Category: sports
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Marlboro coach, players bidding for success in 2022 softball season
The strong lineup of the 2022 Marlboro High School softball team was on full display against the Mustangs’ Shore Conference A North Division foe Howell High School on April 8 in Howell. In five innings, the Mustangs racked up 15 hits in a 13-1 victory over the Rebels. The victory put Marlboro in the A…
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Bulldogs off to 3-1 start in 2022 boys lacrosse campaign
The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School boys lacrosse team had a dominating 2021 season as the Bulldogs swept through the Shore Conference B North Division with a 7-0 division record on their way to another Shore Conference Tournament championship. The Bulldogs had their perfect season ruined when they lost to Summit High School, 9-6, in…
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Monmouth Park adds two live racing Sundays in September
Monmouth Park, Oceanport, has added two live racing dates on Sundays in September to extend the 2022 meet to 62 days following approval from the New Jersey Racing Commission. Sept. 11 and Sept. 18, the new closing day, are the added live dates, with stakes races highlighting both cards. The $85,000 Pinot Grigio Stakes will…
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Raiders to roll behind ace Davenport during 2022 softball campaign
You can never take away a state sectional championship. Those were the words of Hillsborough High School softball Coach Cheryl Iaione about what her 2021 team was able to accomplish last spring. Led by a stellar sophomore campaign in the circle by Sarah Davenport, the Raiders rolled to a sectional title and made it to…
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Hoppe deals no-hitter to send Bordentown past Hillsborough
It was your classic pitchers duel on April 5 when the Bordentown High School softball team headed up to Hillsborough to face off against the Raiders in an early-season marquee out of conference showdown. Bordentown junior ace Allison Hoppe and Hillsborough star Sarah Davenport battled toe-to-toe in the circle, each showing off their arsenals in…
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New faces to lead Manalapan during 2022 baseball season
MANALAPAN – There is a new group of players ready to lead the Manalapan High School baseball team on the diamond in 2022. Coach Bryan Boyce begins his 15th season at the helm with many new players who are ready for their turn to excel. Boyce understands there will be some growing pains early in…
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Rebels rally past Manalapan for 5-3 victory on Opening Day 2022
MANALAPAN — Opening day magic brought the Howell High School baseball team a seventh-inning rally that helped the Rebels defeat Manalapan High School in the 2022 season opener on April 2 in Manalapan. Trailing 3-1 entering the top of the seventh, the Rebels scored four runs in their final at bat and then closed the…
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Schild no-hits Patriots, strikes out 16, to open 2022 campaign for Eagles
Middletown South High School junior ace Ben Schild loves pitching on the big stage. He showed that in 2021 when he threw a complete-game, two-hit shutout in the NJSIAA Group IV championship game to lead the Eagles to their first state title in 25 years. On April 1, Schild was on the mound in Middletown,…
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Redbirds open 2022 lacrosse season with victory over Hopewell Valley
ALLENTOWN — The spring of 2021 saw the Allentown High School girls lacrosse team rise back up to prominence as the Redbirds soared to a 16-1 record and reached the championship game of the NJSIAA state sectional tournament. As the 2022 season gets underway, Coach Jen Garavente believes her players have what it takes to…