Sports
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•April 13, 2023
Southern Regional Scores in Spurts, Starts Season With Three Victories
Scoring in bunches was the recipe for success for the Southern Regional baseball team through its first three games of the season, and it led to a 3-0 start for the Rams.
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•April 12, 2023
Southern Regional Girls Reload and Start New Season With Solid, Two-Win Week
The opening week of the new season was a big one for several of the local high school lacrosse teams, and for Southern Regional it meant reloading the offensive cannons in an attempt to make up for…
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•April 12, 2023
Klements Returns From Senior Trip to Bolster Pinelands in Victory Over Barnegat
In case anybody had been wondering where Grace Klements had disappeared to during the first week of the golf season, the explanation is quite simple. She was enjoying some fun in the sun at Disney…
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•April 12, 2023
Southern Regional Doesn’t Give Up Much in Three-Game Win Streak to Start Season
Southern Regional started its season just as many probably expected, with three straight victories. But the Rams didn’t simply sweep each of those first three contests; they didn’t allow more than 16…
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•April 12, 2023
Youthful Southern Regional Lacrosse Squad Holds On to Defeat ‘Quality’ Opponent
For the past few years, Joey DeYoung hasn’t been needed for faceoffs, but the Southern Regional boys lacrosse team needed his services at the center of the field on April 6.
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•April 6, 2023
Gainder Gets to Lead Way for Defending County Champions
For the first time in several years, the Pinelands Regional boys tennis team isn’t dominated by a senior class. In fact, there’s only one senior this spring.
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•April 5, 2023
Southern Regional Has Enough Tools in the Box to Be Competitive This Spring
Through the first 20 games of last season, the Southern Regional baseball team won 13 times. Then the wheels fell off, as the Rams dropped four of their last five, ending up a few games over the 500…
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•April 5, 2023
Southern Regional Has to Overcome Several Significant Losses to Repeat as Division Champ
Run production in softball is a big deal. A team can have a great defense with solid pitching to keep the opposing team’s runs to a minimum, but if the scoring punch is lacking, it’s simply difficult…
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•April 5, 2023
Golf, Lacrosse and Volleyball Squads Start Seasons With a Bang
After several of the high school golf teams got off to hot starts last week, two of the lacrosse squads and Southern Regional’s boys volleyball team opened up their seasons with big victories on…
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•April 5, 2023
Southern Regional Girls Need Younger Athletes to Make Some Noise This Spring
The Southern Regional girls track and field team a year ago ended up winning the Shore Conference Class A South championship, mainly on the strength of an excellent crew of seniors who racked up big…
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•March 29, 2023
Despite Huge Graduation Losses, Southern Regional Boys Still a Viable Crew This Spring
It’s not a secret. The Southern Regional boys lacrosse team lost a ton of offensive clout following graduation last year. And a lot of defensive prowess. And a three-year starting goaltender. And a…
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•March 29, 2023
Southern Regional Expects to Play for Championships This Season
Last season, the Southern Regional boys volleyball team lost a total of four games. Two of them occurred at the tail end of the season, when the Rams lost a 2-1 contest to Old Bridge in the NJSIAA…
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•March 29, 2023
Pinelands Regional Looks to Tyhanic, Klements to Lead the Way This Spring
Back on its home course, now named LBI National, the Pinelands Regional golf team again has its sights set on a possible Shore Conference Class B South division crown, among other things.
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•March 25, 2023
Former Southern Regional Star Mike Gesicki Heads to New England
After five seasons with the Miami Dolphins, the former Southern Regional star athlete became an unrestricted free agent on March 15, and days later reports started brewing about a possible move to…
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•March 22, 2023
Morris Returning for Fifth Season at Holy Cross
Because of how the pandemic shortened or canceled college football seasons in 2020, the NCAA granted players an extra year of eligibility, meaning they could return for a fifth season. Former…
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•March 17, 2023
The Long and the Short of the Diverse Mid-Length Surfboards in Shops This Summer
When those looking to get some summer waves go searching our Island’s shops for a new surfboard, they will have a greater choice than at any other point in the sport’s history. From the dawn of…
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•March 16, 2023
Holland Is First From Barnegat High School to Sign With College Ice Hockey Program
For years, Lucas Holland has been the last line of defense on the teams for which he’s played, whether it be on the soccer pitch, at the ice rink or on the lacrosse field.
