Independent Sports

Lions skate past Monroe Township; gear up for conference tournament

The Middletown North High School hockey team is finding its stride on the ice with the 2022-23 postseason on the horizon. After starting the season 0-3, the Lions have reversed...

Eagles soar to six-game win streak with 57-52 victory over Colts Neck

MIDDLETOWN — There was no panic among the members of the Middletown South High School boys basketball team...

Lions defeat rival Eagles, 40-27, in Middletown wrestling showdown

MIDDLETOWN — The latest chapter on the mat between the Middletown North High School and Middletown South High...

Middletown South graduate Cranwell takes reins as Eagles’ coach

MIDDLETOWN — There has been a changing of the guard for the Middletown South High School girls basketball...

Rockets have unfinished business as 2022-23 basketball season tips off

HAZLET — During the 2021-22 postseason, the Raritan High School boys basketball team was eight seconds away from...

Independent Sports

Places To Be for Week of Dec. 26

The holiday cheer will turn to scholastic sports cheers this week when local teams will be in action during the break at area high...

Defending TOC champion Lancers ready for another strong year

By Matthew Rocco The St. John Vianney High School girls' basketball team, winners of last season’s NJSIAA Tournament of Champions (TOC), couldn’t have set the...

Scoring a focus for ice hockey teams in Middletown

By Wayne Witkowski The Middletown High School South and Middletown High School North ice hockey teams both played games that could define their seasons, but...

Places To Be for Week of Dec. 19

High school athletic teams will have off to enjoy the Christmas weekend, Dec. 24-25, but before the players can attend the festive and family...

Raritan ready for challenge of upcoming wrestling season

By Matthew Rocco A young Raritan High School wrestling team had a successful campaign last season, going 17-5 and winning the Shore Conference Class A...

Dalonzo returns to leadership role for Eagles’ girls’ hoops team

By Wayne Witkowski Haley Dalonzo, who sat out the second half of last season recovering from knee surgery, is back and ready to help lead...

Tickets on sale for high school state wrestling tournament

Tickets went on sale Dec. 9 for the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association's state wrestling tournament that will be held March 3-5 at Atlantic...

Places To Be — Week of Dec. 12

The opening bell will ring on Dec. 16 when the 2016-17 winter scholastic athletic season starts for boys' and girls' basketball, wrestling, boys' and...

Three Monmouth County golf courses open this winter

Golfers can keep swinging their clubs this winter at three Monmouth County golf courses. The Monmouth County Park System has kept open three courses for...

Performers of the Week

The curtain closed on the 2016 scholastic season in sports this past weekend when 23 high schools were crowned NJSIAA state sectional football champions. Four...

Keyport surrenders lead in fourth to drop state title game

By Matthew Rocco Keyport High School succumbed to three fourth-quarter touchdowns in an Asbury Park High School comeback in the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group I...

Turnovers doom Lions in state football championship loss

By Wayne Witkowski Middletown High School North's football team has thrived on the passing connection of quarterback Donald Glenn to receiver Brandon Kube — a...

Late play secures state football championship for Mater Dei

By Matthew Rocco The NJSIAA Non-Public, Group II championship game between Mater Dei Prep and Holy Spirit High School came down to one final play. The...

State football playoff championship games available for live viewing/streaming online this weekend

  The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association announced today, Nov. 30, that this weekend's sectional football playoff championship games will be available to watch...

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TADA! Youth Theater Presents Common Ground April 20 through May 11


Spring Career & Internship Fair

Spring Career & Internship Fair


Sips & Paint

Sips & Paint


Apple Montessori Hillsborough Grand Opening & Spring Festival

Apple Montessori Hillsborough Grand Opening & Spring Festival


Leonard J. Buck Garden to Host Spring Plant Sale on April 27 and 28

Leonard J. Buck Garden to Host Spring Plant Sale on April 27 and 28