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  • Forys in his own league during x-country season

    Teammate Krewer, Braves BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Colts Neck’s Craig Forys scorched the cross country hills and dales unlike anyone who has preceded him. He turned the 2006 season into his personal tour de force. Starting with the Spike Shoe Invitational at Penn State University, the Cougar senior set six…

  • Forys fights back to finish second at Foot Locker

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer When he was just a freshman, Craig Forys earned the respect of the upperclassmen by the way he gave no quarter to them during a race. The juniors and seniors who expected it to be their time and found Forys unwilling to accept that, paid tribute…

  • Sports Shorts

    Manalapan’s Mike Gaeta, a senior at Springfield (Mass.) College is ranked No. 1 in the nation in the 141-pound weight division by the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III poll. Springfield is ranked No. 16. Gaeta, the first Manalapan High School wrestler to win 100-career matches, is off to a 7-0 start. He was 4-0…

  • O’Reilly left his mark as Howell’s team leader

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Sean O’Reilly Sean O’Reilly was beside himself last week. “I was coming home sleeping,” he said. “I didn’t know what else to do.” Howell High School’s longest, most successful football season had come to an end on the night of Dec. 3 when the Rebels lost…

  • Rebel rally falls short in Central Jersey title game

    Howell beaten by Hunterdon Central in first CJ final BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Above, Howell’s Chance Carrick is met by a pair of Hunterdon Central defenders during the Central Jersey Group IV final at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway Sunday. Below, the Rebels’ Jason Amato races 83 yards to return a…

  • Playoff success changed face of Howell football

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer One thing was certain when Howell High School’s football team ran out of the tunnel onto Rutgers Stadium on Sunday – Rebel football would never be the same. Howell was playing for an NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV championship for the first time in school history.…

  • Cougars are fourth at Nike Team Nationals

    Higginson takes first to lead Colts Neck girls BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Based on the Nike Team Nationals, a case could be made for Colts Neck High School’s girls cross country team being the best in state history. The Cougars produced a magnificent effort at Saturday’s NTN held at Portland…

  • Mulligan first to the line in Born to Run five-mile race

    Tim Mulligan ran away from the field to win the Freehold Area Running Club’s 22nd annual Born to Run five-mile race through the crowded streets of Freehold Borough on Nov. 24. Mulligan, a teacher in the Colts Neck school system who just happens to be the training partner of one Craig Forys, the Colts Neck…

  • Braves, Rebels highlight All-District boys soccer

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Kyle Bethel helped lead Howell to one of its finest seasons this fall as the Rebels finished the year 16-2-2. Manalapan stole everyone’s thunder on the soccer pitch this fall. John Natoli’s Braves revved it up in the postseason and captured both the Shore Conference Tournament…