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•March 14, 2023
Southern Regional’s Dan Roy Is Wrestling Coach of the Year
No doubt, lots of coaches devote countless hours and pour a ton of effort into their athletic programs. But as a head coach, to be recognized by your peers is a special thing.
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•March 12, 2023
Stafford’s Bulger Among First Girls to Play in Prestigious Canadian Hockey Tournament
Perhaps Kinlea Bulger already knew the words to “O Canada,” the United States’ northern neighbor’s national anthem. By mid-February, she may have been singing those words in French in her sleep.
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•March 8, 2023
Cramer Blazes to Second Place in 55 Dash; Southern Girls Relay Grabs Bronze
The indoor track and field season concluded on Saturday, March 4, and a pair of Southern Regional boys and a quartet of girls finished with a bang in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions as they looked ahead…
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•March 8, 2023
Pinelands Senior Livio Caps Standout Career in Atlantic City
Mason Livio could have had a repeat of last season, when he walked into Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall for the NJSIAA State Championships and left disappointed after losing two straight bouts…
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•March 5, 2023
Southern Regional’s Henrich Snatches State Crown as Rams Deliver Six to A.C. Medals Podium
Matt Henrich doesn’t say a heck of a lot. But he definitely can scream, and everybody in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall heard him on Saturday, March 4.
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•March 4, 2023
Jayla Hahn Becomes Southern Regional’s First Female Wrestling State Champ
She arose from the mat at the center of Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall and stretched her arms as if to say, “I told you I’d come back and do it again.” Jayla Hahn is a state champion for the second…
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•March 2, 2023
Historic Day for Southern Regional as Rams Score Seven Region Champs, Send 12 to Atlantic City
Throughout this season, the debate raged on as to which Southern Regional wrestling team was the better one.
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•March 1, 2023
Runners, Walkers Can Sign Up for Sprint for Life
Both competitive and casual runners are invited to sign up for the Ship Bottom Sprint for Life benefit run on Saturday, April 8, beginning and ending at the waterfront/boat ramp park in Ship Bottom.
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•March 1, 2023
Southern Regional Boys Just Miss Group IV Crown, Place Second at State Team Finals
Coach Tony Salvatore’s Southern Regional boys bowling team capped its season in the right place on Feb. 20, North Brunswick’s Bowlero, competing for an NJSIAA Group IV championship. After two games…
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•March 1, 2023
Livio Falls to Hansen Again, Yet Rebounds to Earn Spot in the Hall
Following the NJSIAA District 32 wrestling tournament, Pinelands Regional senior Mason Livio said he was “excited for what’s still coming” and planned to “be better for the region tournament.”
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•March 1, 2023
Southern’s Hahn Reaches State Title Bout as Henrich Swipes Fifth at State Finals
After Jayla Hahn transferred to Southern Regional last summer, everybody associated with the wrestling program knew where she’d be at the end of this season. A state champion two years ago, there was…
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•February 23, 2023
Hahn Snags Fourth Region Crown; Henrich Takes Third to Gain State Finals
Realistically, there was no question the Southern Regional girls wrestling team would land at least one competitor in the state finals. Jayla Hahn already has a state championship attached to her…
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•February 23, 2023
Pharo Becomes First Pinelands Regional Freshman to Win District Championship
Wyatt Pharo wasn’t a wrestler until last year, as an eighth-grader. Interestingly, despite having little to no criteria, along with 12 losses, the Pinelands Regional freshman originally was given the…
