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Notre Dame Recruit Tommy Sheehan of Manasquan Poised for a Big Senior Season
After putting up dazzling numbers as a junior, Manasquan left-hander Tommy Sheehan heads into his senior season with a simple goal.
The same dominant performances, just more often.
"A big reason for why my stats weren't as good as I thought they could be last year was an injury and an illness during the season,'' Sheehan said...
Former Teammates Gruszecki, Rhoden, Corbin, Barnes Reunite at SBCA Senior All-Star Game
*Click here for a photo gallery of the boys Senior All-Star Game by Ray Richardson*
TOMS RIVER - It's the Super Team That Never Was.
Two years ago, Central Regional's boys basketball team featured a stellar sophomore class that included guard Maks Gruszecki, center Elijah Barnes, swingman Jaden Rhoden and rugged forward Denis Corbin under former coach Steve Zengel...
Toms River North’s Ashley Tutzauer Ends on a Positive Note on Home Court in Senior All-Star Game
*Click here for a photo gallery of the girls Senior All-Star Game by Paula Lopez*
TOMS RIVER - While the stakes weren't as high as the last time she stepped on her home court, Thursday night's Shore Basketball Coaches Association Senior All-Star Game offered Toms River North's Ashley Tutzauer a chance to walk off with a smile and a victory...
Baltimore Orioles All-Star and Freehold Twp. Grad Brad Brach Talks About Beating the Odds, Preparing for this Season
*Click here to check out the spring training photo gallery of Brad Brach by Mark Brown/B51 Photography*
Baltimore Orioles reliever Brad Brach, a former star at Freehold Township and Monmouth University, is the ultimate underdog success story from the Shore Conference...
Freehold Township Suffers Heartbreaking Loss to Hunterdon Central in Final Seconds of CJ Group IV Final
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP - With a 12-point lead late in the third quarter in front of a raucous home crowd on Tuesday night, it looked like this would finally be the season that Freehold Township erased the memories of agonizing losses in the championship game and captured its first NJSIAA sectional title...
Kyle Slendorn Avenges His Only Loss of the Season to Become Howell’s First State Finalist in Nine Years
ATLANTIC CITY - For nearly three months, the knowledge gained by Howell junior Kyle Slendorn in his lone loss of the season had been sitting in his memory bank, waiting to be withdrawn for the biggest match of his career.
Standing between Slendorn and the first trip to a state final for a Howell wrestler in nine years at the NJSIAA Championships on Saturday was Paulsboro's Anthony Duca, who major-
From the Octagon to Boardwalk Hall: Manasquan’s Francis Marshall Makes Successful Transition from MMA to Wrestling
Usually the natural progression is for wrestlers to switch to mixed martial arts after their careers on the mat have come to an end.
Manasquan junior Francis Marshall is part of a new generation showing that athletes can start in the octagon and transition to having their hands raised in victory on a wrestling mat...
Manasquan’s Jeff Bradley Starts Company Making High-Quality Youth Baseball Gloves
After raising two boys who played baseball and seeing the type of gloves young players were often stuck using, Jeff Bradley spent years trying to come up with a better option.
Bradley, 53, a Manasquan resident and former sportswriter for ESPN the Magazine, has realized that vision with his new company, Bradley Baseball Gloves, which sells 21 different models of gloves for players primarily ages 8
Manasquan’s Devin Jensen Joins 1,000-Point Club in State Playoff Win
MANASQUAN - At the end of last season, Ryan Jensen joked with his younger brother Devin that he wouldn't be able to join him among the ranks of 1,000-point scorers at Manasquan with only one season left in his career.
Challenge accepted.
"I think it was pretty cool because (Ryan) told me I couldn't get it last year, so I wanted to prove him wrong,'' Devin said...
Elijah Mitchell’s MVP Performance Helps Mater Dei Prep Repeat as SCT Champs
WEST LONG BRANCH - On a team loaded with talent, Mater Dei Prep senior Elijah Mitchell plays a crucial role that is especially magnified in the postseason.
Someone needs to be the player doing the dirty work of defending the opponent's top threat, grabbing rebounds, generating some offense and generally subverting his ego to do whatever is necessary to get a win...
Holmdel Wrestling Looks to Continue Best Season Since 1980s at Region V Tournament
FLEMINGTON - As senior 132-pounder Troy Gallo put the finishing touches on a 4-1 win in the NJSIAA Region V pre-quarterfinals on Wednesday night, it was a sight that hadn't been seen at Holmdel wrestling in decades.
Gallo's victory helped set the stage for the Hornets at this weekend's Region V tournament at Hunterdon Central by giving them four wrestlers still alive for a chance to punch their ti
Marlboro’s P.J. Ringel Honors His Late Father as Part of Mustangs’ Historic SCT Run
While warming up for one of the biggest boys basketball games in Marlboro history on Sunday, senior guard P.J. Ringel kept thinking he saw a familiar face in the stands.
Jack Ringel was a basketball guy through and through, a Hall of Fame coach at Grady High School in Brooklyn whose teams won three city championships and a state title in his 24 seasons...