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  • Sports Shorts

    Mike Mounter is back for his fourth season with the Stony Brook (N.Y.) University football team. A three-year letter-winner already, the Freehold Township graduate plays linebacker. He has 80 career tackles heading into the 2005 campaign. His career high for tackles in a single game is 10, coming in his sophomore year against Monmouth University.…

  • Estis an associate coach to Massimino in Florida

    Manalapan grad coaching at Northwood University BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Manalapan’s Jeff Estis (r) stands alongside his new boss, legendary hoops coach Rollie Massimino, as the two look to build a program at Northwood University. It was a “no brainer” for Jeff Estis.The well-traveled basketball coach from Manalapan is back…

  • Woodpeckers not your typical softball team

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Jack Donahue (from left), Steve Griffith, Jim Panagos, Lou Moreto and Bill O’Brien, pictured after a recent game at Michael J. Tighe Park, are first-generation Woodpeckers still active on the field in the team’s 30th season. There was nothing unusual about the Woodpeckers.Like many so softball…

  • Township Seniors stand tall at World Series

    Defending champions fall in semifinals BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer “It’s the greatest game I’ve ever been involved with. … It was the best game of the tournament.” — Charles Wilmot Freehold Township managed to leave its imprint on the Senior League (ages 15-16) World Series. The reigning champions may not…

  • Township Juniors take fifth at World Series

    Team goes 3-2, beats Canada in consolation game BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer The two-year wait was well worth it. The Freehold Township Little League Junior League all-stars (ages 13-14) finally got to experience a World Series, and it was everything they were hoping it would be. “We waited two years…

  • Colts Neck’s Kates enjoys Maccabiah Games

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Colts Neck’s Mitchell Kates was one of just 13 Jewish players from across the nation picked to represent the United States at the 17th Maccabiah Games in Israel last month. Mitchell Kates received an education in more than basketball when he competed internationally…

  • Manalapan’s Kozlowski ready for college ball

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Manalapan’s Sarah Kozlowksi has been busy this summer preparing for her freshman year at Kean University. Sarah Kozlowski may have gotten a glimpse into her future. When Manalapan High School head coach Scott Horton had to miss a game during the Freehold Township…

  • Sports Shorts

    Freehold Township’s Erik Yngstrom was one of seven Monmouth University football players selected to the Northeast Conference’s Preseason All Conference Team. Yngstrom, a 6-foot-2, 270-pound junior defensive lineman, was sixth in the conference in quarterback sacks last year with 6.5, bringing his two-season career total to 14.5. He had 33 tackles in 2004, including nine…

  • Strong Yankee follows breaks and wins the Yonkers Trot

    Strong Yankee chose the opportune time to score his first win of the season. The 3-year-old Muscles Yankee sire won the $279,816 Yonkers Trot, the second jewel in the Triple Crown, final on Saturday at Freehold Raceway after opportunity knocked in the first eighth of a mile. Ken Warkentin and Worship, who won their respective…