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  • Patriot five reclaim Kuhnert championship

    Columbia beats Bayonne in boys final BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Watching videotape has become a big part of a basketball team’s game preparation. Players get a close look at their opposition on film as well as the chance to see what they are doing right or wrong. It’s also a major teaching tool for…

  • Cougars get signature win at WOBM Classic

    CN boys win in Florida BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Colts Neck has been looking for that one signature victory that would prove they belong with the Shore Conference’s elite girls basketball programs. There have been a series of close calls and agonizing tournament losses for coach John Truhan’s Cougars. But not anymore. Led by…

  • Big week coming up for Howell matmen

    Alot will be at stake for the Howell High School wrestling team this week. Tonight, John Gagliano’s Rebels will grapple with Ocean Township in a non-conference barnburner among the No. 9 and No. 10 teams in the state that will determine seeding for the Shore Conference Tournament that starts at the end of the month.…

  • Colonials-Patriots reach Kuhnert tournament final

    Bayonne, Columbia in boys title game BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer John Scirappa ticked off the teams that his Freehold Township Patriots were playing in the Jack Kuhnert Memorial Basketball Tournament. DANIEL HULSHIZER staff Quasonna Moore (No. 15) reaches for a rebound with Pope John’s Taylor Vozza during the Jack Kuhnert Holiday Basketball Tournament on…

  • Dassa, Freehold Boro top district tennis team

    Freehold Borough and Marlboro were the aces on the tennis courts in 2007. Jon Block’s Colonials advanced to the ShoreConference Tournament semifinals for the first time in school history as theymade their case for inclusion among the Shore’s best. Along the way to the Final Four, the Colonials beat defending champion Manasquan and Marlboro. By…

  • Marlboro Mustangs win USABL fall championship

    On a day when even Hall of Famer Ernie Banks would find it difficult to say “a great day to play two,” the Marlboro Mustangs overcame the elements and a determined opposition to capture the United States Amateur Baseball League (USABL)16/17-year-oldDivision FallChampionship. The Mustangs, made up exclusively of Marlboro High School seniors, ironically defeated anotherMarlboro…

  • Andrews sets 1K record at NYC Armory meet

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer If Robby Andrews had any lingering doubts of giving up basketball, it took about two-and-a-half minutes to remove them. That’s how long it took the Manalapan High School junior to set a meet record in winning the 1,000-meter run at the 54th Bishop Loughlin Games at the New Balance Track…

  • Vianney girls off to less than stellar start

    Traditional state power has a 2-2 record BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer With a starting lineup that usually includes two freshmen and five freshmen on the varsity roster, the St. John Vianney High School girls basketball teamis nonetheless off to a 2-2 start. The Lady Lancers opened the campaign with a victory over Rumson-Fair Haven…

  • Sports Shorts

    The Marlboro boys U11 fall travel basketball team will be sorry to see 2007 go by. The boys were a perfect 28-0 during the year, winning the Mid-Monmouth Youth League title for the second straight year as well as the Marlboro Basketball Shootout and West Long Branch Thanksgiving Tournament. Marlboro defeated Monroe for the Mid-Monmouth…