It would be easy for Alex Bauman to walk around with a gigantic ego this week. After all, as a true freshman he made the game-winning touchdown catch with nine seconds left to give 14th-ranked Tulane University an improbable 46-45 Cotton Bowl win over No. 8 University of Southern California in Arlington, Tex. Jan. 2....

Joe Montano laughs when he thinks back to his first game as Red Bank Catholic’s coach. It was back during the 1990-91 season when Montano became the Caseys’ coach when he was 27 years old. His first game at the helm was on Opening Night against a Middletown North team that returned four starters from the previous year....

The wrestling team topped the podium last week at the East Brunswick Bear Invitational Tournament out of 17 teams that competed. With just ten athletes entered, RBC came away with the overall team title. Five of those ten were champions in their weight classes. Congrats to Noah Michaels, Marco Conroy, Frankie Romeo, Michael Palmieri and Lorenzo Portella. Rob Stolfa was second, Rob Muscio third and Robert Connelley was fifth. Awards were also given to RBC for best team and outstanding wrestler, which went to Lorenzo Portella. Congrats to the entire team and coaching staff on their efforts!...

The RBC winter track program is off to a respectable start for the season after a great showing at last week's Catholic Conference Holiday Relays. Sophomores Kennedy Miller and Catherine Bauman won the shot put relay with Kennedy's toss of 35 feet 8 and a half inches a lifetime best! The boys team didn't disappoint either. A unification of multi sport athletes came together with a second place result in the boy's sprint medley relay with a time of 3:43.1. The efforts came from athletes who consider their main sport soccer, football and cross country. When talents combine, success follows!...

Red Bank Catholic is picking up right where it left off last season as one of the top Shore Conference teams, but the Caseys are getting it done with a very young roster....

TOMS RIVER – This is by far the youngest Red Bank Catholic team in recent memory. There are three seniors and then a host of sophomores and freshmen. That’s it. That might have been an indication in the preseason the 2022-23 season could be a rebuilding year for the Caseys, at least as much as it could be for an elite program like Red Bank Catholic that consistently reloads. Instead, the Caseys are looking as good as ever....