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Colts Neck’s Edwards wins JGA finale at Fiddler’s Elbow
Junior Golf America wrapped up its summer season with an exciting two-day tournament at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club in Bedminster (Aug. 21-22). Colts Neck’s John Edwards, who was the top golfer in the Freehold Regional High School District last spring, left his imprint on the 2006 Junior Golf America Summer Tour. Edwards, now a junior…
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Sports Shorts
The Marlboro Blue Devils, an U12 (spring 2007) travel baseball team that will be participating in the weeklong tournament at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., next year, are looking for players to complete their roster. The Blue Devils are a very competitive 50/70 team that plays in local leagues as well as…
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Down Memory Lane
Manalapan High School graduate Ed Zucker took his basketball skills to Rutgers University, New Brunswick, in the fall of 1983 and went on to play in 89 games for the Scarlet Knights over five seasons. Zucker, who scored 615 points and pulled down 297 rebounds for the Scarlet Knights, had his college career curtailed by…
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Hawks optimistic about the 2006 season
Monmouth opens Saturday at Fordham BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Above, Monmouth University’s Mike McClelland reels in a pass during a recent practice in West Long Branch. Below, head coach Kevin Callahan works with his team as they prepare for Saturday’s kick-off against Fordham University. Kevin Callahan doesn’t shy away from…
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Depth, scoring has BCC eyeing a Region crown
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Marlboro’s Courtney Serpico controls the ball during a recent practice for the Brookdale Community College women’s soccer team in Middletown. The Brookdale Community College women’s soccer team came up one game and one goal short of a Region 19 title and a trip…
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Pernicone to play for U.S. in USA-France competition
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer A lot of great things have happened to Becky Pernicone on the golf course this summer. However, it was a phone call that provided the Marlboro golfer with the highlight of her already memorable season. Friday, the former Marlboro High School and University of North Carolina-Greensboro…
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Nonwood bat debate split near the middle
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer BY DOUG McKENZIEStaff Writer The end of an era? Wood vs. nonwood bats A few weeks ago I wrote a column discussing Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan’s proposed legislation that would return New Jersey’s youth and high school baseball and softball leagues to wood-bat-only status, removing from the dugout the expensive high-tech…
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Diegnan has his reasons for introducing bill
Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan didn’t start thinking about introducing Assembly Bill 3388 last month when 12-year-old Steven Domalewski, of Wayne, was struck in the chest with a batted ball. But the unfortunate incident, which resulted in Domalewski suffering a near-fatal disruption of his heart’s electrical system that caused his heart to stop, sending him into a…
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The end of an era?
BESR, or Ball Exit Speed Ratio, is a rule that applies to all nonwood bats used by all teams affiliated with the NCAA and by all high schools who are members of the National Federation High School Associations (NFHS). All nonwood bats used must bear the BESR certification mark. The BESR certification process, which has…
