LoGiudice, Daniel. "NJ boys soccer: 30 greatest Jersey Shore teams ever", Asbury Park Press, June 16, 2020. Accessed December 8, 2020. "1978 Wall (23-2-1) Wall head coach Tom Farley in 1981 The beginning of one of the state's best dynasties, Wall began its four-year reign as Group III champions under head coach Tom Farley. The 1978 team, Farley's 14th season, defeated Ramapo 4-1 in the Group III final to win the program's first group title.... Senior fullbacks Allen Gray and Tom Graves were staunch defenders while senior goalkeeper Bill McNeel posted 13 shutouts. 1979 Wall (21-4-1) - Wall won its second straight Group III title with a 2-1 victory against Englewood and a second Monmouth County Tournament title in the tournament's two-year history by beating Neptune, an intense rival at the time, 5-4 in the final."
Falk, Steven. "NJ football playoffs: Casey Larkin changes roles to spark Wall to sectional championship", Asbury Park Press, November 22, 2019. Accessed September 21, 2020. "The Wall High School coaching staff made the decision early this past week to give Rumson-Fair Haven a change-up in the way it deployed standout junior running back Casey Larkin Friday night in the NJSIAA Central Group III championship game.... The plan enabled Wall, ranked No. 3 in the USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey Top 20, to win its fifth sectional championship and improve to 11-0 for the first time since 1983, when it won its second straight Central Group III title."
Edleson, Stephen. "Jersey Shore's greatest baseball teams ever", Asbury Park Press, May 18, 2016. Accessed September 21, 2020. "Wall (2004) The first team to ever complete the so-called 'Quadruple Crown,' winning division, county, Shore Conference and NJSIAA titles under coach Todd Schmitt. The Crimson Knights finished the season on a 14-game winning streak, all in tournament play, to go 28-7. They capped off the year with a dramatic 4-2 win over Raritan in the Group III final, scoring a pair of runs in the top of the seventh."
Falk, Steven. "NJ Baseball: Big bats and Trey Dombroski lead Wall to Group III state championship", Asbury Park Press, June 8, 2019. Accessed September 21, 2020. "Wall head coach Todd Schmitt could tell Saturday morning that his team was ready for a big offensive day in the NJSIAA Group III championship game against West Morris.... Wall's bats were certainly on, scoring six runs on eight hits in the first two innings on the way to a 10-2 win for its first NJSIAA Group championship since 2004 and fourth overall at Bob DeMeo Field at Veterans Park."
Christie, Sherlon. "Wall field hockey suffers heartbreaker against West Essex", Asbury Park Press, November 16, 2013. Accessed August 30, 2014. "After playing step-for-step with state field hockey powerhouse West Essex for 40 minutes, the Crimson Knights gave up a goal to West Essex's Stephanie Pezzuti in the 41st minute and that was the only score as West Essex held on a 1-0 victory over Wall in the NJSIAA Group II final."
Hopkins, Kathleen. "Former Wall schools super goes to prison", Asbury Park Press, December 4, 2015. Accessed September 17, 2017. "The case against former Wall schools superintendent James Habel could be summed up in one word: greed --an assistant prosecutor told a judge Friday. Habel, 59, paid the price for that greed Friday when Superior Court Judge Ronald L. Reisner sentenced him to five years in prison without the possibility of parole for lying about vacation days to get extra cash payouts. Reisner imposed the prison term on Habel for official misconduct, ordered him to forfeit his pension and banned him from ever again holding a public position in New Jersey."
Carino, Jerry. "NC State Wolfpack football: Wall NJ grad Joe Shimko excelling on and off the field", Asbury Park Press, August 30, 2023. Accessed December 19, 2023. "Over four years as the North Carolina State football team's long snapper, Joe Shimko has delivered 475 snaps for kicks and punts. Not a single one went awry. Heading into his postgrad season, which kicks off Thursday at UConn, the Wall High School grad aced a different kind of delivery."
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Christie, Sherlon. "Field Hockey 2008: NJSIAA Group III State Final (Postgame)", Asbury Park Press, November 16, 2008. Accessed December 9, 2020. "History had eluded the Wall field hockey team twice in the NJSIAA state finals but with the one of the best teams in school history, the Crimson Knights seized the moment Sunday in their third shot for the ultimate prize.... Balka's resurgence into the scoring column with her game-winning tally with 23:57 left in the second half vaulted Wall past Holmdel, 1-0, in the NJSIAA Group III state championship game."
Christie, Sherlon. "Field Hockey 2008: Live from Ewing…TOC Final", Asbury Park Press, November 23, 2008. Accessed December 9, 2020. "Eastern, known for its dominance in field hockey, toppled an upstart Wall program, 3-1, in the Tournament of Champions final at the College of New Jersey on Sunday.... Wall (21-2) beat all the odds to make it to the TOC final. The result wasn't what the Crimson Knights expected but they made Eastern work for it."
