Author: Jeff Appelblatt
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Colonials stay positive after losses to top volleyball teams
By Jeff Appelblatt Following the recent loss to the rival team from Colts Neck High School, Freehold High School boys’ volleyball coach Ryan Walkiewicz was ready to say his team could compete with almost anyone. While the Cougars defeated the Colonials for the second time this year, it was a hard-fought battle. “Ability-wise, our guys…
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Colts Neck, Marlboro have strong showings on track
By Jeff Appelblatt The Shore Conference A North Division track and field meet was dominated by Colts Neck High School and Neptune High School. From Colts Neck, it was the usual suspects that took over the 3,200-meter run. Jordan Brannan won, while Anthony Russo, Matthew Schaefer and Kevin Berry rounded out the top four runners…
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Barrons’ baseball teams suffers first losses of season
By Jeff Appelblatt Sayreville War Memorial High School painted it clear for the Barrons’ baseball team. It wasn’t going to win every single game this season. In fact, it wasn’t going to even split every series. Woodbridge High School was 13-0 when it went to Sayreville April 27. The Bombers (4-6 at the time) got…
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Manalapan strings together win streak with success at plate
By Jeff Appelblatt Manalapan High School had been winning its games with its bats. Freehold High School had been winning with pitching. When it came down to the finish line, it seemed like the Colonials may have beaten the Braves with their own game. However, no deficit is too great for Manalapan. Trailing, 9-7, at…
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Cougars holding onto unbeaten boys’ volleyball record
By Jeff Appelblatt If exhaustion kicked in from playing each day, the perfect record of the boys’ volleyball team from Colts Neck High School could have been in jeopardy by the time it played its fourth match in four days. The team wasn’t used to daily competition, but when the Cougars took the court at…
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Braves’ softball team starting to find win column
By Jeff Appelblatt Time could heal most any slump in sports. Catch a groove, and a few losses could be balanced out with some wins. That’s what Manalapan High School softball coach Christian Erbig hoped for after his team’s first win. The girls opened the season with four losses, but they managed to do most…
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Colonials quickly move past roller-coaster game vs. Braves
By Jeff Appelblatt Freehold High School baseball coach Jon Block had his feelings shoot up and down tremendously in the recent game at Manalapan High School. One of his team’s top pitchers, Dan Chiusano, gave the Braves seven runs in the first two innings. The Colonials had Chiusano’s back, though. The team scored five runs…
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Rutkowski leading Barrons on the mound and at the plate
By Jeff Appelblatt Woodbridge High School’s baseball team has nearly made it all the way through the first month of the season sizzling. It hasn’t been all because of upcoming Rutgers University pitcher Harry Rutkowski. The Woodbridge ace has also been arguably the team’s best hitter. After throwing a few scoreless innings in the 15-inning…
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Team effort expected from Colts Neck baseball team
By Jeff Appelblatt It’s been an up-and-down start for the baseball team at Colts Neck High School. Through the first few weeks of the season the team has shown it’s capable of winning, but it has also shown that it may have fewer answers to avoid losses than it did in the past. For instance,…
