Category: Independent Sports

  • Sport Shorts

    Holmdel Park will host the eighth annual Women’s 5K Run and Walk on Sept. 1 at 9 a.m., with children’s races, presented by the Jersey Shore Running Club and Women’s Center of Monmouth County, to benefit families affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. Registration is $17 until Aug. 25, $20 Aug. 26 through the…

  • Sheehan Classic returns to Red Bank Saturday

    Staff Writer By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Defending champions Titus Mungi and Catherine N’bereba will return to Red Bank to lead a field of more than 3,500 runners in the George Sheehan Classic on Saturday. Another 500-600 people will participate in a variety of other events that begin Friday evening with the Kids Classic, a variety of…

  • Sport Shorts

    Long-distance running legend, Bill Rodgers, a four-time winner of both the Boston and New York marathons, will be the guest sports celebrity speaker at the George Sheehan Classic Runners Forum on Friday night at 7:30 in Marine Park, Red Bank. The George Sheehan Classic five-mile run through Red Bank is Saturday at 8:30 a.m. Call…

  • Shooting Stars play well in spring tournaments

    Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie Shooting Stars play well in spring tournaments The U-12 Shooting Stars ended a successful spring season by winning the recent Legends of Summer at the Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, N.Y. The team, which is comprised of players hailing from Middletown, Hazlet, Brick, Freehold, Long Branch, Howell and Toms…

  • Sport Shorts

    The last session of the Kevin Boyle Basketball Camp will be held at A.L. Johnson High School in Clark Aug. 13-17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with early drop-off available for girls and boys ages 7-16. Instruction is foremost with Boyle, head coach of the St. Patrick Celtics in Elizabeth. The final week’s special…

  • DeFilippis, Kelly get wins at Monmouth Park Road Race

    Staff Writer By tim morris Coming at a time of the year when serious college and high school runners are starting to think about the upcoming cross country season, the Monmouth Park Four-Mile Road Race is the perfect opportunity to measure their fitness. Dover Township’s Scott DeFilippis, a graduate of St. John Vianney, Holmdel, who…

  • Payan, Soldo latest winners in FARC’s Summer Series

    Payan, Soldo latest winners in FARC’s Summer Series The high school cross country season is just around the corner, and Colts Neck’s Israel Payan figures to be a contender for major wins this fall. Last year he was the Central Jersey Group I champion as he helped the Cougars capture the state sectional title. Payan…

  • Manalapan’s DiBella named co-captain of Hawks team Junior linebacker led the team in tackles

    Staff Writer By tim morris Manalapan’s DiBella named co-captain of Hawks team Junior linebacker led the team in tackles Mike DiBella knows only one way to play football, flat out. "I try to play above and beyond and be a leader," he said. That way of expressing himself on the football field helped him become…

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    Dave Gallagher’s All-American Baseball Camp will be held at Frogbridge Camp, 7 Yellow Meeting House Road, Millstone, later this month. The camp, for players ages 7-12, will be held in two morning and afternoon sessions. The first session is Aug. 20-24 from 9 a.m. to noon, with the second session Aug. 20-24 from 1-4 p.m.…