Category: Atlanticville Sports

  • Area football teams face off for state championships

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Three area football teams will be playing in their respective state sectional championship games Dec. 5. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School will take on undefeated Red Bank Regional High School for the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group III crown, while undefeated Shore Regional High School will meet Palmyra High School for the…

  • Monmouth’s Robinson named National Player of the Week

    It’s been a historic season for the Monmouth University men’s basketball team, and December is just beginning. During the month of November, Monmouth stunned national power UCLA on the Bruins’ legendary home floor, Pauley Pavilion. The Hawks followed that up at the AdvoCare Invitational in Orlando, Florida, by scoring their first victory over a top-25…

  • Sports Briefs

    The Board of Directors of the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey elected Mark Ford as its president at a reorganization meeting held Nov. 16 at the association’s offices in Manalapan. Ford, one of the leading trainers in Meadowlands history, owns and operates the Mark Ford Training Center. He fills the position occupied…

  • Brookdale women win 3rd straight NJCAA soccer title

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Brookdale Community College’s women’s soccer team won the NJCAA Division III national championship Nov. 15. The Jersey Blues beat Oxford College of Emory University, 1-0, at Ocean County College in Toms River and became the first junior college women’s soccer team to win three straight national titles. A ll that…

  • Caseys, Politz win NJSIAA gymnastics championships

    Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School’s Ally Cucich performs on the uneven bars at the NJSIAA Individual Gymnastics Championships Nov. 14 at Montgomery High School. Cucich finished fifth in the all-around. On Nov. 12, she helped RBC win its second straight team championship. DORINE SHAPIRO Led by Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School and St.…

  • Blue Devils reach 4th straight Group I soccer finals

    By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent The Shore Regional High School girls’ soccer team continued to roll through the NJSIAA tournament. After wrapping up the Central Jersey Group I title, the Blue Devils booked a ticket to the Group I championship game for the fourth straight year. The Blue Devils had to overcome a first-half deficit against…

  • Blue Devils maintain hold on Central Jersey Group I soccer

    SHORE REGIONAL By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Shore Regional High School’s Katie Stephens, right, kicks the ball upfield before Metuchen High School defender Drew Schuchman can interfere during the Nov. 12 NJSIAA Central Jersey ,Group I championship match. The Blue Devils captured their fourth straight state sectional championship with a 4-0 victory over Metuchen. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER…

  • Area football teams advance in Central Jersey Group III

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Three area Shore Conference teams will play in the semifinals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey ,Group III playoffs Nov. 20. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, Ocean Township High School and Red Bank Regional High School — the top three seeds in that order — all won their opening-round games in dominant…

  • Hawks stun UCLA at legendary Pauley Pavilion

    MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY Monmouth University’s men’s basketball team scored a program defining victory in one of the most hallowed gymnasiums in college basketball, UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. The Hawks, to say the least, stunned UCLA on the floor where Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Bill Walton once ruled and where head coach John Wooden led his…