Sports
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•February 4, 2021
Pinelands Regional Girls Basketball Team Holds Off Barnegat Twice During Opening Week
No fans were in the bleachers screaming at referees. The players on the bench were several arms’ length apart. The coaches and minimal support personnel in the gym had their masks on. And the game…
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•February 3, 2021
Pinelands Regional Bowling Teams Go Perfect to Start Season Atop Division
Sure, last week marked the opening week of the high school bowling season and the Pinelands Regional boys and girls only had two matches, but at the end of the week the Wildcats were in a position…
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•January 29, 2021
Barnegat Girls Basketball Team Storms Back But Falls Short Against Pinelands in Opener
During the past 10 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many teachers to develop skills with online tools such as Google Classroom, and coaches had been using it to conduct team meetings…
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•January 28, 2021
Southern Regional Bowling Squads Have Plenty of Clout This Winter
Typically, the bowling season is about three-quarters complete by the end of January. But we all know this isn’t a typical sports year, and the local high school bowling squads finally are getting…
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•January 27, 2021
Shore Conference Devises Football Season Schedule With a 2020 Vibe
Upon their return to the gridiron this past fall, the Southern Regional, Barnegat and Pinelands Regional football programs all knew what to expect. After the season was delayed a month due to the…
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•January 27, 2021
Barnegat Boys Basketball Team Has Enough in Tank to Win Many Games
The Barnegat High School boys basketball team a year ago won 20 games. This winter, the Bengals won’t even play that many, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic that’s still wreaking havoc across the…
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•January 27, 2021
Win or Lose This Winter, Girls Hoops Teams Will Cherish Playable Moments
If one thing has been learned by high school athletes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s this: Be thankful for whatever time you have to compete in whichever sport you play and cherish any time…
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•January 25, 2021
Ice Fishing Virtual Workshop for Women Feb. 3
Ice fishing fundamentals are on offer for women next month via a New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife virtual workshop, scheduled for 7 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 3. Participants will gather on…
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•January 23, 2021
Changes Coming for White Marlin Tournament
The Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club is adding new features to its 52nd White Marlin Invitational Tournament in an attempt to revive what was once a very popular event. The changes received the…
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•January 21, 2021
Southern Hockey Squad Seizes Momentum Too Late to Overcome Toms River South-East
When taking the ice for its first game of the season, the first dilemma encountered by the Southern Regional ice hockey team was it was without the services of two of its top forwards and No. 1…
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•January 14, 2021
Deep, Talented, Experienced Southern Ice Hockey Squad Ready to Get Going
This year’s high school ice hockey season already is odd. For one, it’s been altered from a 2020-21 season to just a 2021 season. Secondly, it’s been reduced to a 15-game, regular-season schedule.…
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•January 7, 2021
Gesicki Snags Five Passes Against Buffalo, Concludes Excellent Third Season in NFL
The Miami Dolphins’ second meeting with AFC East rival Buffalo on Jan. 3 wasn’t nearly as close as it was when they first met during Week 2 of the season. This time the Bills had run away with the…
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•January 7, 2021
Year of the Pandemic Still Had So Many Great Stories
Wild and wacky. That’s the easiest way to summarize the sports year of 2020.
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•January 6, 2021
Meet Ex-Lacey Football Star Keith Elias in Virtual Program
The Ocean County Library invites football fans to sit in on a live virtual interview with former New York Giants running back Keith Elias on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m.
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•December 31, 2020
Gov. Murphy Gives Green Light for Indoor Athletics to Resume Saturday
After being shelved for a month, all indoor organized sports for youth, high schoolers and adults are permitted to return to action starting Saturday, Jan. 2, Gov. Phil Murphy announced during his…
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•December 20, 2020
Susan Rogers Enshrined in Coaches Hall of Fame
Susan Rogers made Barnegat High School history this month when she became the school’s first coach inducted into the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Hall of Fame. She was enshrined in a recent virtual…
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•December 17, 2020
Gesicki Snags Pair of Tagovailoa Touchdown Passes During Loss to Chiefs
Going by Sunday’s clash with the Kansas City Chiefs, Mike Gesicki is quickly becoming a prominent target for Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
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•December 16, 2020
NJ State Athletic Association Rolls Out Plan for Spring Sports
As promised, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association last week announced its plan for the spring sports season.
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•December 10, 2020
Simply Sunni: Pinelands Senior DiElmo Grows Into Solid, Positive Leader
The story behind Sunni DiElmo’s name is an interesting one.
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•December 10, 2020
NJSIAA Revises Hockey Schedule After Governor Forces Shift
For now, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association has come up with a remedy for the recently diverted ice hockey season.
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•December 3, 2020
Southern Cruises Past Pinelands to Complete Football Season
Back in July, Southern Regional senior linebacker Steve Langton wanted as many games as the schedule could hold, to have the opportunity to play the game he and his classmates loved, even if only a…
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•December 2, 2020
Governor Places All Indoor Athletics on Hold Through Jan. 2
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Nov. 30 announced a temporary hiatus for all indoor athletics within the state in an attempt to slow the surging spread of COVID-19.
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•December 2, 2020
Flag Football Has a Banner Year in Barnegat
Barnegat Township now has a National Football League connection with its inaugural flag football league, which ended play on Nov. 29.
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•November 29, 2020
Barnegat Football Coach Davis Steps Down After Building Program for 18 Years
Erik Smithman knows all about the dedication Rob Davis had to the Barnegat High School football program.
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•November 26, 2020
Southern Regional Yields to Toms River North in OT of Central East Group G Final
Soccer’s a funny game at times. Momentum can shift very quickly. And when it came to the three meetings between Southern Regional and Shore Conference Class A South rival Toms River North, the…
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•November 26, 2020
Southern Regional Falls Short Against Colts Neck in ‘Postseason Pod’ Clash
Back in July, as Southern Regional began its summer workouts with all kinds of new rules in place to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, head coach Chuck Donohue Sr. didn’t believe the season was going…
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•November 22, 2020
‘Unstoppable’ Rams Deliver One More Complete Team Effort to Win Section Final
On what was an unseasonably warm afternoon, the Southern Regional field hockey players on Nov. 21 enjoyed every moment passing around the wooden-based trophy with a golden bowl affixed to it. Some…
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•November 19, 2020
Wrestling Takes a Hit as NJSIAA Releases New Winter Athletics Schedule
The coronavirus pandemic again has caused a big shift in the operation of high school athletics throughout the state.
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•November 19, 2020
Southern Regional Boys Soccer Squad Secures First Division Title in 31 Years
For the 14 seniors on the Southern Regional boys soccer team, this season could have been a disaster, going the way of the spring season when it was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead…
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•November 18, 2020
Barnegat Football Team Shuts Out Lakewood to Kick Off ‘Pod’ Finales
This year’s coronavirus pandemic-riddled football season comes to its end this week. Barnegat and Pinelands Regional were scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 19, finales while Southern Regional’s final…
