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  • Braves, Cougars score big wins on Thanksgiving Day

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Manalapan and Colts Neck put the finishing touches on their memorable 2005 football seasons with rivalry wins on Thanksgiving Day. Ed Gurrieri’s Braves completed their in-season turnaround by polishing off Marlboro, 37-13. The win was Manalapan’s eighth in its last nine games to give them an…

  • Forys is king of New Jersey cross country

    Cougars girls are second at MOC BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Colts Neck’s Craig Forys sprints to the finish line en route to the Meet of Champions title at Holmdel Park on Nov. 19. One of Craig Forys’ greatest strengths as a runner is his ability to assess…

  • Jackucewicz qualifies for national XC meet

    Cougar finishes seventh at Northeast Region BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Briana Jackucewicz’s face lit up when she pointed out, “I’ve never been to California before.” For the talented Colts Neck freshman it’s “California, here I come” because she is headed for the FootLocker National Cross Country Championships in San Diego…

  • Colonials’ Cuneo will play ball at Delaware

    Signs National Letter of Intent BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Ask Ryan Cuneo and he’ll tell you the particulars about the University of Delaware’s (UD) baseball stadium. “It’s 325 feet down the [right field] line and 365 in the gap,” said the Freehold Borough High School senior. Cuneo, a power-hitter left-hander…

  • Colts Neck Junior Pee Wees win their league’s first title

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer It wasn’t enough for the Colts Neck Pop Warner’s Jr. Pee Wee football team to be the program’s first championship team. The Cougars wanted it all. The Jr. Pee Wees (ages 10-11) won the C Division North of the Jersey Shore Pop Warner Football League, the…

  • DeFilippis, Schlentz are first at Born to Run five-miler

    CHRIS KELLY staff Colts Neck’s John Reagan Jr. races to the finish of Friday’s Born to Run race in Freehold Borough. Rob DeFilippis derailed the Dave DeMonico express.DeFilippis, the head coach of the Red Bank Catholic boys cross country team, won Friday’s 21st annual Born to Run Five-Mile Run through the streets of Freehold Borough,…

  • Carter brothers are thriving side by side

    Freehold Borough duo anchor Colonial BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff This year’s Thanksgiving Day game has an added importance for brothers Brandon and Bryce Carter, as the two will be playing together for the final time as members of the Freehold Borough football team. When Bryce and Brandon…

  • Thanksgiving rivalries heat up gridiron menu

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer They’ll be serving up high school football on Thanksgiving Day.Even though Howell and Manalapan both qualified and advanced in the state playoffs, it won’t change the traditional Thanksgiving menu. Manalapan will tackle Marlboro in what is the oldest rivalry in the Freehold Regional District, dating back…

  • Braves worked overtime to reach CJ IV final

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Manalapan’s Adam Rice looks to kick the ball upfield during the Braves’ Central Jersey Group IV final in North Brunswick on Nov. 11. Teams playing the Manalapan boys soccer team had to be prepared to go the distance, and then some. You had…