Category: Independent Sports

  • Holmdel baseball team is a work in progress this year

    Hornets look to rebound from 0-3 start By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer With just a handful of seniors scattered throughout the lineup, this looks to be a building season for the Holmdel High School baseball team. The Hornets are off to an 0-3 start, but head coach Ed Reckage noted that…

  • Sport Shorts

    Sport Shorts Middletown Youth Athletic Association’s girl’s recreational basketball sign-ups for the summer season will be held at Thorne Middle School on April 22 (6-8 p.m.), April 29 (6-8:30 p.m), May 3 (9 a.m.-noon) and May 5 (6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.). Games will begin in mid-June and end in early August. Instructional clinics and family barbecue…

  • SJV golf team anxious to get back on course

    Despite an 0-2 start, coach Robert Marsh is confident that the St. John Vianney High School golf team can be competitive in the Shore Conference’s Class A Central division. "We have the talent to be a competitive team," said Marsh, whose Lancers went 7-10 a year ago. "The weather hasn’t helped us, but our guys…

  • Sport Shorts

    Sport Shorts The East Coast Diamonds All-Star Cheerleading squad won the fourth-place trophy at the American National Championships in the Orlando (Fla.) Worldwide Sports Arena on March 21. Team members are Kristina Morris, Oceanport; Courtney Wenzel, West Long Branch; Amber and Amanda Lucisano, Sea Bright; Ali Vino, Middletown; Angie Cook, Middletown; Nicole Fiore, Middletown; Amanda…

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    CHRIS KELLY Phil Simone of Raritan High School, Hazlet, competes at the Rebel Relays in Howell on Saturday.

  • Sport Shorts

    Sport Shorts Freshman Mary McCudden, of Middletown, was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Women’s Track Athlete of the Week. At the Connecticut College Invitational Saturday afternoon, McCudden kicked off the afternoon with a dominating first-place finish in the 5,000-meter distance, finishing 22 seconds faster than her nearest competitor with a time…

  • Pitching, defense are keys for Hawks baseball team

    SJV By tim morrisStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY Monmouth University’s Mike Kelly takes a healthy cut during a double-header against Central Connecticut on Sunday in West Long Branch. SJV’s Palmieri is squad’s No. 2 starter By tim morris Staff Writer As Monmouth University, West Long Branch, heads into the heart of the Northeast Conference baseball schedule,…

  • Lady Lancers set to defend their titles on the diamond

    Last season By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer Last season’s 28-3 campaign a tough act to follow By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer The St. John Vianney High School softball team has picked right up where it left off last season when it won the NJSIAA state Parochial A championship. The Lancers also won the Shore Conference Class…

  • Holmdel hopes to improve as the season progresses

    Hornets need to rebound from a season-opening loss to SJV By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer With a new coach and several returning starters, the Holmdel High School softball team is looking to surpass last spring’s 8-13 record. Following some poor weather during the week, the Hornets finally opened the season on…