Sports
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•January 3, 2022
Brant Beach Native Aims to Snowboard into Paralympics
Long Beach Island is situated close enough to the mountains that, as a teenager, Jenny Ackers could take day trips from her home in Brant Beach to ski resorts just a few hours’ drive away. Ackers…
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•December 23, 2021
Southern Gets Into Hole, Can’t Escape Against Jackson Memorial
Most of the Southern Regional boys basketball players who made it onto the court during the first few minutes of its opener against Jackson Memorial on Dec. 17 hadn’t experienced high-tempo varsity…
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•December 23, 2021
Local Players Help AYF All-Stars Snatch National Crown
A handful of local football players recently had the experience of a lifetime and helped their team to a national title.
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•December 22, 2021
Score at the Shore Basketball Tournament Returns for the Holidays
After taking time off during last year’s Christmas break due to the pandemic, the annual Score at the Shore basketball tournament will be back in action next week at Southern Regional High School.
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•December 23, 2021
Southern’s Collins, Stout Capture Crowns in Season-Opening Tournament
Conor Collins didn’t get in a typically full slate of wrestling matches last season. In fact, he didn’t accumulate even 20 matches, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic that significantly shortened the…
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•December 22, 2021
Southern Regional Boys, Girls Swim Past T.R. East, Improve to 3-0
Earlier in the day on Dec. 16, the Southern Regional boys swim team served pancakes to others in the school during a “Pancakes for Matt” breakfast fundraiser. Later that day, the Rams routed Toms…
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•December 16, 2021
Manahawkin Man Doesn’t Win Race, Just Top Prize for Nasty Outfit
Eric Chambers definitely knows how to make an ugly impression with his clothing. And he wore his finest to run a 5K through downtown Manahawkin on Dec. 11.
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•December 16, 2021
Southern Regional Wrestlers Ready to Go Big With Every Opportunity This Winter
After last season’s choppy, reduced season, there’s no doubt the Southern Regional wrestling team is anxious to get back on the mat.
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•December 15, 2021
Southern Regional Boys Basketball Team to Make Use of Experienced Backcourt
To win in the Shore Conference Class A South division, a basketball team needs a solid backcourt and a couple of guys who can bang inside with the big boys. Fortunately, Southern Regional has most of…
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•December 15, 2021
Barnegat Girls Basketball Squad Ready to Go With More Seasoned Crew
Within a short, six-week time span last winter, the Barnegat High School girls basketball team managed to get in 13 games. It wasn’t the easiest – given the COVID-19 pandemic – or the prettiest of…
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•December 15, 2021
From Beginner to Elite, Juno Athletics Wrestling Academy Trains Youngsters Right
Only a moment after breaking up the huddle that closed out another early Thursday evening session, coach Mark Carucci addressed the older wrestlers in the room.
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•December 10, 2021
Stafford Roller Hockey Carries on Raylman Legacy
The over-35 division of Stafford Roller Hockey finished its 10-week fall season last week. Roller hockey was added to Stafford rec sports by Jim Raylman in 1999. It’s open to men and women in all…
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•December 9, 2021
Southern Regional Swimmers Start Season By Scorching ’Stangs
The Southern Regional girls swim team definitely lost a considerable amount of clout following last winter’s undefeated season. But nobody would know it, given the Rams’ domination in their season…
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•December 9, 2021
Barnegat Girls Bowlers Perfect Through First 12 Games to Start Season
After two victories to start the season, the Barnegat girls bowling squad continued its early onslaught last week, scoring two more wins to stay perfect through 12 games.
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•December 8, 2021
Former Bengal Sean Morris Has Holy Cross on the Rise
For the fifth time in the school’s history, the Holy Cross College football team competed in the NCAA playoffs.
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•December 8, 2021
Southern Regional Football Alumni Reunion Dec. 29
The Southern 33 Athletic Club will host a reunion of all alumni of the Southern Regional High School football team on Wednesday, Dec. 29, at the VFW Post 3729 on East 79th Street in Beach Haven…
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•December 8, 2021
Even on Defense, Laureigh Leads Way for Southern Hockey Team
Christopher Laureigh proved why he wears the “C” on his jersey Dec. 2. Normally a playmaking forward, the speedy senior wasn’t in goal, even though he may have thought that’d be fun. But he did…
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•December 5, 2021
Southern Regional’s Bucci Removed From Girls Basketball Head Coaching Position
Amid drastically falling numbers of players within the entire program during the past week, Southern Regional girls basketball head coach Tom Bucci was removed from his position on Friday, said…
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•December 1, 2021
Barnegat Girls Bowlers Among Contenders for Division Crown This Winter
The cards are stacked in his team’s favor and Barnegat girls bowling coach Jon Gordon knows it.
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•December 1, 2021
With Laureigh’s Line Leading the Way, Southern Aims for Big Things This Winter
Southern Regional’s last ice hockey season was a weird one. It didn’t start until after Jan. 1, was shortened because of the pandemic, and was further whacked out because some teams had coronavirus…
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•December 1, 2021
Southern Regional Squads Have Components to Go Perfect Again
A combination of experience, depth and talent goes a long way in the pool, and the Southern Regional swim teams have made the most of those three elements the past few years. During last year’s…
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•November 26, 2021
Manahawkin Resident, Atlantic Cape Competitor Pursues Archery Pro Dream
Following his graduation from Southern Regional High School in 2019, Matthew Byrnes headed to Ursinus College in Pennsylvania to begin his pursuit of an engineering degree. He was a track and field…
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•November 24, 2021
Four Years of Excellence Later, Southern’s Ava Kelly Ready for Next Level
Ava Kelly didn’t have any special plans upon arrival to Southern Regional High School. Certainly, none to do with gymnastics.
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•November 22, 2021
Southern Regional Boys Cross-Country Crew Concludes Season at Meet of Champions
The Southern Regional boys cross-country squad completed its season among the state’s best in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions on Nov. 20, but the Rams didn’t break into the top 10 as a team, instead…
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•November 19, 2021
Barnegat Girls Volleyball Squad Snatches Second Sectional Crown in School History
Inside the Barnegat High School gymnasium hangs the banner honoring the boys swim team for its state sectional championship from 2019. Heading into this week, it was the only sectional title in…
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•November 18, 2021
Mendham Too Strong Up Front, Ousts Barnegat in Semifinals
For about 20 minutes on Nov. 11, it seemed the Barnegat girls volleyball team had a shot to advance to the NJSIAA Group II championship. Then the Mendham squad that had bludgeoned the Bengals in the…
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•November 17, 2021
Cancer Survivor the First to Go Perfect on Thunderbird’s Synthetic Lanes
If not for the many doctors, nurses, researchers and medical staff members at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and other facilities, Chuck Jackson may have been dead long before he tossed his…
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•November 17, 2021
Ramales, Miller Finish Among Top 20 in Group IV as Southern Swipes Seventh
Holmdel Park is a bear of a cross-country course. And when the best teams have all their runners in the mix for the NJSIAA Group IV Championship meet, finding space near the front is a chore. It was…
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•November 11, 2021
Seniors Lead Way for Southern Regional Gymnasts as Kelly Claims Floor Sectional Title
Seniors Ava Kelly and Liliana Foote were leaders for the Southern Regional gymnastics team all season. They were again on Nov. 6 during the NJSIAA South Jersey Championships, as the Rams finished…
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•November 10, 2021
Slow Pit Stop Costly as Martin Truex Jr. Ends NASCAR Championship in Second
Martin Truex Jr. finished second in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship, again.
