Category: News Transcript Sports
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Higginson exceeded her own running goals
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Ashley Higginson graduates as one of the top distance runners in state history. Ashley Higginson’s high school career was already off the charts. The Colts Neck senior had already won a record-tying three NJSIAA Indoor Meet of Champions 3,200-meter titles and had anchored…
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Schlentz shared a bond with his two standouts
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Craig Forys and Ashley Higginson, the News Transcript’s 2007 Male and Female Athletes of the Year, have developed quite a bond with themselves and their coach at Colts Neck, Jim Schlentz. Together, the trio created an era never witnessed before in running. No other school can…
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Goldman, Gamburg aces of All-District tennis team
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Jeremy Goldman Two teams ruled the tennis courts this spring: Freehold Borough and Marlboro. Both were championship squads in 2007, with coach Jon Block’s Colonials the aces. Freehold Borough went through the regular season with a perfect record and ran their winning streak in the Shore…
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Marlboro looks to build confidence this summer
BY JEFF APPELBLATT Correspondent BY JEFF APPELBLATTCorrespondent Marlboro High School’s varsity baseball team has been anything but perfect the past two seasons, recording only 14 wins in 45 games. But when it comes to summer baseball, those numbers mean nothing. And like last year, the team is hoping that American Legion play could be preparation…
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Sports Shorts
Kristy Kwiatkowski, Jamie Shapiro and coach Ron Fazio are the newest additions to the Manalapan High School Hall of Fame. Kwiatkowski, class of 2001, was the News Transcript’s Senior Athlete of the Year when she led the Braves to the Shore Conference A North Division title and the Shore Conference Tournament championships (the only SCT…
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Sports Shorts
Kristi Kwiatkowski, Jamie Shapiro and coach Ron Fazio are the newest additions to the Manalapan High School Hall of Fame. Kwiatkowski, class of 2001, was the News Transcript’s Senior Athlete of the Year when she led the Braves to the Shore Conference A North Division title and the Shore Conference Tournament championships (the only SCT…
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Prudhomme double-winner as owner at SuperNationals
Raceway Park hosted event for 38th year JEFFGRANIT staff Top Fuel car driver Brandon Bernstein smokes his tires at the Pro Care RXNHRASuperNationals at Raceway Park in Old Bridge on Sunday. Don “the Sanke” Prudhomme enjoyed many a weekend at Raceway Park. During his famed National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Hall of Fame career, Prudhomme…
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Colts Neck players headline All-District team
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Joe Locascio Winning a championship was so much fun that the Colts Neck High School baseball team decided to do it twice. Back in the cold days of April, the Cougars set out to win the program’s first championship. Four-year starters A.J. Rusbarsky and Dominick Hayes…
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Rampino, Kwiatkowski top All-District softball
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Jill Kwiatkowski Four-year starters Ashley Rampino and Jill Kwiatkowski certainly went out on top. The seniors led the Manalapan High School softball team to its third consecutive Shore Conference A North Division title, a school record. A mid-season slump jeopardized the Braves’ drive for the championship…
