Category: Tri-Town Sports

  • Monmouth Rugby Club set to host 29th Jersey Cup 40-team competition is largest one-day tournament in Northeast

    By doug mckenzieStaff Writer Monmouth Rugby Club set to host 29th Jersey Cup 40-team competition is largest one-day tournament in Northeast By doug mckenzie Staff Writer Rugby players from throughout the New York-metropolitan area will flock to Sea Girt this weekend to take part in the 29th annual Jersey Shore Rugby Tournament, hosted by the…

  • Sport Shorts

    The following are the results of the Nick "the Quick" Werkman All-American Action Clinic, held at the McAuliffe School in Jackson on Aug. 10. Ray Lorenz won the boys’ hotshot competition with 44 points, followed by Teddy Amaty (34), Nicholas Aiello (33), Eric Brokaw and John Pennington (32), and Zachary Barba and Colin MacFarlane (30).…

  • Polimeda gets first regular-season win at Wall Stadium

    Blewett holds onto points lead Blewett holds on to points lead Frank Polimeda will long remember Saturday night’s Modified feature at Wall Stadium. The Fort Lee driver is competing in his first full season of Modified stock car competition. On Saturday, Polimeda scored his first-ever feature win at the Shore speedway, muscling his way to…

  • Piners kick off preseason schedule Friday at Eastern

    By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer With the intention of better preparing his team for the season opener Sept. 13 against Ocean Township High School, Lakewood High School football coach Dave Oizerowitz beefed up the Piners’ preseason schedule. He wanted his players to scrimmage against the best talent available. So when Lakewood…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Brookwood Swim Club’s Josh Forman competes in the 15-18 100 IM during the Monmouth County Swimming Championships in Freehold Township on Aug. 3.

  • Stewart and Blaney gear up for Garden State battle

    Despite their renowned reputation as "Sunday drivers," the dirt-flyin’ racing action will be for real when NASCAR Winston Cup stars Tony Stewart and Dave Blaney invade New Egypt Speedway Aug. 22, to strap themselves into big-block Modifieds and take on the Northeast’s sharpest short-track standouts. "We’re ready," said Stewart, who won Tulsa’s big Chili Bowl…

  • Jackson’s Currie continues to improve on the golf links

    By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer JACKSON — As a young boy, Shawn Currie wasn’t all that interested in playing golf. In fact, it wasn’t until the age of 14 that Currie started to get serious about the sport. Two years later, Currie’s commitment to the game is evident in solid tournament…

  • New course record highlights Sheehan Classic

    By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI Kenya’s Simon Wangui breaks the ribbon in 23:20, winning Saturday’s George Sheehan Classic in Red Bank. The weather was warm. The food was plentiful. The field was large. Bruce Springsteen’s "Born to Run" served as the starting song. And, yes, the Kenyans…

  • Jackson 11-year-olds win South Amboy tournament

    By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer JACKSON — Solid pitching and timely hitting combined for the expected results, as the Jackson Jaguars 11-and-under traveling baseball team recently captured the South Amboy Summer Invitational tournament. Jackson posted an overall record of 4-1 in the event, including a 2-0 shutout victory over Matawan in…