Sports
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•January 27, 2017
Barnegat Boys Indoor Track Scoring Points, Tuning Up for Spring
Like many indoor track teams, Barnegat High School’s boys squad is using the winter season as a tune-up for the coming outdoor meets.
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•January 27, 2017
Barnegat Boys Swim Team Is Solid Crew at 6-2
It’s true, the Barnegat High School boys swimming team has competed in just four meets so far in 2017, one of which was the Ocean County Championships. But the good thing is there’s been a lot of…
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•January 27, 2017
Barnegat Bowling Squads Locked in Third Place as Regular Season Winds Down
On paper, the Barnegat High School boys bowling team was the third-best team in the Shore Conference South B division heading into the season. Now, as the regular season draws closer to an end, coach…
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•January 27, 2017
Bengals Top Last Year’s Win Total, Eye Postseason Berth
WhenMike Puorro took over as head coach for the Barnegat High School boys varsity basketball team in 2014, he knew it wasn’t going to be an easy task. After all, the Bengal hoopsters were 8-41 the…
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•January 25, 2017
Barnegat Girls Hoops Squad Sets Single-Season Mark for Victories
Before the girls basketball season started six weeks ago, Barnegat coach Tammy Nicolini sensed some big things coming this winter. She believed her Bengals were going to be record-setters in several…
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•January 25, 2017
Southern Wrestlers Becoming Battle-Tested Before Big Segment of Season Arrives
At this stage of the season, a lot of wrestlers are beginning to hit their peaks, first for their teams’ benefit as they embark on the NJSIAA team tournament and secondly for what often is considered…
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•January 25, 2017
Pinelands Regional Boys Basketball Team Has Good Night Against Barnegat
The Pinelands Regional High School boys basketball team had a good night on Friday, the best of its 2016-17 campaign. Helped by a hot start from behind the three-point arc, the Wildcats dominated the…
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•January 20, 2017
Southern Girls Indoor Track Team Doing What It Always Does
The Southern Regional girls track program may have a new head coach, but the expectations haven’t changed.
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•January 20, 2017
Southern Regional Wrestlers Stay Undefeated in 2017 After Win Over Jackson Memorial
Days before the wrestling season got under way, Southern Regional coach John Stout provided a typical Stout-ism when offering an outlook to what might have been coming for his Rams this winter.
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•January 20, 2017
Southern Regional Boys Hoops Team Scores First Blowout Win of Season Against Indians
Losing a big guy who scored 2,000 points and a point guard who delivered 1,000 assists during their careers was expected to be difficult to overcome. And while the Southern Regional boys basketball…
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•January 20, 2017
Southern Regional Ice Hockey Squad Scorching Hot So Far in January
After routing Lacey in the Southern Regional ice hockey team’sopening victory on Dec. 1, junior forward Paul Keyes said the team needed to develop more of a scoring prowess in the first period of…
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•January 20, 2017
Southern Regional Cheer Squad Gearing Up for the Big Show in Disney
While the local high school cheerleading squads have been intact since the summer and each has worked hard throughout the fall, occasionally competing as they geared up for the “real” season, the…
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•January 18, 2017
Gabrielle Cabaron Captures County Crown as Southern Girls Swimmers Place Third
It’s not a secret. Gabrielle Cabaron is a top-notch swimmer, but she’s not the only one in the pool for the Southern Regional girls team. This season, the Rams have firepower throughout the lineup…
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•January 18, 2017
Southern Regional Girls Hoops Squad Turns Things Around With Win Streak
After scoring just 24 points and getting wrecked by 22 in a non-divisional contest against Manchester on Jan. 3, something had to change for the Southern Regional girls basketball team. Yes, the Rams…
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•January 18, 2017
Pinelands Wrestlers Have a Busy Martin Luther King Day
The Pinelands Regional High School wrestling team made up for lost time on Monday.
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•January 18, 2017
Winning in South A Division a Tough Grind for Southern Bowlers
In the Shore Conference South A division, winning consistently is difficult when three of the state’s best teams sit at the top of it. But with just a few more matches to go before the state…
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•January 13, 2017
Pinelands Girls Hoops Squad Looking to Exceed .500 Mark
Last season, the Pinelands Regional girls basketball team got off to a hot start, winning its first three games by a combined score of 129-39. But tougher competition – and some injuries, forcing…
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•January 13, 2017
Pinelands Boys Hoops Team Pursues More Wins in Season Second Half
Despite going 12-15 overall and 6-8 in the Shore Conference Class B South division a year ago, key graduation losses meant only three players returned to the Pinelands Regional boys basketball team…
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•January 13, 2017
Promising Scenarios as Wildcat Wrestlers Advance in Season
As the local wrestling squads geared up for this season, the one big thing that was going to be noticeably different about the 2016-17 campaign had more to do with what the NJSIAA did during the…
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•January 13, 2017
Pinelands Cheer Squad Preparing for Big Stage at Disney
While the Pinelands Regional High School cheerleading squad has been intact since the summer and worked hard throughout the fall, occasionally competing as it geared up for the “real” season, the…
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•January 13, 2017
Pinelands Bowling Squads Aim for Strong Finish
Six weeks into the bowling season, the Pinelands Regional girls squad has had a few bright moments and will look to conclude the regular season with several more strong outings during the coming…
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•January 13, 2017
Pinelands Indoor Track Squads Off to Solid Start
At Pinelands Regional High School, the boys indoor track squad is the largest its ever been, according to head coach Don Angelini. The Wildcats had been practicing hard since Thanksgiving, and at the…
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•January 11, 2017
Mike Gesicki Finishes Junior Season With Rose Bowl TD Catch
Former Southern Regional football standout Mike Gesicki completed a magnificent junior season for Penn State on Jan. 2, not only playing in but catching a touchdown pass during the 103rd annual Rose…
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•January 11, 2017
Martin Truex Jr. Selected as EMPA Driver of the Year
Following the best NASCAR Sprint Cup Series of his career, Martin Truex Jr. was rewarded by the Eastern Motorsport Press Association, as the 36-year-old Furniture Row Racing driver was selected as…
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•January 4, 2017
The SandPaper’s Top 20 Sports Stories of 2016, Part 2
This already was stated at the top of the first installment of The SandPaper’s Top 20 Sports Stories of the Year, but it’s worth writing it again: Wow! What a sports year in Southern Ocean County!
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•December 28, 2016
The SandPaper’s Top 20 Sports Stories of 2016, Part 1
Wow! What a sports year in Southern Ocean County!
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•December 21, 2016
Barnegat Beats Pinelands in Girls Basketball Season Opener
The 2016-2017 girls high school basketball season in Southern Ocean County opened on Friday night with two Shore Conference B South rivals, Pinelands Regional High School and Barnegat High School…
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•December 21, 2016
Southern Girls Indoor Track Squad Could Be a Dominating Bunch Once Again
The Southern Regional girls track program may have a new head coach, but the expectations haven’t changed.
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•December 21, 2016
Southern Wrestlers Off to Solid Start; Rams’ Hoops Teams Split on Opening Weekend
The Southern Regional wrestling team kicked off its season with a big team win and a bunch of solid individual efforts during its annual Robin Leff Tournament. The Rams scored a 35-21 victory over…
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•December 21, 2016
Local Sailor Carrson Pearce Captures Bronze at Youth World Championships
For Carrson Pearce, Christmastime may never have been so amazing. After earning a spot in the 46th annual Aon Youth Sailing World Championships with a victory in the U.S. Championships in mid-August…
