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C.N. shocks Matawanin A Central battle
Cougars top Huskies 72-68 BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Jim Schlentz did the math and had his Colts Neck (C.N.) High School track and field team losing to defending champion Matawan, ranked No. 2 in the Shore, by 18 points. He could make a case for his team getting a few…
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Colts Neck, Manalapan girls win at Holmdel Relays
Colts Neck’s and Manalapan’s girls were winners at Saturday’s Holmdel Relays. The Cougars were tops in Division II, while the Braves were first in Division III. Colts Neck topped Holmdel, 87-70, on the strength of six victories that displayed the team’s all-around balance. On the track, the Cougars used their hurdlers and sprinters, along with…
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Mustangs are getting hot following slow start
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BY WAYNE WITKOWSKIStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Brick Memorial’s Joe Baldesare keeps his eye on the ball before connecting for a single during the Mustangs’ win over rival Brick Township on Friday. If Brick Memorial’s baseball team makes the NJSIAA and Shore Conference tournaments next month, it can look to…
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Hennessy still garnering pitching accolades at Moravian College
Winning Pitcher of the Week honors is becoming an old habit for Moravian College’s Meagan Hennessy. The junior from Freehold Township High School was selected as the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Southern Pitcher of Week last week when she went 5-0 for the Greyhounds. It was the second time in 2005 that…
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Mustangs’ Short anxious to make his return
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BY WAYNE WITKOWSKIStaff Writer Brick Memorial ace pitcher Joe Short said he expects to be back on the mound this week after his preseason was hindered by tendinitis in his pitching (right) shoulder, but new head coach Jeff Pierce could not put a timetable on his return. “I can come…
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BCC softball team right where it wants to be
Jersey Blues ranked No. 1 in the country BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer SCOT PILLING staff Brookdale second baseman Nicole Carroll scoops up a ground ball during the Jersey Blues’ win over Raritan Valley last Wednesday in Lincroft. Bo Scannapieco knows that, during a long softball season, teams will go through…
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Testa makes solid first impression at Wagner
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer BY WAYNE WITKOWSKIStaff Writer Freshman left-hander Joe Testa is wasting no time in getting his opportunity as a starting pitcher for Wagner University’s baseball team. The former Brick Township High star was scheduled to get his first Northeast Conference start yesterday for the Seahawks when they traveled to a campus…
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Sports Shorts
Caitlyn Hennessy, a freshman at The Peddie School, Hightstown, tossed a one-hitter and didn’t allow an earned run when the Falcons softball team picked up its first win of the season, 2-1, over Lawrenceville. Hennessy, a lefty, went the distance in an overpowering performance, as Peddie evened its record at 1-1 with the home victory.…
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Sports Shorts
Brick Memorial midfielder Ryan Morris, who sparked the soccer team to the NJSIAA tournament the past two seasons and to an NJSIAA Central Jersey championship in 2003, has accepted a financial package to NCAA Division II program East Stroudsburg University. Morris also plays for the Jersey Shore Boca Soccer Club that has nine players headed…
