Sports
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•December 19, 2016
Bengal Boys Top Wildcats in Opener, 51-39
With juniors Mike Revello and Alex Grogan leading the way, the Barnegat High School boys varsity basketball team opened theseason Friday with a 51-39 home win against Pinelands Regional. Both teams…
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•December 14, 2016
Southern Ocean County High School Boys Basketball Preview
The Southern Regional High School Rams’success for the upcoming seasoncould lie in the hands of sharpshooting senior guard Mark Velariani. Head coach Eric Fierro said the 5-foot 10-inch Velariani is…
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•December 14, 2016
Local Cheer Squads Preparing for the Big Time This Winter
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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•December 14, 2016
Local Wrestling Squads Ready to Rumble Amid Statewide Changes
As the local wrestling squads get ready to rumble this winter, it’s worth noting that during the offseason the NJSIAA made a whole bunch of changes to the state wrestling tournament landscape, and it…
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•December 14, 2016
Plenty of Returning Players on Barnegat Girls Basketball Team
The Barnegat High School girls basketball team just may become the hoops equivalent of the 2016 New York Giants. The 2015 Giants couldn’t win close games. They lost eight games by six points or less…
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•December 8, 2016
Southern Swim Teams Big Winners on Opening Day
The swim teams of Southern Regional High School made quite the splash on Friday as they opened their 2016-2017 campaigns.
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•December 7, 2016
Southern Regional Ice Hockey Squad Starts Off With Two Straight Victories
In the Lytle household, some minor trash-talking took place during the days leading up to the Southern Regional ice hockey team’s opener against Lacey on Dec. 2. While David Lytle was about to embark…
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•December 7, 2016
Barnegat, Southern and Pinelands Boys, Girls Bowling Start Their Seasons
The Southern Regional High School varsity boys and girls bowling teams each opened their seasons with 2-1 victories over Toms River East. Top games were by junior Jack Hudson, a newcomer to the team…
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•November 30, 2016
Barnegat Bengals Rally to Defeat Pinelands in Thriller
The Barnegat High School varsity football team endedits season in dramatic style by erasing a 22-point deficit and edging Pinelands Regional, 29-28,last Wednesday evening at Pinelands.
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•November 30, 2016
Despite Loss of Big Scorers, Rams’ Ice Hockey Team Still Aiming High
Heading into last season, the Southern Regional High School ice hockey team knew exactly where it stood among some of the better teams in the Shore Conference. But going into this season, head coach…
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•November 30, 2016
Coach Expects Southern Girls Team to Be in the Swim of Things Again
The Southern Regional High School girls swim team had a fine 2015-2016 season, going 7-3 and qualifying for the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Tournament for the third time in…
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•November 23, 2016
Field Hockey Sisters, Grandma Dutton Have Intense But Enjoyable Season Against Each Other
Madison and Maitland Demand have field hockey in their blood. Coming from a family lineagethat includes one of Ocean County’s most well-known coaches and a mother who played under Kathy Snyder in the…
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•November 23, 2016
Former Southern Football Star Having Career Season at Penn State
Former Southern Regional football star Mike Gesicki is having one of those seasons at Penn State Universitythat often get the experts talking about the potential for an NFL career. And this past…
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•November 23, 2016
Korean Taekwondo Center Squad Impressive at First Championship Tournament
In its first championship tournament experience, Team Korean Taekwondo Center (KTC) out of Master Moon’s Martial Arts on McKinley Avenue in Manahawkin recently had a successful run at the Mitchell…
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•November 16, 2016
Southern Sailors Take Sixth at Atlantic Coast Championship
The Southern Regional sailing team culminated its fall season in a big way Nov. 12-13 at the Rochester Yacht Club, cruising to a sixth-place finish with 194 points amid a 20-team field on Lake…
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•November 16, 2016
Playoff Loss to Rancocas Valley Ends Southern’s Football Season
From Rancocas Valley’s opening drive, which took all of about two minutes, it was clear that the Southern Regional football team was in trouble.
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•November 16, 2016
Locals’ Cross Country Season Comes to End in NJSIAA Group Meets
The scholastic cross country season came to a somewhat quiet end on Nov. 12, as the Southern Regional boys squad and the two individuals running in separate NJSIAA Group championship races didn’t…
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•November 15, 2016
Football Bengals Look to Finish at the Break-Even Mark
They were eliminated from a post-season berth in NJSIAA Group 3 play Nov. 3 on their home turfwitha 28-14 loss to Point Pleasant Borough. With the win, the visiting Panthers (8-1) captured the…
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•November 15, 2016
Pinelands Football Team Falls in OT to Steinert
The Pinelands Regional High School football team no longer has a chance for its first winning season in many years.
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•November 11, 2016
Perfect 2: Southern Middle School Girls Volleyball Repeats Undefeated Season
The future of the Southern Regional High School girls volleyball program certainly looks bright, considering the strength of the Southern Middle School team this fall.
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•November 11, 2016
Warmth in the Water
In the world of the waterman or waterwoman, there is a certain ideal. The sea is always blue. The wind is always offshore. The fish are always thick. The waves are always pumping. And the water is…
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•November 9, 2016
Barnegat Girls Volleyball Squad Shows Resilience in State-Tourney Win Over Raritan
Resilience matters during a state tournament, and the Barnegat girls volleyball team exhibited plenty of it during its NJSIAA Group II first-round clash with Raritan on Nov. 2.
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•November 9, 2016
Southern Football Team Looks to Keep Win Streak Intact During Playoffs
The Southern Regional football program has won five NJSIAA South Jersey sectional games in its history. All of them were on the road and all have come within the past 10 seasons. So, with regard to…
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•November 9, 2016
Pinelands Boys Soccer Team’s Fantastic Season Comes to an End
Following his squad’s NJSIAA South Jersey Group III first-round victory over Gloucester Tech, Pinelands Regional boys soccer coach Jason Asch told his team something significant.
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•November 9, 2016
Two Individuals, One Team Headed to NJSIAA Group Cross Country Meets
Two local individuals and one team are headed to the NJSIAA Group Cross Country Championships, as they vie for spots amid the Meet of Champions field for next weekend.
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•November 9, 2016
Pinelands Falls in Second Round of State Volleyball Tournament
Pinelands Regional High School girls volleyball coach Kathy Bennett predicted a tough match between her ninth-seeded Wildcats and eighth-seeded Madison last Friday afternoon in the second round of…
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•November 9, 2016
Bengal Gridders Miss Playoffs After 28-14 Loss
Any hopes of the Barnegat High School varsity football team making the NJSIAA Group III playoffs got dashed on their home field Friday night with a28-14 loss to Point Pleasant Boro.
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•November 9, 2016
Pinelands Football Team Falls to 4-4
The Pinelands Regional High School football team saw its four-game win streak snapped last Friday evening when the Lakewood Piners defeated the home-standing Wildcats, 22-13.
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•November 2, 2016
Southern Regional Football Team Secures Playoff Spot With Win Over Lacey
When the football squirted free from the grip of Lacey High School running back Jason Giresi with 2:45 left in the game, Southern Regional’s state playoff hopes were bouncing around nearits 35-yard…
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•November 2, 2016
Pinelands Regional Wildcats Wake Up, Bury Gloucester Tech in NJSIAA Tourney
Even though the most potent offensive weapon in the Pinelands Regional High School boys soccer team’s arsenal was sitting on the bench in street clothes, the Wildcats had enough firepower on the…
