Category: HUB Sports

  • Lining up the shot

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Ocean Township High School’s Brianna Roskey, left, prepares to put a shot on goal as Long Branch High School’s Mia Hernandez defends during the Oct. 16 game played in Oakhurst and won by the Spartans, 9-1.

  • Buccaneers stay undefeated with upset win over Caseys

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent RED BANK REGIONAL In what may be a defining moment, Red Bank Regional High School’s football team overcame a vaunted opponent, a seven-point deficit and its own mistakes to score a 24-21 victory over Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School Oct. 16. “I think our guys are starting to really believe…

  • Lancers gymnasts emerge as serious contender in first year

    By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent It did not take long for St. John Vianney to make a name for itself in Shore Conference gymnastics. In their first year on the varsity level, the Lancers will be among the favorites to compete for conference and state titles. The Lancers, who have won four of their six meets…

  • Steed breaks own record in Futurity at Freehold Raceway

    Steed captured the $16,000 New Jersey Futurity for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings, setting a track record of 1:58.4, Oct. 16 at Freehold Raceway. Steed’s time for a 2-year-old gelded trotter eclipsed the 1:59.2 track record he established Sept. 17 when he won the Harold Dancer Trot. The Futurity and Dancer are sponsored by the…

  • Sapone repeats as course winner at the Manhattan Invitational

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Winning never grows old. Winning on a historic cross-country course twice is even more gratifying. Red Bank Regional High School’s Lauren Sapone experienced the triumph at the famed Van Cortlandt Park 2.5-mile course in the Bronx, New York, Oct. 10 when she won the Manhattan Invitational Varsity C race in…

  • Bulldogs’ depth has girls in the hunt for division crown

    By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s Allie Geiger, right, and Cat Cirigliano of Holmdel High School chase after the ball during a girls’ soccer game in Rumson Oct. 8. The Bulldogs won the Shore Conference A Central Division matchup, 3-0. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s girls soccer team…

  • Brookdale women in line for Region 19 top seeding

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Brookdale Community College’s women’s soccer team has answered every challenge to date. With first place in the Garden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) and a top seed in the Region 19 Tournament on the line, the Jersey Blues flashed their championship pedigree, beating Ocean County College in Toms River, 1-0, Oct.…

  • Area teams had successful weekend on the gridiron

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent It was a banner weekend for area high school football teams as Red Bank Regional High School, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, Ocean Township High School and Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School all won. RED BANK REGIONAL Following a lengthy lightning delay at Raritan High School, Red Bank Regional remained…

  • CBA, RBC cross-country teams win at Shore Coaches Invitational meet

    Christian Brothers Academy harriers are running in a pack at the start of the New Balance Shore Coaches Invitational cross-country meet held on Oct. 3 on a soggy Holmdel Park course. The conditions couldn’t slow the Colts, who won the Varsity A1 race. FRANK GALIPO Christian Brothers Academy’s and Red Bank Catholic’s cross-country teams were…