Category: Independent Sports

  • Brookdale named state’s top junior college athletic program

    Brookdale named state’s top junior college athletic program Brookdale Community College’s athletic programs have earned national recognition for the Lincroft-based school over the year. Now, they boast the top athletic program in the Garden State. For the first time in the college’s history, Brookdale captured the junior college division of the College Athletic Administrators of…

  • Guineys go one-two at Meet of Champions

    Cate and Maggie Guiney, juniors at Boston College, ran one-two at the Iona Meet of Champions held at Van Cortlandt Park, the Bronx, N.Y. Cate Guiney picked up the win touring the famed 6,000-meter course in the Bronx in 20:05.2. Maggie posted a 20:43.1 in second. The Guineys’ one-two finish sparked the Eagles to an…

  • Segal, Lombardy first at Shore Coaches Invitational CBA, Holmdel boys triumph

    Staff Writer By tim morris Segal, Lombardy first at Shore Coaches Invitational CBA, Holmdel boys triumph FARRAH MAFFAI Middletown South’s Nicole Lombardy crosses the finish line first during the girls Varsity C race at the Shore Coaches Invitational at Holmdel Park on Saturday. Craig Segal and Nicole Lombardy picked up individual wins while Christian Brothers…

  • Holmdel girls quietly have superb X-country season

    With five wins in as many dual meets, the Holmdel High School girls cross country team sits atop the Shore Conference’s Class B North Division with two meets remaining. Coach Sue Caffrey’s team also finished fourth in the recent Stuart Memorial and took seventh this weekend in the Varsity D Division at the Shore Coaches…

  • Hornets’ Segal races to a win at Stewart Invitational Middletown South girls take team title

    Staff Writer By tim morris Hornets’ Segal races to a win at Stewart Invitational Middletown South girls take team title VERONICA YANKOWSKI Middletown North’s Jon Monigan (r) and Howell’s Dave Calpini go for the ball during a game in Howell on Friday. Craig Segal admits that he can be a little impatient when it comes…

  • Eagles, Rockets set to play for the division’s top spot Middletown North keeps rolling along

    Staff Writer By doug mckenzie Eagles, Rockets set to play for the division’s top spot Middletown North keeps rolling along This Friday night, the chase for the Shore Conference’s Federal Division championship faces its most important juncture, when the division’s last two undefeated teams square off at the "Swamp" at Middletown High School South. The…

  • Sport Shorts

    The Matawan Huskies, a U14 boys soccer team, discharged the Union Blast by the score of 6-2. Firing his kicks with pinpoint precision, Rob Libraty blasted four goals into the net. Not to be outdone, Josh Mooney’s left-footed kick whizzed past Union for the fifth goal. Finally, Ken Pesile made his way down the Union…

  • Matawan girls fighting to stay competitive in B North Girls field hockey team faces brutal schedule

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Matawan girls fighting to stay competitive in B North Girls field hockey team faces brutal schedule JERRY WOLKOWITZ Matawan’s Heather Brown takes control of the ball during a game in Old Bridge on Friday. Sometimes a team’s record can be deceiving in the sense that it doesn’t truly reflect how…

  • South girls look to bounce back from their slow start

    Eagles to face No. 1 St. John Vianney this afternoon By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer After opening the season in an unaccustomed manner with two losses, the Middletown High School South girls soccer team won twice before losing a tough, 2-1 decision to Wall. Last season the Eagles won the Shore Conference’s Class A North…