Category: Brick Bulletin Sports

With four teams left, Brick American looked to stay alive in the Barnegat-Waretown 9-year-old Little League baseball tournament when it played Toms River East American at 5:45 p.m. last night. After reeling off three victories earlier in the week, manager Steve Nash’s Brick American team lost on Sunday to Barnegat, 5-2, despite the fine pitching…

Sport Shorts The U9 girls’ Brick Shooting Stars traveling soccer team is looking for players. The girls play in the Monmouth-Ocean Soccer Association. All players must have been born on or after Aug. 1, 1993. Out-of-town players are welcome. For more information, contact coach Bob Pavia at (908) 670-9734, or the Brick Township Soccer Association…

By Wayne witkowskiStaff Writer By Wayne witkowski Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Brick second baseman Brian Staub looks to turn the double play during his team’s win last Wednesday night at the Holbrook Fields in Jackson. BRICK TOWNSHIP — It was an incredible weekend for Brick American’s baseball program. It started on Saturday night at the…

By Wayne witkowskiStaff Writer By Wayne witkowski Staff Writer The thought astounded Joe Baatz — 23 years since any team won back-to-back titles in any district in the state for Williamsport Senior League 16-year-old baseball. "Twenty-three years and it hasn’t been done," said Baatz, who first got involved in Brick American at about that time.…

Brick National 14s rebound well from loss By Wayne witkowskiStaff Writer By Wayne witkowski Staff Writer Brick American left no doubt that it would reach the District 18 championship game of the Junior 14-year-old League All-Stars. Joe Piezzo tagged a three-run home run in the first inning, after Vin Falkiewicz drilled a run-scoring double that…

Brick National team’s run comes to an end vs. TRE After pulling out a gritty 7-5, eight-inning victory over Toms River East American July 8, the Brick National 12-year-old all-stars’ postseason came to an end last Wednesday. The victory, earned on Kevin Watson’s walk-off home run, got the National into the District 18 final four.…

WALL TOWNSHIP — Mike Carpenter of Brick grabbed his first win of the year in Busch beer Modified stock car action, and Beachwood’s Bill Vanderveen won a 50-lap thriller for the Street Stocks at Wall Township Speedway Saturday night. It was the first win of the 2003 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series for each driver, although…

While Brick National’s 10-year-old Little League all-stars went unbeaten in their district, 18, Brick American’s players bounced back from an opening-game loss as both advanced to the double-elimination bracket. "The kids showed a lot of character coming back from that loss. And then they had a bad first inning in our third game, just like…

Brick Township’s Green Dragons are back in the chase for a return to the American Legion state tournament. The Dragons reeled off four straight victories last week — three of them by one run — after being held to one hit in a 2-0 loss to Toms River East, and are 7-3 in the season.…