Author: BRETT CARROLL, Staff Writer

  • Communication may be the key for the CBA volleyball team

    Brett Carroll Staff Writer Communication may prove to be the difference in the how the results come up for the Christian Brothers Academy boys’ volleyball team. “As we’re moving into conference championships and the state championships, it’s the communication out there that we still need to work on,” CBA coach Monica Slattery said. “We still…

  • Old Bridge volleyball shakes of injuries and now gears for tournaments

    Old Bridge volleyball shakes of injuries and now gears for tournaments

    Brett Carroll Staff Writer It appears that the injury bug has left the boys’ volleyball team at Old Bridge High School. “We’ve dealt with some injuries this year,” Old Bridge coach Andrew Hopman said. “We’ve had like three or four different lineups so far this year. It’s just a matter of building the chemistry back…

  • Bishop Ahr seeks to finish the baseball season strong

    Bishop Ahr seeks to finish the baseball season strong

    Brett Carroll Staff Writer The baseball team at Bishop George High School believes that it is how you finish and not how you started. Bishop Ahr coach Tom D’Agostino emphasized that point. “Naturally, we want to play our best baseball towards the end of the year,” D’Agostino said. “It’s not about wins and loses. It’s about playing…

  • Spotswood seeks to repeat as division baseball champion

    Spotswood seeks to repeat as division baseball champion

    Brett Carroll Staff Writer A repeat division championship is in the sights of the Spotswood High School baseball team. “Every single day we try to get better,” Spotswood coach Glenn Fredricks said. “We bring a good attitude to the ball park or to practice every day, no matter who we’re playing. That’s the fun part…

  • Allentown baseball focused on repeating as state group champion

    Allentown baseball focused on repeating as state group champion

    Brett Carroll Staff Writer The expectations are high as usual for the baseball players at Allentown High School. “We want to win the Mercer County Tournament and states,” said Allentown’s senior pitcher, Zack Elwell. “We want to repeat. That’s the goal at this point.” Allentown is focused on repeating as the Group 3 state tournament…

  • Jackson Liberty baseball swinging for school history

    Jackson Liberty baseball swinging for school history

    Brett Carroll Staff Writer The Jackson Liberty High School baseball team is off to a historic start to the season. Now the team’s coach, Jim Rankin, hopes that the season will provide a memorable ending. “We set a few goals when the season began,” Rankin said. “Our first goal was to win our conference, which…

  • Young Marlboro softball team is learning on the fly

    Young Marlboro softball team is learning on the fly

    Brett Carroll Staff Writer Marlboro High School’s softball team may be experiencing “growing pains” but its competitiveness is embraced by the team’s coach. “We’re a young team,” Marlboro coach Nick Scalzo said. “We have a lot of first-year varsity players. For a young team, we compete with anybody. I honestly think that our growing pains…

  • Allentown lacrosse team is starting to bloom this spring

    Allentown lacrosse team is starting to bloom this spring

    Brett Carroll Staff Writer A young boys’ lacrosse team is blooming right before the eyes of its coach at Allentown High School. Allentown coach Carl Schubauer is witnessing the emergence of his young team. “I’m really seeing the guys, so far, starting to come together,” Schubauer said. “As we hit this part of the season, and…

  • Howell softball team has eyes on the division crown

    Brett Carroll Staff Writer Winning the division championship was the target when this softball season started for Howell High School. And Howell is about to hit that target. The Rebels improved to 8-0 in the Shore Conference’s A-North Division when they swept past Marlboro High School, 10-3, in April 25 in Marlboro. That victory also…