Sports
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•September 2, 2016
Offseason Soccer Experience May Carry Pinelands Girls
On the soccer pitch, age isn’t necessarily the biggest indicator to whether a team might have success. Naturally, experience helps. But experience isn’t always dictated by how many years a player has…
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•September 2, 2016
Pinelands Girls Tennis Promises a Lot of Fight
Last fall, Cassidy Buckley took the lead role on an otherwise youthful Pinelands Regional girls tennis team and she fared well. Nicole Babcock was in the third position and also had a solid season.
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•September 2, 2016
Diverse Wildcats Could Be a Force in Class B South Division
In 2014, the Pinelands Regional boys soccer team scored nine victories. Last season, the Wildcats made improvements and won 11 games. So, logic may have it that coach Jason Asch’s squad has a few…
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•September 2, 2016
Pinelands Cross-Country Squads On the Rise This Fall
Pinelands Regional girls cross-country coach Kelly Johnson has reason to be optimistic as the summer winds down and the upcoming season draws closer.
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•September 2, 2016
Pinelands Regional Field Hockey Team Shooting for Another Championship
The Pinelands Regional High School field hockey team is coming off its best season ever, and head coach Liz Law and assistant coach Shaun Wells believe the 2016 team could be just as good. The 2015…
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•September 2, 2016
Pinelands Regional Volleyball Coach Confident Despite Loss of Two Stars
The Pinelands Regional High School girls volleyball team certainly had a surprising season in 2015. After all, it was only the second year Pinelands was competing at the varsity level. But coach…
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•August 31, 2016
Barnegat Bay Challenge Features Several Hotly Contested Battles
The heat and humidity were just a precursor for what turned out to be several hotly contested battles in the water during the 10th annual Barnegat Bay Challenge, hosted by the Ship Bottom Beach…
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•August 31, 2016
Local Riding Tandem Excels at State 4-H Championship Horse Show
Despite the heat last week, Erin Moran and her horse, Blaze, had no issues during the New Jersey 4-H Championship Horse Show. Instead, they had phenomenal success.
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•August 31, 2016
Green Takes First Spot Amid Jersey Sailors During Optimist Championships at BBYC
With sailors competing from throughout the country, Bridget Green made her mark in the USODA New Jersey Optimist Championship on Aug. 22-23.
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•August 31, 2016
Barnegat’s Groome Promoted to Class-A Lowell Spinners
The opening graphic as part of the carousel on the Lowell Spinners’ website this past Tuesday was a message to the Boston Red Sox’s newest first-round draft pick.
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•August 24, 2016
St. Francis Swim Team Repeats as Island Club Champions
As many coaches know, a team’s success doesn’t rely on talent alone, and Emily Cherry knows all too well why the swimming program at St. Francis Community Center has experienced big success the past…
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•August 24, 2016
Local Track Coach Wins Dog Day Race in First Try
During the previous two weeks of Olympic competition, James Rivers drew inspiration from several big feats. Matt Centrowitz’ gold-medal effort in the 1,500-meter run on Aug. 20 was one of them.
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•August 24, 2016
Molinaro Falls Short in Bronze-Medal Bout at Rio Olympics After Wrestling ‘Really Tough’
During the past six months, Frank Molinaro has improved as a freestyle wrestler by leaps and bounds. And on Aug. 21, he showed the world just how far he’d come.
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•August 24, 2016
Ex-Bengal McCoy Having a Royal Summer
Former Barnegat High School pitcher Mark McCoy is wrapping up his second year in the Kansas City Royals minor league system.
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•August 24, 2016
Groome Throws Two Scoreless Innings in Gulf Coast League Debut
Jason Groome received an early birthday present on Monday, Aug. 22.
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•August 17, 2016
Barnegat Bengals Hope to End Last Year’s Playoff Drought
At this time last year, Barnegat High School head football coach Rob Davis knew his team was going to struggle, as he had numerous key seniors to replace and a host of inexperienced players to help…
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•August 17, 2016
Mini Golf Tournament in Surf City Draws 99 Participants
Despite a delay due to rain, nearly 100 miniature golf enthusiasts came out to Island Golf in Surf City to participate in the borough taxpayers association’s second tournament of the summer on Aug.…
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•August 17, 2016
Pearce Bound for New Zealand After Winning U.S. Youth Radial Title
Carrson Pearce has had one memorable experience after another this summer, and on Aug. 9 he received an early Christmas present.
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•August 17, 2016
Walsh, Swartley Come Away With Mariner Nationals Victory Despite Rough Second Day
One day, the wind cooperated, though wreaking havoc in some instances. The next day, the wind opted to play tricks on the Mariner-class sailors out on the bay. Still, skipper Dan Walsh and crewman…
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•August 17, 2016
In Honor of Doug Galloway, Down Bay Invitational Carries On
When the initial logo design for this year’s Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club Down Bay Invitational Regatta was in the works, chairman Ken Klaus thought something was amiss. All the shapes of the boats’…
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•August 17, 2016
Harvey Cedars Dominates Cutter’s Cup Again
The Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol was just two points from perfectionlast Thursday, Aug. 11.
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•August 17, 2016
Molinaro Goes for Gold in Rio on Sunday
For those who may have been on extended vacation, or just plain forgot, Sunday, Aug. 21, is the last day of this year’s Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and that will be the day wrestling…
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•August 10, 2016
Jetty Coquina Jam Surf Contest Enjoys Solid Swell, Community Support
When Lauren Zodl, 19, of Little Egg Harbor was a little girl, she and her brother would go three blocks from her grandparents’ house on Fairview Avenue in Beach Havento surf Holyoke Avenue. There was…
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•August 10, 2016
Harvey Cedars Repeats as Island Champion Following Last-Event Victory
As Randy Townsend watched two other teams get out to the front during the final event, anybody standing nearby may have seen a few hairs on his head starting to turn gray. The captain’s Harvey Cedars…
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•August 10, 2016
Haig, Zeelander End Up 64th in Junior European Championships
Finishing 64th in many sailing events probably isn’t on the to-do list for most good sailors. But when that event is a huge international regatta against world-class competition, taking the 64th spot…
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•August 10, 2016
Whipping Turns at Wall Stadium Speedway ‘Summer Scorcher’
I had never been to a stock car race before last Saturday night’s Summer Scorcher event at Wall Stadium Speedway. I was one of those people who didn’t understand the appeal of watching cars make…
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•August 8, 2016
Enjoy Vintage Surfboards, Classic Characters at Longboard Event
There’s a historical photo of four surfers standing on the beach in Ship Bottom. Behind them is the old fishing pier, which most folks don’t even know existed. The surfers are all holding ancient…
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•August 3, 2016
Barnegat Light Woman a Big Winner Despite Finishing Last in Ocean Mile Swim
After finally emerging from the Atlantic Ocean near the 16th Street beach in Barnegat Light, some 58 minutes after entering the water at the beach on 30th Street, Mariette Ackerman wearily trudged…
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•August 3, 2016
Locals Do Well at BBYC Optimist Regatta
Brant Beach Yacht Club hosted the annual Optimist Regatta July 28-29, but the weather wreaked some havoc and only four races were contested.
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•August 3, 2016
Young Stingrays Take Second at USSSA National Softball Tourney
Nobody expected the Stafford Stingrays 12-and-under softball team to be in the position they were in at around 3 p.m. on July 31.
