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...

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Performers of the Week

Thanksgiving Day football rivalries capped the season for most of the area teams this past week. So it was a time when players delivered sparkling...

Lions look to end state football championship drought

By Wayne Witkowski Donald Glenn and two-way standouts Brandon Kube and Dwight Wilkerson have been playing hard for four seasons as starters for this moment:...

Keyport hopes to cap win streak with state football title

By Matthew Rocco The Keyport High School football team is on an eight-game winning streak. If they make it nine in a row, the Red...

Seraphs vie for program’s first state football championship

By Matthew Rocco Mater Dei Prep is on the cusp of winning its first state football championship. The only thing standing in its way is...

Places To Be

The 2016 fall scholastic season in sports will close its curtains this week when the NJSIAA football playoff championship games are staged at four...

Sasso and Thorsheim receive Shore soccer awards

Nicole Sasso of the Freehold Township High School girls' soccer team and Matthew Thorsheim of the Christian Brothers Academy boys' soccer team were each...

Mater Dei looks to make history in state football title game

By Matthew Rocco History is within reach for the Mater Dei Prep football team. The Seraphs have never won a state championship, but they will get...

Eagles optimistic for future after deep state field hockey run

Middletown High School South's field hockey team reached the semifinals of NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV tournament, where it lost to Freehold High School,...

Lions to represent Middletown in state football finals

By Wayne Witkowski Middletown football fans were hoping for a crosstown showdown for the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section II, Group IV championship, but only one...

All-star field expected for Wall Stadium Turkey Derby

If the quality and quantity of race cars at the Nov. 12 Turkey Derby practice and the interest of other Modified stock car drivers...

Places To Be

The NJSIAA football sectional playoffs will take a holiday break to enjoy Thanksgiving. So before the state sectional playoff champions are determined during the weekend...

Barrons fall to tough Lions team in state football playoff opener

By Jeff Appelblatt Woodbridge High School’s football coach, Kevin Coleman, knew his team was facing the toughest opponent it faced all season in the first...

Performers of the Week

State champions were crowned while the football playoffs kicked off during a robust weekend in New Jersey sports. The stars were shining, so have a...

Rockets’ late-season surge ends in state playoff opener

By Matthew Rocco The Raritan High School football team needed five wins in five games to book a ticket to the state playoffs, and the...

CBA claims sixth state soccer title in record season

By Wayne Witkowski Many of the 21 players on the Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) soccer team did not go to school Nov. 14 after scoring...

Red Raiders advance to semifinals of state football playoffs

By Wayne Witkowski It's like old times for Keyport/Henry Hudson Regional High School's football team as it heads into its Nov. 18 game at Point...

Places To Be

The NJSIAA state football sectional playoffs have entered its semifinal stage. And while it is still the semifinals, there are some matchups that could...

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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