Category: HUB Sports

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…

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…

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. All that was…

Led by Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School and St. John Vianney High School’s Kristen Politz, the NJSIAA Gymnastics Championships were a tour de force for the Shore Conference. RBC captured its second straight team title Nov. 12, leading a top-three sweep by Shore Conference teams, while Politz captured the all-around title Nov. 14. Both…

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…

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…

Top Notch Sports offers goalkeeper training at its new training center at 111 Rt. 35 in Aberdeen. Training is offered on a year-round basis — the only such program in New Jersey. Training employs Brazilian methods that are renowned worldwide. Learn the correct goalkeeping techniques used by the professional keepers. Classes are held from beginner…

By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent In addition to winning the all-around crown at the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Section I Championships Nov. 7 at Manalapan High School, St. John Vianney High School’s Kristen Politz won the floor exercise. DORINE SHAPIRO Defending NJSIAA champion Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School and four of its Shore Conference rivals surged…

By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Shore Regional High School’s football team won its eighth straight game, outlasting a pesky Asbury Park High School team for a 20-7 victory Nov. 7 in West Long Branch. The triumph gave coach Mark Costantino’s team the top spot in the race for the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I playoffs with…