Category: Sentinel-EBS Sports

  • E.B. taekwondo students shine at national tourney Youngsters take seven national medals at New Orleans event

    By Doug mckenzie E.B. taekwondo students shine at national tourney Youngsters take seven national medals at New Orleans event When 8-year-old Charles Ferrone was first learning Taekwondo a few years back, his class in East Brunswick included a young boy who had just earned his first gold medal in the Amateur Athletic Union National Taekwondo…

  • All-Stars to compete in Snapple Bowl VII tomorrow

    Distinguished football players from Middlesex and Union Counties will be playing in tomorrow night’s Snapple Bowl VII at Union High School. The tournament, sponsored by Snapple Beverages, will raise money for the Children’s Specialized Hospital in Mountainside and the Lakeview School for Cerebral Palsey in Edison. Since its inception in 1994, the tournament has raised…

  • Freehold Township’s Brach wins FARC 5K

    Freehold Township High School grad Brian Brach won the Freehold Area Running Club’s Summer Race Series 5K last Wednesday night. While Brach was running off with the overall title, Monroe’s Jamie Kerstetter paced the women. Brach, coming off a senior year in which he was one of the best distance runners in the Freehold District,…

  • Sayreville roller hockey team seeks national title

    By Richard Jerome These are exciting times for the Sayreville Pucklomaniacs, a four-year-old independent roller hockey team composed of 15- to 17-year-old boys. The club, which captured the 17-and-under U.S. Northeastern Regional title for the second year running, will head for Toronto this weekend for the North American Roller Hockey Championships, then will travel down…

  • Therkorns to join Lehigh, Lafayette track rivalry

    By tim morris MARIE ORTIZ Milltown brothers Chris (l) and Rich Therkorn, both former track standouts from St. John Vianney High School, are preparing to race against each other when their respective college track and field teams meet in the upcoming season Lehigh University and Lafayette College have the longest standing rivalry in collegiate sports.…

  • Local boys help lead N.J. squad at Governor’s Bowl

    Local boys help lead N.J. squad at Governor’s Bowl By Doug mckenzie Keyport’s Malcolm Postell led the way on Saturday, and the rest of the state’s top high school football players followed as New Jersey routed New York 48-7 in the third annual Governor’s Cup All-State Classic, held at New York’s renowned Michie Stadium. Postell…

  • E. Brunswick coach set to guide Rutgers women’s soccer team

    By Richard Jerome E. Brunswick coach set to guide Rutgers women’s soccer team As he takes the reins of the Rutgers University women’s soccer team, East Brunswick’s Glenn Crooks has some very specific goals in mind. "We’d like to have a winning record and we’d like to make it to the Big East Tournament, which…

  • Sport Shorts

    Sayer Woods South Rebels football will start practice on July 24 at 6 p.m. at the field on Route 516. All paperwork must be in by then. There are still a few spots open. The cheerleaders will start on Aug. 1 at 6 p.m. at the field on Route 516. For information please call 679-4875.…

  • Horseshoes more than just a game for some

    By Doug mckenzie When most people think of pitching horseshoes, they think of backyard barbecues or picnics, where participants enjoy a friendly game as a means of passing the time while enjoying the outdoors. Part of the attraction is the fact that the game doesn’t require a tremendous amount of athleticism or physical contact, while…