“The first one was a little more stressful,” Galka said. It was also the second state title for current head coach Bill Galka.
Prior to 2017, the Kardinals also won state titles in 1999, 20. It marked the 33 rd time dating back to 1923 that Kearny won its respective state championship and the first time since 2017. Led by the team’s leading scorer Juan Rojas, who scored two goals and added two assists, the Kardinals never trailed and rolled to a 6-2 victory, giving the Kardinals (22-1-1) the overall Group IV state championship. Once the Kards got to the Group IV championship game Saturday afternoon at Kean University, they unleashed an offensive explosion on the Patriots, a barrage that became almost synonymous with the Kards, scoring six goals for incredibly the ninth time in 24 matches during the season. The Kardinals were headed toward certain imminent defeat against former perennial foe Elizabeth in the Group IV semifinals last Tuesday, coming back from a two-goal deficit to miraculously tie the match with 1:01 remaining in regulation, then winning the contest in the fifth round of the tie-lbreaking penalty kick phase of the game to move on to face Freehold Township in the overall Group IV state title game Saturday. They don’t call Kearny “Soccertown, USA” for nothing.Įspecially after the drama of the past week, when the Kearny High School boys’ soccer team advanced to the overall NJSIAA Group IV state championship game Saturday afternoon, four days after perhaps the most thrilling and exhilarating victory in the Kardinals’ rich and storied program.
Baumann and the Bethel AME Church, under the leadership of the Rev. Dispenza the Freehold Township Police Department, under the leadership of Chief George K. Saturday’s event was co-sponsored by the Prosecutor’s Office, the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office, under the leadership of Sheriff Shaun Golden the Freehold Borough Police Department, under the leadership of Chief Craig W. “Every last firearm turned in is a firearm that will never be used to harm someone.” “It’s abundantly clear that these gun buyback events are both popular and effective, and we plan to continue hosting them in the years to come,” Acting Prosecutor Linskey said. Prompted by the healthy demand, a second event was held this past Saturday at the Bethel AME Church in Freehold as a result, a total of 234 more firearms, including 144 handguns, 67 rifles and shotguns, and two assault weapons were collected.īetween the two events, more than $66,000 was paid out to participating citizens turning in 594 unwanted weapons. Monmouth County was one of nine counties statewide to host separate gun buybacks across the state on Saturday, October 23 as a result, a total of 360 firearms were collected at the Second Baptist Church of Asbury Park, including 159 handguns, 133 rifles and shotguns, and three assault weapons. FREEHOLD, NJ (MONMOUTH)–A combined total of nearly 600 firearms have been collected for destruction as the result of a pair of gun buybacks hosted by the Prosecutor’s Office and partner agencies over the last month, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Tuesday.