Category: Independent Sports

  • Masiello, Lombardi earn postseason soccer awards

    It was another championship season for the Brookdale Community College women’s soccer team. The Jersey Blue were co-champions of the Garden State Athletic Conference and reached the Region XIX tournament finals in 2003. BCC was ranked 10th in the country in the final poll of junior college Division III programs and finished the season with…

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    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…

  • Boca soccer players continue their success at next level

    TOMS RIVER— In the advent of the 2003 NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship, which started play on Friday, the coaches and directors of Jersey Shore Boca soccer have plenty to reflect on as players from their soccer club have made significant contributions during the 2003 NCAA intercollegiate men’s soccer season. Thirty-five Jersey Shore Boca…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Middletown South’s Laura Flath performs on the balance beam during the recent Shore Conference championships at Brick Memorial High School.

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    Sports Shorts A crowd of nearly 400 runners participated in the Navesink Challenge 15K and 5K, organized by the Jersey Shore Running Club to benefit Habitat for Humanity and the Middletown Youth Athletic Association. The overall winner in the 15 K was JSRC’s Bob Bythell in a time of 54:08, and for the women it…

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    Sports Shorts Scott Panzano, from Holmdel, played goalie for Suffolk University’s men’s Division III soccer team. Panzano played in 12 games and had 44 saves. A freshman business management major, Panzano finished with a 2.12 goals against average. Panzano had one shutout this season and helped Suffolk to a 9-7 overall record. He attended Holmdel…

  • Huskies survive a close call

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEAStaff Writer BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer It was perhaps a bit more exciting than Matawan coach Joe Martucci would have liked, but the results of Saturday’s NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II playoff encounter with North Plainfield kept the Huskies undefeated. The victory sets up Matawan to host Long Branch, an 18-0 victor…

  • South River next for Red Raiders

    Eagles shut out Wall in revenge match BY WARREN RAPPLEYEAStaff Writer BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Mater Dei’s Patrick Keelan carries the ball during the Seraphs’ consolation game loss to Bishop Ahr on Saturday in Middletown. The road to the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I championship almost invariably pits the Keyport Red…

  • Local soccer teams bow out in sectional finals

    CHRIS KELLY staff St. John Vianney’s Melanie Ondrejik can’t avoid the slide tackle of Red Bank Catholic’s Cailin McGrorry during the Caseys’ win in Red Bank on Thursday. It was not a good weekend for two local soccer teams vying for sectional title. The Middletown South boys and St. John Vianney girls teams were both defeated…