Category: Independent Sports
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CBA is perfect 8-for-8 at Monmouth County relays Middletown South girls edge Red Bank Regional for overall title
Staff Writer By tim morris CBA is perfect 8-for-8 at Monmouth County relays Middletown South girls edge Red Bank Regional for overall title Eight events and eight wins. You can’t get any better than perfection, and that is exactly what Christian Brothers Academy was at Saturday’s Monmouth County Relays, scoring a perfect 80 points en…
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Sport Shorts
Holmdel’s Christina Vullo, one of the Shore’s top distance runners, has made an oral commitment to attend Columbia University, New York, next fall. A good student, Vullo had a number of schools interested in her but ultimately chose Columbia over Brown, Michigan, Rutgers and Boston University. As a member of the Columbia team, Vullo will…
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North girls looking to rebound from slow start Head into holiday tourney on heels of win over Neptune
Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea North girls looking to rebound from slow start Head into holiday tourney on heels of win over Neptune After losing its first two games, the defending Shore Conference Class A North champs Middletown High School North girls basketball team rebounded to defeat Neptune on Saturday. Coach Ed Jones pointed to…
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Sport Shorts
Goodsports USA, Aberdeen, will be holding the following events in the next few weeks: youth one-day soccer tournaments; a men’s open soccer tournament on Feb. 3, starting at 6 p.m.; a youth roller hockey winter session starting the first week in January; a Wednesday night men’s roller hockey league, starting yesterday; and over-30 men’s league…
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Jackson, TR East dominate Middletown South tourney Local teams struggle to compete with out-of-towners
Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie Jackson, TR East dominate Middletown South tourney Local teams struggle to compete with out-of-towners JERRY WOLKOWITZ Middletown North’s Marc Evans tries to roll over Red Bank Regional’s Nick Delorenzo for a pin during a 112-pound match during the Middletown South Wrestling Tournament on Saturday. Evans went on to beat Delorenzo…
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Eagles set to take on tough A North schedule Open season with impressive win over Howell
Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Eagles set to take on tough A North schedule Open season with impressive win over Howell JEFF HUNTLEY Middletown South’s Nick Ernst has his eyes on the ball during the Eagles’ season-opening game against Howell on Friday. The Eagles cruised to a 48-34 win. With four key players back, prospects…
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Lions set to face Shore’s top two teams this week Top-ranked Neptune comes to town on Friday night
Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Lions set to face Shore’s top two teams this week Top-ranked Neptune comes to town on Friday night The Middletown High School North boys basketball team is off to a good start having downed Marlboro, 62-31, on Friday in the season-opener for both teams. Center Chris Niesz poured in 23…
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Caseys look to continue last season’s perfection Return eight of nine top players from championship squad
Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie Caseys look to continue last season’s perfection Return eight of nine top players from championship squad For the Red Bank Catholic girls basketball team, last year is certainly a tough act to follow. The Caseys finished the year at 31-0 and beat Toms River North in the Tournament of Champions…
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Marathon man beats odds by overcoming illness 51-year-old recently completed third New York City Marathon
Staff Writer By Richard Jerome Marathon man beats odds by overcoming illness 51-year-old recently completed third New York City Marathon Seven years ago, George Boscarino was staring into the abyss, his life apparently slipping away. Then 44, the Mercedes-Benz salesman from Oceanport underwent a routine physical examination only to learn that he was suffering from…
