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  • Monticello’s win highlights junior golf tourney

    Par golf won the day for Allentown’s Nick Monticello.His three-hole playoff for the boys 16-18 division with Craig Tully of Mountain Lakes, highlighted the New Jersey Junior Golf Competition’s Spring Tour stop at Miry Run Golf Club in Robbinsville. More than 70 junior golfers participated in the event. After Monticello and Tully each carded an…

  • LeFante defends District title; Braves are top team

    At Freehold Regional District Golf Tournament BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Eric LeFante closed the book on his scholastic career at Colts Neck by writing another championship chapter. The Cougar senior won his final high school tournament, the Freehold Regional District championship, on May 31 at the par-71 Eagle Oaks Golf…

  • 2005 Freehold Regional District Golf Tournament May 31 at Eagle Oaks Golf Club, Howell

    Team standings- 1Manalapan343 2Colts Neck350 3Marlboro356 4Freehold Township362 5Howell371 6Freehold Borough417 Individual boys- 1Eric LeFanteColts Neck74 2Matt QuigleyManalapan76 3Matt KronischManalapan79 4Bryan RichardsFreehold Twp.82 5Brett SchulzMarlboro 83 6Mike DeSeroMarlboro85 7Kyle KurczeskiFreehold Twp.86 8Paul BryckHowell87 9Nick VescioFreehold Twp. 90 10Chris LiguoriColts Neck90 Individual girls- 1Vanessa TozcanoColts Neck 49 2Samantha BreuerManalapan56 3Arianna HatchettColts Neck59

  • Air time

    JEFFGRANIT staff A monster truck catches some air as it drives over cars at Raceway Park’s Night of Thrills on Saturday in Old Bridge.

  • Sports Shorts

    Kristy Kwiatkowski was a First Team All-Ivy League Softball selection this spring. A senior at Yale University, Kwiatkowski batted .316 (42-for-133) with seven doubles, one triple, six home runs, 16 RBIs and 28 runs scored. The Manalapan High School graduate ranked among the league leaders in home runs, runs scored and batting average. The catcher,…

  • Not simply rebuilding put Pats back in playoffs

    Baseball team advance to sectional quarters BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Rodger Wilmot and the Freehold Township Patriots enjoyed another successful season on the baseball diamond this year, despite losing a number of key players from the previous season to graduation. Under no circumstances was Frank Gualtieri going…

  • Braves season ends one game short of CJ final

    Manalapan won record 23 games, two titles BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer The Manalapan High School softball team’s year of firsts won’t include a trip to the Central Jersey Group IV championship final. In a season in which Jeannette Bruno’s Braves won their first Shore Conference A North Division championship, first-ever…

  • Forys, Dailey, Higginson double at CJ track

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above, Freehold Borough’s Justin Frick jumps his way to a win in the high jump at the CJGroup III meet in Tinton Falls on Saturday. At left, Colts Neck’s Ashley Higginson leads the pack during the girls 1,600-meter race, while below…

  • Braves rally to stay alive in Central Jersey softball

    Manalapan beats Old Bridge, 2-1, in 13 innings BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer The Manalapan Braves learned their lessons well.Last year, as a softball team just starting to find its way, but with potential, the Braves lost to Rancocas Valley and St. John Vianney, the state’s No. 1 and No. 2…