Category: HUB Sports
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NJFHA ready to kick off another season at Kean
Field hockey league attracting playersfrom 19 to 83 By doug mckenzieStaff Writer Field hockey league attracting players from 19 to 83 By doug mckenzie Staff Writer JONATHON TIMMES PHOTOGRAPHY Now in its 76th year, the North Jersey Field Hockey Association continues to attract players from throughout the state who are looking to remain active in…
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Jersey Giant, Vinemeister set for rematch at Iselin
New Jersey-bred Jersey Giant will be out for redemption this Saturday at Monmouth when he takes on his new nemesis and fellow J-bred Vinemeister in the $200,000 Iselin Breeders’ Cup Handicap. Last out, Vinemeister stopped what seemed to be the unstoppable Jersey Giant in the Salvator Mile, when he bested his rival by three quarters…
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Sandy Hook hosts its final competition of summer
CHRIS KELLY Monmouth Beach’s Matt Bogner and Fair Haven’s Gretchen Huff were among the local lifeguards to participate in the 5-Mile Row at Sandy Hook on Monday, completing the event in a time of 53:35. Sandy Hook’s Beach E was the site of the park’s final lifeguard competition of the summer on Monday, as local…
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Rockets claim Mac’s Fun Ball summer league title
A balanced attack led the Rockets to their first Mac’s Fun Ball championship over a good Celtics team, 72-67. Sal Corcione led the way with 20 points in the final, played at Walloo Park in Middletown, followed by Chris Evaristto’s 18 points, Randy Kirk’s 16 and John Shultz’s 12. Coach Dick McDevitt put his best…
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Sport Shorts
Sport Shorts The Monmouth County Coastal Cruise is coming to Long Branch on Sept. 6; it will benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation. The three-distance (16 miles, 31 miles and 62.5 miles) bike tour was started by Ilene Winters and John Sokolowski. Sokolowski lost his brother to cancer in 2000, and Ilene’s mother is currently battling…
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Faced with the demand, RFH board supplies lax program
It may have seemed like a long time coming, but Rumson-Fair Haven High School will field a boys’ lacrosse team next spring. Once known as "the little brother of war" by Native Americans and first played at the intercollegiate level in the 1870s, lacrosse has enjoyed rapid growth in the two decades since the first…
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Sport Shorts
Sport Shorts The Saturday in the Park Women’s 5K Run and Walk, "Women Taking Steps to Help Women," will take place on Aug. 30 at Holmdel Park at 9 a.m. This year marks the Jersey Shore Running Club’s 10th anniversary event, which will benefit women’s shelters and charities in Monmouth and Ocean counties. The event…
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Kenyans dominate Sheehan Classic 5-miler once again
Wet weather doesn By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer PHOTOS BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI A group of local kids show off their wheels during the Kids’ Race on Friday night in Red Bank. The Kids’ Race helps kick off the annual Sheehan Classic, the second largest road race in the state, behind only…
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Matchmaker Handicap next on tap at Monmouth Park
Bravo closing inon ninth riding title Bravo closing in on ninth riding title Sunday’s Matchmaker Handicap appears to be shaping up as one of the top turf contests for fillies and mares all summer long at Monmouth. With a purse of $100,000 on the line, many trainers have their eye on the mile-and-an-eighth test for…
