Sports
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•November 12, 2014
Rams’ Run to Playoffs Wrecked
The playoffs were within grasp. Southern Regional’s football team was in the classic “win-and-you’re-in” situation as it played its final regular season game against Brick Memorial High Schoollast…
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•November 11, 2014
Barnegat Volleyball Team Advances in State Group II Tournament
The Barnegat High School girls volleyball team got off to a slow start last week in its quest to win the New Jersey Group II State Championship Tournament, but turned on its afterburners when…
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•November 11, 2014
Football Bengals Open Playoffs Friday in Buena
In football, there’s an expression that when a key player gets injured, it’s “next man up.”
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•November 10, 2014
Rams Field Hockey Ends Season in State Sectional Final
Southern Regional High School’s field hockey team ended its run of success last Friday with an 8-0 loss to Eastern – considered the best high school squad in the entire country – in the finals of the…
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•November 10, 2014
Pinelands Girls and Both Southern Squads Punch Tickets to State Group Championships in Cross-Country
Timing is everything in cross-country, and, for Lauren Zodl, the fine Pinelands Regional runner, timing is everything in more than one way. The senior pulled away from the field in Saturday’s New…
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•November 6, 2014
New Coach Hopes Bengals Hoopsters Bounce in Right Direction
In 2008, Mike Puorro took over a Wall Township varsity boys basketball team that was falling apart. Therehad beenthree head coaches in four years, and it needed a major rebuilding job. Two years…
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•November 4, 2014
Barnegat the Top Seed in State Group II Tournament
The Barnegat High School girls volleyball team suffered a minor upset in the Shore Conference Tournament last Tuesday. Barnegat, which sported a fine 21-1 record going into its semifinal match and…
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•November 4, 2014
Southern Regional Field Hockey Advances to South Jersey Group IV Finals – in Dramatic Fashion
It all came down to a stroke. Two regular periods of play and two sudden-death overtimes were not enough to decide the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV semifinal match-up between Southern Regional High…
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•November 4, 2014
Pinelands Football Team Picks Up Two Wins
No, Yankee radio play-by-play announcer John Sterling has not brought his signature game-ending call (“Yankees win! Theeeeeee Yankees win!”) to the public address system at Pinelands Regional High…
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•November 4, 2014
Massive Running Game Leads Southern One Win From Playoffs
While ESPN covered the New York Giants getting blown-out in the Meadowlands on Monday night, Southern Regional High School was hosting its own Monday night matchup. Southern’s game featured critical…
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•November 4, 2014
Southern X-Country Teams Have Good Shore Conference Meet
The Roman Catholic religious order the Christian Brothers is perhaps best known to many people because of the distinctive brandy it produces. New Jersey’s Christian Brothers Academy, an all-male…
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•October 29, 2014
Pinelands Football Offense Giveth and Taketh Away
The Pinelands Regional High School football team’s offense had its best game of the season last Friday night against Holmdel. But it also had, in a way, its worst game, surrendering eight points…
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•October 29, 2014
Bengals Defeat Rams in Shore Conference Volleyball Tournament
It wasn’t a huge surprise when the Barnegat High School girls volleyball team defeated Southern Regional in the second round of the Shore Conference tournament this past Friday. After all, Barnegat…
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•October 27, 2014
Pinelands’ Lauren Zodl Wins Second Ocean County Cross Country Crown
Last Thursday certainly wasn’t a nice day to be running around the woods of Lakewood’s Ocean County Park. The tail end of the autumn’s first northeast storm ensured the course would be muddy and…
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•October 23, 2014
Pinelands Gains Over 300 Yards on Ground
The Pinelands Regional High School football team seems to be improving as its 2014 season progresses. It just hasn’t improved quite enough to win yet.
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•October 23, 2014
Bikers Blaze Through Dirt, Wind and Dust at Eagleswood Enduro Race
Some might say that riding an off-road motorcycle isan activityreserved for America’s youth. Those folks would be wrong.
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•October 23, 2014
Fantastic Waves, Weather and Surfing Make for Memorable Jetty Clam Jam
Now in its eighth year, the Jetty Clam Jam has developed some longstanding traditions. One tradition is the team selection, randomly paired surfers from different age brackets into two-man squads.…
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•October 22, 2014
Atlantic Coast Championships Features Winners From All Over
Inlast week’s article on the United States Optimist Dinghy Association’s Atlantic Coast Championships at Brant Beach Yacht Club, extended results were missing – oops.
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•October 21, 2014
Southern Regional Field Hockey Clinches Class A South
Southern Regional High School’s varsity field hockey team secured the Shore Conference Class A South championship Monday with a 4-0 win against Brick Memorial.
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•October 16, 2014
Pinelands’ Lauren Zodl Wins South Jersey Open in Cross Country
Maybe Pinelands Regional High School should be renamed Forrest Gump High. The Pinelands Wildcats sure can run.
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•October 16, 2014
Going the Distance — LBI Commemorative 18 Mile Run
LBI 18 Mile Run Results Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, as reported by compuscore.com
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•October 14, 2014
Contrasting Weather Highlights Optimist Regatta
The weather brought rain and wind on Saturday. Then on Sunday, the sun was out and it felt great. But this storyis noweather report. The contrasting weather of the two days was a hot topic at Brant…
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•October 9, 2014
Former Bengal Finds New Lease on Football Life at Villanova
Ryan Morris found out rather quickly that going from a small high school to a major college football program is quite an adjustment. After closing an outstanding career as a tight end/defensive end…
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•October 9, 2014
Pinelands Regional Girls Shining in Tennis and Cross Country
A couple of weeks ago, The SandPaper reported that Pinelands Regional High School had a pretty darn good girls tennis team this season. The girls proved that to be true last Thursday when the…
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•October 8, 2014
Outrun by Central, Pinelands Regional Still Winless
The Philadelphia Eagles would be jealous of the success of the Pinelands Regional High School football team’s ground game this fall.
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•October 7, 2014
Brant Beach Yacht Club Hosting Championships
Drive down Long Beach Boulevard in Brant Beach this weekend, and notice the endless line of boat trailers. The sight would make it hard to believe it’s October – and post-Chowderfest. The area will…
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•October 2, 2014
Pinelands Girls Tennis Team Rolls on Despite Losing Nine Seniors
The girls tennis teams of Barnegat and, especially, Pinelands Regional high schools figure to be in the thick of things in Shore Conference B South play this autumn. As of Sept. 28, the Bengals had…
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•October 1, 2014
Girls Volleyball Gets First Win Against Southern Regional
The Barnegat High School girls varsity volleyball team is off to a very strong start. As of Oct. 13, the Bengals were 14-1(10-0 in the Shore Conference B-South division) and on a mission to bring…
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•September 25, 2014
LBI 18 Mile Run Was Ahead of the Road Race Pack in 1973
The people running in the 42nd annual Long Beach Island Commemorative 18 Mile Run, sponsored by the St. Francis Community Center in conjunction with the LBI Jewish Community Center, may not realize…
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•September 25, 2014
New Pinelands Field Hockey Coach’s Word Is ‘Law’ on the Field
When the Pinelands Regional High School varsity field hockey team takes on Southern Regional late next month, new Wildcats head coach Elizabeth Law will be up against her alma mater and her best…
