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  • Ibraham, Salomon top All-District basketball

    Salvati, Roberson, LaFalce round out First Team BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Omar Ibraham It was literally a banner season for boys basketball in the Freehold Regional District. It started back in December when Marlboro collected its first-ever title on the hardwood, the Kuhnert Holiday Tournament. Then came the regular season,…

  • Use in pros could signal a decrease in schools

    Local doctor thinks recent headlines may act as deterrent BY GEORGE ALBANO Staff Writer BY GEORGE ALBANOStaff Writer Contrary to prior belief, imitation isn’t always flattering.With that in mind, the steroids scandal that has rocked the sports world in general, and lately baseball and football in particular, has also found its ways down to the…

  • Coaches stress education in battle against steroids

    Agree that dangers of abuse can BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Steroids have become a part of our everyday landscape.You just have to pick up a newspaper or watch television and you’ll know how entrenched they are in the sports world. If it’s not baseball players sitting before a congressional hearing,…

  • Athletes question steroids’ presence in high schools

    Frown upon those looking for a shortcut to success BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff FreeholdTownship offensive lineman Mike Fox demonstrates what doctors and coaches agree is the safest method of increasing strength — hard work in the weight room. The innocence has been ripped out of high school…

  • Cristino, Lavin head girls’ District basketball team

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer When Howell and Colts Neck played for the Kuhnert Holiday Basketball title back in December, you knew that both teams were going places. Champion Howell was on its way to the greatest season in school history. Julie Hoebee’s Rebels won their first-ever Shore Conference A North…

  • Woodrow Wilson spoils SJV’s bid for sixth TOC

    Lancers fall 64-45 in state final BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff St. John Vianney players (left to right) Katherine Gooch, Jessica Nimbley, Alisa Apo, Shantel Brown, Kristine Perez and Courtney Calderone console each other during the waning moments of the March 23 Tournament of Champions final at the…

  • CN runners, Frick top All-District boys track

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Mike O’Flaherty The Colts Neck (CN) Distance Medley Relay team’s national championship took the 2004-05 indoor track and field season to heights the Freehold District has never witnessed before. Craig Forys, Zach Tedoff, Ryan Jagielski and Chris Clark ran into the history books at the New…

  • Higginson, Dailey head All-District indoor track

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Ashley Higginson Because of a lack of indoor facilities, there was no Freehold Regional District Championship meet this winter. However, the indoor track and field season did not lack for highlights. Colts Neck’s Ashley Higginson was easily the standout of the year, capturing her first state…

  • Rebel Relays will kick off track season on Saturday

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer The spring track and field season takes off Saturday with the third annual Rebel Relays. Hosted by Howell High School, this meet has rapidly become one of the top events of the spring, not only attracting the best track talent from the Freehold District and the…