Category: Tri-Town Sports
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Sports Shorts
Sports Shorts The Lakewood High School Athletic Hall of Fame has been established to honor former Lakewood High School student-athletes, coaches and others whose achievements have made a major impact on the school’s athletic program. Categories for nominees are: athlete, coach and veteran. All must be Lakewood High graduates, unless they have demonstrated extenuating circumstances,…
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New Egypt boys show some encouraging signs
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer PLUMSTED — The New Egypt High School boys basketball team would have found a way to lose a game like this last year. Trailing by four points with two just minutes remaining, the Warriors recovered with clutch play by Justin Wilkens and Tom Partyka to rally…
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Early on, Jaguars look as good as advertised
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer TOMS RIVER — The Jackson High School boys’ basketball team used a balanced scoring attack en route to a 64-42 victory over Central Regional in the opening round of the WOBM Christmas Tournament last Saturday night at the Ritacco Center in Toms River. Senior center Kenny…
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Jackson wrestlers off to a fast start on the mats
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer Jackson wrestlers off to a fast start on the mats BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer JACKSON — Many extra hours spent in the weight room and on the wrestling mat during the off season paid huge dividends for Jackson High School senior Kevin Shelly. Shelly defeated Andrew Barnish, 8-4, in the…
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Piners hope for a better start this season
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Derrick Alexander is among the players returning to this year’s Lakewood High School basketball team as the Piners look to improve on last year’s finish. LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood High School boys basketball team got off to a miserable start during the 2002-03 season. Despite…
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Lady Piners need to overcome key losses
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — Lenny Anen was itching to become a head coach again. After years serving as an assistant coach at Georgian Court College, Anen jumped at the chance to take over the Lakewood High School girls basketball team. "When I learned that the old coach was…
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New Egypt teams ready to face tough schedules
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer NEW EGYPT — For The past two years as a varsity program, the New Egypt High School boys basketball team has suffered through a couple of tough seasons. In fact, the Warriors finished with a 5-17 overall mark in 2002-03. But with a solid core of…
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Jaguars entering season with lofty expectations
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Jackson will once again be led by Ryan Mogila this year, as the Jags look to be among the Shore Conference’s elite teams. JACKSON — In his first year as head coach of the Jackson High school boys basketball team, Mike Antenucci led the…
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Sports Shorts
Sports Shorts The Seton Hall women’s cross country team raced on Nov. 22 at the ECAC/IC4A Championships held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, NY. Graduate student Kaneisha Campbell, of Lakewood, recorded a 78-th-place finish with a time of 21:06. Lindsey Gallo, a senior at the University of Michigan, had her best-ever finish at…
