Category: Independent Sports

  • Middletown North hockey team overcomes adversity

    By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer Despite an array of injuries, which included losing six of the team’s top seven scorers over a four-game span, the Middletown High School North ice hockey team is 13-4-1 and sitting atop the Shore Conference’s B Division. Coach Joe Campisano’s defense-first philosophy has taken hold as…

  • Sport Shorts

    Tryouts for the Jersey Jaguars 10U travel soccer team will be held soon. The season starts April 1. The team is based in Lincroft, and players should reside in Middletown. For more information, contact [email protected]. The Thunder boys 16U AAU basketball team (formerly the Holmdel Thunder) will be having their team tryouts within the next…

  • Matawan faces adversity but enjoys solid season

    Scheduling mistake leaves team with just seven home games By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Middletown North’s Mike Niesz drives past Freehold Township’s John Kambon during the Lions’ overtime loss at home on Friday. On the heels of a solid 56-45 win at St. John Vianney in Holmdel on Saturday,…

  • Playoff deadline has local teams scrambling to qualify

    CHRIS KELLY Shealyn Taggert, 13, of the Middletown Youth Athletic Association, tries to shoot past a Howell defender during the Mid Monmouth Basketball League’s finals at Brookdale on Sunday. With the Feb. 8 deadline for qualifying for the state tournament rapidly approaching, local high school basketball teams are scrambling to assure themselves of a .500…

  • Sport Shorts

    The Middletown Pride boys’ traveling soccer team won the highly competitive U12 Premier Division of the Monmouth-Ocean Soccer Association. The Pride’s final record of 6-3-1 included decisive victories over the Manalapan Wrecking Crew, Jackson Lightning, Freehold Revolution and the Marlboro Magic Blue. The Pride scored 19 goals and allowed only 11 in 10 games. The…

  • Colts lose heartbreaker, but gain needed confidence

    St. John Vianney girls drop hard-fought contest to Shabazz By doug mckenzieStaff Writer By doug mckenzie Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI St. John Vianney’s Shantel Brown tries to shoot in front of Shabazz’s Kellindra Zachery during the Lancers’ 43-38 loss in Asbury Park on Sunday. The Christian Brothers Academy boys’ basketball team entered Sunday’s match-up with…

  • Mustangs stun the nation’s No. 1 team, Christ the King

    Mustangs stun the nation’s No. 1 team, Christ the King Seize the moment. That’s what Marlboro High School’s volunteer coach Ed Zucker told the Mustangs before they took on New York’s Christ the King, the No. 1 ranked team in the country. And seize the moment they did. The Mustangs stunned the nation’s top-ranked team,…

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    CHRIS KELLY Middletown South’s Eric Valdez races to a second-place finish in the 100-meter breaststroke during a recent meet with Colts Neck at Monmouth University.

  • South girls are faring well against a difficult schedule

    Eagles playing .500 ball as state playoff deadline approaches By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer Eagles playing .500 ball as state playoff deadline approaches By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer Prior to the season, Middletown High School South girls’ basketball coach Tom Brennan was hoping his young team would be at the .500 mark after 10 games. With…