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Howell’s Fobes wins SC all-around title
Howell girls are second The long-awaited showdown between Howell and Red Bank Catholic did not disappoint. Saturday’s Shore Conference Championships at Brick Memorial High School was the first meeting of the year between two of the state’s elite teams that had won its respective division titles (A North, Howell and B South, RBC) and had…
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Colts Neck, Brick playing for playoffs
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer For Colts Neck and Brick Township, the playoffs are starting early. Friday night’s game in Brick Township could very well determine which of the two teams will make the eight-team field for the Central Jersey Group IV playoffs. Mike McArthur’s Cougars are 5-2 after beating Marlboro, 33-0, on Saturday afternoon.…
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Penalty kicks end BCC women’s soccer season
Blues fall in Region semis BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer What 110 minutes of soccer couldn’t do, a shoot-out did. That is, decide a winner between Brookdale Community College’s women’s soccer team and Ocean County Community College’s team. PHOTO BY CHRIS KELLY Brookdale’s Courtney Rosado tried to advance the ball during a recent game. The…
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It’s playoff time
PHOTOS BY ANDREW MILLER staff Left, Jackson Memorial’s Robert Lindstrom (l) and Manalapan’s Chris DeFalco battle for a ball during the first half of their Shore Conference Boys Soccer Tournament semifinal game in Neptune last Thursday. Above, Manalapan’s George Quintano (r) controls the ball as Jackson’s Kevin Ferrantelli defends. Quintano scored twice as the Braves…
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Howell wins first Shore Conference soccer crown
Rebels use Bethel goal to win 1-0 against Manalapan BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Howell High School slayed the demons of 2006 when the Rebels nipped Manalapan, 1-0, to win the Shore Conference Tournament for boys soccer. It was the first SCT championship in the program’s history and helped the Rebels (18- 2-1) put the…
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Howell clinches title; state playoffs next
First division crown in football since 1985 BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The timing couldn’t be more perfect for the Howell High School football team. The Rebels drew their bye last weekend, giving them plenty of time to celebrate their first division title since 1985 and refocus on their second goal of the 2007 campaign,…
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Higginson helps Princeton win Pre-Nationals race
Ashley Higginson has become quite comfortable competing against national competition. In high school, she won indoor and outdoor national championships in the twomile run and anchored the Colts Neck 4×1-mile relay team to a pair of indoor national crowns. Now a freshman at Princeton University, she’s picked right up where she left off at Colts…
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Marlboro bounces back to win A North tennis
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer After chasing Colts Neck all season, the Marlboro girls tennis team finally caught the Cougars, and then passed them. In the final week of the regular season, Dave Kretzmer’s Marlboro Mustangs captured the Shore Conference A North Division championship. “It’s a nice way to end the season,” said Kretzmer. “Winning…
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RU football defeats No. 2 South Florida
Ray Rice’s 181 yards on the ground lead Scarlet Knights to victory BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent Rutgers needed this one. After putting together the most successful season in school history a year ago, the Scarlet Knights had seen a little bit of the shine come off their armor this season with disappointing back-toback losses to…
