Category: Sentinel-NBS Sports

By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent North Brunswick Township High School’s girls soccer team has gradually improved over the past four years under coach Javier Velasco and this fall, the Raiders are looking to get over the .500 mark after turning in a 7- 8-3 record a year ago. The Raiders qualified for the NJSIAA Central Group…

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR South Brunswick High School’s Russell Baskin, middle, and Allentown High School’s Brian Miles try to block each other out as they look to win possession of the ball during the Aug. 21 preseason scrimmage at Allentown.

NORTH BRUNSWICK By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent After winning the Greater Middlesex Conference White Division in 2013 and finishing 10-4 last fall, North Brunswick Township High School’s girls tennis team is in rebuilding mode this fall. The good news for the Raiders is that Colleen Binbinon returns at first singles, where she posted 12 victories a…

By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The North Brunswick Baseball & Softball Association’s 12U Raiders allstar team completed its summer with a strong showing at a tournament at Cooperstown Dreams Park. The Raiders won six straight games in pool play to earn the 12th overall seed out of 104 teams from across the nation competing in the…

The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) has announced changes to its 2016 basketball tournaments, including revised scheduling and an additional venue. The Non-Public North A and B section finals and the four public group finals, previously played at Rutgers University, will now be played at Pine Belt Arena in Toms River. In terms…

Defending champion Mike Mooney and 74 fellow distance runners returned to the Twin Lights for the Second Annual Twin Lights Twilight 5K Aug. 9. Mooney, who lives in Jackson, made it back-to-back Twin Lights wins, touring the demanding 5K course in 18:39.3. Highlands resident Dawn Ciccone was first for the women in 23:47.2. The scenery…

Sky Blue FC has confirmed its 2015 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) home finale for Sept. 2. Kickoff for the match against FC Kansas City will occur at 7 p.m. at Yurcak Field on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway. Tickets for the home finale of Sky Blue FC’s sixth professional season are on…

SCOTT FRIEDMAN North Brunswick Township High School’s Basit Khan closes the driving lane on Freehold High School’s Ashante Worthy during a Monroe Sports Complex Boys Summer Basketball League game. North Brunswick used the summer league to get a head start on the 2015-16 high school season.

By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent In an effort to increase the number of younger participants, Jeff Cohen and Jim Clooney of the South Brunswick Athletic Association (SBAA) began a 7U boys travel team in the fall of 2013. Both men had been long-term board members of the SBAA and had plenty of previous coaching experience, and…