Sports
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•September 7, 2018
Pinelands Field Hockey Has Holes to Fill But Still a Contender
Losing a few players from a 12-5 team isn’t a big deal for some field hockey programs. But if one of those players was among the best goaltenders in the Shore Conference, filling that void can…
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•September 7, 2018
Pinelands Girls Volleyball Ready to Defend Shore Conference Title
What a year the Pinelands Regional High School girls volleyball team had in 2017!
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•September 7, 2018
Pinelands Soccer Hopes to Build on Last Year’s Successes
With only one starter, center fullback Caden Sundermann, lost to graduation, the Pinelands Regional varsity boys soccer team looks to be a major player in the Shore Conference.
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•September 5, 2018
Pinelands Football Team Loses Season Opener
The Pinelands Regional High School football team opened its 2018 season last Thursday night against Mater Dei.
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•September 5, 2018
Gesicki Lands on Miami Dolphins’ 53-Man Roster
A few days after being drafted by the Miami Dolphins, Mike Gesicki said he was excited about working hard to prove himself to head coach Adam Gase and the rest of the coaching staff, and that making…
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•September 5, 2018
Tyler Truex Focused on What May Be Ahead After Scoring First Modified Victory at Wall
Like many others in his family, Tyler Truex grew up with race cars and race tracks. Wall Stadium Speedway is almost a second home to him. And for as long as he’s been alive, Jimmy Blewett has been…
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•August 29, 2018
Jusick, Rapella Find a Way to Win Third Straight Beach Haven Bocce League Title
If it were a boxing match, those watching the bout would have gawked with intrigue as the reigning champion was backed into the ropes, getting drilled by the challenger. Fortunately, the Beach Haven…
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•August 29, 2018
Miami’s Ernesto Rodriguez Wins Laser Masters Title at Brant Beach Yacht Club
Sailors from throughout the United States and abroad showed up at Brant Beach Yacht Club last weekend, hoping not only for great sailing weather on Barnegat Bay, but also a shot at scoring a big…
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•August 29, 2018
High School Fall Sports Season Gets Underway Sept. 4
As Labor Day weekend arrives, the local sports focus begins to shift to the high school fall sports season. And the action gets underway as soon as the three-day holiday weekend passes, with a bunch…
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•August 29, 2018
Southern Regional Graduate Kristin Maurer Ready for Next Phase in Life, With Hair
As Kristin Maurer recently prepared to go off to college on Aug. 23, she was going to get her nails done when a salon worker complimented her.
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•August 22, 2018
St. Francis Swim Team Edges Haven Beach for Fourth Straight LBI Crown
When Aidan McInerney started swimming with the St. Francis Community Center team eight years ago, things were quite a bit different than they are today.
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•August 22, 2018
Dileo Takes on New Partner for Barnegat Bay Challenge But Result Is the Same
Even at 53, Mark Dileo still believes he has what it takes to keep rowing well and winning races.
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•August 22, 2018
Barnegat Light LIT Wins Paddle Race at USLA Junior Nationals
Hugh Shields started with the Barnegat Light Beach Patrol Lifeguard-in-Training program when he was 10, and at the outset paddleboarding wasn’t his forte.
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•August 22, 2018
No Stranger to the Harvey Cedars Streets, Jake Shoemaker Wins Dog Day Race No. 40
In 2010, Jake Shoemaker was the first male runner across the finish line. However, he didn’t win the Dog Day Road Race that year because the woman who holds the course record happened to be in the…
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•August 15, 2018
Local Construction Coordinator Helps Women’s Pro Football Team Snag Title
NCAA Division I softball is no joke, and while at Fordham University some 10 years ago Gina Capardi thought she had reached the pinnacle of her athletic heights.
