Category: Tri-Town Sports

  • Lakewood picking up right where it left off

    BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer MANCHESTER — The Lakewood High School baseball team surprised a lot of teams, coaches and spectators last year as they captured the Shore Conference B South title. Under first-year coach Gene Drumright, the Piners compiled a 12-0 mark in league. Overall, Lakewood posted a 16-4 record.…

  • Good wood

    JEFF GRANIT staff Lakewood BlueClaws outfielder GregGolson gets the bat on the ball during the team’s season opener on April 7 at FirstEnergy Park. Lakewood has struggled out of the gate, posting a 1-4 mark through its first five games.

  • Jags look to get back to postseason in year two

    Jackson boys have become conteders in a hurry BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer JACKSON — As a start-up program last year, Jackson High School lacrosse coach Nick Caruso closed his eyes and hoped for the best. Caruso knew he had a hard-working team, but he had no idea what the competition…

  • Warriors look to defend their divisional crown

    BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer PLUMSTED — Equipped with a solid defense and pair of live pitching arms in Donny Bunce and Marcus Heredia, the New Egypt High School baseball team is prepared to defend its Burlington County Interscholastic Athletic League Freedom Division crown. Sixth-year coach Rich Carroll doesn’t hide the…

  • Steroid use in high schools a major concern

    Dangers of drugs being overlooked by some teenagers BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Anabolic-androgenic steroids work. That’s the ugly fact about these man-made, muscle-building drugs. These artificial substances, that are synthetic versions of testosterone, the male sex hormone, date back to the 1930s. According to the Division of Alcohol and Drug…

  • Has testing for steroids become a necessity?

    Many coaches are in favor of random substance-abuse testing BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer BY DOUG McKENZIEStaff Writer Ask most high school coaches around the Jersey Shore about steroid use at their schools, and they’ll tell you it’s minimal, maybe even non-existent. At the same time, ask them about testing students for illegal substances, such…

  • Use in pros could signal a decrease in schools

    Local doctor thinks recent headlines may act as deterrent BY GEORGE ALBANO Staff Writer BY GEORGE ALBANOStaff Writer Contrary to prior belief, imitation isn’t always flattering.With that in mind, the steroids scandal that has rocked the sports world in general, and lately baseball and football in particular, has also found its ways down to the…

  • Athletes question steroids’ presence in high schools

    Frown upon those looking for a shortcut to success BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff FreeholdTownship offensive lineman Mike Fox demonstrates what doctors and coaches agree is the safest method of increasing strength — hard work in the weight room. The innocence has been ripped out of high school…

  • Coaches stress education in battle against steroids

    Agree that dangers of abuse can BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Steroids have become a part of our everyday landscape.You just have to pick up a newspaper or watch television and you’ll know how entrenched they are in the sports world. If it’s not baseball players sitting before a congressional hearing,…