Sports
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•August 1, 2012
LBI Skimboarder Siobahn McAuliffe Second Best in the World
When Siobahn McAuliffe started skimboarding in Ship Bottom 10 years ago, there weren’t any girls down at the water’s edge. She was 14. The sport was so small that she basically knew everyone with a…
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•July 31, 2012
Island Surf and Sail Hosts Ladies Paddle Challenge
The Island Surf and Sail Ladies Paddle Challenge was held at Bayview Park in Long Beach Township on Friday, July 27, 2012.
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•July 20, 2012
Stand-Up Paddleboard Yoga: Wobbly Good Time for Novice
Editor’s Note: Fourth in a series that journals our feature writer’s new experience with some of the Jersey Shore’s best choices in summer recreation.
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•July 14, 2012
Stafford Stingrays Poised to Attack at World Series
For some softball players, summer represents downtime after the spring season has ended. For a select few, however, the real battle just starts to heat up in July, as traveling tournament teams…
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•July 12, 2012
Surf City Epic Lifeguard Tournament All-Women This Year
July is always “epic” mid-Island. The Surf City Beach Patrol will host itsninth annual Epic Lifeguard Tournament at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 12, on theFifth Street beach. This year, the event features…
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•July 12, 2012
First-Time Waverunner ‘Bravely’ Takes on Wind-Blown Bay
Editor’s Note: Third in a series that journals our feature writer’s new experience with some of the Jersey Shore’s best choices in summer recreation.
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•July 11, 2012
Olympic Sailor Trains Young Racers
This summer, some youngsailors are eager to take theirexpertise to the next levelthrough private coaching. Three days a week, they train and practice at Barnegat Light Yacht Club under the tutelage…
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•July 4, 2012
SCYC Kicks Off Waterfront Season With 35th Annual Junior Commodore Regatta
On Friday, sailors of every ilk participated in Surf City Yacht Club’s annual Junior Commodore Regatta. This competition is unique as it is planned and hosted by the junior commodore of the club, who…
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•June 28, 2012
Youth Basketball League Forming at Pinelands
When Rev. Pat Sharkey was the pastor of Stafford Township’s King of Kings Community Church, he organized a very popular youth basketball league.
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•June 21, 2012
Southern Softball Standout Amanda McClellan a Born Leader With a Bright Future
Softball is a team sport; nine players on each side battle with intensity and determination every game. But within each team there is a leader – a tone setter – who rallies the teammates around her…
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•June 20, 2012
Stafford Dad Takes a Swing at Father’s Day of the Year
FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood, Father’s Day. The sun is beaming off pristine green grass, and the smell of hot dogs and hamburgers and the sound of the occasional wooden crack of a baseball bat fill the…
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•June 14, 2012
Southern Finally Crowns a State Champion This Spring
It took until Monday evening, but Southern Regional High School finally won a state athletic championship this spring.
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•June 14, 2012
Rams Volleyball Team Falls in State Title Match
When The SandPaper previewed last Thursday’s high school volleyball state championship match between Southern Regional and Fair Lawn, it said the action would be of the…
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•June 14, 2012
Sunset Park a Stand Up Paddle Boarding Oasis
As yet afairly new resident of Long Beach Island, having moved to Surf City in February, I have deemed it a necessity to learn to surf and somewhat sacrilegious to not do so if I am to ever consider…
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•June 13, 2012
East Coast Boat Racing Kick-Starts Season With Beach Haven Tribute Race
“They’re hot rod clam boats,” is how East Coast Boat Racing ClubPresident Steve Adams describes the racing garveys that comprise the majority of boats in the club’s first races of the 2012 season…
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•June 7, 2012
Southern Volleyball Team Reaches State Semifinals
The 2012 high school boys volleyball state championship match could look very much like the 2011 version. Fans of coach Eric Maxwell’s Southern Regional team, however, would like to see a different…
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•June 7, 2012
Harvey Cedars Triathlon
Inaugural Harvey Cedars Triathlon held on Sunday, June 3, 2012
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•May 31, 2012
Bengals, Lady Bengals Make History on the Diamond
The Barnegat Bengals baseball team made school history this year by winningits first-ever playoff game against the Collingswood High School Panthers in a 5-1 victory on May 22. Though the team has…
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•May 31, 2012
First Freshman Female Joins Pinelands Regional Varsity Golf Team
Danielle Elia is the first freshman girl to play on the Pinelands Regional High School varsity golf team. The team tied its last match, against Monsignor Donovan, last week and finished the season…
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•May 24, 2012
Another Year, Another Title Run for Southern Regional Volleyball
As the start of the 2012 New Jersey high school boys volleyball season approached, it wouldn’t have taken a Nostradamus to predict that the Southern Regional High School boys volleyball team would be…
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•May 17, 2012
Fishermen: There’s Still Time to Sign Up for Simply Bassing Tournament
The search for stripers is under way on Long Beach Island. May 5 marked the beginning of the 11th annual Simply Bassing Spring Surf Tournament, a seven-week grassroots competition to see who can land…
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•May 12, 2012
Stafford 5th & 6th Grade Girls’ Basketball Team Wins Championship in Stafford Rec League Play
In the Stafford Recreational League program, the Staffordfifth- and sixth-grade girls basketball team, sponsored by Boland-Montesano Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, brought home the…
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•May 10, 2012
Local Gymnasts Dynamic at State Championships
The Gymdawgs of Extreme Gymnastics in Stafford Township captured two top-seven team awards at the Jersey Optional Gymnastics Association’s Level 1-4 state championships at the end of April. In…
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•May 10, 2012
National Bike Month: Time to Try Commuting to Work?
Spring is here, which means warm weather is approaching the Jersey Shore. Locals and visitors alike are looking forward to outdoor activities. Lucky for us, May is National Bike Month – a great…
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•May 10, 2012
Southern Golf Team Often on the Green Despite Being Green
Much has been written in the past decade about two of Southern Regional High School’s outstanding athletic programs: its wrestling and volleyball teams. They have been, after all, perennial…
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•May 3, 2012
Star Barnegat Athlete Matt Schofield Ready for Next Challenge
Matt Schofield may be leaving Barnegat High School in a few short weeks, but his athletic legacy will likely stay with the school for years to come. In his three years as a starting middle linebacker…
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•May 3, 2012
Sailing Legend Dennis Conner Visits Optimist Competitors at Brant Beach Yacht Club
Last week, in an article letting people know that the Brant Beach Yacht Club would be hosting the 2012 United States Optimist Dinghy Association Team Trials from April 26 to 29, The SandPaper said…
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•May 3, 2012
The Sun Shines on Second Annual Seven Bridges Road Half Marathon and 5K
Last Sunday’s second annual Seven Bridges Road Half Marathon and 5K in Tuckerton drew315 registrants, with proceeds benefiting Ocean of Love, a Toms River-based nonprofit organization that provides…
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•April 26, 2012
Brant Beach Yacht Club the ‘Williamsport’ of Sailboating This Week
They don’t call them the Optimists for nothing!
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•April 26, 2012
Barnegat Little League in Full Swing
Going to a professional baseball game can be a pretty expensive proposition, but in Barnegat Township you can watch some possible future stars without paying anything at the gate.
