Author: Jeff Appelblatt
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Braves’ wrestlers not deterred by loss at Shore Conference meet
By Jeff Appelblatt The wrestling team from Middletown High School North ended Manalapan High School’s wrestlers’ goal of winning the Shore Conference meet eventually won by Howell High School, but Manalapan coach Scott Pressman thinks his wrestlers had more positives than negatives to take away from the annual competition. That list began with the win…
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Colonials fall to Rebels in tough conference wrestling meet
By Jeff Appelblatt Coach Matt Shepherd felt it essential to gather his coaching staff right away when Freehold High School’s wrestling team got back to Freehold the night of Jan. 26. The team had been bounced from the Shore Conference Wrestling Tournament, and the coaches needed to make plans for the next day and the…
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Young players stepping up for competitive Cougars team
By Jeff Appelblatt A year after Colts Neck High School’s boys’ basketball team won the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV title, coach Lou Piccola knew things would be different. The majority of the winning team graduated, while some of the other top competitors in the Shore Conference — including the team the Cougars beat in…
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Barrons hope to be back on winning track after hitting skid
By Jeff Appelblatt The girls’ basketball team at Woodbridge High School began the season sizzling. Not only did the Barrons win their first six games, but they won them all by double digits. Barrons coach Bobby Timinski didn’t imagine his squad being able to match that all season, but he also didn’t foresee a lengthy…
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Colonials facing difficult stretch without leading scorer
By Jeff Appelblatt Injuries have impacted many basketball teams in the Shore Conference this year, and that includes Freehold High School’s girls’ basketball team. The club has been without last year’s leading scorer, Sierra Strong, since she posted a double-double in the first game of the season against Freehold Township High School. Any basketball team…
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Manalapan boys’ hoops team still working to get on winning track
By Jeff Appelblatt Despite the return of arguably its best player, Matan Zucker, Manalapan High School’s boys’ basketball team has continued its struggle to steer into the win column. In fact, the Braves lost the first three games their leading scorer was back on the court for, falling by double figures to Freehold Township High…
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Colonials keeping progressing on mats with win over rival Patriots
By Jeff Appelblatt In each meet, Freehold High School’s wrestling team has continued to show tremendous growth from last season. Following a win in the annual Buc Classic Jan. 14 at Red Bank Regional High School, the Colonials hit the mats a few days later and defeated its top rival from Freehold Township High School,…
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Patriots winners at Kuhnert Classic, rolling through A North
By Jeff Appelblatt This year’s Kuhnert Classic boys’ basketball game between Freehold Township High School and Freehold High School brought in a large crowd Jan. 19, with nobody more appreciative than the wife of the late Jack Kuhnert, Loretta Kuhnert. The game is played to honor Jack Kuhnert, a former coach at Freehold and the…
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Barrons suffering from injuries, lack of wrestlers this season
By Jeff Appelblatt Woodbridge wrestling coach Mike Carbone knew his team had a number of voids in this year’s lineup. As a result, he didn’t expect this season to be anywhere as good as the last one. The biggest problem the Barrons are facing showed clearly in the team’s five-team meet at Kingsway Regional High…