Category: Independent Sports

  • Sport Shorts

    The Hazlet Wave U14 boys Premier soccer team defeated the Manalapan Raptors 3-2 on Sunday in Hazlet. The game started slowly with the Wave being down 1-0, when Scott Latham took a pass from Angel Martinez and powered it into the left side of the goal. The first half ended in a 1-1 tie, but…

  • Keyport girls team makes it back to the state playoffs Field hockey squad downs Holmdel to qualify for tournament

    Staff Writer By warren rappleyea Keyport girls team makes it back to the state playoffs Field hockey squad downs Holmdel to qualify for tournament FARRAH MAFFAI Mater Dei’s Katie Janosi uses her hip to fend off Pineland’s Danielle Laney during a game in Middletown Friday. The Seraphs won the game 1-0 behind a goal from…

  • Sport Shorts

    The Monmouth Coast Shooting Stars advanced to round three of N.J. state cup play by shutting out the Somerset Hills Lightning 2-0. In MAP play, the Stars defeated their rival the Manalapan Hot Shots, 2-1, in a highly contested match. The Stars’ MAP record is 3-1-1 at the midseason mark. Overall the Stars are 13-4-1,…

  • Young Eagles team has a bright future ahead of it Middletown South boys should be tough over next few years

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Young Eagles team has a bright future ahead of it Middletown South boys should be tough over next few years Although his team is just 5-9 with three games remaining, Sean Reid, Middletown High School South’s first-year boys soccer coach, knows the best is yet to come. Youth is served…

  • Freehold’s Blewett is Modified champion at Wall Stadium

    Led by Howell’s Jimmy Blewett, area drivers dominated the 2001 stock car racing season at Wall Stadium. Blewett held off the challenge of Freehold’s Harry Reed to win the Modified track championship. Reed tied for the most feature wins with four, but Blewett, who picked up three checkered flags, outscored his rival with consistent top…

  • Keyport tops Rumson, sets sights on Freehold Middletown South wins Federal Division with win over Long Branch

    Staff Writer By doug mckenzie Keyport tops Rumson, sets sights on Freehold Middletown South wins Federal Division with win over Long Branch VERONICA YANKOWSKI Keyport’s J.J. Beedle makes a catch in front of Rumson’s Britt Melewski during the Red Raiders’ win in Rumson on Saturday. Freehold Borough High School served up a homecoming feast Saturday,…

  • Lions having solid year under first-year coach Middletown North boys’ team qualifies for states, conference tourney

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Lions having solid year under first-year coach Middletown North boys’ team qualifies for states, conference tourney The Middletown High School North boys soccer coach Rich Pekmezian knew that every game would matter if his team were to reach its goals of earning an New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Central…

  • Eagles top Rockets in a battle of the unbeaten

    Staff Writer By DOUG McKENZIE FARRAH MAFFAI Middletown South senior quarterback Brendan Kennedy drags a Raritan defender for a few yards during the teams’ game in Middletown on Friday. Two of the area’s top high school football teams did battle on Friday night in Middletown with the top spot in the Shore Conference’s Federal Division…

  • Holmdel girls soccer team experiences growing pains

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Holmdel girls soccer team experiences growing pains With a lineup loaded with younger players, the Holmdel High School girls soccer team is working to improve, as it looks to the future. The Hornets, 1-7-1 on the year having defeated Monmouth Regional and tied Manasquan, are having trouble putting the ball…