Sports
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•January 24, 2018
Foley Is First Barnegat Wrestler to Reach 100 Victories
When Sean Foley started wrestling in sixth grade, he lost a lot of matches before he developed a consistency for having his hand raised after bouts. Still, he stuck with it and ultimately developed a…
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•January 24, 2018
Barnegat Boys Swim to New High at County Championships
The Barnegat High School boys swim team has been climbing the ranks within Ocean County for the past several years. But on Jan. 20, the Bengals proved how far they’ve come, as they finished fourth…
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•January 24, 2018
Pinelands Boys Basketball Team Stops Losing Skid With Double-Overtime Victory
Following two consecutive losses late last week, the Pinelands Regional boys basketball team needed to stop the bleeding somehow. A double-overtime victory over a division rival on Monday did the job.
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•January 17, 2018
Barnegat’s Shannon McCoy Reaches 1,000-Point Mark With Record-Breaking Effort
At the start of the school day on Jan. 11, Barnegat High School senior Shannon McCoy had it in her mind that the milestone coming up for her career still was another day away – particularly Tuesday…
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•January 17, 2018
Southern Regional Wrestling Team Grabs Control of Class A South Division
By the time Southern Regional High School wrestler Dan Gorman walked off the mat on Jan. 11, he looked as if he had just gone through a war, tired and worn from a hard-fought overtime battle.
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•January 17, 2018
Southern Boys Hoops Squad Rebounds With Victory Over Jackson Memorial
Even though the Southern Regional boys basketball team is 3-2 thus far in 2018, it’s probably a safe guess that head coach Eric Fierro would like to see some more consistency from his Rams during the…
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•January 10, 2018
The Local Boy From Mayetta Zips to the Top of the List for 2017
In case you didn’t realize it, 2017 was a really good year for sports here in Southern Ocean County. In fact, for as long as The SandPaper has been publishing its Top-20 Sports Stories of the Year…
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•January 10, 2018
Southern Regional Girls Indoor Track Team Swipes Ocean County Relays Crown
Ocean County is littered with solid girls track and field squads, and Southern Regional is right up there among the best. In fact, the Rams put together a big team effort in the first meet of the new…
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•January 1, 2018
It's Only Part 1, But the Bottom 10 Is a Fantastic Bunch
In case you didn’t realize it, 2017 was a really good year for sports here in Southern Ocean County. In fact, for as long as The SandPaper has been publishing its Top 20 Sports Stories of the Year…
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•December 20, 2017
Pinelands, Southern Kick Off Basketball Season With Wins
The Pinelands Regional varsity boys basketball team is one-third of the way to matching lastyear’s victory total with a 47-42 home win against Barnegat last Friday.
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•December 20, 2017
Southern Regional Wrestlers Win Big on Opening Weekend
After finishing eighth in New Jersey last season, Southern Regional wrestler Nick O’Connell is off to a perfect start this season, going 4-0 through his first four bouts, including a pin to seal the…
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•December 20, 2017
Fiesta Bowl Marks End of Mike Gesicki’s Football Career at Penn State
For the past two years, Mike Gesicki has been an integral part of the Penn State football team’s offense, breaking several records along the way as the Nittany Lions climbed back into college…
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•December 20, 2017
Score at the Shore Basketball Tournament Coming Up at Southern Regional High School
If you’re a high school basketball fan and want to catch some hoops action during the Christmas break, Southern Regional High School will be a good place to visit as it hosts the annual Score At The…
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•December 20, 2017
Barnegat Girls Hoops Squad Opens Season With Pair of Victories
No doubt as the winter season wears on, local basketball fans soon will see which teams are the contenders and pretenders. As of Dec. 19, the Barnegat girls hoops squad very much looks like a…
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•December 15, 2017
Barnegat High School Competition Cheer Squad Ready to Make More Noise This Winter
For several years now, the Barnegat High School competition cheer squad has been a viable force within New Jersey and continues to raise its level of performance as it strives to be one of the better…
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•December 15, 2017
Barnegat Wrestler Sean Foley Begins Another Run at Atlantic City
Coming off his fourth-place finish in the NJSIAA Region VIII wrestling tournament last February, Barnegat’s Sean Foley was pleased with how his season turned out, given the fact he was headed to the…
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•December 15, 2017
Barnegat Swimmers Strive Again for State Tournament
The Barnegat High School boys swim team has a trend going, and it’s not one the Bengals intend on stopping anytime soon.
