Category: Brick Bulletin Sports

  • Sports Shorts

    Bill Winters and Chris James, two college quarterbacks from Brick, garnered individual conference honors. Bill Winters, of Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Park, was named to the Middle Atlantic Conference All-Conference first team. The former Brick Township High School quarterback finished his career as the most prolific quarterback in FDU history. On the season, he went 136…

  • Lake Riviera girls soccer coach reflects on season

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — While a losing season is not the norm for the Lake Riviera girls soccer, coach Bill Brunner has high expectations for next year. The team’s 5-7 record this year was only the second time in 20 years Lake Riviera finished with more losses than wins. Brunner wants…

  • Cheer/Nationals update

    Brick Dragons Midget Dance and Cheer teams are slated to step into the spotlight at the Pop Warner National Championships on Dec. 10 and Dec. 11 near Orlando, Fla. Midget Dance head coach Cathy Lindenbaum and her four assistant coaches were scheduled to leave on Monday night and the 13 girls on Tuesday morning. They…

  • Brick Mem. trounces Brick Twp., 34-21, in annual clash

    Mustangs prepping for state championship game against East Brunswick BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Ayear ago, Brick Memorial High School’s football team limped into the state championship game off a Thanksgiving loss to Brick Township High School and with its best running back, Vin Sabba, wearing a special boot for an ankle…

  • Remember Brick Dragon Pee Wees’ wins, not loss, coach says

    Historic run to Pop Warner championships ends with fall to Maryland team BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer The Brick Dragon Pee Wees’ postseason ride came to a halt one game shy of the Pop Warner national championships on Nov. 27, just miles from where they achieved most of their 13-0 season. The Lake Harbor Seahawks…

  • High school hockey season kicks off this week

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Brick Township High School and Brick Memorial High School, which both reached the NJSIAA public school quarterfinals last March, open the hockey season with high hopes that they can have another solid season when the action begins this week. “We have to see what happens,” Brick Township coach Bob Auriemma…

  • High school bowling coaches fill in the blanks left by graduation

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer With only two starters returning from last year’s Shore Conference and NJSIAA Group III championship girls bowling team, this season appears to be a tough challenge. But the Brick Township High School team is ready for the task and goes into the season regarded as one of the top five…

  • High school bowling teams reap rewards with skill, depth

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer The game between the Brick Memorial High School and Brick Township High School boys bowling teams slated for Dec. 1 at Ocean Lanes was expected to be a typical power showdown in Shore ConferenceASouth between the cross-town rivals. Brick Memorial’s boys won the NJSIAA Group IV championship, finishing third in…

  • Both high schools hope to be wrestling powerhouses again

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Wrestling often commands the spotlight during the high school winter sports season in Brick. And both high school teams might make it the state’s hotbed for wrestling after they both cracked the top 25 in the rankings last year. Practice begins on Nov. 27. Brick Memorial, the two-time defending NJSIAA…