Category: Tri-Town Sports

  • Sports Shorts

    Sports Shorts New Egypt Youth Soccer is forming competitive travel soccer teams for the following age groups: New Egypt Youth Soccer is forming competitive travel soccer teams for the following age groups: Boys U9 (A. Marabuto, (732) 758-0850); Boys U13 (N. Pinarligil, (732) 758-9142); Girls U9 (G. Rette, (732) 758-3597); Girls U10 (J. Plummer, (732)…

  • Damion Hahn’s legend continues to grow

    Lakewood product wins second straight national title, eyes Olympics BY GEORGE ALBANOStaff Writer BY GEORGE ALBANO Staff Writer JERRY LEE/University of Minnesota athletics Lakewood’s Damion Hahn made a name for himself at Lakewood High School, winning three state championships, and has continued his assault on the wrestling world with a stellar career at the University…

  • Jaguars not playing like a first-year team

    BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer JACKSON — At the start of the 2004 campaign, members of the Jackson High School boys lacrosse team kept expectations for the first-year program reasonable. After all, making the transition from a club to varsity sport would involve a lot of changes, the biggest being an…

  • Lady Jags get healthy at just the right time

    Jackson girls readyto make run atconference tourney BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer Jackson girls ready to make run at conference tourney BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer JACKSON — A banged up Jackson High School girls lacrosse team was riding a three-game losing streak entering last week. Lady Jags’ coach Lori Johnson wasn’t sure what she could…

  • Lady Warriors are looking forward to the postseason

    BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer PLUMSTED — New Egypt High School softball coach Carolyn Eckhardt doesn’t believe in padding her schedule with teams that won’t provide a challenge. She has been around the sport long enough to realize that squaring off against the elite teams only make you better in the…

  • New Egypt boys chasing division title, playoff berth

    BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer PLUMSTED — In only three years as a varsity program, the New Egypt High School baseball team has continued to make positive strides. Last year the Warriors qualified for the state tournament. This season New Egypt is off to a 7-6 start, has the opportunity to…

  • Reutter, Hoffman split New Egypt twin 20s

    NEW EGYPT — A rookie and a veteran split the Modified twin bill on Saturday, with division novice Mike Reutter Jr. taking the first 20 and storied veteran Keith Hoffman taking the nightcap on Twins Night at New Egypt Speedway, sponsored by Gem Marketing of Somerville. Reutter, who moved up from the Sportsman class this…

  • Sports Shorts

    Sports Shorts Ten-year-old Taylor Samuel, Jackson, was very successful competing for Devlin Gymnastics of Wall at the N.J. State Championships in Demarest the weekend of April 24. Samuel, a Level 4 gymnast, took fourth on the vault, sixth on the beam and 14th on the bars en route to a 12th-place finish in the all-around.…

  • Jaguars earn their shot at a county championship

    BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer Jaguars earn their shot at a county championship BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer STAFFORD TOWNSHIP — It’s been a little more than three decades since the Jackson baseball team last won the Ocean County Tournament. The last time the Jaguars captured the event was in 1972. Yet, if all goes according…