Category: Sentinel-EBS Sports

  • Bears prove to be too much for resilient Bombers Monroe boys fall in GMC tourney final to Piscataway

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Bears prove to be too much for resilient Bombers Monroe boys fall in GMC tourney final to Piscataway JEFF HUNTLEY East Brunswick’s Heather O’Reilly dribbles around Sayreville’s Rose Camuto during Sunday’s game at Geick Park in Old Bridge. The Sayreville War Memorial High School girls soccer team lost only four…

  • Local football teams gear up for postseason play

    Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie The speculation has ended and the playoffs are set to begin. Four local teams have qualified for this year’s "second season," with top-ranked Sayreville the consensus pick to win the Group IV title leading the list. The Bombers used Saturday’s game at J.P. Stevens as a warm-up for their postseason…

  • Boxing returns to South River this Friday night

    Staff Writer By Richard Jerome Nothing quite approximates the ambiance of a boxing arena, with the sounds of grunting pugs and pounding leather, that inimitably heavy gymnasium aroma and, more often than not, a complement of colorful characters hollering from the stands. In South River, where the rich athletic heritage is generally associated with football…

  • Young Bears team bows out in Group IV playoffs

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Although its year ended on a disappointing note in the NJISAA Central Jersey Group IV playoffs, East Brunswick High School field hockey coach Cindi Todoroff said she was pleased with her team’s season. The Bears rebounded from an 8-9-1 record to go 14-6-1 this fall to earn the state playoff…

  • Bears’ luck finally runs out against Piscataway Sayreville-East Brunswick girls to battle for conference title

    Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie Bears’ luck finally runs out against Piscataway Sayreville-East Brunswick girls to battle for conference title JERRY WOLKOWITZ East Brunswick’s Yaron Schlomi plays the ball off his chest during the Bears’ Greater Middlesex Conference tournament semifinal game against Piscataway on Saturday. For an up-and-coming program in the world of high school…

  • Bombers ready to take on top-seed East Brunswick

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea The Sayreville War Memorial High School girls soccer team will meet East Brunswick on Saturday to decide the Greater Middlesex Conference championship, but the two teams could be getting together as soon as tomorrow. Yesterday both teams were scheduled to play first round games in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group…

  • Sayreville girl makes her mark on the record books

    Staff Writer By Richard Jerome As athletic records go, it’s kind of a mixed blessing. But that doesn’t diminish Amanda Cobb’s towering achievement. The Sayreville resident, a senior goalkeeper for the New Jersey City University’s women’s soccer team, recently set the all-time NCAA career mark for saves, regardless of gender or division. Cobb, who finished…

  • Young Knights play well against GMC’s top teams

    Young Knights play well against GMC’s top teams With a 10-7 record heading into yesterday’s NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV playoff game at Manalapan, it’s been a successful season by any measure for the young Old Bridge High School girls soccer team. With a starting lineup that includes a senior, five juniors, five sophomores and…

  • Fiore’s Chargers capture first ever division title Look for school-record ninth win on Saturday

    Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie Fiore’s Chargers capture first ever division title Look for school-record ninth win on Saturday When they took the field for Sunday’s game against Middlesex, Coach John Fiore’s Spotswood Chargers were facing a scenario they have encountered all season. They were facing a bigger, stronger team in what would be the…