Sports
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•October 23, 2024
Parkinson Scores in OT to Lift Pinelands Regional Past Neptune
The Pinelands Regional football team jumped back onto the winning track following a one-point loss to nearby rival Barnegat the previous week and needed overtime to do it.
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•October 23, 2024
Southern Regional’s Skiendzielewski, Collins Place Third in County Cross-Country Meet
Kyle Skiendzielewski finished among the top three in Ocean County for the first time in his career, but the Southern Regional boys cross-country team didn’t claim the top spot as a team this year.…
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•October 20, 2024
Southern Captures First Girls Soccer Division Title With Win Over Barnegat
Apparently, Sam Russell really loves pancakes. Assistant coach Eric Geddes promised pancakes in exchange for a goal, and the senior forward delivered.
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•October 16, 2024
Newcomers Go the Distance in Annual 18 Mile Run
Eric Den Uyl never thought he’d run the length of Long Beach Island, never mind do it just months after his mother, Claudia, lost her battle with cancer. But there he was on Oct. 13, celebrating with…
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•October 13, 2024
Tuckerton Native Skateboarder Ronnie Kessner Turns Pro
“We all knew Ronnie was a talented and dedicated skater since he was very young,” said Fay Kessner of Tuckerton.
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•October 10, 2024
Southern Boys Score Solid Wins Over Shawnee, Point Borough
During the middle 15 minutes of the second half on Oct. 3, Aidan Donnelly had four opportunities to increase the Southern Regional boys soccer team’s lead. The Point Pleasant Borough goalkeeper…
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•October 9, 2024
Kline Sets Career Passing Mark, Leads Pinelands Past Toms River East
After losing its first two games of the season, the Pinelands Regional football team has won three straight by a combined score of 115-23, the latest a 33-7 rout of Toms River East on Oct. 4.
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•October 9, 2024
Pinelands Beats Barnegat Again, Pushes Win Streak to 14
Old Bridge. Madison. Donovan Catholic. None of them are slouch programs. So far this fall, the Pinelands Regional girls volleyball team has beaten each one.
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•October 9, 2024
Guerriero, Southern Regional Make Progress Under New Coach
Rylee Guerriero doesn’t mind playing in a singles position. In fact, she prefers it to doubles, where she had played the previous two seasons.
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•October 3, 2024
70th Annual LBI Surf Fishing Classic Begins Oct. 5
Beginning this Saturday, Oct. 5, the annual LBI Surf Fishing Classic returns for its 70th year on the ocean beaches of Long Beach Island. The nine-week surf-casting tournament – still called “The…
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•October 3, 2024
Southern Regional Shuts Out Wall, Lacey to Extend Winning Streak to Six Games
Anybody watching the game may have thought the Southern Regional field hockey team was dominating Wall on Sept. 26. After all, the Rams spent some 27 of the 30 minutes during the second half in the…
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•October 2, 2024
Southern Football Team Suffers First Loss in Heartbreaker Against Central
When the extra-point attempt by Central Regional’s kicker bounced off the left upright and dropped to the ground off to the left, it seemed Southern Regional might be going 5-0 to start the football…
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•October 2, 2024
Senior Second Doubles Tandem Comes Through for Pinelands Regional
Lena Marinello was struggling a bit to keep pace with teammate Sophia Jackson during the first set Sept. 30.
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•October 2, 2024
Parkinson Racks Up 237 Yards to Lead Pinelands Regional in Rout of Monmouth
With just a couple of minutes left in the game, Jaimin Parkinson removed his shoulder pads from underneath his jersey and asked for head coach John Tierney’s headset.
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•September 25, 2024
After Playing Pickleball for the First Time, There’s a Future for It Somewhere
On a ball lobbed over my head to the back-left corner, I turned and high-tailed it to the spot I thought the ball would bounce, almost as if I were back in college at Indiana Tech in 1991, playing…
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•September 25, 2024
Truex Jr. Eliminated From NASCAR Cup Playoffs in Bristol
Sadly, Martin Truex Jr.’s sunset run into retirement from full-time racing will be relegated to a potential spoiler role as opposed to a NASCAR Cup Series champion.
