Category: Independent Sports

RARITAN By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent The Raritan High School football team picked the right time to get back on track. In the wake of five straight losses to close the regular season, the Rockets clearly lacked momentum entering the state playoffs. However, they put the losing streak behind them and picked up their first win…

Top Notch Sports offers goalkeeper training at its new training center at 111 Rt. 35 in Aberdeen. Training is offered on a year-round basis — the only such program in New Jersey. Training employs Brazilian methods that are renowned worldwide. Learn the correct goalkeeping techniques used by professional keepers. Classes are held from beginner to…

By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Chad Freshnock is back on the field, brightening the outlook for the Middletown High School North football team as area squads qualified for this weekend’s NJSIAA playoffs. Freshnock rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns as the Lions beat Freehold Township High School, 27-14, in Middletown Nov. 6. Connor Welsh, who…

By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer One thing that Brookdale Community College women’s soccer head coach Katie Miller has learned about her team this fall, it’s that the players have each others’ backs. The Jersey Blues have had a target on their backs since the start of the season, as the two-time defending National Junior College…

By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent In addition to winning the all-around crown at the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Section I Championships Nov. 7 at Manalapan High School, St. John Vianney High School’s Kristen Politz won the floor exercise. DORINE SHAPIRO Defending NJSIAA champion Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School and four of its Shore Conference rivals surged…

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Christian Brothers Academy’s (CBA) Matthew Thorsheim, right, trips over Toms River High School South’s Dylan Danelson as they both looked to get control of the ball during the Shore Conference Tournament (SCT) semifinals at the Summerfield School field in Neptune Township. CBA won the match, 2-1, and went on to win…

By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The football teams at Middletown High School North and Matawan Regional High School clinched their returns to the NJSIAA playoffs on a tough road made a little more difficult. MIDDLETOWN NORTH Middletown North continues to play without star running back Chad Freshnock, and Connor Welsh again stepped in capably while quarterback…

By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent The NJSIAA Tournament of Champions (TOC) in girls’ tennis was a case of déjà vu. Holmdel High School and Millburn High School, two undefeated teams, squared off for the ultimate piece of hardware a year after the same matchup went in favor of Millburn. The Hornets again came up short in…

By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Monmouth University goalkeeper Sydney Lavan of Jackson has been a key player in the Hawks’ push to earn a berth in the NCAA Division I Tournament. MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS Monmouth University goalkeeper Sydney Lavan, a junior from Jackson, would like nothing better than to see the Hawks return to the NCAA…