Author: Jeff Appelblatt
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Colonials lock up A North Division baseball crown
By Jeff Appelblatt When Freehold High School’s baseball team won at Howell High School May 10, it was the first time the Colonials won the Shore Conference A North Division. But it wasn’t the first time the team ever won its division — part of the B North in 2006, Freehold shared the title with…
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Barrons’ baseball team finishing season strong ahead of tourneys
By Jeff Appelblatt The Woodbridge High School baseball team had a spot locked in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament for some time now. But that didn’t mean anything to the student-athletes. They continued through the regular-season finale at full speed. The Barrons notched six consecutive wins, but that number says nothing about the overall…
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Woodbridge’s boys’ tennis team searching for improvement
By Jeff Appelblatt It’s been a tough pill for Woodbridge High School boys’ tennis coach Dan Mortensen to swallow. His team, before its May 8 contest vs. Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen, won only twice in its 13 chances. The second-year coach refuses to drop his head low — no matter how much he,…
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Freehold baseball team knocks off CBA in third encounter
By Jeff Appelblatt As strong as the season has been for Freehold High School’s baseball team, the team from Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) has been a major obstacle for the Colonials. The Colts beat them, 1-0, on opening day in a pitching duel between Freehold’s Dan Chiusano and CBA’s Nick Hohenstein, and the Colts beat…
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Patriots still fighting for A North baseball championship
By Jeff Appelblatt As the regular season nears an end, Freehold Township High School’s baseball team refuses to give up trying for at least a piece of the Shore Conference A North Division championship title. With the arms the team has had leading the way, it’s been clear the Patriots have a shot. In its…
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Freehold baseball piling on wins with sights set on division title
By Jeff Appelblatt It’s as if Freehold High School has had two baseball seasons going on since the end of April, and the Colonials are putting on great shows in each of them. Games in the Monmouth County Tournament (MCT) were inserted right into Freehold’s regular-season schedule. So while the No. 5-seed Colonials won tournament…
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Area teams have strong performances at county relays
By Jeff Appelblatt Marlboro High School’s outdoor track and field team was excited by what its student-athletes did at the Monmouth County Relay Championships May 4 in Long Branch. The girls’ 4×100-meter relay team of Lauren Newman, Briana Mullan, Alexa Friedman and Danielle Spano won. Gianna Gomez won the long jump and triple jump relays.…
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Patriots prepare for tough baseball schedule to start May
By Jeff Appelblatt As April was nearing its end, Freehold Township High School baseball coach Todd Smith knew his team was preparing for one of its toughest games of the year, beginning May at Manalapan High School. Freehold Township (6-5) upset a few teams prior to seeing the Braves for the second time of the…
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Braves hope for high ranking in Shore Conference tennis
By Jeff Appelblatt Before Manalapan High School’s boys’ tennis team hopped on the bus to Lincroft April 27 to face Christian Brothers Academy (CBA), coach Darryl Birkhead had seen his team win most of its matches. It not only won seven of nine matches, but it also shut out its opponents in each of those…
