Category: HUB Sports

  • Hooligans upsets Shore, gets ready to face Fornicola Bros.

    Hooligans upsets Shore, gets ready to face Fornicola Bros. By jack oakley Staff Writer Hooligans stunned Shore Athletics in two straight games and Fornicola Brothers eliminated The Norwood Agency in three contests as they advanced to the playoff finals in the Long Branch Sunday Adult Softball League. Fornicola’s will host Hooligan’s in the opening playoff…

  • Point Given doesn’t disappoint at Haskell Invitational

    FARRAH MAFFAI Point Given and jockey Gary Stevens cross the finish line ahead of Burning Roma and Touch Tone at the 34th running of the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in Oceanport on Sunday. The world of horse racing’s top star came to Monmouth Park in Oceanport on Sunday, and ran away with the $1.5…

  • Sheehan Classic returns to Red Bank Saturday

    Staff Writer By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Defending champions Titus Mungi and Catherine N’bereba will return to Red Bank to lead a field of more than 3,500 runners in the George Sheehan Classic on Saturday. Another 500-600 people will participate in a variety of other events that begin Friday evening with the Kids Classic, a variety of…

  • Mulligan’s/IAMA wins one for ‘The Birdman’

    It was the opening playoff game in the Monmouth County Senior Softball League and Mulligan’s/IAMA had decided to dedicate the game to "The Birdman." Donnie Bertleson, known as "The Birdman," had passed away earlier in the week and the senior loop champs remembered the brother of Mulligan’s/IAMA’s outfielder Buddy Bertleson with a 22-12 victory against…

  • County lifeguard competition a close battle to the end

    Staff Writer By chris kelly CHRIS KELLY Sea Bright’s Sean Gleason runs to the start/finish line during the kayak race at the Monmouth County Park System’s second annual Lifeguard Tournament. The sea was a little rough, but it wasn’t anything that the lifeguards at the Monmouth County Park System’s second annual Lifeguard Tournament could not…

  • Pavilion wins Monmouth Junior Lifeguard competition

    CHRIS KELLY Monmouth Beach Bathing Pavilion’s Leah Adams, 13, sprints to the finish line in the open beach run at the Battle of Monmouth Junior Lifeguard Tournament last Friday. They may be smaller, but they are just as competitive as the older guards at the Monmouth Beach clubs. Last Friday, Monmouth Beach Bathing Pavilion hosted…

  • Eatontown stuns Oceanic; Beach Boys top Little Silver

    Eatontown stuns Oceanic; Beach Boys top Little Silver By jack oakley Staff Writer After dropping two regular-season games to Oceanic of Rumson, Eatontown bounced back to take a game lead in the best-of-three playoff opening round by besting the Rumson crew, 11-7. Monmouth Beach and Little Silver split their two regular-season battles, but the Beach…

  • Fornicola’s advances; Bates,

    Fornicola’s advances; Bates, Marlin spark Norwood Agency The top seed Fornicola Brothers led a parade of four teams into the semifinal playoff round in the Long Branch Sunday Softball League. Fornicola’s handled Springdale Café, 28-11 and 25-10, while Shore Athletics, the second seed, ended Larchwood Bar’s season with 12-11 and 13-2 victories. Hooligan’s hopped over…

  • Sport Shorts

    The West Long Branch Sports Association is seeking qualified basketball coaches for its Mid-Monmouth program teams. These teams compete in six divisions, which travel throughout Monmouth County from October through February. The divisions are: intermediate boys (10 and under), intermediate girls (10U), junior boys (10 and over), junior girls (10 and over), senior boys (14…