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LeFante wins record third straight county golf title
Cougar becomes first ever to win three BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Eric LeFante Doing something that has never been done before is never easy. And it wasn’t for Colts Neck’s Eric LeFante. The two-time Monmouth County champion had to battle his nerves, the difficult Hominy Hill Golf Course layout in…
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Colonials’ Forsyth ties state strikeout record
Fans 31 in extra-inning loss at Wall BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer As Ashley Forsyth kept fanning one batter after another, she didn’t have the time to take it all in. She was doing all she could to keep her Freehold Borough softball team in the game. But as the April…
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Rebels lead assault on meet records at Rebel Relays
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Freehold Township’s Megan Matza anchors the Patriots’ 4×400-meter relay team at Saturday’s Rebel Relays in Howell. With meet records falling by the wayside, it was only fitting that host Howell got in on the action. Saturday’s Relays produced 15 new meet records between…
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Cougars getting it done; Mustangs starting strong
Both district volleyball teams eyeing postseason BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer For the Colts Neck boys volleyball team, this is the year to make it happen. The Cougars have gone through the growing pains associated with a new program. But now, as the team plays its fourth varsity season, Colts Neck…
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Best of times for BCC baseball, softball teams
Softball team No. 1 and baseball No. 3 in the country BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Brookdale softball coach Bo Scannapieco and his Jersey Blues are up to their old tricks again, earning the nation’s top ranking with another superb season on the diamond. This spring has marked…
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Rain hits NES, URC Sprints invade this week
NEW EGYPT — With rain falling in the morning, and a weather forecast calling for heavy thunderstorms later in the day, New Egypt Speedway (NES) management had no option but to cancel Saturday night’s scheduled racing program. Action at New Egypt Speedway returns Saturday night with one humdinger of a program — the very popular…
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Sports Shorts
Kyle Goldwater is a pitcher for the Atlantic City Surf professional baseball club in the Independent Atlantic League. This is Goldwater’s second season with the Surf and his fifth in professional baseball. A graduate of Freehold Township High School, Goldwater went on to star at Ursinus College. The Surf were the Atlantic League’s first-half champions…
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Sports Shorts
The Ocean County College (OCC) Foundation invites you to tee off at it fourth annual Golf Outing at Sea Oaks Golf Club, Little Egg Harbor, on Monday, May 2 (Rain Date: May 4). Proceeds will be dedicated to the continued growth of the OCC Foundation Athletic Scholarship Program. The entry fee is $250 per player…
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Kiernan steps down as Memorial hockey coach
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BY WAYNE WITKOWSKIStaff Writer George Kiernan, who coached Brick Memorial’s hockey team to the NJSIAA Public School championship game three seasons ago in 2002-03 and to two Handchen Cups, has resigned after seven seasons. “I’m finishing up my master’s degree work in (schools) administration at New Jersey City University and…
