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Matthews, offensive line have Colonials moving
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Every week has been an uphill struggle for the Freehold Borough High School football team. The Colonials have played one of the toughest schedules in the Shore Conference this fall, taking on ranked opponents, it seems, just about every week. But Saturday, the Colonials step away…
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Sports Shorts
The newly formed Manalapan-Englishtown Youth Ice Hockey Club is holding sign-ups for the winter program which rns from Nob. 19-March 4. The program is for players ages 4-13 who can join thetown teams and play in the Central Jersey Town Hockey League. For beginners, the larn-to-play hockey program provides all equipment and skates during Saturday…
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Colts Neck happy to be back in postseason
Colts Neck’s field hockey team knows what it’s like to struggle. So much so that the Cougars want to put it behind them. Last fall was the culmination of the Cougars’ gradual climb to respectability. They went 11-5-4 and took the Shore Conference B North Division championship race down to the last match of the…
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Howell booters have been more than competitive
Team looking to make postseason BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Howell’s competitive play on the soccer field has made coach Rich Yuro re-evaluate his Rebels. “If you had told me at the beginning of the season we’d be 6-6-1 this close to the Shore Conference and states, I’d be tickled pink,”…
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Marlboro boys are poised to make a postseason run again
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer It’s that time of the year for the Marlboro High School boys soccer team. Dave Santos’ Mustangs have made a habit of shaking things up in the postseason. In two of the last three years they were spoilers, starting from a low seed and playing their…
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Cougars maintain their winning ways
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer In building championship teams at Colts Neck, Art Collier’s Cougars have always built their success around the defense. For four years, they had one of the finest goalies the area has seen in the graduated Matt Novielli, who allowed the Cougar defenders to play aggressive and…
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Fourth-down play sets off Braves’ fireworks
Manalapan rallies for 21-19 win at Brick Township BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Halftime adjustments are always an important part of a football game.Ed Gurrieri had seen his Manalapan High School football team slog through the first half at Brick Township High School on Saturday listlessly. Fortunately, they Braves were only…
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Colts win in Rhode Island; Horel places third overall
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Christian Brothers Academy’s harriers are becoming the masters of the mud. Running on a sloppy course for the second straight weekend, the Colts won the Brown University Invitational in Providence, R.I. The Colts, who bounced back from an off day at the Shore Coaches Invitational at…
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On defense
CHRIS KELLY staff Colts Neck’s Jackie O’Reilly tries to block a spike attempt during the Cougars’ loss to Toms River South on Saturday. Colts Neck is 12-11 on the season.