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•December 15, 2017
Expect Adorno to Excel as Barnegat Indoor Track Squads Open Season
After sustaining a shoulder injury that required surgery and ended his football season before the first game, Nico Adorno spent most of September and October itching to get onto the next thing, one…
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•December 15, 2017
Barnegat Hoops Outlook Rosy With Revello Leading the Way
When Mike Puorro took over the Barnegat High School varsity basketball team in 2014, he knew he had some work cut out for him. The Bengal hoopsters were 8-41 the previoustwo seasons and started out…
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•December 15, 2017
David MacGillivray to Lead Barnegat Boys Bowlers; Kantenweins Are Keys to Girls’ Success
JuniorDavid MacGillivray returns with his 200 averageto lead the Barnegat High School boys varsity bowling team, which last year finished third in the Shore Conference B-South division with a 28-17…
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•December 15, 2017
Barnegat Girls Basketball Hopes to Build on Successful Season
The Barnegat High School girls basketball team had its best season ever in 2016-17, going 16-12, and 7-7 in B South play. It was truly a breakout campaign considering Barnegat went 10-13 in 2015-16…
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•December 13, 2017
Barnegat Bowling Squads See Win Streaks End After Running Into Division’s Top Teams
The past week hasn’t exactly been an easy one for the Barnegat High School bowling squads. After grabbing some wins over Lakewood in their respective openers on Dec. 4, the Bengals’ boys and girls…
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•December 13, 2017
Southern Regional Swim Teams Off to Hot Start With Wins Over Lacey, Tom River East
For the past several years, there’s been a reason the Southern Regional girls swim team has been such a formidable opponent within the Shore Conference Class A South division. The Rams have had…
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•December 13, 2017
Three LBI Natives Compete in Cold War Surf Contest
When the concept for the Cold War Surf contest came about, it was a pretty simple one: to gather the best surfers from the Mid-Atlantic region for a one-day event that showcased the regional talent…
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•December 8, 2017
Southern Regional Bowling Squads Up Against Tough Competition Again This Season
Bowling in the Shore Conference South A division is no joke. Whether it be the boys’ lanes or the girls’ alleys, the competition is fierce every year, with several perennial powerhouse squads in the…
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•December 8, 2017
Deep, Experienced and Balanced Southern Regional Wrestling Squad Sets the Bar High Again
With a schedule that includes perennial powerhouses Phillipsburg, South Plainfield and High Point, nobody can accuse the Southern Regional wrestling program of not being prepared enough once…
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•December 8, 2017
Southern Regional Girls Indoor Track Team Aiming for Big Things This Winter
For some indoor track and field teams, the winter season is used as a tuneup for the more competitive and prominent spring season. But for others, the indoor season is a time not only to tune up, but…
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•December 8, 2017
Southern Ice Hockey Team Expects to Contend for Another Division Title This Winter
For the past three seasons, the Southern Regional ice hockey program has taken a turn upward, scoring bunches of victories, leading its division, and regularly playing well in the Shore Conference…
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•December 8, 2017
Southern Regional Competition Cheer Squad Gears Up for Nationals
Every year in the competition cheerleading world, squads vie for their place among the best in the country at the annual Universal Cheerleader Association National Championships at Disney’s Wide…
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•December 8, 2017
Veteran Girls Squad Renews Southern Aim for Basketball A South Title
The Southern Regional High School girls basketball team last season had its first off campaign in quite a few years. The team had a respectable record, going 14-13 and 9-5 in A South play, but that…
