Category: Tri-Town Sports

  • Jaguars ride their hot streak to a sectional title

    Staff Writer By Mike White BRICK — Riding a wave of momentum sparked by a suicide squeeze, the Jackson High School baseball team upset top-seeded Toms River East last Sunday afternoon to capture the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association South Jersey Group IV championship at Brick High School. In the fourth inning, the Jags…

  • Jaguars’ Walsh to step down after squad’s finest season

    Staff Writer By Mike White For the past 20 years, Mike Walsh has spent springtime teaching kids how to play baseball. He spent five years as assistant coach at Jackson High School before taking over the Jaguars’ program five years ago. Walsh has made the 2002 campaign his best. Jackson improved to 15-10 overall and…

  • Sport Shorts

    Christie Pearce, member of the U.S. Women’s National Team and WUSA’s New York Power, will once again offer her CP3 All-Girls Soccer Camp at various locations throughout Ocean and Monmouth counties during the summer of 2002. The camp is open to girls age 8 through college, and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. There…

  • Jackson finishes stellar campaign on a high note

    Powered by the strength of its doubles teams, the Jackson High School boys’ tennis team finished runner-up in the Ocean County Flights Tournament last week at Veterans Park. The doubles combinations of Bobby Schauder and George Gkionis, and Mike Brown and Ryan Tierney each captured titles in their respective divisions as the Jaguars amassed a…

  • Jackson team continuing its hot play in SJ Group IV

    Staff Writer By Mike White JERRY WOLKOWITZ Lakewood’s Jeremy Aguirre fires a strike during a South Jersey Group II quarterfinal game in Lakewood on Friday. The Piners knocked off Willingboro 13-7 to earn a shot at Williamstown in the semifinal round, where they won 5-3, once again riding the strong left arm of Aguirre. They…

  • Blues win junior college national softball championship

    Staff Writer By tim morris At long last, Brookdale Community College’s women’s softball team is a national champion. Bo Scannapieco’s eighth trip and seventh in a row to the National Junior College Division III Championships culminated in the Jersey Blues finally snatching top honors, and in the process becoming the first athletic team from Brookdale…

  • Martin blisters the field at Group III track meet

    Staff Writer By Mike White EGG HARBOR — Lakewood High School sprinter Shakeema Martin had to be satisfied with her performance last weekend at the NJSIAA Group III Track and Field Championships. The Lakewood junior captured both the 200 and 400-meter events as the Lady Piners collected a total of 27 points to finish in…

  • Jackson earns A South title with a win over Southern

    Staff Writer By Mike White George Gkionis and Bobby Schauder realized the Shore Conference A South title was riding on their shoulders. And as they have all year, Jackson High School’s No. 1 doubles team came through in a clutch spot to give the Jags a 3-2 victory over host Southern Tuesday. George Gkionis and…

  • Jags’ playoff run in need of improved offensive play

    Staff Writer By Mike White Jackson High School lacrosse coach Lori Johnson doesn’t hide her feelings about her team’s recent problems at the offensive end of the field. She was concerned about goal production as Jackson squared off against visiting Eastern High School in a South Jersey A sectional semifinal game yesterday afternoon. "There’s no…