Newman, Josh. "Boys: The Wall High School Soccer Dynasty", Asbury Park Press, September 26, 2009. Accessed February 6, 2020. "From 1961-1964, the Wall High School Soccer Program and the Wall Soccer Club taught fundamental soccer to all those interested.... The coach at the time was Harry Baldwin, a skilled player himself from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). Harry got people involved and his protégé was Gary Hindley, the first captain of those early Wall High School teams and would later follow Harry at TCNJ."
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Staff. "Knights give Gross her 500th career win", Asbury Park Press, October 31, 2013. Accessed August 30, 2014 ."Top-seeded Wall upended No. 8 Monmouth 7-0 on Thursday in a Central Jersey Group II quarterfinal to give coach Nancy Gross the 500th victory of her career."
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Adelizzi, Joe. "Wall soccer back on track", Asbury Park Press, October 1, 2005. Accessed July 12, 2011. "They took a 4-1 victory against Scotch Plains-Fanwood to wrap up the NJSIAA Group III championship. It was the first Group III title for Wall (18-3-3) since it had won four straight from 1978 to 1981.
Croffie, Kwegyirba. "New Jersey high school under fire for erasing Trump slogans from yearbook", CNN, June 12, 2017. Accessed September 17, 2017. "Now the school is facing accusations of censorship, a teacher has been suspended and the parents of three students are looking for answers -- and new yearbooks.... A teacher who advised the yearbook staff has been suspended pending the result of an investigation, Wall Township Public Schools Superintendent Cheryl Dyer said Monday."
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2009 Men's Soccer Roster: Matt Bouraee, Cornell Big Red. Accessed July 12, 2011. "Bouraee won the state championship while playing forward for Wall HS. He set the school's single-season goal record and was named to the all-county, all-shore, all-state and all-region first teams."
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Sy, Ryan. "Wall Alumna's Book Nominated for Pulitzer Prize", The Crimson Courier, April 27, 2018. Accessed February 18, 2020. "Suzy Hansen walked the same hall as current students do and has now received international recognition for her writing.... During high school, Hansen was editor in chief of the Wall yearbook in 1995.... Additionally, she was on the senior class homecoming court and a class officer for the Class of ‘95."
"Wall's Crimson Knight Foundation to Postpone 2nd Annual Awards Gala", Crimson Knights Foundation, press release dated March 14, 2020. "Our Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, Dara Brown (Wall Class of 1983) is an NBC News anchor for breaking news and weekend coverage on MSNBC."
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Rappleyea, Warren. "Holmdel field hockey falls in group final", Independent, November 20, 2008. Accessed August 30, 2014. "After setting a new team record for wins, the Holmdel High School field hockey team fell on Sunday to Wall, 1-0, in the finals of the NJSIAA Group III tournament."
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Iezzi, Bill. "Eastern takes field hockey crown", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 24, 2008. Accessed December 9, 2020. "Eastern dominated in every facet of the game to defeat Wall Township, 3-1, to capture its second field hockey Tournament of Champions trophy in three years."
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J.D. Gordon BiographyArchived October 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, J.D. Gordon Communications. Accessed June 27, 2013. "Born in New York City and raised in New Jersey where he graduated from Wall High School, Gordon was commissioned as an Ensign through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program at Pennsylvania State University where he received a B.A. in Communications."
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"Shore Communities Spending $7,150,000 on 8 New Schools; $2,586,300 in Alterations, Additions Also Under Way", Asbury Park Press, August 17, 1959. Accessed November 19, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Here's the rundown on new school construction: Wall Township High School, scheduled to open Sept. 14, was built with a $1,991,000 bond issue. It has 42 instructional areas, including shops and a three-section gymnasium. It has 24 classrooms. It has a capacity of 1,260 and will open with 900 students in grades 7 through 11. There will be no senior class until 1960. Wall's seniors will continue at Manasquan High School this year."
"Wall High School Ready for Inspection", Asbury Park Press, September 3, 1959. Accessed November 19, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The Manasquan Board of Education terminated the sending-receiving agreement with Wall Township in 1957. However, Wall Township pupils attended Mana-squan High School In 1958 and 1959 pending completion of the new high school."
Edwards, Bill. "... While Wall makes it three in a row", Asbury Park Press, November 20, 1980. Accessed December 8, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Eight senior members of Wall's Crimson Knight soccer team completed three glory-filled seasons yesterday with the 3-2 victory over Caldwell for a third consecutive New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group III championship.... And at windy, bone-chilling Mercer County Park yesterday 'The Wall' survived, posting its 17th straight NJSIAA tournament decision, going unbeaten (17-0-1) in its last 18 games, completing this memorable fall at 23-1-1."
Staff. "Boys Soccer: Garry Linstra, Wall", Asbury Park Press, December 11, 2004. Accessed December 9, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Wall followed the loss to St. Rose with a six-game winning streak that culminated in a 4-1 victory over Scotch Plains-Fanwood in the Group III championship on the turf at Linstra's alma mater, The College of New Jersey."
Nicoletti, Rich. "11-0 Knights grab Register grid title", The Daily Register, December 7, 1982. Accessed February 25, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "John Amabile, the Wall Township High School football coach, reflected on the havoc his Crimson Knights had wreaked on both the Shore Conference B Division South and the Central Jersey Group II tournament. 'Once we got rolling I thought maybe we could have a big year', Amabile said. Wall, the bridesmaid all season long to Middletown North, caught the bouquet on the last day of the season by dumping South Plainfield, 21-0, in the CJ Group III finale."
