Category: Sentinel-EBS Sports

  • E.B. volleyballers peaking just in time for states Girls rebound from slow start to take eight of next nine matches

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea E.B. volleyballers peaking just in time for states Girls rebound from slow start to take eight of next nine matches MARIE ORTIZ East Brunswick’s Shaina Byrnes looks to tap the ball over a pair of South Brunswick players during a match last Monday afternoon. The East Brunswick High School girls…

  • Spotswood soccer team looks to change its luck Series of close losses creates misleading record

    Staff Writer By Richard Jerome Spotswood soccer team looks to change its luck Series of close losses creates misleading record Some tight losses have marred the record, but without question the Spotswood High School boys’ soccer team has been competitive this year. Chris Gozick’s Chargers may be 2-4-1, but take a look at their losing…

  • Sayreville girls need five wins to qualify for states Bombers face tough schedule in run at tourney berth

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Sayreville girls need five wins to qualify for states Bombers face tough schedule in run at tourney berth The Sayreville War Memorial High School field hockey team needs to win five of its next eight games to qualify for the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV playoffs. First-year coach Lynn Taylor’s…

  • Murphy’s over-60 softball team wraps up another title

    Don’t tell the members of Murphy’s Style Grill’s softball team that they’re too old to play softball. The team recently won the Middlesex County 60-and-over softball championship after defeating the Survivors 7-6 in the championship game on Sept. 14. According to the team’s coach, Herb Slovis, 65, of Old Bridge, the guys from Murphy’s earned…

  • DeMonico, Drapkin win at Marlboro Autumn Amble

    Staff Writer By tim morris JEFF HUNTLEY Dave DeMonico of South River crosses the finish line first at the first Autumn Amble on the grounds of the former Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital. The inaugural Marlboro Autumn Amble had a familiar winner, South River’s Dave DeMonico. DeMonico picked up where he left off two weeks ago at…

  • Sport Shorts

    Madison Park Little League will hold its election for the 2001 board of directors on Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. at the Madison Park Little League Fieldhouse in Old Bridge. For more information, call (732) 721-6162. The Morgan Parlin Panthers, Sayre-ville played the Colonia Panthers to mixed results last weekend. In the Mighty-Mite game, the…

  • Woman wins Stanley Cup, for a day

    Woman wins Stanley Cup, for a day Marie Ortiz Rosemarie Derent of Sayreville and her son, Tom McCarthy, North Brunswick, pose with the Stanley Cup Saturday. Derent was the winner of a National Hockey League “Bring the Cup Home” sweepstakes. SAYREVILLE — It arrived in an unassuming trunk, escorted by a bodyguard, at the Washington…

  • More Sport Shorts

    A total of 15 students from Karate America in Matawan participated in the Northeast Open Karate Championships held in Monticello, N.Y. They brought home several winning trophies. Among the students who competed are: Kerilyn Svenson, Michele Mensing, Andrew Velba, Nevin Pene, Lee Benyehuda, Alyssa Mills, Christina Mennelia, Michael McGuinness, Melissa Myers, Haig Monokian, Patrick Stopiello,…

  • O.B. field hockey program continuing to improve Team off to solid 3-0-1 start

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea O.B. field hockey program continuing to improve Team off to solid 3-0-1 start MARIE ORTIZ Andrea Lepore of Old Bridge controls the ball while East Brunswick’s Jamie Freedman gives chase during a Sept. 23 game in East Brunswick. A slow start last season hurt the Old Bridge High School field…