• Sprinting upfield

    Long Branch High School’s Deon Williams returns a kick during the U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron Football Classic at Brick Township High School on July 17. The best graduated seniors from Monmouth and Ocean counties faced each other in the game. A late field goal led to Ocean’s 17-14 victory.

  • Old Bridge’s Brown signs with Camden Riversharks

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Tyler Brown A Correspondent s Sir Winston Churchill once said, “I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.” While Churchill did not know much about baseball, those words sum up the attitude of Old Bridge High School graduate Tyler Brown, who worked his way onto the…

  • How to get your sports news in the paper

    If you would like your sports news published, please submit a press release at least two weeks in advance of an event such as team registration or tryouts. Results of youth games and tournaments may also be submitted, as well as collegiate news about former high school athletes. Give complete information, such as dates, full…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    Open tryouts for New Jersey Youth Soccer’s 2015 Olympic Development Program (ODP) will be held on Aug. 2-3 and Aug. 9-10 at The College of New Jersey. The program, in cooperation with U.S. Youth Soccer, identifies a select pool of boy and girl elite players born between 1998 and 2002 in each age group from…

  • Football Clinic

    Former Freehold High School star Darrell Reid, right, who won a Super Bowl ring with the Indianapolis Colts, was back in town on July 19 to hold his 4th Annual Footz Foundation Free Football Clinic at Opatut Park in Freehold Township on July 19. The clinic, which Reid made both educational and fun, was for…

  • Breen enters Encryption in Haskell invitational

    For Monmouth’s crown jewel, the $1 million William Hill Haskell Invitational, trainer Kelly Breen has elected to throw his horse’s hat into the Haskell ring, as he recently announced that Encryption will join the Grade 1 battle. “We’re throwing him into the deep end,” Breen said in a Monmouth Park press release. “He’s going to…

  • Red Bank Indians capture league title going perfect 14-0

    By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent When he wasn’t working in his office at Red Bank Regional High School, Del Dal Pra was coaching Two River Little League’s Red Bank Indians to a 12U championship this summer. Dal Pra, Red Bank Regional’s athletic director, helped lead the Indians to an undefeated season. The Indians were 14-0, capping…

  • A football classic

    St. John Vianney High School’s Bill DeMato, playing quarterback for the Monmouth County all-stars, tries to run a play during the U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron Football Classic at Brick Township High School on July 17. The game brought together the top graduated seniors from Monmouth and Ocean counties. Ocean nipped Monmouth, 17-14.

  • Local artists showcase nature-inspired works

    “Wetlands” by Eileen Kennedy A n exhibit of paintings by Red Bank artists Katie Anne Stone and Eileen Kennedy is on view at the Art Alliance of Monmouth County in Red Bank. “Natural Narratives: Stories of the Mind and Earth” features the artists’ use of traditional materials and techniques to explore the relation of people…

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