Category: Independent Sports

  • Shooting Stars off to fast start in fall season

    The Monmouth Coast U-13 Shooting Stars are off to a challenging fall soccer season. The Stars won the Marlboro tournament, were semifinalists in the East Brunswick tournament, and won their first MAPS game against PDA. The Stars began with an 8-1 record, scoring 28 goals while giving up only three. The team is preparing for…

  • North’s Lancos becomes a worldly soccer player

    United States national team soccer player and Belford resident Chris Lancos is currently at the International Football Association under-17 World Championships at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacelot, Tobago, Italy, which began Sept. 14. The United States opened up against Asia’s third-place finisher, Japan, and was then scheduled to face European runner-up France Sunday and African…

  • Sport Shorts

    The Jersey Storm, a U12 (must not turn 13 before Aug. 1, 2002) select travel baseball team, is looking for a top pitcher. The team plays on 50-by-70-foot fields and has won numerous tournaments. In 2002, the team’s schedule includes several out-of-state tournaments, including participation in the Cooperstown (N.Y.) Dreams Park tournament. To try out,…

  • Sport Shorts

    Enable Inc. will host the first annual Baseball Fantasy League Game at Waterfront Park in Trenton on Sept. 22 at 7:05 p.m. Former major league stars Goose Gossage, Art Shamsky, Ed Kranepool, Donn Clendenon, Scott Bradley, Steve Rogers, Paul Blair and others will team up with amateur players from throughout the state to play ball.…

  • South football team hopes opening win is an omen Eagles off to a flying start with 21-14 win over No. 6 Matawan

    Staff Writer By george albano South football team hopes opening win is an omen Eagles off to a flying start with 21-14 win over No. 6 Matawan JERRY WOLKOWITZ Middletown South quarterback Brandon Kennedy races for a touchdown during the Eagles’ opening-day win over Matawan. Some towns would throw their local high school football team…

  • Keyport in unfamiliar position after 0-1 start Keyport football team looks to bounce back from tough loss to Shore

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Keyport in unfamiliar position after 0-1 start Keyport football team looks to bounce back from tough loss to Shore Although the Keyport High School football team lost a heartbreaker, its season-opener, there’s still plenty to be optimistic about for the Red Raiders. While there are several newcomers in its lineup,…

  • Holmdel hopes to compete for National Division title

    A senior-laden lineup returns, as the Holmdel High School football team looks to make a run at the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II playoffs, after a 5-5 season last fall. With the bulk of his players lining up on both sides of the ball, Hornets coach Joe O’Connor notes that staying healthy will be the…

  • Vianney football team looks to get back to postseason Lancers return a number of skill players from last year’s 6-4 squad

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Vianney football team looks to get back to postseason Lancers return a number of skill players from last year’s 6-4 squad With several starters returning, the St. John Vianney High School football team is looking to make a return trip to the NJSIAA Parochial Group III playoffs. The Lancers opened…

  • CBA harriers out to prove they’re still Shore’s best

    Staff Writer By tim morris Tom Heath has been hearing the rumblings all summer. This is the year that the Christian Brothers Academy cross country team, which lost six of its seven starters including its invaluable leaders Tom Falvey and Nat Glackin from last fall’s nationally ranked state championship team, comes back to the pack.…