Sports
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•July 26, 2017
Long Beach Township Beach Patrol Mayor’s Cup Tourney Forced to Postpone With Three Events to Complete
It’s not designed to be a three-day tournament, but this year’s Long Beach Township Beach Patrol Mayor’s Cup will turn out to be just that. And with three patrols within nine points of each other and…
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•July 26, 2017
Surf City Overcomes Rough Conditions to Win Women’s Invitational Lifeguard Tournament
Frankly, the ocean conditions stank – horrendously, in fact. But a .jpg northeast wind and treacherous surf weren’t going to deter Anna Esposito and Gaby Hartney on July 24. It was the Long Beach…
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•July 26, 2017
Local Teams Prove They Can Hang With the Best at Red Bull Surf and Rescue Competition
When you go venturing into the ocean this week, take comfort in the fact that Long Beach Island has some very solid beach patrols.
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•July 19, 2017
O’Brien Twins Edge SCYC Duo in C420 State Championship Regatta
For just their second regatta competing together in a C420-class sailboat, Colleen and Michaela O’Brien certainly put on a show. Following an eighth-place finish in the second race and starting Day 2…
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•July 19, 2017
Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol Dominates in Epic Lifeguard Tourney
A big smile on her face, Michaela Harvey raised her arms to give a double high-five to Otto Weiler. Her happy exclamation said all that needed to be said. The Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol was, yet…
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•July 19, 2017
Ryan Oliver Repeats as Long-Course Standup Champ in LBI Paddle Classic
When the top-three guys in the Men’s 14-foot Standup division made the turn at the halfway point of the Long Beach Island Paddle Classic on Saturday, July 15, Ryan Oliver was in third place and knew…
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•July 12, 2017
LBI Beach Patrols Prepare for Red Bull Surf and Rescue Competition in Atlantic City
From the first gun, any spectator on the beach in Atlantic City could see this was going to be an intense night.
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•July 12, 2017
Barnegat High School Hosting Summer Basketball Camp
Thirteen high schools will be participating in the Battleat Barnegat High School summer basketball team camp, running Monday through Thursday, July 17 to 20.
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•July 12, 2017
Carrter Pearce Continues Family Dominance in Radial Class at SCYC Junior Commodore Regatta
With his brother, Carrson, now at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Carrter Pearce was left to carry on the family tradition of youth sailing dominance at a local level. So far this summer, Carrter…
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•July 12, 2017
Beyond World Championships, Manahawkin Teen Takes Aim at Big BMX Career
The secrets to success for local BMX racer Christopher Hobbie are simple to describe. Go all out, don’t think too much on the track and stay near the front of the pack, or out in front of the pack…
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•July 5, 2017
Barefoot Adventures Is a Beach Camp With Some Very Different Activities for Children
There are few better things than being a kid on Long Beach Island in the summer. There have always been the traditional forms of “camp” – basketball camp at St. Francis Community Center, swim…
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•July 5, 2017
Southern's Chuck Donohue Sr. Inducted Into NJ Football Coaches Hall of Fame
Southern Regional’s Chuck Donohue Sr. has spent 44 years on the sidelines as a head football coach, and he’s still not ready to call it quits.
