Sports
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•May 28, 2025
Pinelands Flag Football Squad Heads to Shore Conference Title Game
The Pinelands Regional girls flag football squad accomplished on May 19 something it hadn’t been able to do the previous few seasons. The Wildcats earned a spot in the Shore Conference championship…
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•May 28, 2025
Schriever, Southern Regional Cruise Past Bridgeton in First Round
Paul Schriever has very few matches left in his high school tennis career.
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•May 21, 2025
Southern Regional Girls Overpowered By Rumson-Fair Haven in Title Contest
Prior to May 19, it had been 20 years since an Ocean County girls lacrosse squad played for a Shore Conference Tournament championship. That Jackson Memorial team, which lost to Shore Regional, was…
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•May 21, 2025
Southern Regional Boys Tennis Team Snags County Crown for Third Straight Year
Despite a complete lineup change during the off-season, Southern Regional boys tennis coach Evan Brosniak went to the Ocean County Tournament with confidence that his Rams would be contenders for the…
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•May 21, 2025
Jump in Early for Barnegat Light Ocean Mile Swim
Following its successful return last summer, the Barnegat Light Ocean Mile Swim is back on the slate for this summer, and registration for the event is ongoing right now.
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•May 21, 2025
Queen City Bay Classic Seeks Participants.
Water sports enthusiasts can sign up for the inaugural Queen City Bay Classic in Beach Haven on Tuesday, June 24 at 6:30 p.m. The rain date is Wednesday, June 25.
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•May 21, 2025
Barnegat Scores Victory Over Jackson Memorial, Advances to SCT Semifinals
Between the first and second games on May 16, Ian Soberano, Jack Buscaglia, Trey DeMeo and others took turns making vertical jumps next to the net, just to see who could soar the highest. They…
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•May 21, 2025
Several Careers Come to Close as Barnegat Tops Pinelands Regional
Mason Krey is planning to play basketball in college, but he’s happy with how his high school golf career turned out.
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•May 16, 2025
Southern Sailors Qualify for National Regatta Again
After qualifying for the Mallory National Fleet Race Championship last spring, the Southern Regional sailing squad gave a repeat performance May 10 and 11.
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•May 14, 2025
Southern Regional Girls Capture Fifth Straight Division Crown
Southern Regional senior golfer Laina Foster needed a bit of a distraction following a triple bogey on the opening hole at the Ocean County Golf Course at Atlantis on May 8, something to settle her…
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•May 14, 2025
Southern Takes Lead But Vianney Quickly Turns Tide
With the level of competition the Southern Regional baseball team sees on a regular basis, some days are harder than others. Given the limited varsity experience of the Rams, those hard days can tear…
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•May 14, 2025
Pinelands Regional Edged By Jackson Memorial in Championship Clash
Softball sometimes is a game of inches, and sometimes only one run matters.
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•May 8, 2025
Southern Boys Tennis Team Clinches Tie for Division Crown
After losing most of his lineup following last season’s championship season, Southern Regional boys tennis coach Evan Brosniak must be pleased his Rams aren’t merely in contention for the Shore…
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•May 7, 2025
Special Needs Sports, Fitness Camp Debuts
Courtesy of the Stafford Recreation Department and several partner programs, parents of special needs children have sports and fitness camp options this summer, but space is limited, so register soon.
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•May 7, 2025
Pinelands Flag Football Squad Improves to 6-1 With Rout of New Egypt
The Pinelands Regional girls flag football squad averages about 26 points per game. The Wildcats’ opponents don’t get anywhere close.
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•May 7, 2025
Bengals Battle Brick Memorial, Grab Division Title Despite Loss
Back on April 8, the Barnegat softball team had a rough three-day stretch, which included a 10-0 loss to Brick Memorial. But the Bengals became goldfish, in at least some way, leading to a 10-game…
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•May 7, 2025
Falk, Smith Help Southern Regional Surge Past Raiders for Johnson’s 300th Career Win
Anybody who’s known Lori Johnson long enough realized all the hubbub about her milestone coaching victory on May 1 was a tad uncomfortable for her. She doesn’t crave such attention, after all.
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•April 30, 2025
Barnegat Overcomes Slow Start, Bounces Back With Victory Against Central
Slow and steady may win the race, but slow starts in volleyball can become problems, sometimes with no way to close a gap once the opposing team has major momentum.
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•April 30, 2025
Barnegat Falls to Manchester, Rebounds in County Tourney
At this point of the season, 12 games into it, Barnegat baseball coach Dan McCoy may be feeling like he’s been on a roller coaster. Some days everything’s going up with his team, and on other days…
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•April 30, 2025
Despite Loss, Southern Hangs Tough Against Red Bank Catholic
Red Bank Catholic is one of the better softball teams in the state this season. Still, Southern Regional coach Jamie Olsen didn’t mind having the high-powered Caseys on her team’s schedule.
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•April 30, 2025
Southern Regional Girls Grab First Conference Title; Pinelands Sophomores Among Top Five
Samantha Reilly didn’t go on a vacation during spring break. She spent much of her time working out some of the kinks in her golf game.
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•April 24, 2025
Pinelands Tennis Squad Bounces Back With Three Shutouts
Since starting the season on March 28, the Pinelands Regional boys tennis team barely had played three matches in a week’s time, never mind won all of them. Last week, the Wildcats not only won three…
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•April 23, 2025
Southern Regional Displays Solid Skills and Depth in Shutout of Northern Burlington
Winning 16 straight sets to start the season while going 6-0 may have been a mild surprise to some people, but certainly not to the Southern Regional boys volleyball team.
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•April 23, 2025
Meola Tosses Two-Hit Shutout as Pinelands Regional Gets Back on Track Against Manasquan
Elianna Meola shifted a few things around on the bench, then a couple more as a mild panic set in. A moment later, she buzzed around the dugout, openly questioning anybody paying attention.
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•April 23, 2025
Sininsky Paces Offense as Southern Regional Boys Edge Wall
Kyle Sininsky outscored Wall by two goals during the second quarter and made it look easy a couple of times. The margin at halftime, which was 5-3, ultimately was enough.
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•April 23, 2025
Haig Tandem Scores Title at Melges 15 Midwinter Championship
As many local sailors look forward to the summer season, Emily and John Haig of Beach Haven made the most of their trip to the Melges Watersports Center in Merritt Island, Fla., late last month…
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•April 17, 2025
Bodony, Reilly Lead County; Southern Repeats as Team Champion
Jackson Bodony had one of those “Why not?” moments as he walked up to the first hole at Charleston Springs Golf Course in Millstone on April 14.
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•April 16, 2025
Martinez Snags Second Title; Southern Tops County Again
After snatching the county crown as a freshman last year, Mia Martinez began to think about the possibilities beyond that day.
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•April 16, 2025
Barnegat High School Launching Athletics Hall of Fame
Barnegat High School has begun seeking nominations for its first members of the new “Barnegat Athletics Hall of Fame.” Deadline for submission is Thursday, May 15.
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•April 16, 2025
Culture Change Within Pinelands Baseball Program Comes With Ups and Downs
Nate Sofield has been part of the Pinelands Regional baseball program since his freshman season, and he’s seen the down cycle within it. In 2022, the Wildcats managed 10 victories. Two years ago, it…
