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  • Jr. Mustang wrestlers win individual, team titles

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer The Marlboro Junior Mustangs wrestling program experienced success at every level in 2006-07. The program, run through the Marlboro Recreation Department, had an overall dual-meet record with its three teams of 30-6-1 in the Mid-Jersey Wrestling League. The Seniors won the league championship with a 7-0…

  • Brookdale women finish sixth at national tourney

    Blues win Sportsmanship Award BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer For the Brookdale Community College women’s basketball team, next year has already started. After getting a taste of the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Championships at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, N.Y., last weekend, the Jersey Blues want more.…

  • Forys, Higginson prove to be nation’s best

    Cougar girls defend relay title BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer JEFFGRANIT staff Colts Neck’s Ashley Higginson, who spends most of her time in front of the pack, can add the title of “national champion” to her brilliant scholastic résumé after winning the two-mile race at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships in…

  • Hot-shooting Vikings top Pats in CJ IV final

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Like the Vikings of yore, who pillaged and plundered, South Brunswick plucked a state championship away from Freehold Township that had seemed to be the Patriots’ destiny to capture. Brian Golub and his Freehold Township boys basketball team saw the finest season in school history draw…

  • Brookdale women off to NJCAA tournament

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Brookdale’s Jamie Biddle shoots over Sasha Fabrizio during a practice on Thursday at the school’s Middletown campus. To call the Brookdale Community College women’s basketball team a group of overachievers wouldn’t do them justice. Coaches Joanne Cobb and Marianne Campacci may have assembled…

  • Shore Athletic Club names its 2007 award-winners

    New Jersey high school state cross country champions Craig Forys of Colts Neck and Danielle Tauro of Southern Regional were among the track and field athletes recognized by the Shore Athletic Club. Forys and Tauro, whose talents carried over to the track, where they were All-Americans, were named the Boys and Girls High School Athlete…

  • YMCA relay team breaks meet record in Gloucester

    Swimmers from the YMCA of Western Monmouth County distinguished themselves both individually and as relay teams at the Y Silver Championships held in Gloucester. The Eagle Rays finished fifth overall in the team standings that included 30 clubs from throughout the state. During the course of the state competition, the Eagle Rays broke the meet…

  • Howell looks forward after loss in section final

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Howell’s Michelle Blum drives to the basket during the Rebels’ sectional final loss to Trenton Central on March 6 in Sayreville. There wasn’t the usual sense of finality when the Howell High School girls basketball team walked off the court on March 6.…

  • Freehold Area Running Club’s St. Paddy’s 10-miler is Sunday

    The Freehold Area Running Club is extending St. Patrick’s Day – for runners and racewalkers, that is. The club’s 17th annual Nestle Beverage Co. St. Paddy’s 10-Mile Race will be held on Sunday, the day after St. Patrick’s Day. For participants, it means an extra day to celebrate the green and Erin Go Bragh. This…