Category: HUB Sports
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Hurricanes’ bid for title falls one game short
Locals fall to Pt. Pleasant in series that went the limit By tim morris Staff Writer Not just yet. That was the message that the Point Pleasant Merchants delivered to the rapidly rising Monmouth Hurricanes last week in the Jersey Shore Baseball League championship series. The Merchants, long the dominating team in the summer baseball…
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Sport Shorts
Holmdel Park will host the eighth annual Women’s 5K Run and Walk on Sept. 1 at 9 a.m., with children’s races, presented by the Jersey Shore Running Club and Women’s Center of Monmouth County, to benefit families affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. Registration is $17 until Aug. 25, $20 Aug. 26 through the…
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Sport Shorts
Holmdel Park will host the eighth annual Women’s 5K Run and Walk on Sept. 1 at 9 a.m., with children’s races, presented by the Jersey Shore Running Club and Women’s Center of Monmouth County, to benefit families affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. Registration is $17 until Aug. 25, $20 Aug. 26 through the…
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Kenyans dominate Sheehan Classic once again Rain, humidity can’t dampen spirits at state’s top road race
Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Kenyans dominate Sheehan Classic once again Rain, humidity can’t dampen spirits at state’s top road race SARAH McCOLGAN The Sheehan Classic gets off to a fast start on Broad Street in Red Bank on Saturday. The annual race attracts many of the top road racers from throughout the area, as…
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Eatontown, Monmouth Beach reach championship round
Staff Writer By jack oakley It will be Eatontown challenging defending champion Monmouth Beach in the championship playoff round in the Shore Firemen’s Sunday Slow Pitch Softball League. The teams will square off in the first game of the best-of-three series Sunday morning at 10 at Firemen’s Memorial Field in Eatontown. Eatontown attained the final…
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Hooligans upsets Shore, gets ready to face Fornicola Bros.
Hooligans upsets Shore, gets ready to face Fornicola Bros. By jack oakley Staff Writer Hooligans stunned Shore Athletics in two straight games and Fornicola Brothers eliminated The Norwood Agency in three contests as they advanced to the playoff finals in the Long Branch Sunday Adult Softball League. Fornicola’s will host Hooligan’s in the opening playoff…
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Babies on display in Grade III Sapling at Monmouth Park
Staff Writer By jack oakley Monmouth Park will be showing off the babies Saturday in the Grade III Sapling. The 2-year-old fillies will be matched in a 6-furlong dash with a purse of $150,000. Baseball is the usual talk when George Steinbrenner’s name is mentioned, but he has a possible favorite when the ladies go…
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Higgins Snaps Mulligan’s/IAMA Streak at 17
It had to end sometime. Higgins Funeral Home, of Freehold Borough, snapped Mulligan’s/IAMA’s 17-game win streak in the Monmouth County Senior Softball League by defeating the regular season champions, 10-4 at Liberty Oak Park, Freehold Township. The loss evened the best-of-five playoff series at a game apiece. After sweeping through the regular campaign with a…
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Nunnally, Bolger lead at Andrew Manning swim
Swimming 1 mile in the safe, virtually unchanging conditions of a pool is hard enough. Now imagine doing it in the Atlantic Ocean. One hundred and twenty swimmers took part in the Aug. 5 Andrew Manning Ocean Mile Swim race, held in Sea Bright. The race featured some of the top swimmers of the local…
