• Brick’s Mat Rats place in state wrestling championships

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Brick Recreation Mat Rats wrestlers Dan Rackliffe at 72 pounds and Joe Ghione at 80 pounds were runners-up in the Intermediate Division of the New Jersey State Kids Wrestling Championships at the Dunn Center in Elizabeth on Sunday. Also for the Mat Rats, Eric Romano was third…

  • Brick Beach 1 building to be ready to go by Memorial Day

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Brick Township officials weren’t exactly shocked when no one submitted a bid earlier this year for the food concession at Brick Beach 1. The old concrete building was stifling in the summer, with temperatures inside reaching as high as 140 degrees. The bathrooms were often out of order. It…

  • County college students hoping to jump-start club hockey program

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Brick Memorial hockey forward Brandon Pearson expects to enroll at Ocean County College. In past years, that would mean the end of the playing career for one of Brick Township’s top players and one of the leaders in points the past two seasons. But OCC is taking…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Barbara Schmidt of Brick peers down at some craft items for sale at the Brick Marching Dragons Caravan’s annual spring craft fair at Brick Township High School on March 14. The event featured more than 100 juried crafters.

  • Lacrosse coaches have high hopes for 2009 season

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Achange in alignment may make things more promising for the boys lacrosse teams at Brick Memorial High School under second-year coach Brent Middlemiss and at Brick Township High School under new head coach Dan Rosa. “We’re expecting big things,” said Middlemiss, who has a veteran lineup from a 6- 10…

  • A Green Dragon Forever

    Click HERE to watch Video in HD A Green Dragon Forever Warren Wolf talks about his decision to step down after 51 years as Brick Township High School’s head football coach and his love for the game.

  • Testa plans to throw a lot more this baseball season

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP — Joe Testa, former Brick Township High School and Wagner College star pitcher, headed down to Fort Myers, Fla., over the weekend, but it wasn’t on spring break. Testa, who currently resides in Jackson, is on a business trip of sorts to pursue another season of professional baseball…

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    FRANK GALIPO Brick Memorial High School base-runner Andrew Nelson is safe at first, despite Red Bank Catholic first baseman Kyle Tighe’s heads-up play. The teams squared off at Count Basie Park in Red Bank for a pre-season scrimmage game March 14.

  • Bob Auriemma Jr. turning over reins of Brick Hockey Club

    Invested 24 years with the club, but will still coach BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Watching two Brick Township high school hockey teams competing in the NJSIAA quarterfinalswas an enjoyable experience for Brick Hockey Club President Bob Auriemma Jr. He saw his son, Michael, and two nephews play on Brick Township High School along with…

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