Tag: Softball

  • Offense gets Lady Buccaneers’ softball team back on track

    Offense gets Lady Buccaneers’ softball team back on track

    By Matthew Rocco The Red Bank Regional High School softball team bounced back from a challenging stretch to open the season, winning back-to-back games. The Lady Buccaneers are looking to turn a corner after a rebuilding season in 2016, when the team went 6-16. This season, Red Bank Regional has more veterans at its disposal,…

  • Raritan hosting 8th annual Coonan Classic softball event

    Raritan hosting 8th annual Coonan Classic softball event

    By Matthew Rocco The Raritan High School softball team will host the eighth annual Don’t Stop Believin Stephanie Coonan Softball Classic this weekend in honor of the former Rockets player. The Rockets hold the event each year to remember Coonan, a softball co-captain and Raritan graduate who died of stomach cancer in 2009. The 2017…

  • Young Freehold Township softball team progressing quickly

    Young Freehold Township softball team progressing quickly

    By Jeff Appelblatt Over the course of the week, teams saw many games between April 3-9 get rained out. It was just one of those spans for some teams in which it was much easier to appreciate victories than be disappointed in losses. Freehold Township High School’s softball team was much prouder of its win…

  • Redbirds see strong starts from baseball, girls’ lacrosse teams

    Redbirds see strong starts from baseball, girls’ lacrosse teams

    By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School’s baseball and girls’ lacrosse teams have gotten off to flying starts in the budding spring sports season. Baseball After outscoring its first two opponents, 32-5, with 15 players driving in runs, Allentown’s baseball team went to 3-0 April 8 by pulling out a 2-1 victory over Hopewell Valley Central…

  • Lancers’ softball team off to strong start with eyes on playoffs

    Lancers’ softball team off to strong start with eyes on playoffs

    By Matthew Rocco Saint John Vianney High School’s deep lineup and talented pitching duo have carried the Lancers to a fast start to the softball season. The Lancers opened the 2017 campaign with a 5-1 win over Caravel Academy (Bear, Delaware), led by seven strong innings from senior pitcher Demi Rivera and a two-RBI day…

  • Monroe softball team seeking experience, leadership

    Monroe softball team seeking experience, leadership

    By Jimmy Allinder If there was ever a spring the Monroe Township High School softball team needs leadership, this is it. The Falcons are 0-3 in their first three games — 1-0 to Watchung Hills Regional High School in the opener, 4-2 to division foe South Brunswick High School and 9-6 to Northern Burlington County…

  • Coach Rosner hopes to take Rockets softball to next level

    Coach Rosner hopes to take Rockets softball to next level

    By Wayne Witkowski Marc Rosner believed in playing it game by game the past two seasons as he built Middletown High School North’s softball team toward back-to-back Shore Conference Tournament championships — its first titles in that tournament since 1974. Now, Rosner takes that approach with his new team at Raritan High School as he…

  • Performers of the Week for April 13

    Performers of the Week for April 13

    The spring 2017 season has sprung on the high school athletic fields throughout the region. But, of course, April showers have slowed down the action during the first week of the season. Here are some local athletes who excelled in between the wet weather. The baseball slate managed to stay dry for a few days.…

  • Freehold softball team looking for turnaround season

    Freehold softball team looking for turnaround season

    By Jeff Appelblatt Freehold High School’s softball team was set to begin its season April 1, but rain changed that plan. The team knew 24 hours prior and yet, coach Danielle Orender knew it was still necessary to hold its regularly scheduled practice March 31 — even if it was inside the gym because of…