Sports
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•April 16, 2025
Sliwinski, Smith Give Southern Boost on Singles Courts Against Pinelands
A good athlete on a tennis court can become a dangerous weapon for a team, especially one as coachable as Jake Sliwinski.
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•April 11, 2025
Experienced, Talented Southern Regional Sailors Could Make Another Run at National Regatta
Southern Regional sailing coach Steve Warren is a realist. He has a great team, perhaps one of the best under his tutelage. But he also knows sailing isn’t some cut-and-dried endeavor, despite the…
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•April 9, 2025
Southern Ocean County Track and Field Squads Have Plenty of Talent
For the first time in years, Barnegat High School may have a bunch of girls in its track and field program who will make some noise in the big spring meets.
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•April 9, 2025
Barnegat Falls Behind Early, Cannot Catch Toms River East
In a lot of ways, what the Barnegat boys lacrosse team experienced on April 4 was a lot like a snowball rolling down a steep hill.
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•April 9, 2025
Pinelands Volleyballers Off to Solid Start
With his team up 20-11 in the second game against Lacey on April 2, Matt Davis swatted a ball into the net, turned toward Lance Heuston and used his thumb to gesture upward.
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•April 5, 2025
Spring Tradition Soon Underway as Trout Season Opens April 5
More than 180,000 freshly stocked rainbow trout and larger broodstock – large, mature trout ranging in size from 14 to 26 in. and weighing up to 7 pounds – will be available to area anglers when…
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•April 3, 2025
Pinelands Has the Hunger, Tools to Make Run at Shore Conference Crown
While the NJSIAA is just beginning to get its bearings and soon will make girls flag football a statewide, interscholastic sport, the Shore Conference has been at it for five years now. Of course…
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•April 2, 2025
Southern in Different Group But Goal Remains the Same
While Old Bridge won’t be missed entirely from the Southern Regional boys volleyball team’s schedule, the Knights will be missed in June when the state tournament rolls around.
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•April 2, 2025
Two-Time Defending County Champs Leaning on Two Returners to Lead Way
When a team wins back-to-back county championships, the expectations of the program generally rise. At Southern Regional, such has been the case for the boys tennis squad, winners of the last two…
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•April 2, 2025
After Excellent Season, Southern Needs New Starters to Rise
There’s one major benefit to having a roster full of inexperienced players – no pressure following a big season in which the team had a ton of seniors. The Southern Regional baseball team has such a…
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•April 2, 2025
With Consistency at Plate, Southern Could Be Dangerous This Spring
After finishing 19-8 last spring, the Southern Regional softball team had a lot to look forward to. The Rams graduated just two players and had a slew of young talent returning, including all four…
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•March 27, 2025
Southern Regional, Barnegat Return Many Experienced Players, Potent Offenses
Experience matters in varsity athletics. There’s no hiding this fact. Fortunately, the Southern Regional boys lacrosse squad has plenty of it.
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•March 26, 2025
Southern Regional Squads Loaded With Experience and Talent
Forget the fact the Southern Regional boys golf team already lost its first two matches of the season. There’s a long way to go and the Rams, despite being a young crew, still might be one of the…
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•March 26, 2025
Full of Firepower, Southern Regional Could Be Sectional Contender This Spring
Following a realignment prior to last season, the Southern Regional girls lacrosse team was inserted into the Shore Conference American Division among some of the best teams in the conference. The…
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•March 19, 2025
Ship Bottom Sprint for Life Undergoing Changes
For the first time since its inception 22 years ago, the Ship Bottom Sprint for Life will have new leadership as Maria Pennisi has passed the baton to Jim and Denise Harrington.
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•March 19, 2025
Lacrosse Star Falk Has New Goals in Mind at Naval Academy
Serving her country is important to Delaney Falk.
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•March 19, 2025
Southern’s Fields Excited to Make Leap to Division I Swimming
Francesca Fields has devoted much of her life to swimming, and she’s done a lot of it.
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•March 13, 2025
Gesicki Re-Signs with Cincinnati, Receives Three-Year Deal Worth $25.5 Million
Mike Gesicki wanted to stay in Cincinnati, to remain one of Joe Burrow’s pass-game targets with an offense he enjoys and help try to win a Super Bowl. He received his wish over the weekend.
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•March 13, 2025
Born for Greatness, Stout Climbs to Where the Southern Elites Reside
Southern Regional assistant wrestling coach Luke Lanno has a picture on his phone that dates back to his high school years, and in that photo he was happily holding a newborn Wyatt Stout.
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•March 12, 2025
Southern Regional’s Sari, Mason, Collins Grab Podium Positions in Boardwalk Hall
Scottie Sari is a great team player. During the past four years, he’s always done what was needed for the Southern Regional wrestling program. This past weekend, he had a chance to finally do…
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•March 12, 2025
Barnegat’s Season Ends with Sectional Semifinals Loss to Middle Township
During the nearly three weeks of the basketball season in which Emma Thornton sat on the bench nursing an ankle injury, she learned to appreciate the game a little bit more, knowing her career soon…
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•March 9, 2025
Southern Regional’s Stout Finds Way to Snag Crown in Grueling Championship Clash
As the Boardwalk Hall crowd roared its excitement, Wyatt Stout lay on the mat, momentarily staring at the ceiling. Exhaustion had set in, and not just because he had spent 8½ minutes grappling with…
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•March 6, 2025
Southern Regional’s Cramer Snags Indoor State Title in 55-Meter Dash
Cole Cramer has plenty of big meets in his future, considering he’ll be blazing a path on the track for the University of Tennessee by this time next year.
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•March 6, 2025
Barnegat Ousts Haddonfield for 20th Victory, Reaches Sectional Semifinals
Barnegat girls basketball head coach Tammy Nicolini sent an important message to her squad at the beginning of the season.
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•March 6, 2025
Sliwinski Surpasses Milestone, Leads Southern to First State Tourney Win in 10 Years
During an evening when the program’s career scoring leader, that being Mike Gesicki, stopped by to catch a game, two big things occurred as the Southern Regional boys basketball team scored a victory…
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•March 5, 2025
White Becomes First Barnegat Bowler to Reach Stepladder, Finishes Third in State
Catching fire at the right time is something every bowler hopes for when the stakes are high. Pete Weber did it in 2012 when he did so early in the stepladder finals and rode the momentum through…
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•March 5, 2025
Five Rams Rack Up Region Crowns as Southern Sends Seven to Boardwalk Hall
A year ago, Anthony Mason wasn’t even close to being considered a favorite to reach the state final at 106 pounds, given the fact he didn’t win the region title. This year, at 113, he’s not going to…
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•February 27, 2025
Pinelands’ Pharo, Six Southern Wrestlers Snatch District Crowns
Two years ago, when Wyatt Pharo burst onto the wrestling scene and became Pinelands Regional’s first freshman district champion, he immediately set big goals.
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•February 26, 2025
Southern Regional Boys Capture Division Crown But Fall Short in State Sectional Final
Sometimes momentum is the only thing that matters, especially in bowling.
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•February 26, 2025
Barnegat’s Sectional Title Streak Ends After Loss to Brick
For the first time in years, the Barnegat girls bowling team did not win a state sectional championship.
