Sports
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•March 26, 2026
Southern Regional Has Potency on Offense, Solid Crew on Defense
The Southern Regional boys lacrosse team had its season ended in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 final by Kingsway last year. Expect the Rams to make another run at a possible sectional championship…
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•March 25, 2026
Southern Regional’s Strength Starts With Significant 1-2 Punch in Reilly, Bodony
The Southern Regional boys golf team is so good right now, coach Jeff Reilly didn’t waste any time getting the Rams onto the links to start their season. Before spring had begun, they already had…
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•March 25, 2026
Defending Champion Southern Relies First on Defense
When a girls lacrosse team has a potent pair of offensive weapons who can score goals seemingly at will and do so to the tune of 74 and 50 in one season, the necessity for others to bury bunches of…
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•March 25, 2026
As Always, Southern Sets Focus on Another State Title Run
Last season, the NJSIAA threw the Southern Regional boys volleyball program for a bit of a loop, sending the Rams into Group 3 after years of dominance within Group 4. So, the Rams did what they do…
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•March 18, 2026
Vigilante Siblings Enjoy Competing Together in Atlantic City
As much as she loves her brother, Makayla Vigilante’s plan when competing in next year’s NJSIAA individual girls wrestling championship tournament doesn’t include impersonating him.
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•March 18, 2026
Southern Regional Sophomore Takes Sixth at Girls’ State Championships
The NJSIAA individuals wrestling championship tournament in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall is an experience like no other. The big venue, the large, sometimes rambunctious crowd, the lights, the…
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•March 18, 2026
Southern’s Collins Climbs Higher on Boardwalk Hall Podium
The mountain within Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall consists of eight platforms. Cade Collins landed on one of the lower ones last year, placing seventh at 106 pounds as a freshman.
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•March 12, 2026
Southern Regional BOE Approves Abbato as Next Head Football Coach
One day back in 2004, Chuck Donohue Sr. implored a 22-year-old Matt Abbato to have lunch with him at Pietro’s on East Bay Avenue in Manahawkin. Not long into their meeting, Abbato nearly choked on…
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•March 12, 2026
Chuck Donohue Sr. Steps Down as Head Football Coach at Southern
Dylan Larson played his final collegiate football game with Sacred Heart University in Albany, N.Y., and it was a tough day. The Pioneers lost the game, ending Larson’s career as player. However, it…
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•March 12, 2026
Sprint for Life Seeks Runners, Walkers
Runners and walkers can register for the Ship Bottom Sprint for Life, which takes place on Saturday, April 18, beginning and ending at the Ship Bottom boat ramp park.
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•March 11, 2026
Guido Grabs Region Crown With Win Over Defending State Champ
By the time the NJSIAA Region 4 championship rolled around on March 8, Shae Guido had become familiar with Kingsway’s Reagan Roxas. The Southern Regional sophomore knew what to expect. In fact, she…
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•March 11, 2026
Five Snag Region Titles as Nine Southern Wrestlers Head for Boardwalk Hall
Vincent Esposito knew he would run into Delsea’s Cameron Pote in the NJSIAA Region 8 tournament, and he said after winning the District 30 championship a week earlier that he’d be ready for Pote’s…
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•March 11, 2026
Southern Regional’s Davis, Smith Take Podium Spots at Meet of Champions
Imagine tying the school record during qualifying for the fastest sprint race of the NJSIAA Indoor Track Meet of Champions, then breaking that record in the final only to finish behind six other…
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•March 5, 2026
Southern Regional’s Vigilante, Guido Capture District Championships
Apparently, Makayla Vigilante means business, intent on not just getting to Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall to compete in the NJSIAA girls wrestling individual state championship tournament, but also…
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•March 5, 2026
Davis, Millard Lead Southern Athletes Toward Indoor Track Season Finale
Kara Davis seems to enjoy resetting her school record in the 55-meter dash.
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•March 4, 2026
Barnegat Senior Exits Early From State Individual Tournament
Jamie White didn’t envision her career ending the way it did. Unfortunately, within the sport of bowling, sometimes bad days arise when they’re least wanted.
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•March 4, 2026
Barnegat Girls Upended By Burlington in Sectional Championship Clash
Once things go south at Lucky Strike Lanes in North Brunswick, it takes a colossal effort to bounce back and prevent them from spiraling out of control. Unfortunately for the Barnegat girls bowling…
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•March 4, 2026
Mesanko, Lusker, Esposito Snag First Crowns as Southern Regional Dominates District 30
Even as a freshman, Dion Mesanko knows what the Southern Regional wrestling program is all about. That’s why, after he pinned Ocean City’s Wyatt Tolson on Feb. 28, he climbed to his feet, let out a…
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•March 2, 2026
Pinelands Regional Boys Hoops Squad Captures First Division Title in School History
It took 45 years, but the Pinelands Regional boys basketball program finally has a division championship.
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•February 25, 2026
Southern Regional Cruises Past Passaic Tech, Old Bridge to Snatch Fourth Straight State Title
As soon as Aidan Malley lifted Passaic Tech’s Joseph Feebo into the air and dropped him to the mat, the massive crowd inside the Southern Regional gymnasium on Feb. 20 erupted with shouting and…
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•February 25, 2026
Barnegat Blisters Manchester to Reach State Sectional Final
Alexis Faulds is a poster child for not quitting on anything. And after ripping a blister on her right thumb just four frames into the biggest match of the season, she had every reason to throw in…
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•February 25, 2026
Monroe Responds in Big Way to Oust Southern Regional Boys in Sectional Final
The NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 championship was proof positive that if you’re going to poke the bear, it’s best to have a club nearby to knock it out.
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•February 25, 2026
Southern Regional Girls Hoops Squad Tunes Up for Tournament Time
Kai Aceto wasn’t expecting to play an entire 32 minutes on Feb. 17.
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•February 19, 2026
Southern Regional’s Home Advantage Too Much for Eastern to Overcome
K.C. Hallihan will have one more home match at Thunderbird Lanes to cap his outstanding career.
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•February 19, 2026
With Southern Regional Eliminated From Team Tourney, Krill and McGeogh Look Ahead
Abigail Krill and Jessa McGeogh still have some bowling to do this season, even though Southern Regional’s girls were ousted from the state team tournament last week.
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•February 18, 2026
Southern Regional Hockey Team’s Comeback Falls Short in Dowd Cup Final
After quickly answering back following a Manalapan goal late in the first period, the Southern Regional ice hockey team stared at an uphill climb later in the second. The Rams needed another answer…
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•February 18, 2026
Southern Regional’s Smith, Davis Snatch Indoor Track Sectional Crowns
Through hard work and better focus, Southern Regional track and field athletes Garron Smith and Kara Davis have been blazing new paths this winter. On Feb. 15, they each captured NJSIAA South Jersey…
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•February 14, 2026
Not the Road He Intended, But Sundermann Wouldn’t Have Changed Anything
Even while he was a soccer player at St. Joseph’s University during the late 1980s, Will Sundermann had no plans of going into coaching.
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•February 12, 2026
Southern Regional Hockey Squad Advances to Dowd Cup Semifinals
Noah Thompson and Gavin Swain weren’t in the lineup when the Southern Regional ice hockey team faced Wall in mid-December. Yet even with only two-thirds of the components that made up the Rams’ top…
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•February 11, 2026
Young, Improved Pinelands Regional Squad Hangs With New Egypt
When John Tierney took over the Pinelands Regional girls basketball program last season, he knew the Wildcats were going to take some lumps. That’s what happens when a team has two seniors and a slew…
