Sports
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•February 25, 2015
Five-for-Five for Southern Regional High School Wrestlers
Five years. Five championships. That’s a feat neither the San Antiono Spurs, New England Patriots, St. Louis Cardinals nor the Los Angeles Kings can say they’ve accomplished. The Southern Regional…
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•February 18, 2015
Southern’s Signing Day: Two Rams Become Golden, One Becomes a Wildcat
NSD: These are three letters that, when put together in this order, signify a huge day in college and high school athletics.
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•February 18, 2015
Both Boys and Girls Southern Swim Teams Make a Splash
The Southern Regional High School swimming teams were, uh, in the swim of things this season.
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•February 12, 2015
Four Bengal Gridders Make Commitments on Signing Day
The Feb. 4 National Signing Day is almost treated like a holiday in parts of the country where college football is king. But it was also a major event at Barnegat High School, where four Bengal…
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•February 11, 2015
Southern Regional Ice Hockey Team Clinches First Championship
Southern Regional High School has a new entry on its long list of championship athletic squads. TheRams ice hockey team clinched its first-ever Shore Conference A South title on Friday when it…
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•February 11, 2015
NFL Official With Long-Time Ties to LBI Area Reviews His Time in Stripes
The Tuesday before the NFL’s conference championship games, a select few officials get the phone call of a lifetime. The call lets them know they’ll be officiating the Super Bowl.
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•February 10, 2015
Rebounds Push Southern Regional Rams Past Raiders
Forward Gabby Davis had 17 rebounds as the Southern Regional Rams girls basketball team beat Toms River East, 51-35.
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•February 4, 2015
Pinelands Basketball Teams Need to Pull Off Upsets This Week
It is crunch time for the basketball teams of Pinelands Regional High School. The cutoff for making the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association State Playoffs is this Saturday, Feb. 7.…
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•February 3, 2015
Barnegat’s Sam Madden Going to the ‘Dawgs’
Sam Madden, the standout Barnegat High School offensive tackle, will be wearing the uniform of the University of Georgia Bulldogs as he recently announced heis committing to the Southeast Conference…
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•January 28, 2015
Southern Rams American Youth Cheerleaders Win National Titles
With hundreds of teams throughout the country competing for a shot at a national title, Manahawkin’s own Southern Rams American Youth Cheerleaders came out on top.
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•January 28, 2015
Sister and Brother Breaking Backs and Barriers in Wrestling
“All I know is I plan on being remembered at this school,” Olivia Mena, a wrestler with Pinelands Regional School District’s7/8 program, bluntly stated.
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•January 27, 2015
Two Rams Hit 1,000-Point Milestones on Jan. 17
By now, most Southern Regional High School sports spectators know that senior guard Jake Logue scored his 1,000th point for the boys varsity basketball team on Jan 17. This came as part of an 80-59…
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•January 22, 2015
Next Two Weeks Critical for Pinelands Basketball Teams
Both the girls and boys basketball teams of Pinelands Regional High School jumped out to quick starts this winter.
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•January 21, 2015
At Southern, Girls Basketball Boasting Balanced Roster
The Southern Regional High School girls basketball team is currently sporting a 8-2 record this season, including five wins and one loss in league play. But don’texpect a story filled with statistics…
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•December 23, 2014
In 2014, Rams Still Dominated Southern Ocean Sports Scene
Over the past decade, fans of the teams of Pinelands Regional and Barnegat must have often felt like Jan, the middle sister of the Brady Bunch.
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•December 17, 2014
Southern Regional Rams Readying for Season’s Start
Winter: holidays, unhealthy treats and hoops – sweet. So, come read about Southern Regional High School’s basketball hopes for the 2014-15 season.
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•December 12, 2014
Southern Regional High School Has a Sailing Program – and These Kids Can Race
December isa month when most are not talking or thinking about sailing. That written, let’s learn about the sailing program at Southern Regional High School.
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•December 10, 2014
Local High School Squads Headed to National Cheerleading Championship
This February, teams from Barnegat, Pinelands Regional and Southern Regional high schools will travel to the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., for the National High School Cheerleading…
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•December 5, 2014
Former Southern Regional Nittany Lion Mike Gesicki Leaps Onto Big 10 All-Freshman Team
From Stafford to Happy Valley: This is a transition The SandPaper most recently wrote about with Southern Regional High School’s Glenn Carson, now with the Arizona Cardinals. Now Southern Regional…
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•December 3, 2014
Southern Regional Blocker: Balancing Brains and Brawn
What colleges would a football player be interested in? Alabama, Ohio State, Oregon? How about MIT? That is the case for Southern Regional High Schoolsenior lineman Olufemi Palmer.
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•November 28, 2014
Beach Haven School’s New Swimming Program to Begin Next Month
Students at the Beach Haven School will get their feet wet through a new school-funded swimming program at the St. Francis Aquatics Center in Brant Beach beginning next month.
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•November 28, 2014
Seamus Brazil Is the ‘Pride’ of Barnegat Baseball
When students see Seamus Brazill walking through the Barnegat High School hallways, they probably figure he’s a member of the basketball team. But they’d be wrong – the 6-foot-9-inch senior pitches…
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•November 26, 2014
Pinelands’ Zodl in Top 20 in Cross-Country Meet of Champions
Lauren Zodl’s high school cross-country career ended on a high note this past weekend. The Pinelands senior finished 19th in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Meet of…
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•November 21, 2014
Crick Crew Racing: Life and Dirt Tracks
Chatting in his dining roomas he would with any friend, West Creek resident Dennis Seeley spoke about how dirt track racing has defined nearly the last decade of his life: a life which has also…
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•November 19, 2014
Pinelands Girls Soccer Team Recipient of Shore Conference Sportsmanship Award
A true sportsman, or woman, is respectful of opponents, humble in victory and gracious in defeat. For demonstrating these tenets throughout the fall season, the Pinelands Regional High School girls…
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•November 19, 2014
Barnegat Falls in State Group II Volleyball Semifinals Once Again
For the second straight year the Barnegat High School girls volleyball team tripped over the same hurdle on its way to a New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association State Group II…
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•November 17, 2014
Lauren Zodl Will Represent the Area in Cross-Country Meet of Champions
The 2014 cross-country season is over for all of Southern Ocean County’s high school athletes save one- Lauren Zodl of Pinelands Regional.
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•November 17, 2014
Barnegat Bengals Drop Playoff Opener, 28-7, to Buena
The Barnegat High School Bengals’ chance at capturingtheir first state football championship fell by the wayside Nov. 14 in a 28-7 defeat on the road against Buena in the opening round of the NJSIAA…
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•November 13, 2014
Queen City Runraiser 5K in Beach Haven to Lap Superstorm Sandy Recovery, Help Support Broader Community Needs
The do-gooders behind the Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause, a 5K race that brought together nearly 850 people who helped raise a total of $42,000 in 2012 and 2013for local Superstorm Sandy aid, have…
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•November 12, 2014
Southern Basketball Dishing Out Breakfast and Fast Break Lessons
With the NBA season justbeginningand college basketball just weeks away, hoops season is well underway. For the younger ballers, Southern Regional High School hasa youth clinic later this month. For…
