Category: Independent Sports
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South girls tennis team set to defend pair of titles Eagles return several players from last year’s 21-1 squad
Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea South girls tennis team set to defend pair of titles Eagles return several players from last year’s 21-1 squad The road to a girls tennis division title in the Shore Conference’s Class A North is likely to run through Middletown once again this year. With three key players returning, along…
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Reed captures 70-lap Coors Light Classic at Wall Stadium
Staff Writer By tim morris Harry Reed jumped back into the Modified points race with his win in the annual 70-lap Coors Light Classic at Wall Stadium Saturday night. It was the third win of the year for the Freehold driver and moved him closer to Jimmy Blewett of Howell in the standings. The week…
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Sport Shorts
The following clinics and leagues are being offered at GoodSports, Aberdeen, within the next two months: a youth instructional one-hour roller hockey clinic starts Sept. 13 for ages 4-12 on Thursdays; a men’s open hockey league starting Oct. 3; a youth roller hockey league starting Sept. 8 (register Aug. 18 through Sept. 9); youth and…
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Manzi knows significance of Cane Pace to a driver Freehold driver is former winner of Triple Crown race
Staff Writer By tim morris Manzi knows significance of Cane Pace to a driver Freehold driver is former winner of Triple Crown race Cat Manzi It’s the majors, stupid. That is the continual mantra in tennis and golf, the individual sports, where players are judged by the major tournaments. You’re not a great player if…
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FARRAH MAFFAI Old Bridge’s Steve Morris tries to keep the ball away from Aberdeen’s Sean Seery during a game at the Marlboro Labor Day Tournament last Saturday.
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Sport Shorts
Middletown Youth Athletic Association Mid-Monmouth Basketball tryouts will be held at Thorne Middle School according to the following schedule: junior girls, Sept. 6 from 6-7:30 p.m.; senior girls, Sept. 6 from 7:30-9 p.m.; junior boys, Sept. 10 from 6-7:30 p.m.; senior boys, Sept. 10 from 7:30-9 p.m. Juniors must have turned 12 and seniors must…
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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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Ackerman, Dreyer, Marko first in Mountain Bike Race Monmouth County Park System event held at Tatum Park
Ackerman, Dreyer, Marko first in Mountain Bike Race Monmouth County Park System event held at Tatum Park Middletown’s Brian Ackerman took advantage of home terrain to capture Monmouth County Park System’s Woods Hollow Classic Mountain Bike Race held in Tatum Park, Holland Road, Middletown. The race, which took cyclists over the open fields and woodlands…
