Category: HUB Sports

Tony Racioppi, a Red Bank Regional graduate and junior quarterback at Rowan University, Glassboro, continued his excellent season Nov. 24, leading his team to a second-round NCAA championship tournament win over visiting Western Connecticut State, 43-14. Racioppi was 19-38 for 268 yards and three touchdowns. His longest TD pass was 86 yards to wide receiver…

Staff Writer By tim morris Kelly Byrnes, Julia Barker, Mary McCudden and Shannon Gillespie, the runners who helped Red Bank Catholic girls make state history in the fall, are the nucleus of the Caseys’ 2001-02 indoor track and field team. The foursome of Byrnes, Barker, McCudden and Gillespie led RBC to the New Jersey State…

Middletown South’s Lauren Krzan led a parade of Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, soccer players who were rewarded for fine seasons on the field with postseason awards. Krzan, a forward, was one of four BCC players to earn First Team All-Region XIX honors. Joining her were Howell’s Jamie Henriques, a defender; Red Bank Regional grad Amanda…

Staff Writer By chris kelly VERONICA YANKOWSKI Shore Regional senior Matt Geraud takes a knee in the end zone moments after the Blue Devils fell to South River in the Central Jersey Group I championship game at Kean University on Saturday. They could almost taste it; they were that close. When Joe Toccacelli crossed the…

Ingenito, Crawford and frosh key to BCC women VERONICA YANKOWSKI The look on Shore Regional’s Dave Ivnis says it all. The Blue Devils played valiantly on Saturday but lost to South River High School 12-7 in the CJ Group I championship game at Kean University. Brookdale Community College’s women’s basketball team burst on the national…

Staff Writer By tim morris VERONICA YANKOWSKI Brookdale’s Harold Bautista goes up for a shot over Suffolk’s Darrin Miller during their game Sunday afternoon in Lincroft. MIDDLETOWN — "Ask me after six games" was Paul Cisek’s response to what can be expected from his Brookdale Community College men’s basketball team this winter. "It’s a team…

Caseys dominate ice in season-opener vs. Lions FARRAH MAFFAI Rutgers University’s Sean Axani blocks the shot of Stoneybrook’s Jarius McCollum during the Scarlet Knights’ 76-37 home win on Nov. 28. Axani, a Red Bank Regional graduate, is seeing significant playing time at Rutgers this year, and figures to be a prominent part of the program’s…

Staff Writer By chris kelly Bucs wins 80th Turkey Day battle with Green Wave Senior leadership gives RBR latest victory, and a winning season CHRIS KELLY Long Branch’s Raheim Frye turns up the speed to avoid Red Bank’s Shannon Rice during the 80th meeting of the two teams on Thanksgiving Day in Long Branch. Long…

Staff Writer By chris kelly Air superiority propels Caseys past Rumson-FH Both teams finish the season at 5-5 CHRIS KELLY Red Bank Catholic’s Greg Roonan tries to stretch out for an extra yard during the Caseys’ 21-3 win over Rumson-Fair Haven on Nov. 21 at Count Basie Field. This was the kind of performance the…