Sports
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•November 26, 2025
Southern Regional Falls Short of Reaching State Title Match
Caden Schweigart understood the significance of being in a state semifinal for a second straight year. Most players don’t get the opportunity to do it even once during the careers.
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•November 26, 2025
Mason Alleviates Pressure of Picking a College, Signs With Bucknell
Wrestling season is right around the bend. Anthony Mason can’t wait to get started.
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•November 21, 2025
Pinelands Reaches State Final But Demarest Too Much to Overcome
Walking into the Franklin High School gymnasium on Nov. 15, the Pinelands Regional girls volleyball team had a shot to win the school’s first state championship of any kind. It’s something that can’t…
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•November 19, 2025
Barnegat Sophomore Places 43rd in First Meet of Champions
Angelina Colavita has a little whiteboard above her bed.
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•November 14, 2025
Holiday Gift Guide for the Waterman and Waterwoman
Surfers, fishermen, paddlers, boaters and other watermen/women are tough to buy for, especially if you don’t surf, fish and paddle with them on a daily basis. You could spend a lot of money on a new…
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•November 14, 2025
Rams Repeat as Sectional Soccer Champs
When John Nacarlo was hired as the Southern Regional boys soccer coach this past summer, he had a lengthy meeting with Superintendent Craig Henry.
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•November 14, 2025
With Win Over Holmdel, Pinelands Advances to State Championship, Making School History
Five minutes after the final ball was slammed through a double block along the left side by teammate and senior Madison Wilbert, junior Cali Peterka’s hands were shaking. Literally.
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•November 13, 2025
Pinelands Regional Ousts Seneca to Capture Second Straight Sectional Crown
There’s a thing called an “on” switch, and sometimes the Pinelands Regional girls volleyball team opts to flip it to the “off” position. Fortunately, the Wildcats have a lot of experience and talent…
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•November 12, 2025
Barnegat Girls Soccer Team Blasts Overbrook With Six-Goal Barrage
Last year as an 11th seed, the Barnegat girls soccer team made a surprising run into the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 2 semifinals, stunning the sixth and third seeds along the way before bowing out…
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•November 12, 2025
Villani Rises at Right Time to Lift Southern Regional Past Howell
When critical points were needed, Sophia Villani was there to provide them.
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•November 12, 2025
Colavita Finishes 14th in Group 2, Advances to Meet of Champions
Angelina Colavita made history at Holmdel Park on Nov. 8. The sophomore runner became the first from the Barnegat High School girls cross country program to earn a position in the NJSIAA Meet of…
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•November 12, 2025
Southern Regional Field Hockey Squad Wins OT Thriller Against Millville
In the heat of battle, when a team is pressing to score goals, sometimes the difference between winning big or not at all comes down to something basic that gets missed amid the shuffle of activity…
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•November 12, 2025
Southern Regional Upended By Kingsway in Sectional Semifinals
The wind was quickly being sucked out from the Southern Regional football team’s sails. Kingsway had just scored to take the lead, two of the Rams’ better players already were sidelined with…
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•November 7, 2025
Southern Regional Captures First Playoff Victory Since 2012 With Rout of Williamstown
Niko Iliescu didn’t have any time after school on Halloween to go trick-or-treating. He had a football game to play that evening, and his plan was to take over. At least, that’s what was written…
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•November 6, 2025
Barnegat Sophomore Finishes as South Jersey Group 2 Runner-Up
There was no question which team would run away with the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 2 girls’ title during the state cross country sectional meets on Nov. 1 at Dream Park in Logan Township. Haddonfield…
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•November 5, 2025
Pinelands Battles But Vianney’s Height, Experience Make Difference
St. John Vianney had a distinct height advantage across the front line. Seven of the Lancers’ 11 girls who stepped onto the court at one time or another during the Shore Conference Tournament…
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•October 29, 2025
Pinelands Falls to Toms River East, Short of Shore Conference C South Title
Pinelands Regional head coach John Tierney had been telling his football team all week during practice that the Shore Conference C South division championship would be decided by a small margin.
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•October 29, 2025
Southern Regional Gymnasts Finish Season With Victory Over Toms River North
When Natalie Peak moved out of state prior to the season, it left the Southern Regional gymnastics team in the unusual position of having no seniors on its roster.
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•October 29, 2025
Pinelands, Southern Girls Volleyball Squads Reach SCT Semifinals
Those who thought the second meeting between the Pinelands Regional and Southern Regional girls volleyball teams a few weeks ago was a classic were in store for another one this week.
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•October 24, 2025
George, DeSimone Ace Clam Jam on Big Day for Next Generation
At the start of this year’s Jetty Clam Jam waiting period, the Jetty Rock Foundation posted to the organization’s Instagram account a collage of photos of the youngest surfers in this year’s Clam…
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•October 23, 2025
Jenkins Leads Pinelands Football Team to Sixth Straight Win
Holding a 19-6 lead at halftime, the Pinelands Regional football team blew open the game in the fourth quarter when quarterback Jamie Jenkins ran for a touchdown and threw a pass for another, as the…
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•October 22, 2025
McLennan, Wyrsch Lead Southern Regional Boys to Championship
While it’s possible the Southern Regional boys cross country squad could have climbed back to the top of the county leader board without Jack McLennan, it probably would have been more difficult and…
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•October 22, 2025
Southern Regional Roars Back Against Brick Memorial But Falls Short
When a football team makes history by stringing together five, then six, then seven straight victories, and only two games remain to the regular season, the whispers about being undefeated get louder…
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•October 22, 2025
Local Squads Get Bounced From Shore Conference Tournament
Four of the eight boys soccer Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals contests on Oct. 16 ended as 1-0 games, three of which were won by lower seeds.
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•October 16, 2025
With the 18-Mile Race Canceled Last Sunday, Some Ran Saturday to Get It Done
Shannon Szymanski, 35, of Manahawkin, is training to run the Philadelphia Marathon next month. Generally, training for a marathon means doing some longer runs, 15 and 20 miles in the weeks leading up…
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•October 16, 2025
Southern Regional Streaks Into Conference Tourney Elimination Play
Similar to the World Cup, the Shore Conference’s soccer tournament last year was set up to include pool-play groups, from which the top teams in each advanced to the knockout rounds. The conference…
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•October 16, 2025
Southern Regional Gridiron Crew Crushes Manchester, Improves to 7-0
The Southern Regional football team simply smothered Manchester on Oct. 10, taking another step closer toward going undefeated during the regular season for the first time in school history.
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•October 15, 2025
Southern Concludes Solid Tennis Season, Looks Toward Next Year
When Abigail Krill picked up a tennis racquet for the first time just prior to last season, she didn’t expect to do much any time soon.
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•October 15, 2025
Pinelands Regional Football Team One Victory From Division Title
John Tierney stood amid his kneeling players and slithered his hips from side to side, trying to add a little groove to it with his hands. Trying to get the head coach to show off his rhythm is a lot…
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•October 9, 2025
Pinelands Regional Outlasts Southern in Girls Volleyball Thriller
When Jayda Quigley, Madison Wilbert and the rest of the Pinelands Regional girls volleyball team walked into Southern Regional’s gymnasium on Oct. 1, they knew the target was on their backs.
