Sports
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•February 8, 2019
Southern Swim Squads Split in State Sectional Tournament
Prior to the Southern Regional girls swim team state tournament meet on Feb. 5, Jacquelyn Kilcommons had quite an exciting weekend. Not only did she lead the way in helping the 200-yard medley relay…
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•February 6, 2019
MacGillivray Takes Top Average Again as Barnegat Bowling Teams Finish Strong
For anybody watching, it was easy to see David MacGillivray put a little extra zing into his final ball on Feb. 4. Seconds later, the crash of10 pins getting blasted by that ball was exactly the…
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•February 6, 2019
McCann Has Big Day as Southern Regional Bowlers Cap Regular Season
Tom McCann had never been past the seventh frame with the chance to roll a perfect game. He was close on Feb. 1.
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•February 6, 2019
Southern Wrestlers Easily Advance in NJSIAA Sectional Tournament
Wrestling’s “third season” started on Monday, with both Southern Regional and Barnegat in action during the first round of their respective NJSIAA team sectional tournament. And while the Rams, one…
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•February 6, 2019
Barnegat Youth Lacrosse Taking Sign-Ups
Barnegat Youth Lacrosse is looking for boys and girls in grades K through eight to sign up forits spring program, which begins in March.
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•January 30, 2019
Southern Regional Wrestlers Score Big Win Over Phillipsburg as State Team Tourney Looms
At the beginning of every season, the Southern Regional High School wrestling team circles the big dates against top-notch opponents on its calendar. South Plainfield on Jan. 22 and Phillipsburg on…
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•January 30, 2019
Barnegat Boys Swim Team Ready to Go After State Sectional Crown
For the past four years, Dylan Cappuccio has made the St. Francis Community Center his home away from home from the beginning of November through the first week of February. And while he and the…
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•January 30, 2019
Barnegat Bowler Among Top Individuals in Shore Conference Tournament
With the NJSIAA sectional tournaments right down the road, the Barnegat boys and girls bowling teams got a little taste of bigger competition when they competed against the conference’s best squads…
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•January 30, 2019
Pinelands Regional Boys Basketball Team Takes Lead in B South Race
The Pinelands Regional High School boys basketball team is sitting on top of the world. Well, at least on top of the Shore Conference B South Division.
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•January 23, 2019
Southern Girls Hoops Teams Rises Above .500 With Win Over Toms River South
Occasionally, scoring just two points in the fourth quarter turns out not to be a killer. Such was the case for the Southern Regional girls basketball team on Jan. 17 during a 32-21 victory over…
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•January 23, 2019
Kathy Snyder’s Influence Permeates Southern Regional and Beyond
One January day in 2014, Southern Regional Superintendent Craig Henry purposely crossed paths with Kathy Snyder to briefly discuss Snyder’s plan to start grooming Tom Bucci as the next head coach of…
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•January 16, 2019
Katie McGrotty Delivers Big Shots as Pinelands Regional Girls Hoops Team Bounces Barnegat
During the high school basketball offseason, Katie McGrotty worked on her outside shooting, mainly to benefit the offense for the new AAU team she had joined. That work helped the Pinelands Regional…
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•January 16, 2019
Rams Hockey Builds Chemistry, Pursues Maturity for Scoring
In the only two games the Southern Regional ice hockey team has lost, the Rams gave up more than two goals each time. So, two seems to be the Rams’ magic number – allow two orfewer and the likelihood…
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•January 16, 2019
Southern Regional Girls Indoor Track Team Cruises to County Crown
Not many high school track and field fans would have disagreed with the fact that the Southern Regional girls squad was a contender to win the Ocean County championship. The Rams are a loaded bunch…
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•January 9, 2019
Gesicki Wraps Up Solid Rookie Season With Miami Dolphins
Prior to the NFL season, Mike Gesicki’s goals were simple. The first was to earn a spot on the Miami Dolphins’ 53-man roster. The second was to start the process of becoming an effective tight end…
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•January 9, 2019
Barnegat Boys Hoops Squad Learning Through Struggle
It seems there’s a clear dividing line for the Barnegat boys basketball team when it comes to scoring and giving up points. If coach Mike Puorro’s crew puts up 45 or more points in a game, the odds…
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•January 4, 2019
Two Local Pros Top the List, But the NFL Rookie Lands at No. 1
In late December, it’s time to start thinking about the biggest sports stories of the previous 11½ months for what ultimately becomes our Top 20 Sports Stories of the Year. Typically, the top few…
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•December 19, 2018
Parker Nork’s Legacy of Great Sportsmanship Lives on Through Parker’s Army Award Program
Parker Nork’s legacy lives on. His family has made sure of it – and with good reason.
