The Hopewell Valley indoor boys relay track team, coached by Dan Johnson, Aaron Oldfield, Clarence Bailey, Mike Musso, and Jackie Chester, tied with Mendham High School in being named Group 3 State Relay Champions on January 20, 2017 — a first for both schools. The meet took place in Toms River, NJ at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex.
HoVal Boys Relay Track Team Tie for Group 3 State Championship
Angela Jacobs
Angela Jacobs is a freelance writer who lives in Hopewell Township with her teenaged children and partner of 20 years. Despite her best efforts to simplify her life, last year she added four chickens and a second rescue dog to her pet menagerie. Unfortunately, an interim of peaceful coexistence ended with the untimely demise of two of the chickens at the paws of Jax, the new dog. An egregious lack of impulse control has since been diagnosed resulting in an indefinite separation of Jax from all present and future chickens, her two cockatiels, open garbage cans, snacks open on tables, abandoned stuffed animals, etc. She does however gently encourage him toward a certain industrious squirrel that has spelunked its way through her backyard in search of the most perfect hiding spot for its nuts.