By Bill Schiazza Hawryluk strikes out 9 in 4 innings. Outstanding pitching, aggressive base running and a pair if home runs helped lead the Jackson Little League 12 year old All Stars to 4-1 opening game victory over visiting Barnegat Monday night at the Jackson Justice Complex. Chris Hawryluk took the mound for manager Jim [...]
By Phil Stilton The Toms River Little League All-Stars started their quest to return to the Little League World Series with an opening day win against the Holbrook Little League of Jackson Township, at the Holbrook Little League Complex for the National team. Toms River’s Mike Nyisztor started things off with a lead off home [...]
Toms River Police are investigating the second bank robbery in five days after the Wells Fargo bank at Route #9 and 70 just after 2 p.m. on Monday afternoon. A black male about 40 years old handed a note announcing a robbery and after obtaining an undisclosed amount of cash from one teller the suspect [...]
Barnegat, NJ – The Toms River East Little League American All-Stars kicked off the 2011 District 18 tournament with a15-0 mercy rule win against Lacey Little League. TRELL American had 16 hits and scored 15 runs batting around the order twice in just four innings of play before the game was called. In Little League baseball, [...]
After finishing with a regular season record of 12-2, the Jackson Little League Junior League Rockies went on to win the North Division of inter-league competition. They started out seeded #2 to the Holbrook Yankees, also with a 12-2 record, based on head to head seasonal play. Led by manager Jim Balena, assistant manager John [...]
Six Flags Great Adventure held their annual Walk in the Park event on Sunday, raising $25,286 locally for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. On hand today, and among the top fundraising teams was WPIX’s Irv Gikofsky, also known as Mr. G. Kikofsky’s team raised $1,110. Jackson Township Mayor Mike Reina kicked off the pre-walk ceremony [...]
Jackson Township Mayor Mike Reina had some unexpected help from the Dark Side at this year’s annual Walk in the Park Event at Six Flags. For the past two years, “Team Reina” has participated in the annual walk to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network. This year, the mayor was joined by members of [...]
It was opening day for the 2011 District 18 Tournament today with games held in Barnegat and Manchester. In 10 year old play, Brick Little League defeated Barnegat 11-0 in 5 innings. In the Toms River Little League head to head matchup, Toms River American edged out Toms River National 6-5. Toms River East Little [...]
Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford announced the culmination of an investigation into drug activity in the Ocean County area. On June 15, 2011 Detectives from the Prosecutor’s Special Operations Group and members of the Toms River Police Department obtained and executed a search warrant for a residence located at 224 B [...]
Today is the start of the 2011 District 18 road to Williamsport for hundreds of local Ocean County Little Leaguers. Action starts with 10 year old division games at Barnegat and Manchester. In Barnegat, the home team will host Brick at 11:30, followed by a 12pm Toms River National Game vs. Toms River American and [...]