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  • With first title secure, Cougars look for more

    Colts Neck won first baseball title, A North Division BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Colts Neck’s baseball team will be looking to build on what has been the school’s finest season to date this week. It’s postseason tournament time, and with the Cougars having already won the school’s first baseball championship…

  • Blues back in World Series after tearing up Region

    Third straight Region title for Blues baseball BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer The power of positive thinking has Brookdale Community College in the Junior College World Series. In the near two-week layoff the Jersey Blues had between the end of the regular season and the start of the Region XIX tournament,…

  • Patriots maintain their winning ways diamond

    Despite losing nine seniors, Pats back in playoffs BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Rebuilding was not an option. Although his Freehold Township baseball team had graduated nine seniors, including pitchers who won 18 of its 19 games, head coach Frank Gualtieri was not going to lower the bar. “Every year our…

  • Sports Shorts

    The Manalapan Knights, a successful U13 boys team that plays in the Monmouth-Ocean Soccer Association, is looking for dedicated players, goalie and field players, to round out their roster for the upcoming season. Tryouts will be held on June 5 on Field C at the Manalapan Recreation Center from 6:30-8 p.m. For additional information, e-mail…

  • Forys, Higginson add three titles to collections

    Batts, Unachukwu win two at county track championships BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Colts Neck’s Ashley Higginson leaves the competition behind en route to winning the 1,600-meter title at Thursday’s Monmouth County Championships in Neptune. Craig Forys and Ashley Higginson matched each other win-for-win at the two-day Monmouth…

  • Hawks sweep both NEC track and field titles

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer The Northeast Conference Track and Field Championships were doubly sweet for Monmouth University. The Hawks hosted the championships (May 5-6) and won both the men’s and women’s titles. It was a record fourth straight championship for the men, and the women’s first since 2004. In addition,…

  • Sports Shorts

    Lindsey Gallo turned in the fastest 1,500-meter run in the United States this year when the Howell High School graduate won the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational race in 4:09.60. She eclipsed the meet record set back in 1990 by PattiSue Plumer of 4:12.89. Gallo, who was a state champion and All-American at Howell, now competes…

  • Braves wrap up third straight division title

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Manalapan High School’s softball team made it official Wednesday.The Braves are the outright Shore Conference A North Division champions for the third consecutive year. Ashley Rampino’s four-hitter, supported by a 12-hit attack, topped Freehold Township, 6-0, to give the Braves the division title outright. The Braves…

  • Lack of timely hitting knocks Brookdale out

    Jersey Blues win streak ends at 11 BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer The 2007 Brookdale Community College women’s softball season can be summed up as one of lost opportunities. Despite winning the Garden State Athletic Conference and earning the No. 1 seed for the Region XIX championship, the Blues were never…