Tag: Toms River
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Toms River South will lean on defense to surprise this hoop season
Toms River High School South’s boys’ basketball team will call on defense this season. Coach Curt DeFillippo said this years’ team will focus on defense. “We are going to play good quality team defense. This team will look to push the ball a little bit. We want to use our speed and our guards. We…
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Toms River North expects to contend this basketball season
Toms River High School North’s boys’ basketball team will bid to duplicate its success of a winter ago. In the 2017-18 season, the Mariners posted a 25-5 record and coasted to a 16-0 record in the Shore Conference Class A South Division. During the postseason last winter, Toms River North advanced to the quarterfinals of…
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Toms River East offers potential this boys’ basketball season
The Toms River High School East’s boys’ basketball team may be young but it has plenty of potential to make noise in the Shore Conference Class A South Division this winter. “I honestly believe we can really be a very good team, even though we are very young. This team just has a chance to…
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Donovan Catholic expects to apply pressure to division opponents in the B South
Donovan Catholic High School will present plenty of fight and determination this boys’ basketball season. That is the prediction from the team’s coach, Mike Kearney. “This team will be scrappy. Not very big. I expect that this team will play hard every game. This is a very good group of players,” Kearney said. He said…
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Business owners express frustration with slow pace of road project
Business owners are frustrated with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) as the agency continues with the next phase of an improvement project at the intersection of Route 37 and Route 166 in Toms River. The project began in March 2016 and was suspended for several months in 2017 during the Transportation Trust Fund…
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Toms River council supports county’s purchase of open space
The Toms River Township Council has passed a resolution supporting Ocean County’s potential purchase of property for open space preservation purposes. At its Nov. 27 meeting, council members voted unanimously to pass the resolution. The open space parcels in the township under consideration are: 1620 North Bay Ave., 15.4 acres; Cleveland Street, 1.9 acres; Sayerville…
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Donovan Catholic remains undefeated in football
Donovan Catholic High School has been on a roll this football season. An undefeated roll, too. Donovam Catholic improved to 3-0 on the season when it pitched a 24-0 shutout over Asbury Park High School on Sept. 28 in Toms River. In the victory, Donovan Catholic passed for 166 yards and rushed for a total…
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A review of the Toms River high school football teams
Here is a look at on how the Toms River high school football teams fared this past weekend TOMS RIVER HIGH SCHOOL EAST Toms River High School East lost at home to Red Bank Catholic High School on Sept. 28, 35-0. The Raiders, who dropped to 1-3 on the season, will travel to Red…
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Donovan Catholic boys’ soccer seeks SCT berth
The boys’ soccer team at Donovan Catholic High School is focused on earning a berth in the Shore Conference Tournament. To earn a slot in the SCT, a team must sport a .500 record. At 3-5-1, Donovan Catholic must avoid any more defeats. The team did just that when Donovan Catholic broke a tie and…
