Category: sports

  • Montgomery girls lacrosse team drops to 2-2 on the season, both losses against Hillsborough

    Montgomery girls lacrosse team drops to 2-2 on the season, both losses against Hillsborough

    Monday’s Senior Night contest between Montgomery High School and Hillsborough High School saw Montgomery drop to 2-2 on the season. Held on May 3 at Dan A. Noonan Field in Hillsborough, Montgomery junior Maddie Hogan scored a team-high two goals, while teammate Toni Chungunov recorded the only Cougars’ goal in the second half. The only…

  • Hillsborough girls lacrosse triumphant on Senior Night

    Hillsborough girls lacrosse triumphant on Senior Night

    Monday’s Senior Night contest against Montgomery High School at Dan A. Noonan Field in Hillsborough will be one that all 10 seniors on the Hillsborough High School girls lacrosse team will remember. That’s what senior Mia Boccippio said after Hillsborough rolled to a 12-3 victory over Montgomery on May 3, saying the contest was the…

  • Matawan softball ready to compete with top teams in Shore Conference

    Matawan softball ready to compete with top teams in Shore Conference

    MATAWAN – There has been no slowing down the Matawan Regional High School softball team to begin the 2021 season. Under first-year coach Jess O’Brien, Matawan scored 68 runs in its first six games en route to a 6-0 start. “They came out hard from the first day of practice and are excited to play,”…

  • Krause claims second straight Wall Stadium Modified victory

    Krause claims second straight Wall Stadium Modified victory

    WALL TOWNSHIP – Andrew Krause of Holmdel made his May 2 birthday a little more special by winning for 40-lap main event for Modified stock cars at Wall Stadium Speedway on May 1. It was the defending speedway Modified champion’s second straight win in two starts on the young 20201 auto racing season. Despite posting…

  • Howell’s Mays completes perfect 2021 season; wins 160-pound state title

    Howell’s Mays completes perfect 2021 season; wins 160-pound state title

    HOWELL – The 2021 wrestling season was a banner first year on the mat with the Howell High School wrestling team for Hunter Mays. Mays, a junior 160-pounder, went 16-0 and became Howell’s fourth state champion on April 25 with a 6-5 victory over Kingsway’s Dakota Morris. The state tournament was held at Phillipsburg High…

  • Auto racing and ‘Sports Night’ set for Wall Stadium on May 1

    Auto racing and ‘Sports Night’ set for Wall Stadium on May 1

    WALL TOWNSHIP – Wall Stadium Speedway auto racing fans will not only have the opportunity to witness five feature races on May 1, they will also enjoy a discount on grandstand admission when the wear sports apparel items such as jackets, hats, sweatshirts and T-shirts when they arrive at the ticket booth on “Sports Night.”…

  • CBA alumni take one last lap in the old Round Barn

    CBA alumni take one last lap in the old Round Barn

    For decades of Christian Brothers Academy runners, there is one building on the Lincroft campus that holds a special place in their hearts: the Round Barn. Like many of the structures on campus, the Round Barn is a remnant of the property’s past, the former site of Whitney Greentree Stables, where many real Colts were…

  • Manalapan begins long-awaited inaugural boys lacrosse season

    Manalapan begins long-awaited inaugural boys lacrosse season

    MANALAPAN – It was always rough when spring came around and Manalapan High School senior Mike DeMayo would look at social media posts and see his friends and other athletes around the Shore Conference talking about playing high school lacrosse. Because Manalapan High School did not offer lacrosse, the only option DeMayo had during the…

  • Kentucky Derby full card wagering and advance betting available at Monmouth Park

    Kentucky Derby full card wagering and advance betting available at Monmouth Park

    OCEANPORT – Monmouth Park will offer full card wagering this weekend for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks programs, with advance betting for Saturday’s (May 1) 147th Kentucky Derby card available starting at noon on April 30. First race post time is 10:30 a.m. for the 13-race Kentucky Oaks card on April 30 and the…