Sports
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•April 28, 2015
Unexpected Hero Wins Critical Game for Pinelands Regional High School Softball Team
The Pinelands Regional High School softball team had itself quite a season in 2014, going 27-4, capturing its second-straight Shore Conference B South crown (sharing it with Monsignor Donovan)…
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•April 27, 2015
Southern Athletes Commit to Schools from Philadelphia to Colorado
Since writing about National Signing Day back in September, several more students at Southern RegionalHigh Schoolhave signed that magic piece of paper.
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•April 23, 2015
Bengal Lacrosse Players Start Out as Barnegat Bullets
The key to any successful high school athletic program is a feeder system – that is, a program independent of the school where younger children can learn the basics of a sport and gain playing…
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•April 22, 2015
Southern Sailing Smoothly Through Season
The last time The SandPaper covered the sailing program at Southern Regional High School, there was one problem. The bay was ice. Thankfully, for everyone’s sake, those days are over. Conditions…
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•April 22, 2015
Barnegat’s Federovitch Scores Her 200th Career Goal
Nicole Federovitch made Barnegat High School sports history last month when she became the first girls varsity lacrosse player to amass 200 career goals.
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•April 21, 2015
Pinelands Regional Defeats an Improving Barnegat in Boys Tennis
The Pinelands Regional High School boys tennis team is trying to repeat as Shore Conference B South champions, but it’s going to be a tough task. Pinelands, said coach Brian Jones, lost four starters…
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•April 16, 2015
Little Egg Harbor Man’s Dad Was Early NBA Star
The National Basketball Association’s 2015 playoffs will tip off this Saturday, so you can be assured that Lebron James, barring an early exit by the Cleveland Cavaliers, will be mentioned ad nauseam…
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•April 15, 2015
With One ‘Stud’ and Lots of Potential, Southern Boys Track Works to ‘Grow’ More Athletes
Tortola has played a big role in the success of 2015 Southern Regional boys track season so far. But before this is explained, let’s take a look at the team as a whole, past and present.
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•April 15, 2015
Southern’s Tennis Team Focusing Not on Wins But Gaining Experience
Nine nameson the13-person roster for the Southern boys tennis team in 2014 don’t appear on the 2015 roster. Last year’ssenior-heavy teamwon 18 matches, putting in a lot of work in the off-season…
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•April 13, 2015
Barnegat Boys Lacrosse Takes Two of First Three
After openingits season with wins over Shore Regional and Lacey Township, the Barnegat High School boys varsity lacrosse team sustained its first loss of the year by an 11-10 margin against Ocean…
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•April 8, 2015
Southern, Despite Loss of Star, Still on Top of Volleyball Pyramid
Try imagining the Cleveland Cavaliers without Lebron James.
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•April 8, 2015
Toms River East Closes Door on Southern Baseball Season Opener
On opening day for Southern Regional baseball, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, temperatures were right around 50 degrees and coach Tom Natoli said his team appeared ready for the start of the 2015…
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•April 7, 2015
Southern Regional High School Boys Lacrosse Team Earns Historic Victory
So many great teams in sports history have had to face a powerhouse that just won’t seem to get out of the way. In the 1960s, the Los Angeles Lakers, with Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Gail Goodrich and…
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•April 3, 2015
Pinelands Jr. Wildcats Football and Cheer Programs Strong in 2014
2014was a landmark year for the Pinelands Jr. Wildcat football and cheer programs, with the latter winning its very first national championship. The cheerleaders, coached by Melissa Defeo, took the…
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•March 26, 2015
Lifting Powering Strength and Conditioning at Southern Regional High School
Powerlifting: it turns out there’s more to it than just picking upheavy stuff. Southern Regional High School’s strength and conditioning program competed for the first time in over10 years on Sunday…
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•March 26, 2015
Gymdawgs Earn Eight State Titles at Recent Championships
The Gymdawgs of Extreme Gymnastics in Cedar Run captured 40 top-10 individual awards, including eight state championships, at the Jersey Optional Gymnastics Association’s Level 5-6 Gymnastics…
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•March 25, 2015
Kristen Sharkey’s College Basketball Career Ends With an Appearance in the NIT
Southern Regional all-time great basketball player Kristen Sharkey has just crossed a major milestone in her basketball life: the conclusion of her collegiate career.
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•March 20, 2015
Barnegat Bengals Baseball Eyes That Elusive Title
After making gradual strides each year, the Barnegat High School varsity baseball team was poised to make a major impact on the shore baseball scene last season. They lived up to coach Dan McCoy’s…
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•March 18, 2015
Southern Regional Baseball Hopes to Run Down Playoff Spot
The temperature outside is 60 degrees as this sentence is being written, so let’s talk baseball. The Southern Regional Rams baseball team’s goal for 2015: play in May – as in playoff baseball.
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•March 18, 2015
‘Shamrocks for Shore’ Runners Go Green
Over 100 people of varying ages brought life and color to Manahawkin’s streets Sunday morning as part of Shamrocks for Shore, a series of races. The event featured a 5K, 10K and Kids Fun Run.
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•March 11, 2015
Southern Regional Rams Against A.C.: Round III
Senior guard Jake Logue took the final shot at the basket against Atlantic City for the last two consecutive years. Last year, the shot was a buzzer beater to push the Southern Regional boys…
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•March 11, 2015
Ex-Barnegat Pitching Ace on Rutgers Mound Staff
Last year, former Barnegat Bengals pitching ace Mark McCoy transferred from Wake Forest to Rutgers University, and the junior lefty began the 2015 season as theNo. 2starter in the Scarlet Knights…
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•March 11, 2015
Three Locals Are Place Winners in State Wrestling Championships
The winter sports season for local high school athletes ended on a high note on Sunday.
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•March 5, 2015
Ice Blocks Southern Regional Sailing Season’s Start
Sailing’s spring season at Southern Regional High School was supposed to start Monday. Take a look at the bay. That season did not commence.
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•March 4, 2015
Undefeated: All Saints Girls Basketball Is a Perfect 15-0 in ’15
Undefeated – perhaps the most dominant term in sports. The All Saints Catholic Regional School varsity girls basketball team’s 2015 season can be adequately described using that word: undefeated. The…
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•March 4, 2015
Southern Boys Advance, Three Local Teams Fall in Basketball Playoffs
It was one and done on Monday for two of the six local high school basketball teams that had qualified for this year’s New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association state playoffs.
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•March 3, 2015
Tale of Two Gyms: Boys Hoops Win, Girls Lose
It was the high school of the victors. It was the high school of the defeated. It was the beginning of the playoffs for the Southern Regional boys basketball team. It was the end of the playoffs for…
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•March 3, 2015
Southern Regional Ice Hockey Team Pulls Off Amazing Upset
Back on Feb. 6, when the Southern Regional High School ice hockey team clinched its first-ever Shore Conference A South title with an 11-0 win over Toms River South, first-year head coach Matt Hayes…
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•February 25, 2015
Barnegat Cheerleaders Overcome Injuries to Take Sixth at National Championship
Keeping in mind this season’s motto- to push harder, to never give up, and to believe – the Barnegat High School competitive cheerleading team battled through a number of injuries to earn sixth place…
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•February 25, 2015
Five of Six Area High School Basketball Teams in States
The New Jersey version of March Madness will tip off next Monday and Tuesday, March 2 and 3, when a slew of opening-round games in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association State…
