Sports
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•August 5, 2021
Olympic Gold Medalist in Women’s Discus Has Barnegat Light Connection
Valarie Allman grew up a dancer. On Monday, Aug. 2, she danced with joy at the top of the medals podium in the Tokyo Olympics.
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•August 5, 2021
NY Teen Swipes Ocean Mile Title; BLBP First-Timer Snags Women’s Division
As soon as Clementine DeMauro found out about the Barnegat Light Ocean Mile Swim, she was hooked.
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•August 4, 2021
Parker, Rothstein Sisters Win Big at Women’s Challenge in Cape May
Even at 37 years old, Jenna Parker still has an edge over most female lifeguards during competition. The edge is called experience as well as an understanding of how and when to pace and conserve…
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•August 4, 2021
Bodnar’s Upwind Tacks in Final Race Secure Annual Optimist Regatta
When Isabella Calzadilla first arrived to set sail in the bay off Long Beach Island, she openly wondered about something and had no qualms about questioning it.
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•August 3, 2021
The Wing Is the New Thing in Watersports This Season
If you’ve been even casually observing watersports on LBI for the last decade (or the last five), you’ve seen people riding boards on water. First, they rode them on waves, standing or lying down.…
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•July 29, 2021
Walsh Captures Sixth Mariner National Title at Surf City Regatta
Dan Walsh knows a thing or two about winning a regatta on the bay waters near Surf City Yacht Club. The Riverton Yacht Club sailor has won there a bunch of times, after all.
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•July 29, 2021
Harvey Cedars Edges Brigantine for Donlon Memorial Tourney Crown
Don Paul Adams has jumped out of many boats during his career as a lifeguard. Very few of those times have been quite as harried as the leap he made into the Atlantic Ocean surf on July 26.
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•July 28, 2021
Marlin Invitational Has a Whole New Look for 2021
The Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club has added new features to its 52nd White Marlin Invitational Tournament in an attempt to revive what was once a very popular event. This year the tournament runs…
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•July 28, 2021
Korea Taekwondo Center Competitors Dominate at AAU Nationals
Three youngsters from Korea Taekwondo Center in Manahawkin cleaned up in Las Vegas two weeks ago.
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•July 28, 2021
Spray Beach Proves Hard Work Pays Off, Captures LBTBP Cup
The last time Spray Beach won the trophy, it was called the Mayor’s Cup. Eight years later, first-year captain Jason Jennings’ crew captured the Long Beach Township Beach Patrol Cup.
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•July 27, 2021
Little Time Left to Register for Barnegat Light Ocean Mile Swim
Every year, the Barnegat Light Ocean Mile Swim presents a challenge to first-timers and veterans alike. And with just about a week left before it begins, time is winding down to register for this…
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•July 22, 2021
Kolman, Rothstein Lead Way to Victory for Surf City Beach Patrol
Perhaps for next year, the Long Beach Township Beach Patrol should consider renaming its Women’s Invitational Tournament the “Pepper and Julia Show.” After all, when they’re competing, it almost…
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•July 20, 2021
Coquina Jam Returns to Brant Beach
The 2020 Jetty Coquina Jam was strange. Masks on the beach was just the start. From the sanitizing of jerseys between heats to the strange layout of the sponsors, it was a surf contest like no one…
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•July 18, 2021
Barnegat Light, Surf City Yacht Club Teams Glad to Be Back in the Bay
Thomas Vazzano almost forgot what some of the youngsters on his swim team looked like after not seeing them last summer because a thing called COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the season.
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•July 16, 2021
Cedars Pulls Off Another Epic Victory as Lifeguard Tournament Season Begins
Tracey Hemmerle has been guarding the beaches of Ship Bottom for some 18 years now, and she’s been one of the premier female competitors in tournaments for nearly as long. But last year, she was…
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•July 14, 2021
SCYC Junior Commodore’s Regatta All About Dominating Efforts
The results are in from the Surf City Yacht Club Junior Commodore’s Regatta on July 2, and dominating efforts were the name of the game.
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•July 8, 2021
Southern’s Gonzalez Hits New Level, Grabs 4th at Nationals
Southern Regional boys track and field throws coach Dylan Larson is extremely happy to have two more seasons with Fabian Gonzalez.
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•July 7, 2021
Ocean County College to Offer Men’s Volleyball Beginning Spring 2023
This past May, the National Junior College Athletic Association Foundation and the First Point Volleyball Foundation announced $200,000 in grant funds to establish men’s volleyball teams at 15 member…
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•July 7, 2021
Kubarewicz, Soares, Lyons and Horne Ready to Take on Division II Athletics at Belmont Abbey
Kacey Kubarewicz stepped onto campus while it was dark and couldn’t really see much of it at the moment, but she knew Belmont Abbey College was the right place for her.
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•July 4, 2021
Excitement Builds as Lifeguard Tournaments Return
Every beach patrol on Long Beach Island takes its ocean rescue operation seriously. Their lifeguards’ job, after all, is to keep beachgoers safe when they visit.
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•July 4, 2021
It’s Back: Time to Register for Barnegat Light Ocean Mile Swim
Every year, the Barnegat Light Ocean Mile Swim has plenty of first-timers amid the hundreds competing. Among that crowd two years ago – the last time the race was contested – were Rob and Kerry…
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•June 30, 2021
Register for Pickleball Referee Training Course
The Nelson Avenue park in Beach Haven will be the site of a pickleball referee training course on Wednesday, July 21, beginning at 8:45 a.m. Class size is limited to 12.
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•June 30, 2021
Summer Sailing Events Return to Island
Last summer was one many would like to forget, especially with the Island yacht clubs, which didn’t host a single, large sailing event. No doubt some found a way to squeeze in some lessons, but…
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•June 23, 2021
From Ram to Bear: Prosperi’s Path Forward Goes Through the Coast Guard Academy
John Paul Prosperi learns lessons well. When he was younger, playing for a Stafford Township Recreation club soccer team coached by Guy Lockwood, he heard one of Lockwood’s messages loud and clear…
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•June 22, 2021
Fluke-a-Mania Seeking Anglers for Weekend Event
The Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club hosts a Fluke-a-Mania tournament this Friday and Saturday, June 25 and 26.
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•June 20, 2021
Southern Regional Sophomore Snatches State Discus Championship
By the time Fabian Gonzalez stepped into the circle for his final throw, he already knew he had won. He still wanted to put an exclamation point on his big victory and even requested the crowd around…
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•June 18, 2021
Jackson Earns 13th Varsity Letter
Lexi Jackson recently accomplished a rare scholastic athletic feat as she earned her 13th career varsity letter at Barnegat High School.
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•June 16, 2021
Southern Regional Boys Lacrosse Team Thwarted By Hunterdon Central
What may have looked like an improbable run earlier in the season became a reality for the Southern Regional boys lacrosse team, as it blazed through the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV sectional…
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•June 16, 2021
Southern Outslugs Pinelands in Baseball Season Finale
Unlike last spring, this year’s senior baseball players at Southern Regional High School had the opportunity to play their final game together. Heck, the fact they had the opportunity play the entire…
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•June 16, 2021
Old Bridge Finds Way Past Southern in State Final
Before the 11 seniors on the Southern Regional boys volleyball squad graduated on Wednesday, head coach Eric Maxwell wanted them to have a great parting gift.
