Tag: sports

RUMSON – Jack Cannon talked in the preseason about taking the Holmdel football program to new heights. It’s hard to believe it, but it’s almost mission accomplished in week two of the high school football season.

RUMSON – Owen O’Toole engineered the Rumson-Fair Haven offense for three years, winning three sectional championships and finishing with a perfect 13-0 state title season and over 5,000 passing yards. So how do you replace one of the Shore Conference’s all-time great quarterbacks?

BRICK – Just like Rumson-Fair Haven’s 2025 high school football season opening week game, its matchup against Brick Memorial was hyped as a top-five Shore Conference showdown.

COUNTY ANTRIM, NORTHERN IRELAND – What did Little Silver’s Chris Gotterup have for an encore after beating Rory McIlroy head-to-head to win the Genesis Scottish Open July 13? How about a third-place finish at The 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland?

Neil Krauter has spent plenty of time fishing in the Two River area, from the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers to the ocean.

TINTON FALLS – As the first pitch nears for this summer’s inclusive baseball league at Ranney School, local nonprofit BaseABLE is celebrating a year of remarkable growth and momentum across state lines.

LONG BRANCH – Before there were popular races like the Spring Lake 5 or the Red Bank 5k, there was only one opportunity for Monmouth County runners.

BASKING RIDGE – Overtime wasn’t kind to the Rumson-Fair Haven girls lacrosse team in the early part of the 2025 season, with losses to Lawrenceville and Hunterdon Central. But that all changed in the final game of the season when it counted the most.

Shore Conference softball’s reputation speaks for itself, and the 2025 SCT promises to bring excitement thanks to three juggernauts at the top of the seeding. Donovan Catholic is currently the top-ranked team in New Jersey with an undefeated record.

LITTLE SILVER – Shane Fallon’s second chapter coaching varsity football has come to an end.  Fallon announced his retirement from coaching and teaching at Red Bank Regional following a four-year stint at the school where his father, George, was athletic director in the 1980s.