Category: Tri-Town Sports

  • Richardson knows what FT team will face at World Series

    BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer If anyone knows what Mike Brach and the Freehold Township Little League Senior League all-stars are going through this week in Bangor, Maine, it’s Tony Richardson. Richardson was the manager of the last area team that captured the Eastern Regional championship and advanced to the Little…

  • Sports Shorts

    Sports Shorts The Jackson Renegades girls fastpitch 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 its older girls who are moving up to the U12s. Tryouts will be scheduled in September. The team is seeking girls who…

  • Monmouth County all-stars rally to beat Ocean

    BY GEORGE ALBANOStaff Writer BY GEORGE ALBANO Staff Writer Ocean County’s Steve Mury pops the ball up during the American Legion All-Star game, pitting Monmouth’s finest against their counterparts from Ocean Aug. 7 in Toms River. TOMS RIVER — All-star games have a way of bringing out the best in some players. This season’s annual…

  • Lion Heart captures Haskell by a length

    Record 45,365 see fan favorite Joe Bravo win Monmouth PHOTOS BY JEFFGRANIT staff Above, Chrusciki finishes a nose ahead of Misty Sixes during the eighth race at Monmouth Park on Sunday. At right, winning Haskell Invitational jockey, and Long Branch native, Joe Bravo gets weighed in after a race. OCEANPORT — Lion Heart had all…

  • Jackson 10-year-olds two wins from state title

    BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer VINELAND — At the start of the Little League all-star season, Jackson 10-year-old star coach Matt Petrizzo realized he had a talented group of kids. Jackson players hit for average, played solid defense and had some of the best pitching seen in recent in memory. But…

  • Jersey Shore Bombers see their summer run end

    BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer JACKSON — The Jersey Shore Bombers, an U14 travel baseball team based in Jackson, started the USABL playoffs off on the right foot. Jackson scored seven runs in the first two innings en route to steamrolling the Monmouth Hawks, 10-0, in the opening round of the…

  • Jackson team using summer to gain some experience

    BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer JACKSON — For the past two winter seasons, the Jackson High School boys basketball team played an up-tempo, run-and-gun kind of offense that made them one of the best teams in A South. The Jaguars’ helter-skelter style of play was exciting to watch, with thunderous dunks…

  • Flores gets first NASCAR Modified win at WTS

    WALL TOWNSHIP — Veteran stock car driver Keith Flores, who has seen success in full-fendered racecars on both paved- and dirt-track surfaces, experienced another milestone in his career as he won his first ever paved-track open-wheel Modified stock car race Saturday night at Wall Township Speedway. The Jackson resident earned $1,500 for his victory in…

  • Sports Shorts

    Sports Shorts The Howell Heat 10U girls softball team will hold tryouts on Aug. 28 and Sept. 4 between 10 a.m.-noon at Taunton Elementary School. Participants must be 10 years old or younger on Jan. 1, 2005. The team will also hold private tryouts on request. Anyone who has questions or needs further information may…