Category: Independent Sports

  • Sports Shorts

    Sports Shorts The Central Jersey Hawks Boys 17 & Under (formerly the Holmdel Thunder) AAU Basketball Team has two openings remaining for big players to play the four or five position only. The team plays from the end of the high school season right through to the season start of the following year, and will…

  • South girls looking to reload on the diamond

    Eagles must overcome losses to graduation BY WARREN RAPPLEYEAStaff Writer South girls looking to reload on the diamond BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer A young and generally untested Middletown High School South softball team will take the field April 1 to open the season at St. John Vianney, Holmdel. The Eagles went 19-7 a year…

  • Keyport team getting adjusted to new coach

    Bob Devlin replaces longtime coach,Sal Principe BY WARREN RAPPLEYEAStaff Writer Keyport team getting adjusted to new coach Bob Devlin replaces longtime coach, Sal Principe BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer New coach Bob Devlin welcomes back a handful of veterans as the Keyport High School baseball team seeks to defend its Shore Conference Class B Central…

  • Wall Township Speedway gearing up for new season

    Wall Township Speedway gearing up for new season WALL TOWNSHIP — First it was the Modified division, then the Pro Stocks and Street Stocks joined in. Now the Legend Cars, TQ Midgets and Truck Series racers have also thrown their support behind the April 10 Fan Appreciation Day festivities at Wall Township Speedway. That means…

  • End of the road

    Raritan BY DOUG McKENZIEStaff Writer BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Raritan junior forward Qa’raan Calhoun consoles his teammates following their Tournament of Champions semifinal loss to St. Anthony’s of Jersey City on Friday at the Louis Brown Athletic Center in Piscataway. PISCATAWAY — There were tears, but no regrets. Disappointment,…

  • Shore’s best senior cagers to play in All-Star Games

    Freehold Townshiphosting boys and girlsgames tomorrow night BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Freehold Township hosting boys and girls games tomorrow night BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Marlboro and Red Bank Catholic’s senior girls will be on the same side tomorrow night. The seniors, who have dominated Shore Conference basketball during their four years, will be teammates…

  • Back to the Big Dance

    Monmouth men going back to NCAAtournament Monmouth men going back to NCAA tournament PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Monmouth University’s Brian Boxler hugs teammate Russ Anderson after the Hawks beat Central Connecticut State on March 10 to win the NEC championship on their home floor in West Long Branch. BY DOMINICK RINELLI JR. Correspondent For…

  • Raritan gets another trophy for collection

    Rockets off to TOC after winning Group III championship BY DOUG McKENZIEStaff Writer BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above, Raritan’s Marques Johnson drives to the basket during the Rockets’ Group III championship win over Manasquan on Sunday at Rutgers University. At left, Qa’raan Calhoun shoots over the ’Squan defense en route…