Sports
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•September 21, 2016
Southern Field Hockey Squad Starts Off With Four Victories
Following the Southern Regional field hockey team’s shutout of Jackson Memorial on Sept. 15, the Rams had scored 24 goals and allowed just two during the first four contests of the season. And that…
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•September 21, 2016
Southern Regional Girls Tennis Squad Off to a 6-0 Start
Since opening up its season on Sept. 6, the Southern Regional girls tennis team had won six straight matches leading up to what was supposed to be the Rams’ toughest contest so far. Unfortunately…
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•September 21, 2016
Truex Speeds to Overtime Victory in Opening Chase Race
When in overtime on a NASCAR Sprint Cup racetrack, making the right move is all about timing. Mayetta native Martin Truex Jr. and his Furniture Row Racing crew made the right move at Chicagoland…
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•September 21, 2016
Bengals Girls VB Tops Upstart Pinelands in Straight Sets
The Barnegat girls volleyball team has been on fire of late. After starting the season with a victory on Sept. 9 and then losing its next match on Sept. 12, the Bengals have run off three straight…
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•September 20, 2016
Help the Southern Regional Food Bank at Saturday’s Homecoming Game
The annual homecoming football game at Southern Regional High School, as at most schools, often is one of the most attended during the season. Alumni visit. The community rallies around it. And…
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•September 19, 2016
Pinelands Claws Its Way Back Into Football Game Against Marlboro
The visiting Marlboro Mustangs beat the Pinelands Wildcats football team on Friday night, 41-27. The score, though, was rather deceptive. It was an exciting – and very weird – contest that wasn’t…
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•September 16, 2016
Bengals Pound Donovan Catholic, 28-7, in Season Opener
While the Barnegat High School varsity football team is dominated by underclassmen, it was a group of seniors who led the way for a 28-7opening night victoryover Donovan Catholic on Friday, Sept. 9.
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•September 16, 2016
Experienced Barnegat Girls Soccer Ready to Make History
Last fall, the Barnegat girls soccer team earned a spot in the Shore Conference Tournament for the first time in the program’s short history, and the premise for this season was to build on the…
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•September 16, 2016
Barnegat Boys Soccer Aiming for More Consistency This Fall
In its first game of the season, the Barnegat boys soccer team ran out of gas in the second half and dropped a 2-1 contest to Manchester in the season opener on Sept. 8. The Bengals rebounded in…
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•September 16, 2016
Barnegat Field Hockey Squad’s Future Strength Resides Within Its Youth
After being shutout in its first two contests of the season, the Barnegat field hockey team broke out of its offensive shell with a 3-0 victory over Lakewood on Sept. 13. Still, with a program in the…
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•September 16, 2016
Bengals’ Boys Cross-Country Team Builds Around Pearson and Sarno
Heading into this season, Barnegat boys cross-country coach Keith Stokes seemed a bit concerned about the status of many of his runners. The two he wasn’t worried about are Gunnar Pearson and Kyle…
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•September 16, 2016
Barnegat Gymnastics Team Has New Coach, Solid Core
It is a new dawn for the Barnegat High School gymnastics team and coach Morgan Capezzera.
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•September 14, 2016
Barnegat Girls Tennis Gets First Win Against Lakewood
After dropping its first three contests to Lacey, Pemberton and Toms River East, the Barnegat High School girls varsity tennis reboundedwith a 5-0 victory against Lakewood on Sept. 12.
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•September 14, 2016
Barnegat Girls Volleyball Beats Manchester, Falls to Toms River North
The Barnegat High School varsity girlsvolleyball team split its first two games of the season, defeating Manchesterin straight matches, 25-11 and 25-17, in the Sept. 9 opener and then dropping two…
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•September 14, 2016
Julia Kline Stellar in Pinelands Field Hockey Squad’s OT Loss to Jackson Liberty
Julia Kline did everything she had to do to keep the Pinelands Regional field hockey team in its Shore Conference Class B South clash with Jackson Liberty on Sept. 10. The junior goaltender made…
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•September 14, 2016
Southern Regional Soccer Teams Swipe Doubleheader From Pinelands
Guy Lockwood has a history of success in soccer, but he managed to secure one milestone he hadn’t yet acquired prior to Sept. 10. He got his first victory as a high school head coach.
