Category: Tri-Town Sports

  • Jackson defense leads the way in season opener

    BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer JACKSON — With nine experienced returning starters on defense this season, second-year Jackson High School football coach Mike Smith felt fairly confident the Jags would do a good job of shutting down opposing offenses. However, it was a newcomer to the defensive unit that came up…

  • Jackson boys expect to improve with each game

    BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer JACKSON — Ask any Shore Conference boys soccer enthusiast who the best player in league is this season and the response most likely will be Jackson High School’s Doug Rodkey. The Jaguars senior standout has drawn plenty of attention from many Division I college coaches. His…

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    The Jackson Renegades girls fast-pitch softball U10 tournament team will hold tryouts for the 2005 season. After a very successful tournament season, the team needs to replenish its roster to replace the team’s older girls who are moving up to the U12s. Tryouts will be held Sunday, Sept. 19, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and…

  • New Egypt team hoping to turn the corner

    Warriors return most of last year BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Mike Wendel is back to lead the New Egypt football team this fall as the Warriors look to win some close games and top last year’s 2-6 mark. PLUMSTED — With a team loaded with inexperienced underclassmen,…

  • Piners expecting a better season

    BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — After enduring a dismal 1-9 record last year, second-year Lakewood High School football coach Donald Barnes has set a simple goal for the 2004 season. “We just want to have a better year than we did last season,” Barnes said. “Last year we only…

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    The following are the results for the Westlake Ladies Golf Association’s Aug. 26 event: In the 18-hole competition, Mei Chou and Rose Conklin took first with a score of 60, followed by Linda Burnett and Pat Halon (63), Eileen Anton and Kit Davis (65), and Terry Iannelli and Mary Jo Scotese (70). In the nine-hole…

  • Dmuchowski, Michael are Big Dogs at New Egypt

    NEW EGYPT — An underdog and a top dog shared the limelight at New Egypt Speedway on Saturday, with little guy Fred Dmuchowski of Hillsborough winning his first-ever in the Modified ranks, and two-time club champion Sean Michael of Allentown, Pa., breezing to his third of the season, on a night sponsored jointly by Team…

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    The Lakewood High School Athletic Hall of Fame has been established to honor former Lakewood High School student-athletes, coaches and others whose achievement have made a major impact on the school’s athletic program. Categories for nominees are athlete, coach and veteran. All must be Lakewood graduates, unless they have demonstrated extenuating circumstances such as military…

  • New Egypt boys look for improved season

    BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer PLUMSTED — As the New Egypt High School boys soccer team prepares for the 2004 season, sixth-year coach Lou Raba emphasized that his youthful squad needs to strengthen itself at the defensive end of the field. “I really think our defense is going to be a…