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JGA Showcase offers college advice for golfers
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer This is the time of the year where the best high school basketball players are attending alphabet soup camps, auditioning for college in front of college coaches. Soccer and baseball players are playing in showcase tournaments with the same idea of impressing college coaches. Last week…
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Hit and run
SCOTT PILLING staff The Marlboro Little League Complex hosted the Little League Junior League District 19 winner’s bracket final Friday night between Middletown (dark uniform batting) and Freehold Township. It was Freehold Township that advanced to the final played July 17 at Marlboro with a 10-2 victory. Below, Freehold Township’s Mike Paris beats the tag…
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Sports Shorts
The Manalapan Thunder, a competitive 11U (12U in fall 2006 and spring 2007) is looking for players to fill a few key spots. The team will participate in the Central Jersey Baseball League (50/70) in spring 2007. The Thunder will play tournaments and compete in the CJBL (50/70) league in the fall. The team is…
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Tarpen, Taylor first in FARC Summer Race Series 5K race
After a week off for the July Fourth holiday, the Freehold Area Running Club’s Summer Race returned to action last Wednesday. Jack Tarpen was the overall winner, covering the 5K course inside Battlefield State Park in Manalapan in 18:48. Manuel Arpe was close behind in second (19:00). Third place went to Abe Hamani (19:17). Finishing…
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Sports Shorts
According to Track and Field News , Colts Neck’s Craig Forys ran the ninth-fastest high school mile in the country and second-fastest 5,000 meters last year. The Cougar senior-to-be ran a 4:09.77 mile during the indoor season. He earned outdoor All-American honors in the one-mile when he finished sixth at the Nike National Championships, running…
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Sports Shorts
Joey Piccolo, 11, of Marlboro, will be playing for the New Jersey State 1995 ice hockey team at next month’s State Wars hockey tournament in Chicago. Piccolo, who has been playing hockey since he was 5, was selected to Team New Jersey at tryouts held back in April. He was one of just 10 skaters…
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Legion ball helps Marlboro prepare for next year
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Marlboro’s Dom Imperato slides safely back into second base under the tag of Manalapan’s Mitchell Litt during a Senior American Legion game on Thursday in Manalapan. When Chris LeMore became Marlboro’s new baseball coach this year, his goal was very direct. “I want…
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Mid-Monmouth all-stars are looking to repeat
At Babe Ruth League tournament BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Bill Ruhl is going with a proven winner. The Mid-Monmouth Babe Ruth South Division All-Star Team captured the state championship last year and is looking to defend that championship in Sparta this weekend. Mid-Monmouth South starts play Friday night against Iron…
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Balance creates winning formula for Manalapan
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer With an eclectic mix of college freshmen, this year’s high school grads and promising underclassmen, Justin Cocliff has put together a winning formula in the Mid-Monmouth Babe Ruth Baseball League. Cocliff’s Manalapan squad is 7-2 in the South Division of the league for players ages 16-18.…