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•September 25, 2024
Southern Regional Gymnasts Eclipse Century Mark Twice to Start Season
After a roughly 18-month hiatus from gymnastics, Francesca Verdi finally was well enough to compete again this season, returning to the Southern Regional lineup last week during its opener against…
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•September 25, 2024
Southern Regional Girls Volleyball Team Cruises Past Jackson Memorial
No matter what happens, the Southern Regional girls volleyball team doesn’t back down from its typically challenging schedule. In fact, coach Eric Maxwell believes playing against great competition…
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•September 25, 2024
Barnegat Girls Volleyball Squad Rallies to Bump Lacey
Down a game to Lacey, the Barnegat girls volleyball team needed some sort of spark to gain some confidence. Annabella Fraim, Ashlee Kuhl and Brooke DeGrazio combined their abilities to provide it…
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•September 19, 2024
Scisco Scores Game-Winner on Penalty Kick as Barnegat Knocks Off Pinelands
Nate Scisco plays with a lot of confidence, and as he stepped back from the ball after placing it on the penalty kick spot, he glared at opposing goalkeeper Jame Miller. He already knew what he was…
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•September 18, 2024
Pinelands Regional Field Hockey Squad Off to Solid Start at 2-1
It had been been five years since the Pinelands Regional field hockey squad had won two of its first three games, but the Wildcats on Sept. 14 cleared the first two hurdles of eclipsing their three…
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•September 18, 2024
Compitello, Simon Lead Southern Regional Past Pinelands
For about three minutes, the Southern Regional girls soccer team prodded the defense of Pinelands Regional. On the Rams’ first corner kick of the game, they made it count and exercised their…
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•September 18, 2024
Haviland Tosses Three TD Passes as Barnegat Routs Jackson Liberty
It took all of 20 seconds for the Barnegat football team to set the tone against Jackson Liberty Sept. 13.
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•September 11, 2024
Barnegat Field Hockey Squad Falls Short in Opener Against Toms River East
At Barnegat High School, the post-Alyson Sojak era began when the field hockey team opened its season against Toms River East on Sept. 5. It started off great, too.
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•September 11, 2024
Silva Makes Big Plays to Lead Southern Regional Past Manchester
It hasn’t been a long time since the Southern Regional football team started the season with two straight victories. In fact, it occurred last season. However, the Rams won just one more game the…
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•September 11, 2024
Skiendzielewski Takes Reins as Southern Regional Boys’ Squad Leader
Kyle Skiendzielewski knew after last year’s Ocean County Cross-Country Championships that he’d be staring at a leadership role this fall. Santino D’Amelio was on his way out of the Southern Regional…
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•September 11, 2024
Southern Regional Gymnasts Optimistic About Season With Rigby, Peak Leading the Way
For the past several years, the Southern Regional gymnastics team was plagued by injuries, not providing an opportunity for the Rams to be at full strength to gain maximum points in competition.…
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•September 5, 2024
Southern Regional Looks to Handful of Experienced Players to Lead the Way
Last fall, the Southern Regional field hockey team finished with a record significantly above the .500 mark, relying on a bunch of seniors to lead the offense and score goals.
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•September 4, 2024
Divisional Shakeups Within Shore Conference Will Challenge Local Squads
Whenever the Shore Conference has done a realignment with girls tennis in the past, it generally meant a handful of teams shifted divisions every two to four years. Welcome to the conference’s big…
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•September 4, 2024
Truex Jr. Wrecks at Darlington But Squeezes Into NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
During the final race of his full-time NASCAR career at Darlington Raceway on Sept. 1, Martin Truex Jr. took a hit to his playoff chances when his No. 19 Toyota crashed on the third lap of the Cook…