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•June 28, 2017
Junior Olympic Festival at BBYC Sets Summer Sailing Season in Motion
Surf City Yacht Club sailor Bridget Green knows a thing or two about sailing Optimist boats. After all, she recently competed as part of Team USA in the South American Opti Championship held in…
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•June 28, 2017
Ship Bottom Teen Jackson Braddock Wins Pitch, Hit & Run Competition at Citi Field
Come Monday evening, Jackson Braddock sat in front of the TV, his eyes glued to the MLB Network and his ears waiting to hear whether he was headed for Miami. The Ship Bottom 13-year-old was an…
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•June 28, 2017
Cedars Beach Patrol Gearing Up for a Possible Island Tourney Three-peat
During a three-year stretch in the 1970s, the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol was king of Long Beach Island. But then came the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and Harvey Cedars struggled to keep up with most of…
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•June 21, 2017
Local Girl Spends a Little Time With U.S. Women’s Soccer Squad
In this day and age of social media, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that a single Twitter post can eventually lead to a cool trip and an inspiring experience. Such was the case for Manahawkin…
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•June 21, 2017
Matt Fuller Picked as New Football Coach at Pinelands Regional High School
The Pinelands Regional High School varsity football team has a new head coach. Matt Fuller was appointed to that position at the meeting of the Pinelands Regional School District Board of Education…
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•June 21, 2017
Vitabile Edges Scoogie to Repeat as Run For Hope Triathlon Winner
David Caldarella couldn’t help but smile. He had just managed the start line of the 5K race, directed cyclists to the transition area during the triathlon, and at about 9:30 a.m. on June 17 gazed at…
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•June 21, 2017
New Wave Swimmers Make Their Mark at NJ Special Olympics Summer Games
The New Wave swim team was back in action during the Special Olympics Summer Games on June 10-11, and each of the team’s eight swimmers placed among the top eight in multiple events inside the Packer…
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•June 14, 2017
Woodlee, Ornstein Lead Southern Regional 4×800 Relay to Big Finish in Meet of Champions
Each spring, when the NJSIAA Track and Field Meet of Champions rolls around, a Southern Regional High School senior always seems to rise to the occasion and go out with a bang. This year, that bang…
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•June 14, 2017
Southern Baseball Team Upended in NJSIAA Group IV Semifinals
After doing what most high school baseball prognosticators deemed as highly unlikely, the Southern Regional baseball team finally met the end of its state-tournament road on June 7, when the Rams…
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•June 8, 2017
Southern Boys Volleyball Team Keeps Dynasty Alive, Captures 6th State Championship
By now, anybody who follows the Southern Regional boys volleyball program probably doesn’t wonder at the beginning of a season whether head coach Eric Maxwell’s squad will reach the state…
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•June 7, 2017
Carrson Pearce Swipes Orange Coffee Pot in Annual SCYC Regatta
Before heading off to the Merchant Marine Academy later this month, Manahawkin resident and Surf City Yacht Club sailor Carrson Pearce figured it appropriate to compete in the Orange Coffee Pot…
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•June 7, 2017
Southern Regional Volleyball Team Claims Eighth South Jersey Title
The Southern Regional High School boys volleyball team won its eighth straight New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association South Jersey boys volleyball title on Friday. The Rams, the South…
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•June 7, 2017
Pinelands Regional Softball Squad Bounced By Steinert in State Semifinals
On paper, the NJSIAA Group III semifinals contest should have been a close game, and for a couple of innings it was just that. But one team was confident and the other seemed tentative, and once…
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•June 7, 2017
Pinelands Regional’s Carly Jannsch Makes Most of First Attempt at Group Track and Field Championships
For the past two years, Carly Jannsch had thought about joining the girls track and field team at Pinelands Regional High School, except a slight problem arose prior to each season.
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•June 6, 2017
Southern Regional Squeaks By Bridgewater-Raritan to Reach Volleyball State Final
The Bridgewater-Raritan boys volleyball team didn’t make things easy on Southern Regional High School. Nonetheless, the Rams on Tuesday found a way past the Panthers to win a grueling, 25-19, 25-27…
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•June 2, 2017
SRHS Baseball Squad Snags South Jersey Group IV Crown, First Time in 50 Years
In championship baseball games, it’s usually on a team’s agenda to draw first blood and score first. And Southern Regional senior Joey Robertson wanted to make sure his squad set the tone for their…
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•May 31, 2017
Pinelands Junior Captures State Sectional Javelin Championship
Carly Jannsch has taken over where Noel Hartman left off. After years of Hartman being the premier javelin thrower for the Pinelands Regional girls track and field program before graduating last…
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•May 31, 2017
Pinelands Regional Baseball Team Edged By T.R. South in SCT Quarterfinals
When the Pinelands Regional High School baseball team stepped onto the field at Toms River South’s Ken Frank Stadium on May 24, many of the fans in the bleachers probably weren’t expecting much of a…
