Category: Independent Sports

  • Husky boys are looking for a second-half surge

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Matawan Regional High School’s boys basketball team has struggled in the early going, but coach Jack George is confident his team can bounce back in the second half of the campaign. The Huskies are 1-8, and with only one player back from last year’s squad, forward Dave Pearson, they are…

  • Sport Shorts

    The St. Catherine Athletic Association will be holding sign-ups for its spring recreational basketball league. The league will have a boys and girls division and will be open to children from third through eighth grades. The association will also be featuring its first girls high school recreational league. The sign-ups will be held Saturdays mornings…

  • Lancers hold off Caseys after honoring fallen hero

    Staff Writer By doug mckenzie FARRAH MAFFAI St. John Vianney senior Cheri Wittlieb shoots over RBC’s Danielle Storz during the Lancers’ 45-42 home win on Friday night in Holmdel. What better way to pay tribute to the late, great Audrey Gomez than to beat Red Bank Catholic in a battle of the Shore’s two most…

  • Cisek pleasantly surprised by the play of BCC men

    Staff Writer By tim morris Paul Cisek isn’t a coach who is easily satisfied. However, a 9-3 start by his Brookdale Community College men’s basketball has done just that. "We’ve definitely had peaks and valleys," he said. "We’ve had some serious injuries and disciplined some players, who broke team rules. With all that I couldn’t…

  • Eagles still seeking that elusive first win of year

    Staff Writer By chris kelly Chris Kelly Middletown High School South’s Ryan Bennett attempts to pin Freehold Township’s Jim Anderson with a half nelson during the 140-pound bout at Long Branch High School on Saturday. Freehold defeated the Eagles 39-37 in a tri-match that included Long Branch. For the Middletown South wrestling team, 12 wins…

  • Brown leads Keyport in losing effort vs. Shore

    Brown leads Keyport in losing effort vs. Shore Chris Kelly Keyport’s Nadine Kemp tries to shoot over Shore’s Kaitlin Hampton during a 52-45 loss on Friday. Kemp scored 12 points for the Raiders at the West Long Branch game. Keyport knew this game was going to be an uphill battle, and it didn’t come prepared.…

  • Mid’town North wrestlers open to mixed reviews

    Staff Writer By george albano VERONICA YANKOWSKI Middletown South High School’s Dan Fish has North’s Joe Bisking in a hold in the 171-pound weight class on Saturday. It’s all a matter of perception. At first glance, this year’s Middletown North High School wrestling team appears to be an experienced group with as many as eight…

  • North Lions riding balanced attack to fast start

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea A deep bench and balanced scoring have helped the Middletown High School North girls basketball team get off to a 6-2 record. Coach Ed Jones, who picked up his 300th career victory against Monroe early in the campaign, regularly uses 11 players and seven different players have reached double figures…

  • Mater Dei team tries to exceed expectations First-year girls’ basketball coach pleased with what he has seen thus far

    Staff Writer By doug mckenzie Mater Dei team tries to exceed expectations First-year girls’ basketball coach pleased with what he has seen thus far When you walk into a new head coaching position, you never quite know what to expect, especially when you’re told that your entire program has a total of 14 players, and…