Category: Independent Sports
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CBA, Middletown South girls win county x-country titles
Colts avenge last year By tim morrisStaff Writer Colts avenge last year’s loss to RBR with solid team effort By tim morris Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Christian Brothers Academy’s Will Melofchik finishes off his second-place run at the Oct. 15 Monmouth County Cross Country Championships held at Holmdel Park. There was plenty of reason for…
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Matawan girls refuse to quit despite offensive struggles
Young squad looks to future as seasonnears end By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer Young squad looks to future as season nears end By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer Although it has a 0-10 mark, the youthful Matawan High School girls’ soccer team still comes to play every game. Coach Sheryl Markowitz’s roster includes six sophomores and two…
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Rockets remain competitive facing demanding schedule
By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer Fine play by the doubles pairings has helped keep the Raritan High School girls’ tennis team competitive this fall. The Rockets, 6-7 on the year, have hung tough as Colleen Calvert and Stephanie Gabel at first doubles and Samantha Chin and Jessica Bolin at second doubles…
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Sport Shorts
Middletown Youth Athletic Association (MYAA) basketball will hold registration for its winter recreation season for boys and girls, ages 8-15, according to the following schedule: Nov. 9, Bodman Park Clubhouse, 9 a.m.-noon; Nov. 12-15, Thorne Middle School gym, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.; and Nov. 16, Bodman Park Clubhouse, 9 a.m.-noon. Call the MYAA office at (732)…
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Monmouth Rangers win Garden State League title
The Monmouth Rangers shut out the Monmouth Falcons 6-0 on Sept. 8 in the Monmouth County Garden State Baseball League playoff final at Laird Field in Colts Neck. Their fourth victory without a loss in the playoffs gave the Rangers the undisputed state championship crown for the league, which began its season in May. The…
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FARRAH MAFFAI Holmdel High School’s Jessica Tai does a split above the balance beam during the Hornets’ win over Red Bank Catholic on Friday.
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Rockets hope to ride D into postseason play
Raritan field hockey team is 4-5-3 withdeadline approaching By Warren RappleyeaStaff Writer Raritan field hockey team is 4-5-3 with deadline approaching By Warren Rappleyea Staff Writer The hardworking Raritan High School field hockey team is giving opponents more than they bargained for and are also making a run at the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II…
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CHRIS KELLY Middletown High School North’s Ann Marie LoPresti carries the ball upfield against Long Branch during last Wednesday’s game in Long Branch. Middletown North, the No. 2-ranked team in the Shore, met its match in Long Branch, but the visiting Lions won the nondivision encounter on a penalty stroke by Kaitlyn Faaland. The Lions…
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CBA harriers first at Manhattan Invitational
Christian Brothers Academy, Middletown, packed its first five runners in the top 13 to win the Boys E Division at the 30th annual Manhattan Invitational held at the famed Van Cortlandt Park course in the Bronx, N.Y., on Saturday. The Colts had a team score of 46 to easily beat runner-up West Springfield, Va. (85).…
