Examiner Sports

Yearlings of New Jersey sires lead sales at Kentucky auction

Yearlings from New Jersey sire Walner led individual sales at the recent Lexington Selected Yearling Sale in Kentucky. Walner led all stallions in gross sales at almost $7 million with...

Monmouth Park shows gains in handle for 2022; Lopez, Gonzalez capture titles

OCEANPORT – Monmouth Park showed a 25.2% increase in total handle and a 16.07% increase in on-track handle,...

Webslinger storms home to beat Oxymore in $500,000 Nownownow Stakes

OCEANPORT – Webslinger is a maiden no more. In fact, the 2-year-old son of Constitution could well be...

Power Attack set for major test in $500,000 Nownownow Stakes at Monmouth

OCEANPORT – There is nothing quite as satisfying for a thoroughbred trainer as a plan that comes together...

L’Imperator sets track record in winning Presious Passion Stakes

OCEANPORT – The only graded stakes winner in the $102,000 Presious Passion Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sept....

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Central Jersey Top 10: Mater Dei holds on at No. 1, Red Bank continues to rise

At every level, football is crazy. That's the only rule that really applies. It's any given Sunday at the pro level, any given Saturday at...

Central Jersey Top 10: Week Two edition

In the first installment of the Central Jersey Top 10 last week, North Brunswick Township High School and Rumson-Fair Haven High School opened as...

Allentown boys’ soccer team playing more connected style in 2019

Andrew Plunkett dumped the puzzle pieces out, connected them to each other and saw the clear picture. The Allentown High School boys' soccer players were...

Central Jersey Top 10: A debut of weekly football rankings for 2019 season

Welcome to the first installment of the Central Jersey Top 10, a weekly ranking of the best high school football teams in the centraljersey.com...

Allentown girls’ soccer team off to really strong start to regular season

Allentown High School has established a standard for excellence on the girls' soccer pitch, and this year's players are confident they can maintain that...

Allentown field hockey program maintaining continuity for 2019 and beyond

Mary Ellen McCarthy retired as Allentown High School's field hockey coach after the 2014 season. But then the veteran coach returned for the 2017 season,...

Allentown boys’ soccer team healthy and expecting big season

The Allentown High School boys' soccer team registered 11 regulation shutouts in the 2018 season. But the Redbirds' coach, Andrew Plunkett, thought the team had...

Allentown girls’ soccer program reloading for 2019 season

Kim Maurer is not just the Allentown High School girls' soccer coach. She is essentially the CEO of girls' soccer in the Borough of Allentown. Maurer...

Play Golf with Hall of Famer Jan Stephenson at Forsgate

LPGA legend Jan Stephenson, who earlier this month was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, will be at Forsgate Country Club on...

Allentown fall sports teams should be in line for another successful season

Allentown High School is not a large school, with about a total of 1,300 students. Yet Allentown seems to produce a lot of good athletic...

New Allentown football coach wants team to finish in 2019

Andrew Lachenmayer knows how to motivate athletes to find that extra gear at a moment of weakness. He has done it over and over again...

Allentown American Legion baseball team falls in district tournament

The Allentown Senior American Legion baseball team had a good summer in 2019. The team compiled an 11-11 record in the highly competitive Mercer County...

Excessive heat hurts attendance at Monmouth Park’s Haskell Invitational

The $1 Million Haskell Invitational annually draws a large crowd to Monmouth Park. Last year's event drew 37,196 spectators to the horse racing track in...

Allentown players close out careers in Sunshine Football Classic

Allentown High School's class of 2019 graduated back on June 22 at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton. But for five Allentown football players, their...

Local softball team going to Babe Ruth World Series in Florida

The United States women's national soccer team is not the only female sports team making  waves this summer. The Allentown/Upper Freehold/Millstone 8U softball team, a...

District Tournament on horizon for Senior American Legion baseball teams

The Senior American Legion baseball regular season is only about a month long. So once it gets going in late June, it becomes a...

Senior American Legion baseball season picking up across central Jersey

As usual, the New Jersey Senior American Legion baseball season started in early June. And as usual, the schedule started slowly because it coincided...

Moore closes out senior year with appearance in Phil Simms All-Star Football Classic

Back in 2002, Ohio State University's Chris Gamble was a collegiate football sensation. The future NFL cornerback played defense, offense and special teams for...

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