Category: Independent Sports

  • Clippers break 5 year drought, reach states

    St. John Vianney players help lead team topostseason By tim morrisStaff Writer St. John Vianney players help lead team to postseason By tim morris Staff Writer Combining some of the best players from Freehold Borough, Freehold Township and St. John Vianney High Schools proved to be a winning formula for the Freehold Clippers in the…

  • Sport Shorts

    The Monmouth Power Sports Club is looking for dedicated and team-oriented players for its 14- and 15-year-old AAU boys’ basketball teams for the upcoming season (September-November). For more information, call (732) 833-5020 or e-mail [email protected]. The MPSC is also looking for dedicated Rutgers Safety-certified coaches for its boys’ basketball program. Call (732) 833-5020 or e-mail…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Middletown’s Jordan Crosby competes in the 13-14-year-old 100-meter Individual Medley during the Monmouth County Swimming Championships at the YMCA of Western Monmouth County in Freehold Township on Saturday.

  • War Emblem turns Haskell into a personal showcase 35th Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park

    By doug mckenzieStaff Writer War Emblem turns Haskell into a personal showcase 35th Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park By doug mckenzie Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ War Emblem (No. 6) leads the field down the front stretch during Sunday’s Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in Oceanport. They came in droves to Monmouth Park in Oceanport Sunday,…

  • Sheehan Classic returns to Red Bank Saturday

    Strong international field expected to participate once again By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer About 3,200 participants, including defending women’s champ Grace Njoki, are expected for the running of the 5-mile George Sheehan Classic in Red Bank Saturday. Another 500-600 people will participate in a variety of other events that begin Friday…

  • Sport Shorts

    The Mac’s Fun Ball Basketball League’s summer season wrapped up this weekend with the playoffs and championship game. On Friday night, the Bucks topped the Nets 49-47, behind the solid play of Bret O’Brien and James Reuter. In the second game, the Suns knocked off the Kings, 80-75, behind 22 points from Jason Miller, 17…

  • Mac’s Fun Ball league caters to local hoops fans

    By doug mckenzieStaff Writer By doug mckenzie Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Middletown’s Jay McDevitt tries to dribble out of traffic during a Mac’s Fun Ball game at Walloo Park in Middletown on Friday. When John McDermott was trying to come up with a name for his newly formed basketball league in Middletown last fall, he…

  • Strathmore swim team ends season on high note Aberdeen team gets first win in six years, then adds two more

    By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer Strathmore swim team ends season on high note Aberdeen team gets first win in six years, then adds two more By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer After going winless for the past six summers, the Strathmore Swim & Tennis Club’s swim team finally got back in the victory column this year. First-year…

  • 35th Haskell Invitational Sunday at Monmouth Park

    War Emblem looms as prohibitive favorite By doug mckenzieStaff Writer By doug mckenzie Staff Writer The eyes of the horse racing world will be focused on Monmouth Park in Oceanport this weekend, as the $1 million Haskell Invitational Handicap returns to the famed track. The 35th renewal of the race, which is named for the…