Category: Atlanticville Sports

  • Sport Shorts

    Holmdel Park will host the eighth annual Women’s 5K Run and Walk on Sept. 1 at 9 a.m., with children’s races, presented by the Jersey Shore Running Club and Women’s Center of Monmouth County, to benefit families affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. Registration is $17 until Aug. 25, $20 Aug. 26 through the…

  • Lifeguards win first Seven Presidents softball battle Twelve-run fourth leads lifeguards over park rangers

    Staff Writer By chris kelly Lifeguards win first Seven Presidents softball battle Twelve-run fourth leads lifeguards over park rangers CHRIS KELLY Seven Presidents lifeguard Drew Edson halfheartedly slides into home after hitting the second of his two home runs during the first annual Seven Presidents Softball Battle on Monday. If the game had been played…

  • Ackerman, Dreyer, Marko first in Mountain Bike Race Monmouth County Park System event held at Tatum Park

    Ackerman, Dreyer, Marko first in Mountain Bike Race Monmouth County Park System event held at Tatum Park Middletown’s Brian Ackerman took advantage of home terrain to capture Monmouth County Park System’s Woods Hollow Classic Mountain Bike Race held in Tatum Park, Holland Road, Middletown. The race, which took cyclists over the open fields and woodlands…

  • Sport Shorts

    The West Long Branch Sports Association is seeking qualified basketball coaches for its Mid-Monmouth program teams. These teams compete in six divisions, which travel throughout Monmouth County from October through February. The divisions are intermediate boys (10 and under), intermediate girls (10U), junior boys (10 and over), junior girls (10 and over), senior boys (14…

  • Monmouth squad wins Legion All-Star Game Rain-shortened game features excellent pitching and defense

    Staff Writer By mike white Monmouth squad wins Legion All-Star Game Rain-shortened game features excellent pitching and defense Two weeks prior to Saturday’s American Legion All-Star Game, Tom Garrettson, chairman of the Monmouth County League, was faced with a big problem. Garrettson needed to find a site for the baseball contest, which pits the best…

  • Sport Shorts

    Holmdel Park will host the eighth annual Women’s 5K Run and Walk on Sept. 1 at 9 a.m., with children’s races, presented by the Jersey Shore Running Club and Women’s Center of Monmouth County, to benefit families affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. Registration is $17 until Aug. 25, $20 Aug. 26 through the…

  • Borough Council OKs tennis court rehabilitation

    CHRIS KELLY Poor drainage has contributed to a broken surface along with other problems on the tennis courts at Wolcott Park in Eatontown. The Borough Council has allocated $82,000 to fix the problems. Project more expensive than expected; restrooms put on hold By nicole c. vaccaro Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The dilapidated tennis courts at…

  • Kenyans dominate Sheehan Classic once again Rain, humidity can’t dampen spirits at state’s top road race

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Kenyans dominate Sheehan Classic once again Rain, humidity can’t dampen spirits at state’s top road race SARAH McCOLGAN The Sheehan Classic gets off to a fast start on Broad Street in Red Bank on Saturday. The annual race attracts many of the top road racers from throughout the area, as…

  • Eatontown, Monmouth Beach reach championship round

    Staff Writer By jack oakley It will be Eatontown challenging defending champion Monmouth Beach in the championship playoff round in the Shore Firemen’s Sunday Slow Pitch Softball League. The teams will square off in the first game of the best-of-three series Sunday morning at 10 at Firemen’s Memorial Field in Eatontown. Eatontown attained the final…