Category: Tri-Town Sports

  • Sport Shorts

    Sport Shorts At the recently held scholarship awards night at Jackson Memorial High School, Nicole Montegary and Christopher Sweitzer received the Don Connor Memorial Scholarship award. Named after former athletic director Don Connor, 44 awards have been given to gradating student/athletes in the 16 years since his passing. Both Nicole and Christopher are members of…

  • Clausen, Lady Jags close season in style at MOC

    By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT Jackson’s Jen Clausen runs in the 1,600 at the Meet of Champions last Thursday. SOUTH PLAINFIELD — The Jackson High School girls’ track team finished the 2003 campaign with a number of team members putting forth outstanding performances at last week’s Meet of Champions.…

  • Murray, Oliver excel in their field events at MOC

    By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT Jackson’s Eric Dufrense competes in the 110-meter hurdles at the Meet of Champions last Thursday. SOUTH PLAINFIELD — It’s been a long time since Jackson High School placed an athlete in a throwing event at the Meet of Champions. The last time a Jaguar…

  • Weather won’t cooperate: NES reschedules Rookies

    NEW EGYPT — With a solid green weather system saturating the entire East Coast, the Saturday racing program at New Egypt Speedway succumbed to rainstorms for an unprecedented third consecutive week. The cancellation marked the fifth rainout this season for the Central Jersey dirt track. On Saturday Cream Ridge Golf Club’s scheduled Dad’s Appreciation Night…

  • Rogers enjoys Sunday drive at Wall Township Speedway

    WALL TOWNSHIP — Modified stock car driver Marc Rogers was more than happy that Wall Township Speedway management decided to use its Sunday rain date after a heavy downpour Saturday night. Under the sunshine, he raced to his first win of the year in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Modified feature race. It was the…

  • Clausen leads Jags once again at Group IV meet

    By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Jackson’s Jen Clausen (l) continues to shine for the Jackson girls track and field team, winning the Group IV 3,200-meter title and taking fifth in the 1,600-meter race, to qualify for last night’s Meet of Champions in both events. EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Meets…

  • Murray heads to MOC after impressive Group win

    Jackson duo alsoqualified for state By Mike WhiteStaff Writer Jackson duo also qualified for state’s final meet By Mike White Staff Writer EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Lakewood High School senior Sydney Murray easily outdistanced the rest of the field to win the discus event last Saturday at the NJSIAA Group III championship meet at Egg…

  • Jackson squad ends its season on a winning note

    By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer JACKSON — Pete Doherty waited for this moment all season. After sitting out a good portion of the schedule to gain eligibility after transferring high schools, Doherty finally made his debut in a Jackson High School baseball uniform. The former Monsignor Donovan student tossed four shutout…

  • Rain spoils big weekend at Wall Township Speedway

    A night of NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series auto racing, highlighted by a visit from NASCAR Winston Cup race team owner Ray Evernham, fell victim to rain Saturday night at Wall Township Speedway. Still, plans call for the second day of the weekend double header to begin at 1 p.m. on Sunday, when the Sunoco Race…