Edelson, Stephen. "Was Purnell Mincy the Jersey Shore's greatest athlete?", Asbury Park Press, February 20, 2015. Accessed October 17, 2020. "Purnell Mincy was a three-sport star at Lakewood, graduating in 1937.... I'm beginning to think Lakewood's Purnell Mincy might be the greatest athlete the Jersey Shore has ever produced...."
Christopher, Chris. "Celebration: Piners win sectional title with victory over Neptune", Asbury Park Press, March 16, 2010. Accessed July 26, 2011. "The Piners received hats after their 59-51 win over visiting Neptune in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Central Jersey Group III championship game March 8. The season ended with the 20-9 Piners, hoping to qualify for a Group state championship game for the first time since 1975 when they bested East Orange in Group III, losing to Kingsway Regional by 20 points in the Group III semifinals."
Rosman, Mark. "Assemblyman recalled for service to people in need", Tri-Town News, October 17, 2002. Accessed May 12, 2017. "Cottrell was a lifelong resident of Jackson, a graduate of the town's public schools and a graduate of Lakewood High School."
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McKenzie, Doug. "Lakewood Hall of Fame welcomes 14 legends"Archived April 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Tri-Town News, May 4, 2006. Accessed July 26, 2011. "Estelle was the first Major League Baseball player from Lakewood High School, and just the second from Ocean County. Estelle signed with the San Francisco Giants on graduation day in 1960 and pitched on the 1962 National League championship team."
Home Page, Lakewood High School. Accessed July 27, 2023.
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"Driver Class Stays as Is In Lakewood", Asbury Park Press, June 9, 1964. Accessed June 10, 2021. "The board voted to again notify Dr. Frederick M. Raubinger, state commissioner of education, it would like to have Manchester Township's 150 high school students withdrawn from the high school after 1964-65 because of overcrowding. James Dickerson, secretary, said the Board is in the process of signing an emergency one-year contract with the Manchester Board."
"Manchester Schools Expected To Spur Many New Residents", Asbury Park Press, September 13, 1976. Accessed June 10, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The school system here will attract many new residents during the next two or three years, William F. White, Ocean County superintendent of schools, predicted yesterday. White spoke before about 500 persons at the dedication of the new, $6.3 million Manchester Township High School, which opened its doors Wednesday to 781 students from here and Lakehurst."
Sullivan, Jim. "Lakewood Upholds Shore Cage Prestige", Asbury Park Press, March 20, 1967. Accessed December 23, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Lakewood High School saved the prestige of Central Jersey, Shore, and Ocean County basketball by winning the Group III state championship at Atlantic City Friday night. The Piners were the first Ocean County team to ever win a state cage title and were the first Shore public high school to win a state basketball title since Neptune won the Group 2 championship in 1949. LaRue backed up all the may or said and added 'They completely dominated the game (Friday night's 74-51 triumph over Weehawken) and knew it.'"
via Associated Press. "NJSIAA Finals Produce No Clear Champ", The Daily Journal, March 24, 1975. Accessed March 22, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The weekend's. NJSIAA championship jamboree at Brookdale Community College here had the best teams in the state on exhibit and when the final whistle had blown Sunday evening there still was room for debate as to which New Jersey club is the best team in the state. Seven crowns were decided with Lakewood's 71-70 win over East Orange in Group III headlining the weekend. The win snapped East Orange's two year 39-game winning streak.... The contest between two of the state's most highly rated clubs was a struggle all. the way before a packed crowd of 4,000, the largest in the tournament. King led the winners, (28-1) with 19 points and ten rebounds."
Dean, Mike. "Lakewood squeaks by Bridgeton, 7-6", Courier-Post, December 7, 1986. Accessed January 14, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Lakewood High School clung to a first-quarter touchdown by senior quarterback Billy Gee to edge Bridgeton, 7-6, and capture the South Jersey Group 3 championship yesterday. The Piners finished their first winning season since 1974 at 8-3."
Cappuzzo, Jim. "'Kissing their sisters'; Randolph has to settle for co-championship", Daily Record, November 27, 1986. Accessed March 31, 2021. "And when the final buzzer sounded, Randolph ended up with a 1-1 tie and a co-championship with Lakewood in the Group III championship game at Trenton State College. The state title marks the first for Randolph in its 12-year history.... The tie, the first for both teams this season, ended Randolph's season at 18-6-1. Lakewood finished at 15-6-1."
"Success is habit forming to Goldstein", Asbury Park Press, October 22, 1980. Accessed February 11, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Success is getting to be a habit with William Goldstein, a film composer and arranger who grew up in Lakewood.... Goldstein was graduated from Lakewood High School, Trenton State College, the Manhattan School of Music and Juilliard School of Music."
Price, Toby. "Medina will take his talents to Cornell", Asbury Park Press, May 18, 1988. Accessed May 27, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Rich Medina, a 6-7 forward from Lakewood, will attend Cornell University in the fall and continue his basketball career for the Ivy League champion Big Red. The Lakewood High School senior averaged 14.1 points, 9.6 rebounds and six blocks per game on his way to numerous postseason honors."
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Matthew BoxerArchived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Comptroller. Accessed September 18, 2012. "A New Jersey resident for more than three decades, Boxer graduated as the class valedictorian from Lakewood High School in 1988, graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University in 1992 with a B.A. in politics and earned a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 1995."
Walker, Rob. "Cul-de-Sac Cred", The New York Times, July 10, 2005. "Marc Milecofsky grew up in Lakewood, N.J., about an hour and a half south of Manhattan.... He also figured out that not every place was as ethnically and culturally diverse as Lakewood's public schools, where there were as many black and Latino students as whites.... Ecko went to the Rutgers School of Pharmacy, where being a white hip-hop fan was more unusual than it had been at Lakewood High"
Michael Cudlitz, Turner Classic Movies. Accessed August 22, 2012. "Since his elementary school days, Cudlitz also showed an interest in acting and participated in school dramatics through his graduation from Lakewood High School."
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Staff. "Rubby Sherr", Town Topics, July 17, 2013. Accessed August 18, 2014. "Rubby Sherr was born on September 14, 1913 in Long Branch, N.J., of immigrant parents from Lithuania, graduating from Lakewood New Jersey high school, earning his undergraduate degree from New York University in 1934 and a PhD from Princeton University in 1938."
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Earl "J.R." Smith player profileArchived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, USA Basketball. Accessed March 3, 2007. "As a sophomore attended Lakewood High School (N.J.), and aided his squad to a 23-6 record and the South Jersey Group 3 championship, averaged 27.0 ppg., 8.0 rpg. and 3.0 bpg."
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Matthew BoxerArchived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Comptroller. Accessed September 18, 2012. "A New Jersey resident for more than three decades, Boxer graduated as the class valedictorian from Lakewood High School in 1988, graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University in 1992 with a B.A. in politics and earned a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 1995."
McKenzie, Doug. "Lakewood Hall of Fame welcomes 14 legends"Archived April 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Tri-Town News, May 4, 2006. Accessed July 26, 2011. "Estelle was the first Major League Baseball player from Lakewood High School, and just the second from Ocean County. Estelle signed with the San Francisco Giants on graduation day in 1960 and pitched on the 1962 National League championship team."
Earl "J.R." Smith player profileArchived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, USA Basketball. Accessed March 3, 2007. "As a sophomore attended Lakewood High School (N.J.), and aided his squad to a 23-6 record and the South Jersey Group 3 championship, averaged 27.0 ppg., 8.0 rpg. and 3.0 bpg."
