• School board prez grilled on architect pick at tense meeting

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Residents at a recent Brick Township Board of Education meeting hammered board President Daniel Woska for more details on the selection of the architect for the upcoming $172.9 million referendum George Scott, a mainstay at board and Township Council meetings, former longtime football coach Warren Wolf and former board…

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    PATRICIA A. MILLER Two lifeguards keep close watch on the surf at Brick Beach III during the waning days of summer. This weekend will be the last one of the year that lifeguards will man township beaches.

  • BTHS girls volleyball team trounces BMHS in opener

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Although Brick Township High School’s volleyball team led throughout its 25-16, 25-14 season opening victory over visiting Brick Memorial High School on Sept. 11, coach Christina Conti believes that much more work needs to be done. “They had a solid match, and the passing was pretty accurate, although we did…

  • Coach: BMHS boys soccer team needs time to gel

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer It’s the most inexperienced team Kevin Bliem has coached in his 16 years with Brick Memorial’s varsity boys soccer players. It showed with just a little over two minutes into the season opener, when Toms River South capitalized on what senior goalie Justin Vinton called “just a breakdown in the…

  • Sports Shorts

    The 2009 Harold “Hank” Handchen Memorial Golf Tournament, sponsored by the Lions Club of Brick, will be held Sept. 28 at the Lakewood Country Club, Lakewood. The cost for greens fees, cart, lunch credit and dinner is $100. Prizes will be awarded, and sponsorships are still available. Proceeds will be used to fund scholarships for…

  • Fall baseball notebook

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Anthony Vitale’s timely hitting led a balanced attack and earned him Most Valuable Player honors as Brick National’s 9-year-old All-Stars swept all five games in the Battle by the Bay Tournament in Manahawkin over the Labor Day weekend. They defeated Ridley, Del., 5-0, for the championship. Vitale lined a two-run…

  • The quiet storm

    BY MIKE MORAN Correspondent Here we are deep in September. Fall is in the air. Children are back to school. The Pop Warner, high school, college and professional football seasons have begun. If all that excitement isn’t enough, it is also hurricane season. D’arby Myers Hurricane season begins in June and ends in November. The…

  • Pop Warner Pee Wees, Junior Midgets off to strong start

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Two Brick Dragons football teams have yet to allow a point after three games played in the Jersey Shore Pop Warner Football League. The Pee Wees, who have many players who moved up from the Junior Pee Wee team, did not allow a point during the regular season. The Junior…

  • BMHS falls to Sayreville in nail-biter game

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Brick Memorial High School football coach Walt Currie won’t point fingers when things go awry. The Mustangs endured a 29-26 loss to visiting Sayreville War Memorial High School in the season opener on the night of Sept. 12, but Currie won’t single out Jordan Loiodice, who missed a 34-yard field…

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