Larsen, Erik. "Alex Skuby: good guys and bad guys", Asbury Park Press, October 17, 1998. Accessed January 19, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Monmouth County native Alex Skuby plays the recurring role of Renato, a Chicago paramedic on NBC-TV's top-rated drama ER, a pushy reporter on last night's CBS-TV episode of Buddy Faro and will portray a crazed wife-beater on the NBC miniseries, A Will of Their Own, starring Lea Thompson, Faye Dunaway and Ellen Burstyn tomorrow at 8 p.m. Skuby, a 1990 graduate of Wall High School and alumni of Brookdale Community College in Middletown, 'never thought about acting in high school.'"
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Moretti, Mike. "Manasquan at Wall looms large on Turkey Day", The Star-Ledger, November 24, 2009. Accessed July 12, 2011. "The six divisional races are all but settled in the Shore Conference which leads to the traditional holiday rivalry games featuring Manasquan at Wall today, and a pair of big tilts on Saturday in the form of Brick at Brick Memorial and Toms River North at Toms River East. Manasquan is on target for its 12th sectional championship when it faces Matawan in the Central Jersey, Group 2 championship game on Dec. 4 but must first take care of business behind quarterback C.J. Davis against an improving Wall team. This game routinely draws the biggest crowds and upwards of 5,000 are expected on Thanksgiving."
Stypulkoski, Matt. "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 27, 2017, updated May 15, 2019. Accessed December 1, 2020. "10-Manasquan vs. Wall - The two Jersey Shore neighbors have met on Thanksgiving Day for only 17 years, but the rivalry has been ferocious since the first whistle.... All-time series: Wall leads, 8-7"
Evans, Bill. "Wall ends Delsea's 4-year run as Group 3 champs", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 3, 2016. Accessed December 11, 2016. "Wall ended Delsea's four-year reign as South Jersey Group 3 champions with a punishing running game in a 20-7 victory over the defending champs in the South Jersey Group 3 final at Rowan. Sean Larkin carried the ball 33 times for 172 yards and two touchdowns to lead the way."
Gurnis, Mike. "Wall ice hockey hopes to build on first state final appearance", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 6, 2017. Accessed September 17, 2017. "After earning the 10th seed in the state tournament, not many people could have predicted that Wall would reach the state final for the first time in program history.... But the magic finally ran out on Wall's run to the state final, as it was unable to get past top-seeded Glen Rock, No. 7 in the NJ.com Top 20 in an 8-1 loss in the NJSIAA/Devils Public B state final at Mennen Arena."
"Passaic (11-0) Tops North Bergen, 24-13", The New York Times, December 4, 1983. Accessed December 24, 2020. "Wall (11-0), bolstered by a strong defense and the running of Frank Gargiullo, scored a 21-3 victory over Ocean (9-2) in the Central Jersey, Group 3 championship before 9,000 fans in Neptune."
Mifflin, Lawrie. "Scouting", The New York Times, December 13, 1983. Accessed June 8, 2007. "'To be a senior and make All- American is just great,' said Kain who led Wall High School to three straight New Jersey Group 3 state titles from 1978 through 1980."
La Gorce, Tammy. "It's the Lipstick That Draws Attention, and the Name Helps Too", The New York Times, March 16, 2008. Accessed February 6, 2020. "'Charlotte Sometimes is a girl in a book I read when I was little,' the singer explained at the Princess Diner here, where she used to hang out as a student at Wall High School.... She has lived in Wall Township all her life, having been adopted by her parents, Hartson and Tracy Poland, as a baby."
Badders, Bob. "Officials Investigating Alleged Hazing Incident Involving Wall Township High School Football Team", Shore Sports Network, November 9, 2021. Accessed November 19, 2021. "The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office is investigating an alleged hazing incident among the Wall Township High School football team, according to reports by NJ Advance Media and News 12 New Jersey. The incident in question alleges that some upperclassmen on the football team bullied and hazed underclassmen inside the school's locker room. News 12 reported that there is a video that shows a student sexually assaulting another player."
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Bever, Lindsey. "Parents outraged after pro-Trump messages were edited out of this high school's yearbooks", The Washington Post, June 12, 2016. Accessed September 17, 2017. "His "TRUMP Make America Great Again!" shirt did not violate the dress code at Wall Township High School in central New Jersey because it did not reference drugs or alcohol or weapons.... But when the junior received his yearbook last week, he noticed something was missing from the photo: President Trump's winning campaign slogan.... At least two other students at the school had similar experiences: A Trump logo was apparently edited out of junior Wyatt Dobrovich-Fago's photo, and his sister, Montana, was missing a Trump quote that was meant to appear beneath her photo."
J.D. Gordon BiographyArchived October 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, J.D. Gordon Communications. Accessed June 27, 2013. "Born in New York City and raised in New Jersey where he graduated from Wall High School, Gordon was commissioned as an Ensign through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program at Pennsylvania State University where he received a B.A. in Communications."
