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  • Colonials state their case with SCT win

    Freehold Borough girls are Shore’s best after beating RBC BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer JEFFGRANIT staff Freehold Borough goalie Ashley Lewis makes a save in front of RBC’s Casey Mahon during the SCTfinal in Neptune on Saturday. With the Shore Conference Tournament trophy secure under his arm and feeling light as…

  • Fobes, Howell gymnasts are No. 1 in Shore

    Colts Neck third at conference championships BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Performing like poised veterans, the youthful Howell High School gymnastics team won the Shore Conference Championship Saturday. Jennifer Conway-Hartman’s athletes looked anything like a young team competing at the SC for the first time. Avoiding the many pitfalls that can…

  • Teaching keeps Bizzozzaro involved with soccer

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Elyse Bizzozzaro, the new assistant soccer coach at Freehold Borough, gives some tips to Jen Palucci (l) and Alexandra Eagle during a recent practice. Elyse Bizzozzaro is never far from the game she loves, soccer.At Manalapan, she was the go-to player on a…

  • Lack of scoring, injuries plagued BCC team

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer A 6-8-2 season has Brookdale Community College’s men’s soccer coach Mike Costa fired up for next year. Costa, who was hired for the job just before the season began, noted that he had to return to the Lincroft campus next year to make up for ’06.…

  • Sports Shorts

    Freehold’s Cat Manzi became only the second harness driver in history to win 12,000 races when the veteran reinsman piloted Crimson Dynamo to a win Thursday in the second race on the card at Freehold Raceway. Only Herve Filion, with more than 15,000 career wins, has more victories than Manzi, the perennial track champion at…

  • Nkwuo takes second chance to indoor league

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer There are no what-ifs or why nots for Emeka Nkwuo now.He took a chance and was rewarded well beyond his wildest dream. Just six months ago, he was an ex-high school football player recently graduated from Rutgers University, just looking to play football again. Now, he…

  • Espinosa, Solvik win Manasquan Five-Miler

    The scenic Manasquan Reservoir in Howell provided the background for the Monmouth County Park System’s annual Five-Mile Run. Freehold’s Pedro Espinosa was the first runner to circle the picturesque reservoir, clocking 29:18.1. Just behind the Freehold runner was Belmar’s Scott Patterson, who posted a 29:39.2. They were the only runners to break 30:00. The women’s…

  • Colts Neck rallies to win thriller in Manalapan

    Jackson runs for 265 yards and three TDs BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above, Manalapan’s Jason Muccino finds some running room during the Braves’ loss to Colts Neck on Friday in Manalapan. First things first: Colts Neck and Manalapan played a great high school football game…

  • Patriots adjust, change, find winning formula

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer What you have to admire about Dominick Lepore is that he’s a coach who’s not afraid of change. Nor is he afraid to admit that things aren’t working out. The Freehold Township head coach thought he might have an explosive offense this fall and so he…