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  • Cugini nearly predicts time in FARC race

    Being the fastest wasn’t what mattered at Wednesday’s Freehold Area Running Club’s Summer Series 5K race. The Summer Series held in Battlefield Sate Park in Manalapan ran its annual Predicted Time event, where the winner was the person who could more accurately predict the time that he or she would take to finish the 3.1-mile…

  • Bluegrass Cat scores impressive win at Haskell

    Local favorite Praying for Cash finishes second BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer BY DOUG McKENZIEStaff Writer PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above, Bluegrass Cat runs away from the field to win Sunday’s Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in Oceanport by a record seven lengths. Below, winning jockey John Velazquez is congratulated by the horse’s trainer, Todd…

  • State cross country meets likely to stay at Holmdel

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer When the rumor first surfaced that the NJSIAA may not be holding its cross country championships at Holmdel Park, it floored cross country fans. The park has been synonymous with New Jersey cross country for almost 30 years, and has become the standard by which to…

  • Sports Shorts

    The Emmanuel Cancer Foundation will host its inaugural Celebration of Champions Golf Outing at the Colts Neck Golf Club on Sept. 28. The $175 admission entitles a golfer to continental breakfast, greens fees, golf cart, range ball, barbecue lunch and one-hour open bar. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. followed at 9 by a shotgun start.…

  • Freehold Raceway opens for the 2006-07 season

    $350,000 Cane Pace highlights stakes sched.; Manzi defending champ Cat Manzi shows no signs of slowing down, and that’s not good news for anyone looking to supplant the Hall of Famer reinsman as Freehold Raceway’s top driver. When the nation’s oldest continually operating harness race track opens for the 2006-07 season, the Freehold driver will…

  • Allentown’s Mergel wins three-way playoff to capture JGA tour event

    Junior Golf America’s two-day State Open Championship had a little bit of everything. The golfers played through extreme heat in the two-day 36-hole event that featured a three-way playoff and a match of cards. The event took place at the Blue Heron Pines in Cologne and Gallaway National Golf Club in Gallaway (July 31-Aug. 1).…

  • Pitching gems, comebacks led FT American to title

    Capture Major Division District 19 flag with win over FT National BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Whether it was coming up with a no-hitter or a timely hit, Freehold Township American did whatever was needed in marching to the Little League Major Division (10-11-year-olds) District 19 championship. Freehold Township American had…

  • Sports Shorts

    Becky Pernicone, who starred at Marlboro High School, won the medal round in qualifying for the Women’s New Jersey State Golf Committee Amateur championship held in Bernardsville at the Somerset Hill Country Club. Pernicone carded a three-over-par round of 75 to win the stroke play competition by two strokes. It has been a great summer…

  • North Howell repeats as Mid-Monmouth champs

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFFGRANIT staff Above, North Howell’s Chris Mirrione waits for the ball as Old Bridge’s NickGiovane slides into second base during a Babe Ruth League semifinal game on Aug. 2 in East Brunswick. Below, Manalapan’s Rob Flak delivers a pitch to the plate during the…