• Jaguars lock down another winning girls tennis season

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School’s girls tennis team notched another winning season, but it came dramatically in the final match of the season when the senior first doubles tandem of Jaclyn Sosa and Sam Trent nailed down the deciding point in a 3-2 victory over Toms River High School East. Jackson Memorial…

  • Hawks win MAAC regular-season title, return to the national rankings

    Monmouth University’s men’s soccer team claimed the program’s 11th conference championship Oct. 24. Colin Stripling (Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School) scored his team-leading fifth and sixth goals of the season, the latter serving as the game-winner, as the Hawks defeated Niagara University, 5-3, on Hesse Field. With the win, the Hawks (11-3-3, 7-0- 2 Metro Atlantic…

  • Jaguars’ football team keeps its state playoff hopes alive

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent JACKSON MEMORIAL Jackson Memorial High School’s football team, facing a must-win situation, got its usual scoring punch from Mike Gawlik and Kyle Johnson and scored a solid 28-7 Shore Conference A South victory over Toms River High School South Oct. 23. Gawlik ran 20 yards, and Johnson caught a 54-yard pass…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    Hockey is back in Trenton. Taking place on Oct. 30 and 31, the first Capital City Classic will host Princeton University, Yale University, the University of Massachusetts and the University of Maine in a four-team tournament that includes daily doubleheaders. Individual day and all-session tickets are on sale online at www.ComcastTIX.com, by phone at 800-298-4200…

  • Jaguars fall on penalty kicks in Shore Conference tourney

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Penalty kick shootouts in Shore Conference Tournament play are familiar to Jackson Memorial High School coach Steve Bado, with six since he took over as coach in 2005 — four for wins. But this time, the Jaguars came up short, losing on penalty kicks, 3-1, after a scoreless regulation and overtime…

  • Hayes finishes second, runs personal best at county meet

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Howell High School’s Niamh Hayes finished second at the Monmouth County Cross-Country Championships held Oct. 20 at Holmdel Park. Hayes ran a Holmdel personal best of 18:58 in the race. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR There’s always a disappointment in finishing second. However, for Monmouth County cross-country runnerup Niamh Hayes of…

  • An Oresteia at Rutgers

    TOP PICK Lindsay Andreanszky In Rutgers Theater Company’s presentation of An Oresteia, “bloodline” takes on a whole new meaning in this trilogy of revenge and justice-seeking at the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater. The House of Atreus, headed by Agamemnon, king of Argos and a Greek army commander, has a long and sordid ancestry of murderers…

  • Troop 300 paddle auction set for Nov. 21

    HOWELL — St. Veronica Boy Scout Troop 300 in Howell will sponsor its annual Paddle Auction fundraiser at 7 p.m. Nov. 21 in the St. Veronica Church cafeteria, 4215 Route 9, Howell. Doors open 6 p.m. for the gift preview. Proceeds will fund programs and equipment for Troop 300. Families are welcome to attend the…

  • Trotta, Sorchik run unopposed for Plumsted committee seats

    Election 2015 By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED – Two incumbent members of the Township Committee are seeking re-election on Nov. 3. Republicans Jack Trotta and Eric Sorchik are running unopposed for three-year terms. Trotta, 52, is serving as Plumsted’s mayor in 2015, and Sorchik, 63, is serving as the deputy mayor. The candidates were…

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