Author: Jeff Appelblatt
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Patriots top Mustangs to stay atop A North standings
By Jeff Appelblatt The boys’ basketball team from Freehold Township High School held a comfortable lead entering the fourth quarter in the majority of its games this year. In fact, the Patriots led by double figures after three quarters in more than half of their games — most often cruising to another victory. However, the…
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Barrons impressed with season despite holes in lineup
By Jeff Appelblatt For as many matches as Woodbridge High School’s wrestling team is forfeiting regularly, the Barrons haven’t looked too shabby this season. But with some of the wrestlers the squad had back this year, coach Mike Carbone didn’t expect his team to hit rock bottom. “We’re doing OK. We have a lot of…
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Area student-athletes make college commitments
By Jeff Appelblatt For a number of years, the first of February has officially become the day for student-athletes to announce the colleges they will be going to the next school year. Many of the athletes even sit down and sign Letters of Intent. Many student-athletes from the Freehold Regional High School District (FRHSD) took…
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Patriots going strong as ice hockey playoffs approach
By Jeff Appelblatt The ice hockey team at Freehold Township High School is rolling. The senior-heavy lineup has clicked at the same time, and the Patriots find themselves winners of nine straight games. That includes every game the team played in 2017. The club finished 2016 with a 4-4 tie against St. Rose High School.…
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Braves hope for improvement through their defeats
By Jeff Appelblatt As a season moves along and the losses pile up, a coach eventually hits a point when he realizes his team just won’t be a contender. No one wants to admit such a thing, but sometimes it’s just reality. Rick Garretson, the head boys’ basketball coach at Manalapan High School, has finally…
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Mustangs score comeback victory over Patriots on court
By Jeff Appelblatt As hot as Marlboro High School’s boys’ basketball team has been, it couldn’t avoid getting outplayed at Freehold High School recently. Fortunately for the Mustangs, the struggle didn’t last for more than two quarters. Following the trip to the locker room at halftime Feb. 2 in Freehold, the Mustangs exploded in the third…
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Woodbridge’s Stoveken rolls another 300 game
By Jeff Appelblatt James Stoveken has been making sure to treat all bowling pins equally, with Woodbridge High School’s standout bowler doing a tremendous job in knocking them all down. Hitting 12 strikes in a row is a perfect game resulting in a score of 300, and the feat is rarely hit by most. But…
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Hard-working Colonials searching for points on the court
By Jeff Appelblatt Freehold High School’s boys’ basketball team just can’t seem to score late in games. It appears that no one wants to be responsible for late shots for the Colonials, and not many players look to shoot the ball early in the game either. The team been knocking time off the clock moving…
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Marlboro pick up two wins against A North hoops rivals
By Jeff Appelblatt Marlboro High School’s boys’ basketball team didn’t have the busiest week on the court aside from practice. The Mustangs played only two games last week, but they were both wins and came against Shore Conference A North Division rivals, Colts Neck High School and Howell High School. The first of those wins…
