Sports
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•September 1, 2017
Pinelands Girls Tennis Counts On Young Players to Step Up
A group of tennis players moving up from the junior varsity ranks hope to propel thePinelands Regional High School varsity girls team to compete well in the Shore Conference B-South division.
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•September 1, 2017
Young Runners May Give Clout to Pinelands Cross-Country Teams
For the past several years, Emily Roth was the premier distance runner in the Pinelands Regional girls cross-country program. But Roth graduated in June, and the squad now has to rely on a group of…
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•September 1, 2017
2017 Pinelands Football Features Huge Line, Fleet Runners
What are they feeding the kids of Tuckerton borough and Little Egg Harbor, Eagleswood and Bass River townships, the constituent municipalities of the Pinelands Regional High School District? The 2017…
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•September 1, 2017
Seniors Expected to Lead Way for Pinelands Field Hockey
Last season, the Pinelands Regional field hockey team didn’t accumulate as many victories as the previous season, but the Wildcats definitely made some big strides yet again. Theycaptured the Shore…
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•September 1, 2017
Pinelands Boys Soccer Expects Balanced Attack This Fall
Given the success the Pinelands Regional boys soccer team had during the past two years, it’s safe to say the Wildcats have reached the point in which expectations begin to tick upward from one…
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•September 1, 2017
Pinelands Girls Soccer Relies on Youngsters to Raise Their Game
When Tori Angelus signed on the dotted line to play at Duquesne University early in February, it marked a new era for the Pinelands Regional girls soccer program. It had been years since a player…
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•September 1, 2017
Pinelands Girls Volleyball: Talented, Winning Experience
The Pinelands Regional High School girls volleyball team had a fantastic 2016 season considering the varsity program was still a toddler, only three years old.
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•August 30, 2017
Former Barnegat Star Giving Yankees Sales Pitches
Michael DeTroia, a former Barnegat High School star athlete, is moving up the ladder inprofessional baseball, but not as a player. Rather, he’s on the sales and marketing end of the business.…
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•August 30, 2017
Former Southern Standout and Penn State Tight End Gesicki Named to AP Preseason All-American Team
Last season, former Southern Regional football standout Mike Gesicki had a breakthrough junior season at Penn State, setting several single-season records as a tight end. Last week, Gesicki was…
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•August 30, 2017
Rita Rapella, Steve Jusick Repeat as Beach Haven Bocce League Champions
To many who play in the Beach Haven Bocce League, Rita Rapella is a skilled artist. To others, she’s a deadly assassin. Either way, she’s a darned good player and a champion yet again.
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•August 30, 2017
South Americans Dominate Sunfish Youth World Championship Regatta at Brant Beach Yacht Club
By the time the Sunfish Youth World Championship regatta concluded at Brant Beach Yacht Club on Saturday, Aug. 26, the top third of the leaderboard clearly showed which part of the world had…
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•August 30, 2017
Southern Regional Football Kicks Things Off As Fall Sports Season Gets Into Gear
If you hadn’t noticed, Labor Day weekend is fast approaching, and that means the fall scholastic sports season has all but arrived. In fact, the local football season starts on Friday, Sept. 1, when…
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•August 23, 2017
Former Southern Regional Runner Captures Dog Day Race Title for Fourth Time
Four of the past five years, nobody’s been able to keep up with Ebenezer Handy in the Dog Day Road Race. And the only reason last year was an exception is because he didn’t race due to an injury.
