Category: Tri-Town Sports

  • Locals shine in Mid-Monmouth All Star games

    Four of the five players on the 2000 All-Shore basketball team played youth ball in the Mid- Monmouth Basketball League. The league has built a tradition of producing quality players, and looks to have another crop of young talent on its hands this year. Future All-Shore basketball players competed in the Mid-Monmouth Basketball League All-Star…

  • Future looks bright for Jackson boys hoops team

    Staff Writer By Mike White VERONICA YANKOWSKI Jackson’s Justin Fields looks to pass during the Jaguars’ scrimmage against Point Pleasant Beach on Friday. Jackson High School boys basketball coach Rob Goodall has been around long enough to know players and teams don’t always reach their potential. So when Goodall hears about how good his youthful…

  • Jaguars’ Moglia one of Shore’s top floor leaders

    Staff Writer By Mike White VERONICA YANKOWSKI Jackson’s Ryan Moglia, one of the Shore’s top young point guards, goes up for a shot during the Jaguars’ scrimmage against Point Pleasant Beach on Friday. Point guards are a precious commodity. Often they are more vital to a team’s success than a big man. Their ability to…

  • Lakewood girls hope to return to the postseason

    In only his fourth season as coach of the Lakewood High School girls basketball team, Dennis Adams led the Lady Piners to an appearance in the postseason. It marked the first time in more than 15 years Lakewood earned a berth in the state tournament. Adams returns a much older and wiser team as the…

  • Several local athletes earn postseason honors

    Staff Writer By Mike White Many athletes from both Jackson and Lakewood high schools received recognition for their outstanding achievements this past fall season from the Shore Conference. The Jackson High School football team, which won its second consecutive New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association South Jersey Group IV championship en route to an undefeated…

  • Sport Shorts

    The following are the results of the Nick "the Quick" Werkman All-American Girls Basketball Action Clinic, held on Nov. 7 at the McAuliffe Middle School in Jackson. In the girls Hot Shot contest, Kaitlin Raney was the winner with 31 points, followed by Tamara Copes (29), Leyna Rasmussen (26), Jessica Reibis (24) and Beverly Anthony…

  • Lakewood track teams are ready for the indoor season

    Staff Writer By Mike White The Lakewood High School indoor track program is in the process of a major change. Jack Boylan is now coaching both the boys and girls squads. That’s one coach for two separate teams. And both teams are training together. Some critics may disagree with this concept, but Boylan feels it…

  • Howell’s Hammond commits to play at UNC-Greensboro

    Staff Writer By tim morris From day one, Cara Hammond made a difference for the Howell High School girls soccer program. Now the Howell senior will be looking to do the same at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Division I-A program. Hammond made her verbal commitment to UNC-Greensboro last week. "It was a…

  • Jackson reinforces status as state’s elite team

    Staff Writer By Mike White FARRAH MAFFAI Jackson’s Nick Castellano outruns a Cherokee defender during Saturday’s South Jersey Group IV title game at Rutgers Stadium. PISCATAWAY — It was a suitable ending to what has been a remarkable two-year run. This year’s Jackson High School football team will be remembered as one of the best…