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Manalapan advances to state final for first time
DeLorenzo goal lifts Manalapan by Eastern, 1-0 BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Manalapan’s historic run to the school’s first-ever NJSIAA State Group IV boys championship final couldn’t have gotten off to a more inauspicious start. In their opening-round match of the playoffs against South Brunswick, the newly crowned Shore Conference Tournament…
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Pernicone achieves goal, qualifies for Futures Tour
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Becky Pernicone can finally say that she has a career, and as a professional golfer. The former Marlboro High School star played her way onto the 2007 Duramed Futures Tour at the recent Qualifying Tournament held in Lakeland, Fla., Nov. 7-10. Three-hundred golfers participated in the…
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Freehold Borough hosting Born to Run 5-mile run
For the 22nd straight year, runners and race-walkers will work off their Thanksgiving Day meals on the streets of Freehold Borough. The Freehold Area Running Club’s 22nd Annual Born to Run Five-Mile Race will take off at 11 a.m. Friday. Sign-in will start at 9 a.m. race day at the Freehold Firehouse, 49 W. Main…
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Thanksgiving rivalries heat up holiday festivities
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Thanksgiving Day rivalries will draw the curtain on the 2006 scholastic football season on Thursday. That’s unless Howell won its Group IV semifinal game with Brick Memorial Friday night (which was after the News Transcript’s deadline). In that case, the Rebels would be playing for the…
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Braves work overtime to secure a CJ IV title
Quintano notches game-winner in second OT BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Manalapan’s Josh Goldberg beats a Hunterdon Central player to the ball during Friday’s sectional final in Manalapan. In the blink of an eye, George Quintano can turn a soccer match around.In the way to winning the Shore…
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Three titles and counting for Colonial girls
Freehold Borough wins CJ Group III BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Above, Freehold’s Alanna Ekdahl heads the ball up field during the Colonials’ sectional final win over Hopewell Valley in Freehold on Thursday. Below, Shannon Mayrose weaves her way through Hopewell Valley defenders on her way to the net. There’s something…
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Howell hosting its first grid playoff game Friday
Rebels top West Windsor-South in quarterfinal BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer For the first time in school history, Howell High School will be playing a NJSIAA state playoff football game at home. Cory Davies’ Rebels will be hosting Brick Memorial Friday night in the semifinals of the Central Jersey Group IV…
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Forys cruises to a state title; Cougar girls repeat
MOC is next on Saturday BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Colts Neck standouts Craig Forys and Ashley Higginson share a laugh after signing their respective letters of intent on Thursday. Forys is heading to the University of Michigan, while Higginson will stay in state and run for Princeton…
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Howell’s Fobes wins floor at state meet
CHRIS KELLY staff Howell’s Austyn Fobes competes on the balance beam during Saturday’s state championship meet at Rutgers University. Austyn Fobes added further laurels to her extraordinary debut year by winning a state championship Saturday. The Howell High School sophomore won the floor exercise at the NJSIAA State Gymnastics Championships held in the Livingston Recreation…
