Category: Independent Sports

  • Sport Shorts

    Sport Shorts The RYKA Take Fitness to Heart Race is set for this Sunday at Monmouth Battlefield Park in Manalapan. There will be 5K and 10K (walk/run) races to raise awareness and funds for women’s heart disease. Both races start at 9 a.m. and will include a loop course inside the park on roads and…

  • Mid-Monmouth all-stars win state Babe Ruth title

    CHRIS KELLY Steven Morreale slides safely into third base for the Mid-Monmouth 16-year-old all-stars during a game against the Monmouth County Junior American Legion All-Stars at Monmouth University in West Long Branch on Saturday. Eastern Regional is this weekend in Clinton, Md. By tim morris Staff Writer The Mid-Monmouth Babe Ruth All-Stars did more than…

  • Middletown 12U all-stars win their first annual tournament

    The Middletown Babe Ruth Junior Girls 12 & Under All-Star Team recently hosted and won the First Annual Middletown Babe Ruth Summer Softball Tournament. Six teams, representing Red Bank/Little Silver, Hazlet, Fair Haven, Sayreville, St. Joe’s of Keyport, and Middletown, competed for the top prize from July 12-17 at McMahon Park in Middletown, and with…

  • Middletown Swim Club team chasing perfection once again

    With just two meets remaining, the undefeated Middletown Swim & Tennis Club is nearing its goal of repeating as Monmouth County Swimming Conference champions. Middletown, a perfect 8-0 last summer, owns a 6-0 record and is scheduled to visit Hazlet today. Coach Lynn Cefalo’s swimmers wrap up the regular season on Saturday against Holmdel. "After…

  • Sport Shorts

    Sport Shorts The Husky Soccer Association will be sponsoring its seventh annual summer soccer camp Aug. 4-8. Sessions available are half-day, full-day, goalkeepers and team training camps. The camp is designed for ages 6-17. A Tiny Touches camp for ages 4-6 is also available. The instructors are Scottish F.F. licensed and former players and coaches.…

  • Locals excel at Old Bridge Wrestling Festival

    The Old Bridge Wrestling Festival wrapped up over the weekend, with a number of local grapplers taking part in a variety of individual competitions, while a familiar result emerged from last week’s Central Jersey Duals. South Plainfield High School has dominated the team competition in recent years, and this year was no exception as the…

  • For the record

    An article in the July 9 Independent incorrectly stated that Lenny Sasso lost in the 140-pound wrestling final at the Jersey Shore Summer Duals, 17-3. Sasso, a freshman at St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, lost the match 9-6 to finish second in the weight class.

  • Hazlet 9-year-olds take home District 11 title

    The Hazlet Youth Athletic League’s all-star team for ages 9 and under is preparing for the New Jersey Cal Ripken League championship. Hazlet earned a berth in the state event by winning the Ripken League’s District 11 title earlier this summer. The winner of the state tourney moves on to a regional competition in Maryland.…

  • Local all-stars stumble in state Babe Ruth tourney

    A trip to the Babe Ruth League regional championships will be at stake in Manalapan this week. The Manalapan Baseball Association is hosting the Northern New Jersey Babe Ruth 16-19-year-old state tournament at the Manalapan Recreation Center. The championship game of the tournament, which began Saturday, is set for tomorrow night at 7:30 on field…