Category: sports

  • Ranney School baseball team has championship aspirations in 2022

    Ranney School baseball team has championship aspirations in 2022

    The first month of the 2022 high school baseball campaign has seen the Ranney School of Tinton Falls showcase why it is a championship-level team. The Panthers are 10-1 and have earned recognition as one of the elite teams in the Shore Conference. “We can score in multiple ways,” Coach Pat Geroni said. “We are…

  • Hillsborough captures 15th Somerset County Relay girls track & field championship

    Hillsborough captures 15th Somerset County Relay girls track & field championship

    The ending to spring break vacation was a sweet one to stay the least for the Hillsborough High School girls track & field team. The Raiders captured the program’s 15th Somerset County Relay crown by scoring 121 points to finish atop the team standings at the 60th running of the meet on April 16 at…

  • Redbirds flying high during early going in 2022 baseball campaign

    Redbirds flying high during early going in 2022 baseball campaign

    If there is one thing Allentown High School baseball coach Brian Nice knows about the members of the Redbirds’ 2022 squad, it is that they will always put their competitive nature on display. “We are going to compete,” Nice said. “Whether we are playing well or playing poorly, our guys are going to battle and…

  • Patriots eye championship success during 2022 softball campaign

    Patriots eye championship success during 2022 softball campaign

    During the 2021 softball season, the Freehold Township High School Patriots went 19-4  and won the Shore Conference A North Division championship. Freehold Township’s new head coach, Johnny Sciarappa, saw the Patriots’ success a year ago as he was serving as an assistant softball coach at Howell High School. Sciarappa knew about the talented players…

  • Shevlin’s grand slam leads Lions past Freehold Township

    Shevlin’s grand slam leads Lions past Freehold Township

    MIDDLETOWN — There are moments during competition that will always stay with an athlete. One of those moments happened to Middletown North High School senior softball player Mallory Shevlin on April 16 in Middletown when the Lions faced Freehold Township High School in a Shore Conference A North Division showdown. Shevlin stood at home plate…

  • New coach excited to lead Rebels during 2022 softball season

    New coach excited to lead Rebels during 2022 softball season

    HOWELL – A new chapter for the Howell High School softball program has started in 2022  as Katelyn Kuzma has taken over the head coaching duties of the Rebels. Kuzma succeeds Tricia Savino in the position. The Rebels lost their first two games, but bounced back with a pair of victories to get to 2-2.…

  • Challenging slate will test Eagles boys lacrosse team in 2022

    Challenging slate will test Eagles boys lacrosse team in 2022

    The Middletown South High School boys lacrosse team has started the 2022 season looking to continue to build on the success achieved in 2021 when the Eagles had a record of 11-4 and won a New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament game for the first time in the program’s history. “We beat many established…

  • Talented Redbirds fly to 5-0 start in 2022 boys lacrosse campaign

    Talented Redbirds fly to 5-0 start in 2022 boys lacrosse campaign

    ALLENTOWN – Alex Finan, a former assistant coach at Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington, has led the Allentown High School boys lacrosse team to a 5-0 start in 2022 and his players believe Finan can help lead them to a Mercer County championship. “Coach Finan has been really helping us out a lot,”…

  • Jaguars top Raiders, 9-8, to advance in Ocean County Tournament

    Jaguars top Raiders, 9-8, to advance in Ocean County Tournament

    JACKSON — The atmosphere of playoff softball could be felt early in the 2022 season when the Jackson Memorial High School softball team took on Toms River East High School in the quarterfinals of the Ocean County Tournament on April 9 in Jackson. A back-and-forth battle ended when the Jaguars get a key hit from…