Teams Sought for Freeholders’ Annual Youth Basketball Tournament

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The Middlesex County Office of Parks and Recreation is seeking teams for the annual Board of Chosen Freeholders’ Youth Basketball Tournament, which starts in early March. Games are played Mondays through Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and will be held at the Piscataway Campus of the Middlesex County Vocational-Technical Schools, 21 Sutton Lane. The tournament consists of four divisions:

Youth Division #1 (Boys and Girls ages 10 and under)
Youth Division #2 (Boys and Girls ages 12 and under)
Youth Division #3 (Boys and Girls ages 13 and 14)
Youth Division #4 (Boys and Girls ages 15 to 17)

Age cutoff is Oct. 31. Teams must have a minimum of five, but no more than 20, participants. Continue Reading →

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Jackie Von Itter Reaches 1000th Point in B-Ball Career

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Jackie Von Itter with her parents Ana and Michael Von Itter. Jackie is only the second Lady Destroyer to reach 1000 points in her Dunellen High School basketball career.

Dunellen High School basketball player Jacqueline “Jackie” Von Itter reached her 1,000th career point in front of a home crowd at Wednesday’s game against Timothy Christian School. The Destroyers won, 40-18. Von Itter was only three points shy of the milestone at the start of the game. And with only minutes left in the second quarter, she hit a long jump shot from the right wing. The shot put her in an exclusive club; only handful of Destroyer basketball players have reached the 1000-point level including Lauren Stats (2006), Dylan Hoski (2013) and David Johnson (2015). Continue Reading →

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Middlesex County seeking Teams for Annual Youth Basketball Tournament

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The Middlesex County Office of Parks & Recreation is seeking teams for its annual Board of Chosen Freeholders’ Basketball Tournament, which starts in early March. Games are played Monday through Thursday at 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. and will be held at the Middlesex County Vocational-Technical School located at 21 Sutton Lane in Piscataway. The tournament consists of four divisions:
Youth Division #1: (Boys and Girls ages 10 and under)
Youth Division #2: (Boys and Girls ages 12 and under)
Youth Division #3: (Boys and Girls ages 13 and 14)
Youth Division #4: (Boys and Girls ages 15 to 17)
Age cutoff is Oct. 31. Teams must have a minimum of five, but no more than 20, participants. Continue Reading →

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