Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor
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Monmouth Regional baseball team ready for challenges of B North
By Matthew Rocco The Monmouth Regional High School baseball team sees the challenges that lie ahead. With their move to the Shore Conference B North Division this season, the Falcons will share a division with multiple teams coming off winning seasons. Monmouth Regional is ready for the challenge. A deep pitching staff and veteran lineup…
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Bischoff a driven leader for Falcons’ lacrosse team
By Jimmy Allinder Maxwell Bischoff has literally driven himself to becoming one of the top lacrosse players in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC). When the time came for the Bethlehem Township resident to decide where he would go to high school and play lacrosse, he chose Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen, even though the…
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Patriots ready to start baseball season despite lack of practice
By Jeff Appelblatt Opening day for the high school baseball season is slated for April 1, though practices and scrimmages are usually going on daily by the middle of March. This March, however, has seen fields filled with snow and ice. As a result, practice has been minimal and scrimmages have been nonexistent. Freehold Township…
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Shore Coaches Senior All-Star Game slated for March 23
By JEFF APPELBLATT Correspondent Basketball season still isn’t entirely over for some of the seniors in the Shore Conference A North Division. On March 23 at the Toms River High School North’s Pine Belt Arena, top players will compete in the Shore Basketball Coaches Senior All-Star Game. First, at 6 p.m., will be the girls’…
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Woodbridge’s Vazquez to play in GMC Senior All-Star Game
By Jeff Appelblatt Each coach in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) had to select one player to play in the the Senior All-Star Game March 28 in Woodbridge. Woodbridge High School’s girls’ basketball team had four seniors this year that meant a lot to the Barrons: Najyah Adams, Emily Kolpuc, Joyce Loda and Jordan Vazquez.…
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Lancers induct new class into Athletic Hall of Fame
By Matthew Rocco Saint John Vianney High School inducted head baseball coach Mike Morgan, former pitcher Scott Fitzgerald and the 1988 girls’ tennis team into its Athletic Hall of Fame. Morgan led the Lancers to a state championship in 2014, the program’s first New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) title since 1981. St. John…
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Lions to lean on pitchers early in baseball season
By Wayne Witkowski Middletown High School North’s baseball team showed signs last season of its young program coming of age. Now it’s ready for a breakout season. That is, if Mike Mercier can overcome early-season arm troubles. “We have pitching, great chemistry and a lot of leadership and varsity experience. Now, we have to play…
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Cell tower hearing postponed in Manalapan
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Zoning Board of Adjustment will reschedule a hearing on an application from a company that wants to construct a wireless communications facility on Millhurst Road. An application proposing the construction of a cellular communications tower has been submitted by New York SMSA Limited Partnership, doing business…
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Hazlet Recreation sponsors egg hunt
Hazlet Recreation is sponsoring its annual egg hunt on April 15 at 11:30 am in Veterans Memorial Park in Hazlet. This is a free event for children ages 3-7. Some of the eggs will have prizes inside , while prizes will be awarded for special eggs. Age groups will race through hay-covered fields as they…
