Category: Independent Sports

  • Brookdale facing great expectations

    Jersey Bluesreached national finalsfor first time BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Jersey Blues reached national finals for first time BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Kelvin DeLosAngeles is among the players returning to Brookdale’s men’s basketball team as the Jersey Blues enter the season looking to build on last season’s success. It’s a new…

  • Brookdale women are optimistic

    BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer With only two players returning, the 2003-04 Brookdale Community College women’s basketball team will have a new look. Despite the big turnover that has the Jersey Blues breaking in a number of new players, Marianne Campacci, who coaches the team along with Joanne Cobb, is very…

  • Local boxer Dustin Fleischer dreaming big

    14-year-old is youngest member of U.S. boxing team BY GEORGE ALBANOStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Monmouth Beach resident Dustin Fleischer, 14, is hoping to make his hobby a career as he trains as a member of the U.S. Boxing Team. 14-year-old is youngest member of U.S. boxing team BY GEORGE ALBANO Staff Writer Like most…

  • Eagles-Bucs getting ready for Round Two

    This time, state titleis on the line This time, state title is on the line VERONICA YANKOWSKI staff Middletown South sophomore Knowshon Moreno will be among the players to watch when the undefeated Eagles take on Red bank Regional on Saturday in the Central Jersey Group III championship game at Rutgers Stadium. Middletown South head…

  • Piccarello, Wilhelm winners at 19th Born to Run race

    BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Red Bank’s Matt Kootman, a Middletown South graduate, finishes second at Friday’s Born to Run race through the streets of Freehold Borough. Matt Piccarello wasn’t quite ready to believe what high school coach Rob DeFilippis was telling him. Home for the Thanksgiving Day…

  • Follow the leader

    Follow the leader JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff CBA’s Will Melofchik races to a sixth-place finish at the Meet of Champions on Nov. 22 at Holmdel Park. Melofchik’s time led the Colts to a second-place team finish, behind Mainland Regional.

  • Sports Shorts

    Sports Shorts Junior Maureen McLaughlin, a Middletown South graduate, and freshman Emily Nealis, a Holmdel High School grad, helped lead the Muhlenberg College women’s soccer team to the Centennial Conference championship. McLaughlin started all 22 games at sweeper, anchoring a defense that allowed only 17 goals in 22 games, including six in the final 14…

  • ‘The Count’ finds his way back to baseball

    Former major leaguer coaching, teaching locally BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Former major leaguer John Montefusco, a Middletown High School graduate, is coaching for the Somerset Patriots minor league team, while also offering instruction at PlayBall Sports in Morganville. John "The Count" Montefusco wishes there had…

  • Kootman back to defend

    Born to Run race titleEvent nowin 19th year Born to Run race title Event now in 19th year After finishing second to South River’s Dave DeMonico twice, Lincroft’s Matt Kootman turned the tables on the five-time Born to Run champion last year. Kootman, a Middletown South High School graduate who was running for Boston College,…