Christopher, Chris. "Garnet Gulls win first sectional title", Asbury Park Press, March 5, 2013. Accessed December 21, 2013. "The Point Pleasant Beach High School boys' basketball team made history Tuesday night. The top-seeded Garnet Gulls beat Bound Brook, 69-40, to win their first sectional title in school history, the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I championship."
Parker, Chris. "Ed Hanley, Point Pleasant Beach, Girls' Tennis"Archived July 9, 2012, at archive.today, Asbury Park Press, December 11, 2010. Accessed August 2, 2011. "Hanley coached his team to the Class B Central division title and a trip to the NJSIAA semifinal match against top-seeded Glen Ridge.... Carrying the momentum from their dramatic semifinal victory, Point Beach defeated Haddon Township, 4-1, giving their coach his first NJSIAA Group I sectional title."
Parker, Chris. "Ed Hanley, Point Pleasant Beach, Girls' Tennis"Archived July 9, 2012, at archive.today, Asbury Park Press, December 11, 2010. Accessed August 2, 2011. "Hanley coached his team to the Class B Central division title and a trip to the NJSIAA semifinal match against top-seeded Glen Ridge.... Carrying the momentum from their dramatic semifinal victory, Point Beach defeated Haddon Township, 4-1, giving their coach his first NJSIAA Group I sectional title."
Parachini, JR. "Dayton boys' end 22-6 after winning sectio", Union County LocalSource, March 14, 2013. Accessed December 19, 2020. "The Dayton boys' basketball team came ever so close to capturing its first-ever state title, falling to Point Pleasant Beach 43-39 in Sunday night's Group 1 state championship game at the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway."
Constant, Andrew. "Katelynn Flaherty transfers from Point Pleasant Beach to Metuchen", Courier News, January 3, 2014. Accessed January 17, 2021. "As was first reported by Scott Stump Thursday afternoon, senior point guard Katelynn Flaherty has transferred from Point Pleasant Beach to Metuchen. Flaherty, a University of Michigan commit who has scored 2,174 career points in her first three seasons at Manasquan and Point Pleasant Beach, will join Cassie Smith to form a high-scoring duo for Metuchen.... Flaherty started her high school career at Manasquan and transferred to Point Pleasant Beach before the 2012-13 season. Once at Point Pleasant Beach, she teamed with Marina Mabrey to lead the Garnett Gulls to a 26-2 record."
Competello, Alena. "High school to tak crowds back to '80s", The Ocean Star, March 6, 2009. Accessed February 3, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "It is time for an '80s flashback this weekend, courtesy of the students of Point Pleasant Beach High School, who will delight audiences with a performance of "The Wedding Singer... Point Pleasant Beach High School is, in fact, the New Jersey amateur premiere of the show, Mr. Raguseo noted."
Grace, Keith. "Gulls make history with first Group I title; Calfano wins pivotal match in victory over Dayton", The Ocean Star, May 31, 2002. Accessed February 3, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Just two days after winning the program's third South Jersey Group I crown last Tuesday, Califano and Point Beach secured the 3-2 win over Dayton, the North Jersey Section 2 Group I champ and defending Group I champ in the final. The team also beat Cresskill. the North Jersey Section 1 Group I champ 4-1 in the semifinals. The Group I Championship marks the first for any athletic team at Point Pleasant Beach High School. The feat is also the first of any tennis program in Ocean County."
nj.com
nj.com
Stanmyre, Matthew. "Paying for public school? You bet, and it’s impacting sports in major way", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 15, 2016, updated August 23, 2019. Accessed February 25, 2020. "So what Eastern and others — Point Pleasant Beach's boys basketball team is another notable example — have done is create a perfectly legal public vs. public imbalance.... Point Pleasant Beach has a staggering 85 tuition students in the high school this year among its total enrollment of 404. Each pays $7,747, amounting to a financial windfall of $658,495."
Guthrie, Charles. "Bloomfield Tech (54) at Point Pleasant Beach (56), NJSIAA Group Tournament, Final Round, Group 1 - Girls Basketball", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 10, 2013, updated August 25, 2019. Accessed December 19, 2020. "With her team clinging to a one-point lead in the waning seconds of the game, Flaherty dove on a loose ball after a missed foul shot, which kept possession in her team's favor and helped Point Pleasant Beach, No. 11 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, secure a 56-54 victory over Bloomfield Tech yesterday in the NJSIAA/ShopRite Group 1 final at Pine Belt Arena in Toms River."
Stypulkoski, Matt. "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 27, 2017, updated May 15, 2019. Accessed December 1, 2020. "29-Point Pleasant Beach vs. Shore Jody Somers / For The Star-Ledger One of the top small school rivalries in New Jersey, Shore and Point Pleasant Beach have met twice for the Central Jersey, Group 1 title – in 2013 and 2014.... All-time series: Shore leads, 30-12"
Staff. "Point Pleasant Beach 1, Metuchen 0", The Star-Ledger, November 12, 2010. Accessed August 22, 2012. "Erin Springsteen produced a goal just shy of halftime and keeper Cora Wallace made the score stand up as Point Pleasant Beach stamped a breakthrough season with a 1-0 triumph over Metuchen yesterday in the NJSIAA/The Sports Authority Stores Central Jersey, Group 1 final in Metuchen. The victory marked the first sectional title for Point Pleasant Beach (13-3-3) and earned it a date with South Jersey champion Pennsville on Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Toms River South."
Kratch, James. "Point Pleasant Beach makes history, defeats Manville in Central Jersey Group 1 wrestling final", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 13, 2016. Accessed July 25, 2016. "But Friday night's Central Jersey, Group 1 against Manville presented a much more level playing field. Despite being the lower seed, Point Beach entered the evening with the Mustangs even on paper, and perhaps a hair better. And the Garnet Gulls showed up, won the toss, got their matchups, and did everything they had to do from there, knocking off the Mustangs, 37-25, to win the first sectional title in school history."
Election profile: 10th Legislative District, NJ Spotlight News. Accessed January 9, 2024. "Raised in Point Pleasant Beach, graduated from Point Pleasant Beach High School."
Adelizzi, Joe. "Vietnam Wall bound for Berkeley", Asbury Park Press, April 26, 2001. Accessed August 2, 2011. "The opening ceremonies at 10 am May 24 will be highlighted by a visit from retired US Marine Corps Commandant Alfred Gray, a Point Pleasant Beach High School alumnus who was a star athlete before joining the Marines."
ptbeach.com
Staff, Point Pleasant Beach High School. Accessed February 15, 2024.
Assemblyman James W. Holzapfel, New Jersey Senate Republicans. Accessed August 2, 2011. "Assemblyman James W. Holzapfel was born and raised in Point Pleasant Beach, where he graduated from high school in 1962."
Badders, Bob. "Wrestling – Proud Tradition: Point Beach 39, Shore 15", Shore Sports Network, January 15, 2014. Accessed March 29, 2015. "The Garnet Gulls have always hung their hats on competing for and winning what is now the Class B Central title, and in the last 25 years, they have dominated.In the de facto Shore Conference Class B Central title match on Friday night, Point Beach won 10 of 14 bouts against host Shore Regional for a 39-15 win that officially clinched at least a share of its 18th division title and fourth consecutive championship."
