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National tournament next for BCC women
Blues win first Region championship BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Brookdale’s baby program is all grown up. The women’s basketball team, the youngest of the junior college’s athletic programs at nine years, has become the school’s newest Region champion. The Blues won their first-ever Region XIX championship on March 5, beating…
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Brookdale softball has that winning look again
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer There could be something special brewing on the Brookdale Community College (BCC) softball diamond this spring. It even has coach Bo Scannapieco, who has turned the program into a national power (the Jersey Blues were the 2003 national champions) excited about his club’s prospects “I’m interested…
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MGA gymnasts excel in several competitions
The Monmouth Cyclones Gymnastics team, coached by Yuriy Aminov of Monmouth Gymnastics Academy, competed at the recent Brian Babcock Memorial Invitation, Allentown, Pa. The following are the results from the meet. In Level 5, Joseph Luca placed 10th on the parallel bars (9.1). In Level 6 ages 8-9, Askah Modi placed ninth in the all-around…
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Sports Shorts
Former Manalapan High School basketball star Jack Perri, now the head coach of the men’s basketball team at Rhode Island College, was named the Little East Conference Coach of the Year. Perri guided Rhode Island to the conference regular season co-championship, the first in school history. The Anchormen went 18-9, equaling the school record for…
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Howell’s Woodward wins Region wrestling crown
Fobes, Parisi finish second BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Freehold Township’s Efrain Morales (l) sprawls for control with Southern’s Sean Quinn during a consolation-round match at the Region VI tournament on Saturday in Toms River. Howell’s Billy Woodward was one of the hottest wrestlers entering last weekend’s NJSIAA…
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Lavin’s free throws put Rebels in final
Howell edges Hillsborough, 52-49, in semis BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Above, Howell’s Brianne Lavin dribbles upcourt during the Rebels’ win over East Brunswick in CJGroup IV tournament play on Thursday in Howell. At left, Howell’s Jamie Biddle avoids the pressure of the Bears’ Meghan Mayo. Howell High…
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’Stangs play well beyond expectations
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Marlboro High School’s girls basketball team made Sayreville its home away from home the last four years. Sayreville High School was the host of the Central Jersey Group IV championship final and in each of the last four years, the celebrated Mustangs led by Chahkhia Cole…
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Sports Shorts
Debra Vento, a sophomore at Duke University, finished third in the women’s high jump at the recent Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. Vento, who holds both the indoor and outdoor records at Duke, did 5-foot-10 at the ACC Championships. Earlier in the season, won the high jump at the New Balance Games…
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Green Wave halts Cougars’ run of playoff upsets
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Manalapan’s Omar Ibraham tries to shoot over a Brick Memorial defender during a state playoff game on March 2 in Brick. The remaining teams in Central Jersey Group III can let out a huge sigh of relief. Pesky Colts Neck has been eliminated…