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•August 15, 2018
Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club’s Down Bay Regatta Lots of Fun for Many Sailors
Ed McGlynn has been sailing for eight decades. And even though he didn’t win the B-Cat division of the Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club Down Bay Regatta on Aug. 12, he still sailed his boat, Happy Hour…
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•August 15, 2018
Loveladies Tennis Club Men’s Tournament Brings Out Social Aspect of Game
When Mark Edwards spent his first summer in Barnegat Light 12 years ago, he didn’t know too many people. Of course, that had changed over the years. However, a few years ago, he wanted to meet some…
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•August 15, 2018
Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol Edges Ocean City in Cutters Cup Tournament
It almost seemed like a conspiracy had unfolded during the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol Cutters Cup Lifeguard Tournament on Aug. 7, as if a pair of Long Beach Island patrols helped their local brothers…
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•August 14, 2018
Beach Haven Guards Pit Blue vs. Gold, and Everyone Wins
Clouds parted and a rainbow appeared above Beach Haven’s ever-popular Centre Street beach as the Beach Haven Beach Patrol kicked off its annual Blue Versus Gold tournament on Monday, Aug. 13. Named…
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•August 8, 2018
Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol Continues Its Reign in the Island Tournament
Randy Townsend is now convinced the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol can safely label itself as one of the higher standards for what a beach patrol should be – not only dedicated to great public safety…
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•August 8, 2018
Surf City Powers Its Way to Second Straight Women’s Invitational Tournament Title
It’s not much of a secret these days: The Surf City Beach Patrol women are a powerhouse crew. After battling through rough ocean conditions to win last year, they proved their power and prowess again…
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•August 8, 2018
ALO's Longboard Contest a ‘Classic’ Event
Results for the 2018 Longboard Classic, the 10th annual fundraiser for Alliance for a Living Ocean:
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•August 8, 2018
Intensity and Fun Aplenty at Pinelands Soccer Association Goalie Wars
Melissa Myslinski hasn’t been a goalkeeper on the soccer pitch for long, but the 13-year-old Pinelands Regional Junior High student has enjoyed playing the position so far.
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•August 1, 2018
Ocean Mile Swim No Problem for First-Timer to Long Beach Island
Imagine waking up one day anddeciding you’re going to go someplace where you can race in the ocean against other swimmers -for a mile. Well, some probably did that on July 28, but they didn’t do what…
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•August 1, 2018
Jonny Skolnick Clears Ka’iwi Channel in World Paddleboard Championships
Since its inception in 1997, Jonny Skolnick had dreamed of one day being part of the prayer circle prior to the start of the Molokai-2-Oahu World Paddleboard Championships. At 6:30 a.m. local time on…
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•August 1, 2018
Brigantine Edges Harvey Cedars to Snag Donlon Memorial Tournament Title
With the way the weather’s been so far this summer, along with other factors, the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol hadn’t been able to tune up much for the Island’s main event scheduled for this weekend.
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•August 1, 2018
Southern Regional Eighth-Grader Joseph Rainone Set to Race Against Nation’s Best in Motocross
It’s safe to say local boy Joseph Rainone is one of the best youth motorcycle riders in the country, and the proof resides in the fact he will be competing against the nation’s best in the 37th…
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•August 1, 2018
Coquina Jam Makes a Splash
Avid surf fans and beachgoers gathered on 68th Street in the Brant Beach section of Long Beach Township this past Sunday to watch the 10th annual Coquina Jam, a women’s team surf competition and…
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•August 1, 2018
Classic Rides Get Dusted Off for ALO’s Classic Contest
The mid-60s was surfing’s first boom. New materials had ushered in modern surfing 10 years earlier. Bing Surfboards offered the Nuuhiwa Noserider. Dale Velzy had a model simply called The Pig. The…
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•July 25, 2018
Hop on a Bicycle and Cruise Long Beach Island for Cycle4Awareness
After Michael Mirabella was diagnosed with cancer in 2013, his biggest wish was that his legacy be carried out through Cycle4Awareness, which he had started in an unofficial manner a year earlier…
