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Sports Shorts
Chris Ranieri, of Manalapan, has been signed to a contract by the New Jersey Jackals of the Independent Canadian America Baseball League. Ranieri, a shortstop, starred at Alvernia College (Reading, Pa.), where he was a First Team All-Pennsylvania Athletic Conference pick this spring. In his two years at Alvernia, he had an impressive .383 batting…
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BCC women start season ranked No. 3 in nation
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Brookdale Community College’s (BCC) women’s soccer team begins the 2007 season as a marked squad. CHRIS KELLY staff A Brookdale player fires the ball up field during a home scrimmage on Aug. 24 in Middletown. As if being the national runner-up last year weren’t enough, Frank Lawrence’s Jersey Blues begin…
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Van Etten remembered as great coach and friend
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer As a football coach, the late Jack Van Etten was called “a coach’s coach” by Brick Township’s Warren Wolf. Coming from the winningest football coach in New Jersey, it doesn’t get any better than that. But, the highest praise for Van Etten, who died on Aug. 11 at the age…
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Cane Pace is Monday at Freehold Raceway
Aplace in harness racing history is at stake on Monday with the running of the 53rd Cane Pace at Freehold Raceway. Yes, the $300,000 estimated purse is nice, but the winner of Monday’s race will put his name alongside the sport’s alltime greats, joining the likes of legends Albatross, Niatross and Bret Hanover as a…
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Sports Shorts
Spice Queen extended her 2007 winning streak to seven when she won the $26,800 opening leg of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Thursday at Freehold Raceway. In a wire-to-wire performance, the daughter of Yankee Glide won by 3½ lengths in 2:00.1. David Miller was in the bike. Keystone Celeste, also…
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Howell looks to carry momentum into 2007
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Coming off the finest playoff run in school history, Cory Davies’ Howell Rebels are carrying a lot of momentum into the 2007 high school football season. CHRIS KELLY staff Chance Carrick is among a stable of playmakers that should help Howell remain one of the Shore’s elite offensive teams. Davies’…
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Colonials tackle season with an eye on playoffs
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold Borough has been making steady progress under head coach Mark Ciccotelli. JEFF GRANIT staff Brian Prisk is back to lead the Freehold Borough offense as the Colonials look to improve on last year’s season. In his first two years with the Colonials, the team has taken steps toward regaining…
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Veteran Pats team has high hopes on gridiron
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Areturn to the basics helped Freehold Township and head coach Dominick Lepore turn its 2006 season around, and is reason for optimism this fall. JEFF GRANIT staff The Patriots will once again feature one of the top backs in the Shore Conference this year in Kyle Ramos-Herrera, who ran for…
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Braves coaching staff has Staten Island connection
TIM MORRIS Manalapan head football coach Tom Gallahue is flanked by his assistant coaches Ed Gurrieri (l) and Joe Tetly (r). The trio share a coaching bond that began in Staten Island. BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The Outerbridge Crossing has been more than a bridge connecting Staten Island with New Jersey. Like the 6…
