Sports
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•February 29, 2016
Southern Regional Ice Hockey Season Ends in State Quarterfinals
Another exciting season of Southern Regional High School ice hockey is over.
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•February 24, 2016
Wildcats Cheerleaders Finish Third in Orlando
Pinelands Regional High School varsity cheerleaders came in third at the recentNational High School Cheerleading Championships at Walt Disney World in Orlando. The team competed in the “Medium…
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•February 24, 2016
Southern Regional Ice Hockey Team Wins Dowd Cup
The Southern Regional High School ice hockey team had an awesome December as it opened its 2015-2016 season, going 7-1-1, with its loss occurring in its final game of the month to a tough Red Bank…
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•February 23, 2016
Southern Regional Rams Girls Winter Track and Field Team Strong at States
Another winter, another terrific showing for the Southern Regional High School girls indoor track and field team. Following a win at the Shore Conference Championship in late January, then the South…
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•February 23, 2016
Southern Regional Wrestlers Win Big at District 24 Competition
The Southern Regional High School wrestling team won its second state group team championship two weekends ago, so it made total sense the Rams would win their 16th district championship last…
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•February 17, 2016
Southern Girls Basketball Team Wins Third Straight A South Crown
The Southern Regional High School girls basketball team celebrated Senior Night in high style last Thursday evening.
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•February 17, 2016
Southern Wrestlers Win Second State Group Championship
You would expect scores to tighten up as teams advance in tournaments in any sport. After all, lower-seeded squads tend to fall out of competition as a tourney advances, leaving higher-seeded and…
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•February 10, 2016
Pinelands Wrestlers Give Dramatic Performance Saturday for Home Crowd
It’s a slow time of year. People, other than snowboarders, skiers, snowmobilers and snowshoe enthusiasts, are desperately waiting for spring, perhaps more so than usual because, what with the Zika…
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•February 3, 2016
Southern Hockey Team Gets Back on Track
On Monday night the Southern Regional ice hockey team totally dominated a Red Bank Catholic squad from the first drop of the puck.
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•January 29, 2016
Girls Softball Traveling Teams Seeking Players
The Barnegat Girls Softball League Travel Division is seeking players for its 14 and under and 12 and under teams.
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•January 27, 2016
Southern Boys Basketball Team Picking Up Steam
The Southern Regional High School boys basketball team got off to a slow start last Tuesday in its game against the visiting Lacey Lions.
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•January 20, 2016
Perfect Game and Then Some for Little Egg Harbor Senior
Little Egg HarborTownship residentJohn Gilmour is a pretty good bowler for his age; at 73, he maintains a 190 average in one league and 201 in another. Last Tuesday, Jan. 12, the bowling gods must…
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•January 19, 2016
Injuries Hurting Pinelands Regional Girls Basketball Team
It is never a good sign for a basketball team to have the far end of its bench anchored by players in injury boots. But that was exactly what fans filing into Friday night’s game between the girls…
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•January 18, 2016
Ocean County College Seeks Nominations for Athletic Hall of Fame
The Ocean County College Athletic Hall of Fame Committee is currently accepting nominations for inductees. The nomination deadline is Feb. 1.
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•January 1, 2016
Harvey Cedars Lifeguards Topped Local Sports Scene in 2015
In the first part of this review of the 2015 Southern Ocean County athletic scene we talked about how sports, at the national, international and, yes, even local level, have exploded in the past…
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•December 16, 2015
Wejnert, DuBois Lead the Way for Southern Regional High School Hoopsters
The Southern Regional High School boys varsity basketball team will be relying heavily on the scoring of Peyton Wejnert and the crisp passing of Ethan DuBois for a successful 2015-16 season.…
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•December 16, 2015
Southern Ocean County Sports Reach New Level in 2015
The SandPaper in 2015 had four – count ’em, four – reporters regularly covering sports, as well as municipalities and politics, environmental issues and crime and arts and entertainment, while…
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•December 9, 2015
Backcourt Is Strength of Barnegat Bengal Hoopsters
When a team finishes with a .500 record, that’s not a very good year for some scholastic sports programs.
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•December 2, 2015
Bengals End Season By Upending Pinelands, 31-7
The Barnegat High School Bengals ended a difficult 2015 seasonon a high note with a 31-7 victory over Pinelands Regionalat home on Nov. 25.
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•November 25, 2015
Jetty Clam Jam Fell on Weekday, But It Was a Good Call
Young kids and dogs roamed the beach under blue skies and unseasonably warm weather in Harvey Cedars. The waves were pumping; the music was playing. Friends and families sat on the beach and caught…
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•November 25, 2015
Truex Finishes Fourth
Despite the general flatness of the speedway, Mayetta-born and Southern Regional graduate Martin Truex Jr. faced an uphill battle to win the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship on Sunday in…
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•November 20, 2015
Ex-Barnegat Bengal Manny Bowen Seeing Action as a Nittany Lion
As one of the leaders of the Barnegat High School Football Bengals, Manny Bowen last year was preparing to play against the likes of Pinelands Regional, Donovan Catholic and Manchester among other…
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•November 20, 2015
Barnegat Pitcher Is Groome(d) for Success
In the spring, many Major League Baseball scouts willbe looking for directions on how to get to BarnegatHigh School. They’ll be descending into town on days when Jason Groome II pitches. A senior…
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•November 18, 2015
Bengals’ Kacso Hopes to Be a Hit at NJIT
One of the most consistent hitters on the Barnegat High School varsity baseball team will be taking his talents to North Jersey as Jared Kacso has committed to New Jersey Institute of Technology.
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•November 18, 2015
Two Ram Athletes Sign With Colleges
Two Southern Regional athletes signed their letters of intent on Nov. 11 to take their talents to the next level: field hockey player Madison Skeie and basketball player Peyton Wejnert.
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•November 17, 2015
Pinelands Regional Beats Lower Cape May for Second Football Win
The Pinelands Regional High School football team is making progress, if slowly, under the reins of third-year head coach Brian Wilkerson. On Saturday his Wildcats visited Lower Cape May in a New…
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•November 11, 2015
Fall Season Ends for Three Pinelands Playoff Teams
Last week The SandPaper reported that the Pinelands Regional High School field hockey team had to play into double overtime before finally defeating Sterling 1-0 in the second round of the New Jersey…
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•November 11, 2015
Southern Volleyball Team Falls in Second Round of State Tourney
The Southern Regional High School girls volleyball team exited the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 4 State Tournament in the second round.
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•November 11, 2015
Southern Regional Sports Round-up: Donohue Gets 100th Win
Southern Regional football coach Charles Donohue reached the century mark in wins on Oct. 31. He has 100 wins at Southern (not career wins). No. 100came in a tight 14-10 victory against Lacey…
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•November 10, 2015
Bengal Girls Volleyball Team Ends Season in State Quarterfinal
The Barnegat High School girls volleyball team’s quest for its first state title ended Tuesday when it was defeated by River Dell, Bergen County in two straight games.
