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  • Higginson still winning, takes Born to Run race

    Emanel overall winner of five-mile run in Freehold BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Fresh off an outstanding freshman college cross country season at Princeton University, Ashley Higginson was back on more familiar turf Friday. Competing in the 23rd annual Born to Run five-mile run through Freehold Borough, the Colts Neck High School grad won the…

  • Manalapan Braves back in state soccer final

    Manalapan wins semifinal, advances to state championship BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Washington Township became the latest state playoff victim of Manalapan’s defensive fortress and George Quintano’s will. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above left: Manalapan midfielder Adam Rice gets a hearty congratulations after scoring his team’s second goal at 29:55 of the second half during…

  • Sports Shorts

    Howell’s Courtney Krol has been named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Year for the third consecutive year. The College of New Jersey senior earned the recognition by spearheading a defensive unit that registered 14 shutouts and leads the NJAC in fewest goals allowed (four) and goals against average (0.14).…

  • It’s time to resume football rivalries

    Thanksgiving Day rekindles traditional games BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Thanksgiving Day and scholastic football rivalries are a tradition. Most often its bragging rights that are at stake for the high school teams when they play their final games before turning in the helmet and pads and settle in for winter. Howell, of course, hopes…

  • FARC’s Born to Run to have streets buzzing

    23rd year for race in Freehold Borough BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer For anyone who thinks they eat too much turkey, dressing or dessert on Thanksgiving, there is help. The Freehold Area Running Club presents the 23rd running of the Born to Run Five-Mile Run through the streets of Freehold Borough the day after Thanksgiving…

  • Pats’ Callahan signs with Fordham Rams

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer From the first time she held a bat in her hands, softball was Nicole Callahan’s future. She began playing in the North Howell Little League at age 7. At 10, she was playing both softball (with the travel team Jersey Nightmare) and Little League baseball. The middle infielder was good…

  • Scarlet Knights wrestling gets a face-lift

    Arrival of Goodale, Winston brings credibility to program BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent The buzz surrounding the Rutgers University (RU) wrestling team began to emanate over the summer, right around the time that the rumor started to spread that Scott Goodale was looking to take over the program. Once Goodale accepted the head coach position on…

  • Fobes bounces back to win state gold

    D’Elia third in AA, Ecklof second on floor BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Talk about falling down and getting right back up again, Howell’s Austyn Fobes showed the mettle of a true champion at the NJSIAA Gymnastics Championships. The junior fell on her first pass of her floor exercise routine all but ending her chances…

  • Shawnee ends Colonials’ historic run to finals

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer No other Freehold Borough field hockey team had ever won a state sectional title until 2007, and this year’s squad didn’t stop there. It made it all the way to Sunday’s NJSIAA State Group III Championship game at Toms River High School East. Freehold Borough’s goaltender Ali Koch makes a…