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•August 23, 2017
Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol Cruises to Cutter’s Cup Crown
At this time last year, Brady Stauffer was wrapping up another summer as a lifeguard and preparing to get back to teaching sixth-grade social studies. The same is true as of right now, as this season…
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•August 23, 2017
St. Francis Swim Team Edges Haven Beach Club in LBI Championship Meet
When Jackson Hughes pushed off the wall for the final leg of the 14-and-under freestyle relay, he had no idea of the importance of those 25 yards. But after he outraced the Haven Beach Club swimmer…
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•August 23, 2017
Surf City Duo Dileo and Bonanni Cruise to Van Duyne Victory in Barnegat Bay Challenge
Winning the Island Lifeguard Tournament mile and doubles rows and then the Barnegat Bay Challenge was their version of the Triple Crown, and Mark Dileo and Dave Bonanni were so intent on capturing…
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•August 16, 2017
Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club’s Hoedemakers Capture First Lightning Title at Down Bay Regatta
Last year, Caroline Hoedemaker barely cracked the top 10 in the Lightning-class race of the Down Bay Regatta. In fact, she and her crew of her husband, Bob, and daughters, Madeline and Grace…
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•August 16, 2017
Michael Macchia Snags Second Ocean Mile Swim Title Before Heading to College
The first time Michael Macchia won the Ocean Mile Swim, in 2015, he was really excited. He was 16, after all, and his victoryfollowed the one his brother, Greg, had accomplished a year earlier. On…
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•August 16, 2017
Stafford Senior Softball a Solid Choice for Those Who Just Want to Play a Little Ball
Several guys wore ankle braces. One tweaked a knee while running to first base and needed a pinch-runner. Yet another strained a hamstring trying to field a ball and gingerly walked off the field for…
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•August 16, 2017
Toms River Paddler Easily Wins ‘Pick Your Poison’ Standup Race
After narrowly winning the LBI Paddle Classic long-course race about a month ago, Toms River’s Ryan Oliver returned to Bayview Park in Brant Beach on Aug. 12 and easily cruised to the Long Beach…
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•August 16, 2017
Summer’s Gold, on LBI and Abroad, for U.S. Women’s National Lacrosse Team Coach
In early July, the U.S. women’s national lacrosse team arrived in England to prepare for international championship competition. A month later, the team crossed back over the Atlantic with two gold…
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•August 9, 2017
Annual Green Fleet Regatta Teaches Sportsmanship, Safety
On a sunless and windy Tuesday morning in early August, while most vacationers slept in, a group of novice sailors assembled at the Surf City Yacht Club to prepare for the club’s annual No Fear Green…
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•August 9, 2017
Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol Powers Its Way to Three-peat Victory in Island Tournament
It was only appropriate that the oldest lifeguard on the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol – and likely the oldest one competing on Aug. 5 – helped clinch another championship. After all, at 61, Mike Weiler…
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•August 9, 2017
Near-Perfect Offshore Conditions Favor ALO LBI Longboard Classic
It’s now been nine years since Alliance fora Living Ocean ran its first Longboard Classic. The first mission was fundraising. It gets expensive being an advocate for clean coastal waters. The second…
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•August 2, 2017
Summer Nor’easter Makes for Exciting Jetty Coquina Jam
The toughest thing about holding a surf contest is getting waves. You can have nice weather, a crowd and great surfers, but without waves, the event just doesn’t have the same draw. When last…
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•August 2, 2017
North End Squad Captures Second Straight LBT Beach Patrol Mayor’s Cup
Christian Wheeler didn’t need to pull off the big finish a la Matt Sheplin in last year’s Long Beach Township Beach Patrol Mayor’s Cup tournament. But a victory in what turned out to be the final…
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•August 2, 2017
Former Southern Regional Standout Clark Harris Heads Back to Cincinnati for 10th NFL Season
For the first time in many years, Clark Harris didn’t cast a line from a fishing rod this summer. Instead, at least for a season, he traded in striper fishing on the Atlantic Ocean for wakeboarding…
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•August 1, 2017
Barnegat Light Ocean Mile Swim Rescheduled for Aug. 12
Good news. If you’re a swimmer who wanted to compete in the Ocean Mile Swim but wasn’t going to be able to make it to Barnegat Light for the originally scheduled date, the event has been rescheduled…
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•August 1, 2017
Barnegat Light Ocean Swim Rescheduled for Aug. 12
Good news. If you’re a swimmer who wanted to compete in the Ocean Mile Swim but wasn’t going to be able to make it to Barnegat Light for the originally scheduled date, the event has been rescheduled…
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•July 26, 2017
Ship Bottom Beach Patrol Scores Big in Last Event to Win Donlon Memorial Tourney
While the Atlantic Ocean often plays a major role in determining the outcome of many lifeguard tournaments, sometimes the difference between winning and losing comes down to a mistake by one team and…
