Category: Brick Bulletin Sports

  • Brick Memorial girls want more after taste of glory

    By Wayne witkowskiStaff Writer By Wayne witkowski Staff Writer Winning a state championship is hard enough. But the Brick Memorial girls soccer team worked at least as hard in the off-season to defend it. Two months after getting that tingly feeling, the Mustangs were in the weight room three days a week and worked arduously…

  • Brick American baseball has its greatest sum­mer

    By Wayne witkowskiStaff Writer By Wayne witkowski Staff Writer When five different Brick American all-star teams won championships last month, it was beyond what anyone affiliated with the league could imagine. "You hope one or two teams could win a championship, but for one league to win this many championships I understand has never been…

  • Kenyans dominate Sheehan Classic 5-miler once again

    Wet weather doesn By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI A group of local kids show off their wheels during the Kids’ Race on Friday night in Red Bank. The Kids’ Race helps kick off the annual Sheehan Classic, the second largest road race in the state, behind only the Spring…

  • Conway is ready to launch swim career at next level

    By Wayne witkowskiStaff Writer By Wayne witkowski Staff Writer Brick Memorial swimmer Tim Conway, who was recovering this summer from a broken wrist that kept him out of the long course national championships late last month at College Park, Md., is rounding back into shape for a college career at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.…

  • Monmouth stars knock off Ocean’s best once again

    Ocean County may have history and tradition on its side, but on Aug. 3, it wasn’t enough to beat the best Monmouth County has to offer in an all-star hockey game. The top high school hockey players from the two neighboring counties met up once again in the sixth annual Shore All-Star Hockey Game at…

  • Sport Shorts

    Sport Shorts The windmill pitching clinic, for girls ages 10-18, will be held at Jackson High School. H.O.W. to FASTPITCH will provide two 10-week sessions, starting in October, on Wednesday evenings. There will be a maximum class size of 12 athletes. Pitching instruction will start with beginners at 6:30 p.m., intermediate at 7:30 p.m., and…

  • Nothing funny about Peace Rules’ win at the Haskell

    By doug mckenzieStaff Writer By doug mckenzie Staff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY Peace Rules (far right) begins to take a commanding lead in the 36th running of the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in Oceanport on Sunday. OCEANPORT — With a record New Jersey racing crowd of 53,638 packing Monmouth Park Sunday and setting…

  • Sheehan Classic returns to Red Bank on Saturday

    By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer Defending champion Simon Wangui of Kenya will head up a field of about 3,000 runners in the five-mile George Sheehan Classic on Aug. 9 in Red Bank. The annual event, which traditionally kicks off to the sounds of strains of Bruce Springsteen’s "Born to Run," takes…

  • Softball in Brick has a driven leader

    By Wayne witkowskiStaff Writer By Wayne witkowski Staff Writer When Brick Memorial’s softball team beat undefeated Manchester for its first Ocean County Tournament championship in May, Debbie Graham had a great feeling of satisfaction. Graham for over 20 years has been the driving force directing the Brick girls softball program that three years ago was…