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•December 19, 2018
Pinelands Regional Boys, Barnegat Girls Hoops Squads Start Season With Victories
As the high school basketball season got underway Dec. 14, the Pinelands Regional boys and Barnegat girls each started their winter campaigns going in the right direction – the Wildcats scoring a…
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•December 19, 2018
Score at the Shore Hoops Tourney on Slate at Southern Regional High School
The annual Score at the Shore basketball tournament is slated to begin this weekend at Southern Regional High School, and it will continue during the days following Christmas, all leading up to boys’…
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•December 19, 2018
64th Annual Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Classic Results
On Dec. 9, the 64th annual Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Classic officially came to a close. A total of 688 surfcasters participated in this year’s “LBI Derby” with just 40 striped bass registered…
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•December 18, 2018
Barnegat Boys Swim Team Going After State Sectional Crown This Winter
Sure, it would have been nice for the Barnegat boys swim team to capture the NJSIAA South Jersey Group C championship back in February. Unfortunately, the Bengals lost by 36 points to Oakcrest. But…
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•December 18, 2018
Barnegat Boys Indoor Track Crew Loaded With Prominent Speedsters
While the indoor track and field season generally is used as a tuneup for the bigger spring season, Barnegat coach Joe Doviak has reason to believe this winter might be full of a bit more than the…
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•December 18, 2018
With Cotton Leading the Way, Barnegat Wrestlers Should Be an Improved Bunch
For the few years prior to last winter, the Barnegat wrestling team was a struggling program. Last season, coach Ken MacIver’s crew turned things around a bit, going 13-11 for the first winning…
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•December 17, 2018
Barnegat Girls Basketball Team Hopes to Rebound From Loss of Star
The 2017-18 Barnegat High School girls basketball team didn’t have just a great season, it had its best season in the history of the school, which opened in 2004 but didn’t have its full complement…
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•December 17, 2018
Barnegat Competition Cheerleading Team Busy Prepping for Nationals
The Barnegat High School Varsity Game Day Competition Cheerleading team already secured a bid to the Universal Cheerleaders Association National Cheerleading Championships back on Nov. 10 by…
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•December 17, 2018
Behind MacGillivray, Barnegat Boys Bowling Team Primed for Big Season
The greatest blessing for a coach is to have an entire team’s worth of athletes from the previous year back for another season – hence boys bowling coach Michael Palmieri’s excitement heading into…
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•December 14, 2018
Barnegat Bengals Hoopsters Hope to Overcome Key Losses
For the first time since becoming head coach of the Barnegat High School boys varsity basketball team, Mike Puorro will not have point guard Mike Revello leading the team on the court. Revello was a…
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•December 14, 2018
Southern Regional Rams Have Big Shoes to Replace Upfront
Senior guards Vinnie Deck and Cole Markley will be keys in helping the Southern Regional High School varsity boys basketball team to improve on last season’s 14-13 mark.
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•December 14, 2018
Experience, Balance Should Fuel Southern Regional Wrestling Team This Winter
For many wrestling programs, losing five 20-win guys to graduation following a successful season usually makes a pretty good dent in the lineup for the next season – especially when one of them was…
