Sports
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•April 28, 2021
Pinelands Aims to Be Quality Squad Once Again
Tennis season has returned, and, fortunately, the Pinelands Regional boys squad has a few of its players returning from the crew that went 18-2 and reached the NJSIAA South Jersey Group II final in…
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•April 28, 2021
Southern Girls Golfers Place Fourth in Conference After Winning County Title
The Southern Regional girls golf team completed its best week in program history Monday.
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•April 28, 2021
Sean Morris Making Impact at Holy Cross
For the fourth time in the school’s history, the College of the Holy Cross football team competed in the NCAA playoffs. And although they decisively lost to South Dakota State, 31-3, in round one…
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•April 28, 2021
Southern’s Hummel, Collins Can Use State Finals Experience as Springboard
Eddie Hummel knows the road through the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is going to be laden with challenges, adversity and probably some disappointments.
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•April 28, 2021
Southern Again Has Depth, Experience on Its Side
The spring track and field season didn’t happen a year ago. The winter season, typically a tuneup for many athletes as they head toward the spring, was abbreviated and limited to certain events. Now…
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•April 25, 2021
Southern Regional’s Hummel, Collins End Wrestling Season as State Runners-up
Southern Regional wrestlers Eddie Hummel and Conor Collins just missed capturing state titles on April 24.
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•April 22, 2021
Pinelands Cruises Past Jackson Liberty for First Girls Volleyball Sectional Title
A few weeks ago, the Pinelands Regional girls volleyball team wasn’t even certain its season was going to remain intact. The Wildcats played their first week of the season, went undefeated, and then…
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•April 21, 2021
Southern Regional’s Hummel, Collins Look for More After Snagging Region Crowns
Eddie Hummel is on a mission. A state title is within reach, after all.
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•April 21, 2021
Southern Regional Expects to Be Right Back Near the Top Again This Spring
Anybody who knows anything about Southern Regional High School coach Eric Maxwell already knows what his expectation is for the boys volleyball team this spring.
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•April 21, 2021
Southern Softball Squad Needs Experienced Players to Lead the Way
Even though Southern Regional High School softball head coach Jamie Bernaldo had a slew of seniors leading the charge two seasons ago, she managed to work in some youngsters in preparation for the…
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•April 21, 2021
Barnegat, Southern Squads Ready to Blaze New Paths
Last summer, most of the young men returning to their high school baseball squads for 2020-21 received an opportunity they couldn’t pass up. After all, the spring season had been rendered useless by…
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•April 21, 2021
Southern Overtakes Cherokee, Snags Girls Volleyball Title
With the first game already lost, the Southern Regional High School girls volleyball team had its back against a wall inside a hostile gymnasium. Facing match point, twice, the Rams did the only…
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•April 14, 2021
Truex Scores Victory at Martinsville Speedway
As opposed to the race in Bristol, when he led the most laps on the dirt, Martin Truex Jr. returned to the asphalt of Martinsville Speedway on April 11 and didn’t repeat that performance. In fact, he…
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•April 14, 2021
Barnegat Swim Teams Make Most of Shortened Season
Despite an abbreviated season due to the pandemic, the Barnegat High School varsity swimming teams set four team records.
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•April 14, 2021
Golf Programs Significantly Different After Lost 2020 Season
Finally. After losing the entire season to the coronavirus pandemic a year ago, the spring sports teams are getting their chance to compete.
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•April 14, 2021
Southern Regional Scores Easy Win in Girls Volleyball State Tourney Opener
Several weeks ago, senior setter Stephanie Soares explained the Southern Regional girls volleyball team had one main goal during this short season. That goal was to win whatever concoction of an…
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•April 8, 2021
Southern Volleyball Squad Snatches Division Crown But Win Streak Ends at 10
Of course, it’s not a normal girls volleyball season. For one, players typically aren’t wearing masks while they compete.
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•April 7, 2021
Silver Hammers Club Aims to Teach Middle School Girls Volleyball Skills
Female volleyball players in sixth through eighth grades can get a leg up on the competition this spring, as the Silver Hammers Volleyball Club gears up to host its “Skills Academy” starting…
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•April 7, 2021
Official NJ Trout Season Opens Saturday, April 10
More than a half million stocked rainbow trout will be swimming when anglers cast their lines in New Jersey waters this April. As state Department of Environmental Protection Acting Commissioner…
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•April 7, 2021
Martin Truex Jr. Wins Truck Series Race on Dirt at Bristol
Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for the first time since 2006, Martin Truex Jr. led 105 of the 150 laps in the Pinty’s Truck Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 29. And the…
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•April 7, 2021
Southern Gymnastics Team Delivers Its Best, Enjoys Fun of Competing Together
For the past few weeks, the seniors of the Southern Regional gymnastics team have learned to embrace high school competition for what it truly was meant to be – fun.
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•April 1, 2021
Pinelands Wrestlers Cruise Past Barnegat in Shore’s First Outdoor Match
During a typical high school sports year, the first week of spring is a week in which nothing happens, because it’s between the winter and spring seasons. So wrestling outdoors was unheard of until…
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•March 31, 2021
Southern Regional Girls Volleyball Crew Improves to 8-0
With a few weeks left to the season, it looks as if it will take an extraordinary effort to beat the Southern Regional girls volleyball squad. The Rams this past week added four more victories to…
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•March 31, 2021
Southern Regional Wrestlers Bounce Back With Big Win Over Toms River North
The Southern Regional wrestling program is used to the longevity of a typical season, during which the Rams methodically gear up for the team state tournament while preparing each wrestler for the…
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•March 31, 2021
Southern Girls, Boys Swim Squads Oust South to Complete Undefeated Seasons
A shortened season. The need to wear masks at poolside and on deck when not swimming. The uncertainty of who wouldn’t be able to compete on a particular day. Each of these factors easily could have…
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•March 30, 2021
Melges 15 Boat Provides Sleek, More Affordable Way for Adults to Sail
A new class of sailing boat has found its way onto Long Beach Island, and as it picks up pace as becoming a favored vessel across the U.S., it’s bound to become more popular at local yacht clubs.
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•March 24, 2021
Southern Regional Girls Volleyball Squad Scores Win Over Williamstown in Big Opening Week
The first week of Season 3 was a winning one for all Southern Regional, Barnegat and Pinelands Regional squads, and all three girls volleyball teams carried undefeated seasons into their second weeks.
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•March 19, 2021
19th Annual Spring Derby Fishing Tournament April 10 to June 27
Springtime surf fishing has been consistently first-rate these past few years, and anglers are hopeful this season will be just as active. The upcoming Long Beach Island “Spring Derby” Surf Fishing…
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•March 19, 2021
Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club: 72-Year-Old Tradition
For sport fishing enthusiasts, the Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club has been a mainstay since 1949, when a group of fishermen who had long fished the area recognized the need for, and benefit of…
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•March 19, 2021
Angling for a Big Bounceback
Most of 2020 will go down in memory as a difficult time for people due to the pandemic. One activity that especially faced difficult times was saltwater fishing. A hobby for many as well as a way to…
