Category: Tri-Town Sports

  • Jags bounce back with impressive team victory

    By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer Following a disappointing loss to Manalapan in the finals of the Shore Conference Tournament, Jackson High School wrestling coach Scott Goodale realized that dwelling on the setback too long could act as a stumbling block for the rest of the season. "Losing in the Shore Conference…

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    CHRIS KELLY Jackson’s Chris Mancilla shows off his form during the NJSIAA state individual championships at Carolier Lanes in North Brunswick on Feb. 14.

  • Sport Shorts

    Seton Hall University, South Orange, was the site for New Jersey’s statewide celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports (NGAWS) Day. The university hosted the 11th annual NGAWS awards banquet on Feb. 9. The New Jersey chapter of NGAWS, in conjunction with the New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NJAIAW), and the…

  • Jackson stunned by Manalapan in SC tourney final

    By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Manalapan’s Teddy Louis-Jacques battles with Jackson’s Giro Borgia during a 130-pound match at the Shore Conference Tournament finals at Southern Regional. STAFFORD — This one hurt. It would have been the perfect ending to a perfect regular season. The Jackson High School wrestling team…

  • Future still bright for Jackson wrestling program

    Goetz team finishes the year undefeated at 14-0 By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer JACKSON — Sparked by a solid corps of eighth-graders, the Goetz Middle School wrestling team recently captured its fifth consecutive Ocean County Intermediate School Athletic League Blue Division championship. "This group of kids worked really hard the entire…

  • Piners squad starting to jell at just the right time

    By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Lakewood’s Tyrone Trotman has been the catalyst for a Piner team that earned a state playoff berth with some solid play over the last two weeks. LAKEWOOD — The high school boys’ basketball team struggled in the early part of the season. Losses came…

  • Forsman leads Jaguars to their best finish at SC meet

    By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Jackson’s dynamic duo of Jenna Prendergast (r) and Jen Clausen race to a one-two finish in the 3,200-meter race at the Shore Conference Championships at Red Bank Regional High School in Feb. 4. The Jackson girls ran away with the team title with 78…

  • Jackson football leader chooses Duke University

    Jackson’s Jeramy Edwards signs his national letter of intent to Duke University, with his parents, Linda and Roy, sitting beside him, and the his school’s principal, Linda Jewell, coach, Reggie Lawrence, and athletic director, Ralph Caretta, looking on. JACKSON — Jeramy Edwards is trading the red and black of Jackson for the blue and white…

  • Sport Shorts

    Local residents head the list of eight state winners from the Pinoy Dragon School of Martial Arts in Jackson, which recently competed in the Olympic style Tae Kwon Do Martial Arts Championship, held in December at the Tropicana Resort and Casino in Atlantic City. Leading the way in the adult division, George Costanzo took first…