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•September 14, 2016
Jason Groome Makes New York-Penn League Playoff Start for Lowell Spinners
It seems Jason Groome’s first stint in the Boston Red Sox minor league system is in the books, and it easily can be deemed a successful one for the 18-year-old left-handed pitcher from Barnegat.
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•September 14, 2016
Local Girls Volleyball Teams Go 5-1 in Opening Week
The area’s three high school girls volleyball teams got off to a quick start in the first week of the 2016 season, going 5-1.
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•September 9, 2016
Southern Regional Girls Soccer Has Obstacles to Overcome
The season had not even started and already theSouthern Regional High School varsity girls soccer teamencountered a difficultobstacle to overcome. Senior forward Rachel Rizzo, the top goal scorer the…
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•September 9, 2016
Southern Girls Volleyball Looks to Rebound From ‘Sub-Par’ Years
Most coaches and high school squads would be more than happy to have a season like the one the Southern Regional High School girls volleyball team had in 2015. The girls went 18-11, earned the…
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•September 9, 2016
Boys Soccer Coach Promises New Approach at Southern Regional
The Southern RegionalHigh School boys varsity soccer team has a new man at thehelm, Guy Lockwood, who islooking toturn around a program that went 3-12-1 (3-10) in the Shore Conference A-South last…
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•September 9, 2016
Southern Field Hockey Team Aims to Keep Good Times Rolling
For the past few years, the Southern Regional field hockey team has been powered by experienced players. Eventually, though, graduations occur and a new cycle of players must come through the varsity…
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•September 9, 2016
Pineno, Mastandrea Back to Lead Southern Girls Tennis Squad
Having two of the three singles players from last season returning provides some level of comfort for Southern Regional girls tennis coach Howard Madsen. Especially so because one of them holds the…
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•September 9, 2016
Southern Boys, Girls Cross-Country Teams Stacked With Talent
The Southern Regional boys cross-country team has won the Shore Conference Class A South title each fall since 2010. And the Rams again seem to be in great shape to add another division crown this…
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•September 9, 2016
Southern Football Squad Looking to Turn Things Up This Fall
In 18 seasons as head coach of the Southern Regional football program, Chuck Donohue’s teams have had three straight seasons during which they were .500 or below, and the first time occurred in his…
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•September 7, 2016
Southern Regional Comes Up Empty in Second Half During Opening Loss to Central
For 24 minutes on Sept. 2, it appeared the Southern Regional High School football team was in control and on its way toward a season-opening victory. Then the second half happened.
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•September 7, 2016
Southern Gymnastics Team Avoids Graduation Curse
Graduation is the bane of high school coaches. A pro team can keep its stars as long as it wants to, although free agency has certainly made it more difficult for owners and GMs to keep a winning…
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•September 7, 2016
Groome Gets First Start With Class-A Lowell Spinners
Jason Groome got his first start with the Lowell Spinners on Sept. 2, a few days before the Boston Red Sox’s short-season Class-A squad concluded its regular season. Now, if the lefthander from…
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•September 7, 2016
Local Son Truex Snags Second NASCAR Victory of Season at Darlington
With 29 laps to go in the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina, Martin Truex Jr. snatched the lead from Ryan Newman and never looked back, going on to grab his second…
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•September 2, 2016
Experience Should Help Pinelands Regional Football in 2016
When Brian Wilkinson was hired as the head coach of the Pinelands Regional High School football team in 2013, he knew he had his work cut out for him. The Wildcats hadn’t won a single game in 2011 or…
