Sports
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•October 8, 2025
Southern Regional Cruises to 35-0 Victory Over Lacey to Stay Undefeated
When the offense is scoring 30 points per game and the defense is allowing less than six, it’s a football team’s recipe for success. But even at 6-0, Southern Regional can’t start thinking about…
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•October 8, 2025
Griffiths Thwarts Barnegat as Pinelands Regional Scores Late Goal to Tie
Maybe about 8 yards away, Riley Schmidt had a wide-open look at the goal with seven seconds left in overtime on Oct. 4. She slung a shot toward the far post, but Rebecca Griffiths popped her right…
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•October 8, 2025
Kaszuba Wins in Straight Sets to Lead Pinelands Past Barnegat
Even as a young girl, Kiera Kaszuba knew she eventually would play tennis in the Pinelands Regional program.
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•October 8, 2025
Schweigart’s Big Goal Lifts Southern Regional
Possessing the ball through the first 19 days of the season wasn’t an issue for the Southern Regional boys soccer team. But except for one game, the Rams weren’t finding the back of the net as much…
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•October 2, 2025
Southern Football Squad Downs Toms River North, Remains Undefeated
Southern Regional defensive coordinator Matt Abbato posted to his Facebook space late on Friday, Sept. 26, with an exciting message.
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•October 1, 2025
Pinelands Extends Win Streak, Grabs Share of Division Title
Several weeks ago, when the Pinelands Regional girls volleyball squad defeated nearby rival Barnegat in a barnburner type of match, senior Madison Wilbert made a statement afterward that may have…
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•October 1, 2025
Atkins, Neyer Goals Propel Southern Girls Past Barnegat
After scoring just once through the first four games of the season, the Southern Regional girls soccer team has finally found its scoring touch.
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•October 1, 2025
Southern Keeps Rolling With Win Over Toms River North
A new season always brings with it the challenge of new players taking over roles graduated seniors left behind. Fortunately for Southern Regional’s field hockey program, reloading the cannons hasn’t…
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•September 26, 2025
Boat Racing Championships Roar Into Beach Haven
The Jersey Shore Boat Racing season culminates with the championships on Sunday, Sept. 28, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Beach Haven public boat ramp off Ninth Street.
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•September 25, 2025
By Land and By Bay: Brant Beach Hosts LBI Triathlon
Several hundred people took to the roads and bay waters off Brant Beach Sunday, Sept. 21 for the annual Long Beach Island Triathlon, Duathlon and Aquabike competition. Jonathan Erdelyi, 44, of Fair…
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•September 24, 2025
Henbest One of 15 College Students to Receive Scholarship
Alex Henbest made the decision years ago that he wanted to pursue a career in golf. When he accepted the offer to be part of the University of Nebraska’s Professional Golf Management program, his…
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•September 18, 2025
Pinelands Overcomes Mishaps to Oust Barnegat
It never fails. Whenever the Pinelands Regional and Barnegat girls volleyball teams get together for their first clash of the season, things get a little wonky.
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•September 17, 2025
Balanced Productivity for Barnegat Girls Tennis Team as Winning Continues
Ivy Lu and Hannah Manlulu are no longer doubles partners, and that’s not a bad thing. They’re the leaders of the Barnegat girls tennis team now, and leading means taking steps they otherwise may not…
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•September 17, 2025
Barnegat Football Squad Limited By Toms River East in First Loss
Barnegat football head coach Paul Covine certainly wasn’t expecting his squad to have just five possessions against Toms River East on Sept. 12. Nor did he expect his Bengals to have the ball for a…
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•September 17, 2025
Classmates Chamorro, Stolte Connect to Push Barnegat Past Pinelands
As Leo Chamorro gained possession of the ball along the left sideline, about 25 yards from goal, he looked up and toward the goalkeeper’s box.
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•September 11, 2025
Southern Regional Defense Delivers Gem as Rams Improve to 2-0
Reality White transferred from Barnegat to Southern Regional shortly before the basketball season last year, so he didn’t play football for the Rams until two weeks ago. On Sept. 5, White didn’t just…
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•September 10, 2025
Lake Geneva Boats Swipe Top Two Spots in National Regatta at LEHYC
Lake Geneva Yacht Club in Wisconsin apparently has some solid race teams. Two of them finished atop the standings and a total of three finished among the top five during the E-Scow National…
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•September 10, 2025
Southern Regional Gymnastics Squad Has Plenty of Young Talent
Call it a youth movement, if you will. The Southern Regional gymnastics team has no seniors.
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•September 10, 2025
Krier, Sprague Give Pinelands Regional a Lot of Spark at the Top
Last season, Summer Sprague and Rory Krier established themselves as the next generation of lead runners for the Pinelands Regional girls cross country program. The proof was in the pudding…
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•September 10, 2025
Girls Volleyball Squads Off to Hot Start Opening Week
All three local high school girls volleyball teams were undefeated following the opening week of the season, and only one of them gave up a set.
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•September 10, 2025
Barnegat Girls Have Little Trouble Finishing Against Pinelands
It took a significant portion of last season for many of the Barnegat girls soccer players to truly connect with each other on the field. Soon after the midpoint of their 10-10 campaign, however, it…
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•September 4, 2025
Southern Defending State Title With Rebuilt Team, New Coach
The Southern Regional boys soccer team experienced a lot of change since winning its first state championship last November. First and foremost, the Rams have a new coach. Second, they graduated a…
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•September 4, 2025
Southern Regional’s Success Hinges on Mostly New Players
Every year when the girls volleyball season starts, most teams within the Shore Conference look to Southern Regional as the standard of success, and rightfully so. The Rams have won 10 conference…
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•September 3, 2025
Southern Regional Expects to Be Tough Contender Again
At the end of last season, all Southern Regional field hockey coach Denise Newill could do was shake her head in disbelief. Not because the Rams were handed a 10-0 loss by Kingsway in the NJSIAA…
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•September 3, 2025
Pinelands Looks to Kaszuba to Lead Way Again After First Winning Season in 10 Years
Winning seasons often do wonders for a girls tennis program – that is, unless your team loses a bunch of seniors to graduation following the most recent success story. But while Sarah Ervin’s…
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•September 3, 2025
Runners Hit the Road to Support Fire Company
At the start of the holiday weekend, 275 runners participated in the Barnegat Township Volunteer Fire Co.’s Stop Drop and Run event on Saturday, Aug. 30.
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•September 3, 2025
Forever Young Softballers Reach for the Fences
How great the feeling is to grip and throw the ball, hearing the “swack” as the ball hits the leather glove, or the thrill of connecting the ball with the bat, watching it fly to parts unknown into…
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•September 3, 2025
Despite Graduations, Talent Abounds in Southern Lineup
After graduating 10 seniors from last year’s 12-7-2 team that captured the program’s first division championships, it would be easy to think the Southern Regional girls soccer squad may have some…
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•August 30, 2025
71st Annual LBI Surf Fishing Classic Shifts to Aug. 30 Start
Join the ranks of anglers targeting striped bass, bluefish, kingfish, tautog, red drum, weakfish and fluke from the shores of Long Beach Island as one of the nation’s oldest and most storied…
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•August 28, 2025
Beach Haven, the Bocce Capital of LBI
For the 32nd summer in Beach Haven, the bocce balls rolled across Joan Barron’s backyard court on Saturday, Aug. 23. And after the dust settled, a new pair of names will be etched onto the Mike…
