Category: Independent Sports

  • It was rush hour in Freehold Township Sunday as a record number of runners took to the back roads for the 13th annual Nestlé St. Paddy’s 10-Mile Run and its accompanying Windmill Leprechaun 5K. This year’s Freehold Area Running Club event attracted

    It was rush hour in Freehold Township Sunday as a record number of runners took to the back roads for the 13th annual Nestlé St. Paddy’s 10-Mile Run and its accompanying Windmill Leprechaun 5K. This year’s Freehold Area Running Club event attracted more than 1,100 runners, the most ever in its history. VERONICA YANKOWSKI Runners…

  • Sport Shorts

    The Hazlet Wave U14 Premier boys’ soccer team played at Manalapan Sunday to start the spring season. The game started slowly with the first half scoreless. The Wave came out to start the second half with a pass down the sideline from Jimmy Pineda to Scott Latham, who powered it into the left side of…

  • Red Bank girls win national title in record time

    Staff Writer By tim morris FARRAH MAFFAI Red Bank Regional’s Distance Medley Relay team of (clockwise from top) Katy Trotter, Katie Kingsbery, Amanda Trotter and Christine Hurley set a national indoor record while competing in the National Scholastic Indoor Championships in the Armory in New York City. Amanda and Katy Trotter, Katie Kingsbery and Christine…

  • SJV’s Castro continuing to build an impressive résumé

    SJV’s Castro continuing to build an impressive résumé Sophomore’s state tournament run hampered by fractured elbow By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer With 59 wins in just two seasons, Anthony Castro is well on his way to becoming one of the top wrestlers to compete for St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel. The 125-pound sophomore went…

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    The Lincroft Soccer Club is having recreation league registration for the fall 2002 season for children born between Jan. 1, 1986, and Dec. 31, 1997, at the Lincroft Little League Field House on April 20 and April 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In-person registration only. Forms will be available at registration or online…

  • Lancers fall in Parochial semifinals to No. 1 Delbarton

    Lancers fall in Parochial semifinals to No. 1 Delbarton VERONICA YANKOWSKI St. John Vianney’s Greg Mazza blocks a shot from Delbarton’s Tim Campbell during Friday’s Parochial semifinal game at the Mennen Ice Arena in Morris Township. The Lancers played well but fell 4-2 to the state’s top-ranked team. St. John Vianney hockey team wraps up…

  • Lions end stellar season with sectional championship Middletown North boys top Trenton for CJ Group IV title

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Lions end stellar season with sectional championship Middletown North boys top Trenton for CJ Group IV title It was truly an outstanding season for the Middletown North High School boys’ basketball team, which went all the way to the NJSIAA Group IV semifinals before finally bowing to Shawnee. The Lions…

  • Raritan pushes Rumson to the limit in CJ Group II final Late rally falls short in 46-44 loss

    Staff Writer By tim morris Raritan pushes Rumson to the limit in CJ Group II final Late rally falls short in 46-44 loss FARRAH MAFFAI Raritan High School’s Adrianna Velez fouls Rumson-Fair Haven’s Gately Golden during the March 5 CJ Group II final at Sayreville High School. With her team down 13-0 in the Central…

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    The Hazlet Hawks Mid-Jersey II Wrestling Team finished its season undefeated, taking first place in Mid-Jersey II Team Championship. Ryan Lynch was voted Mid-Jersey II’s most outstanding wrestler The Hazlet team beat Monroe 71-13, East Brunswick 55-30, Old Bridge II 60-41, and Marlboro 50-6. Posting victories by fall for Hazlet II against Monroe were: (63)…