Category: HUB Sports

  • Skaters, bicyclists to perform at Monmouth Park X-Games Demonstration set for Sunday as part of Family Day

    Staff Writer By jack oakley Skaters, bicyclists to perform at Monmouth Park X-Games Demonstration set for Sunday as part of Family Day In an effort to draw the attention of the younger fan, Monmouth Park has inaugurated a series designed to get the younger generation to the track. On Sunday there will be the Summer…

  • Rain causes more postponements in Shore Firemen’s softball league

    Rain wreaked havoc with the Sunday schedule in the Shore Firemen’s Slow Pitch Softball League as the heavy early-morning shower caused all games to be postponed. With the regular season scheduled to end next Sunday (July 22), the firemen will be scrambling to get all the games in before the end of the season. The…

  • Rain, rain, go away. Long Branch adult softball teams want to play

    Rain, rain, go away. Long Branch adult softball teams want to play Once again the rains came and caused the postponement of the doubleheaders scheduled in the Long Branch Adult Sunday Softball League. It was supposed to be makeup week for the league, but now this Sunday will find the makeup schedule taking precedent over…

  • Sport Shorts

    The Belmar Improvement Fund, in collaboration with the Jersey Shore Running Club, will present the 25th Anniversary Belmar Five-Mile Run July 14. For the first time in the 25-year history of the race the event is scheduled for July 14 rather than in late August. This new date will offer summer residents and college students…

  • Soccer stars shine at Peter Burroughs All-Star Games

    Staff Writer By doug mckenzie JERRY WOLKOWITZ Red Bank Catholic’s Patricia Misciagna (r) battles for control of the ball during the Peter Burroughs All-Star Games in Neptune last week. Several of the Shore’s top senior soccer stars played to a split last week in the Sixth Annual Peter Burroughs Senior All-Star Games played at Neptune…

  • Softball teams match wins in pair of high-scoring games

    Staff Writer By jack oakley Softball teams match wins in pair of high-scoring games The Eatontown and Little Silver fire departments are alone on top of the Shore Firemen’s Slow Pitch Softball League after Sunday’s action. Eatontown was forced to overcome a stubborn Oceanport team, 25-21, while Little Silver out hit Belford with only nine…

  • Seashore opens season with big win over Sands North Shore Club swim league’s season is in full swing

    Staff Writer By chris kelly Seashore opens season with big win over Sands North Shore Club swim league’s season is in full swing CHRIS KELLY The Sands Beach Club’s Kim Gittleson swims to a third-place finish in the girls’ 15- to 17-year-old freestyle race during a meet with Seashore on June 28. After only nine…

  • Mulligan’s/IAMA survives scare from Aerial Signs

    Staff Writer By jack oakley Some may consider 13 to be an unlucky number, but it’s just the opposite for Mulligan’s/IAMA senior softball team. The Long Branch-based outfit withstood Aerial Signs’ challenge and remained undefeated in the Monmouth County Senior Softball League after an impressive 14-11 victory. Mulligan’s/IAMA has a 13-0 record, with Higgins Funeral…

  • St. Patrick’s Day returns to Monmouth Park on Sunday

    Staff Writer By jack oakley It has grown to be an institution at Monmouth Park, Oceanport. The track will celebrate its 12th annual St. Patrick’s Day event on Sunday, and anyone wearing anything green will be admitted free to the grandstand and at half-price to the clubhouse. And true to the Irish, the Friendly Sons…