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New Monmouth women's basketball coach eyes Shore path to success: 'Got to recruit our backyard'
WEST LONG BRANCH – The numbers are staggering. Last season, some 45 former Shore Conference athletes played Division 1 women’s college basketball, providing the latest affirmation that Monmouth and Ocean Counties are a recruiting hotbed for difference-makers at the next level. A season earlier, there were five alone...
Ciesnicki home run drives Freehold Boro over Neptune - softball recap
Junior Angelina Ciesnicki was 3-for-4 with a home run and five runs batted in to lead Freehold Borough to an 18-0, four-inning road win at Neptune. Ciesnicki doubled, singled and scored three times. Olivia Edmonds had three hits, including a triple and scored four times. Freehold Borough raised its record...
Five-run third inning steers Keansburg past Long Branch - Baseball recap
Keansburg struck for a five-run frame during the third inning to lead them to a 6-3 victory over Long Branch in Keansburg. The five-run lead was plenty enough for Keansburg starter Phillip Sears, who tossed seven complete innings of three-run ball on five hits and four walks with 10 strikeouts to earn his second win on the mound this spring.
Monmouth rallies to defeat Rumson-Fair Haven - Softball recap
Monmouth kicked things into high gear and erased a seven-run deficit with an 11-8 victory over Rumson-Fair Haven in Tinton Falls. The Falcons scored 10 unanswered runs from the bottom of the third inning on to win their fourth game of the season. Aki Sykes blasted a home run for...
Williams fires five-inning no-hitter as Keyport baseball shuts down Asbury Park
Carter Williams’ first win of the season was a memorable one. The Keyport senior held Asbury Park hitless for five innings and got the kind of run support every pitcher dreams of; an eight-run first inning helped Williams secure a no-hitter and a 14-0 Red Raiders’ win. WIlliams...
Rumson-Fair Haven girls track roars into Penn Relays final as star junior makes gutsy return
PHILADELPHIA – In early March, Clemmie Lilley’s right ankle blew up like a balloon. The Rumson-Fair Haven High School track star feared the worst: She’d suffered a badly broken leg in 2019; could this be a residual injury? So Lilley, who won the indoor state title in the girls 800 in February, stopped...
Central Jersey baseball notes: Hot starts, records falling & can’t-miss games
There is something special about Matawan this spring. The Huskies have flirted with a .500 record each season for the last decade or so, but something has clicked for them in 2024. Cracking into the NJ.com Top 20 for the first time this past week, Matawan is 10-0 behind six shutouts, outscoring the teams they face, 94-6.
Shore Conference baseball scoreboard, stars of the day for Saturday, April 27
Each day throughout the Shore Conference scholastic baseball season, we will compile a Stars of the Day list followed by scores for each game and pitch counts for the pitchers in each game. Saturday, April 27 Scoreboard Monmouth County Tournament ...
Penn Relays, 2024: 2 N.J. teams lead the field to qualify for girls 4x800 C of A
PHILADELPHIA — Two New Jersey teams nabbed the top two qualifying times in the girls 4x800-meter relay to open up the Penn Relays festivities at Franklin Field on Thursday morning. Union Catholic and Rumson-Fair Haven ran the two fastest times during the qualifying session, with UC stopping the clock...
Softball: Keyport Trounces Keansburg, 12-1
KEANSBURG, NJ -- Winning pitcher Danika Borza drove in five runs to lead Keyport to a 12-1 softball victory over Keansburg on Wednesday. Borza went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and two runs scored, and Sophia Forte scored three runs for Keyport (5-1), which scored its final six runs in the fourth inning.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Borza struck out 11 batters, walked one and allowed one hit. Natalie Nieves and Olivia Grabowski each had run-scoring hits. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
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