Tag: Rumson-Fair Haven

A successful season on the diamond for local teams extended into the summer as 16 players from The Two River Times area were part of the Jersey Shore All-Stars team that won the Philadelphia Phillies Carpenter Cup. The Major League Baseball franchise puts on an annual event featuring 16 teams of high school all-stars from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.

Reaching the Central Jersey Group 3 championship game for a second straight year is special for Middletown North. Beating your archrival to get there made it extra special.

In the midst of a chaotic and magical fourth quarter that will be talked about for years in Rumson, first year head coach Jeremy Schulte said what everyone on the sideline was thinking, “How can you not love high school football?”

Every championship team has a compelling story but the Red Bank Catholic 2021 football state champs has a tale of inspiration that will last for many years.

This is a story of two Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School cross-country runners – 1970s teammates who scattered to faraway dots on the map, then improbably reconnected nearly 50 years later for a quest that would culminate in a spot on the podium in one of the world’s largest triathlons.

A lot of people pointed to RBC’s fourth game against Middletown South as the first big test for the Caseys this season. Coach Mike Lange’s team passed with flying colors in a 35-0 win at the Swamp in Middletown.

Rumson-Fair Haven caught lightning in a bottle on the way to the school’s second boys lacrosse state championship.

The changing of the guard can send shockwaves through a football program, especially when the team has enjoyed tremendous success.

The Bulldogs head coach continues to mold RFH as an elite state power and back-to-back losses to nationally ranked teams will only help a talented team learn how to handle all comers when the post-season rolls around.

One of New Jersey’s top ranked baseball teams was eager to find a challenge and they got one when the Ranney Panthers agreed to a last minute game that proved to be one of the best early season showdowns in the state.