Tag: sports

MIDDLETOWN – Before the basketball season began, St. Mary’s substitute teacher Emily Ruane joked with the school’s athletic director about coaching, not knowing they actually needed one. 

After four straight Shore Conference championships dating back to the COVID-shortened season, this year’s SJV team is primarily made up of underclassmen but a key senior leader and tenacious defense resulted in a fifth straight Shore Conference title.

Since no Northeast teams made it to the championship, during this year’s Super Bowl, most Two River-area residents likely enjoyed the thrill of the sport, the food, the commercials, the music and even Taylor Swift sightings. But there was a portion of the audience whose emotions may have been riding on another aspect of the game – the final score.

RUMSON – For 10 straight years, Rumson-Fair Haven has made it to a sectional final. And for the second straight year, the already filled-up trophy case needs to make some room.

Little Silver’s Chris Gotterup and Middletown’s Ryan McCormick earned PGA Tour cards for the 2024 season by finishing high enough in the Korn Ferry Tour rankings. 

Although many enjoy the ocean’s summer breezes, there is one group that can’t wait for the cooler autumn temperatures to return: local runners, who have been training in the heat all summer for events such as the Sandy Hook Half Marathon in October and the New York City Marathon in November.

The local wrestling scene boasts defending state champions and nationally ranked grapplers and there’s a new face on the scene who already has an incredible accolade before he makes his varsity wrestling debut.

Soccer – or football as it’s known outside the United States – the world’s most popular sport, has historically lagged behind American football in viewership in the U.S. But now “the beautiful game” (the sport’s genteel nickname) is more popular than ever in the States as more and more fans develop deep bonds with European clubs.

It was a vibrant picnic day Saturday, July 22, when eight horses took to the starting gate to vie for the 2023 $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park Race track. Geaux Rocket Ride held off Kentucky Derby-winner Mage to take home the prize.

Red Bank Catholic’s athletic program has been one of the steadiest and most consistent both on and off the field for the better part of three decades and that stability will remain despite a change at the top.