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  • Higgins still reigns as state Senior Softball champions

    Spring will be here soon enough, and when it arrives, the Higgins men’s softball team will be taking aim at a fourth straight senior state championship. Last year, Higgins captured its third straight title by defeating Comcast from Union County, 16-10, in the playoff final. Higgins was 25-4 overall in 2004, capturing both the Monmouth…

  • YMCA swimmers at championship meets

    Swimmers from the YMCA of Western Monmouth County distinguished themselves as recent championship meets. Three members of the Y’s team won individual championships at the New Jersey YMCA 8-Under Championships held at the Ocean County YMCA. Michael Skibniewski led the local with a trio of wins. He won the 100-yard individual medley, 25 backstroke and…

  • Back on top

    JEFFGRANIT staff The Shore Conference Tournament wrapped up with some familiar champions being crowned on Saturday in Toms River. Shantel Brown (above) and the St. John Vianney girls won their 12th title by knocking off top seed Monmouth Regional, while Dan Werner led the CBA Colts to their 13th SCT crown.

  • Sports Shorts

    The Monmouth Heights swim team is looking for eligible male swimmers for the 2005 summer season in the following age groups, 8-and-under and 11-14. Prior swim experience is not necessary. The team will consider the male 15-18 age group. The team has enough female swimmers for the season. Those interested in participating on the swim…

  • Colonials’ Budd is newest 1,000-point career scorer

    Senior surpasses milestone in his last game BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Tyrell Budd Tyrell Budd is very much aware of Freehold Borough’s rich basketball tradition. Thursday afternoon in his final high school game, the 6-foot-4 forward joined a very select group of Colonial cagers who have scored 1,000 points during…

  • Petraglias enjoy father-son bonding at U.S. Open

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFFGRANIT staff John Petraglia Sr. (l) and his son, Johnny, both participated in the U.S. Open last weekend at Brunswick Zone Carolier Lanes in North Brunswick. NORTH BRUNSWICK — The phrase “old school” is commonly used in this era to describe things once prevalent…

  • Howell, Freehold Township win county bowling titles

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Hang another championship banner for the Howell High School girls bowling team. When they finally got around to holding a Monmouth County Bowling Championship on Feb. 14 at Howell Lanes, was anyone surprised that the Rebels would have the honor of winning the inaugural county title?…

  • Jersey Blues win third GSAC title in four years

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer With the Region XIX playoffs just two weeks away, the Brookdale women’s college basketball team can turn its complete attention to the first step toward the junior college national championships. That’s because the Jersey Blues have wrapped up another Garden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) championship. On…

  • Bend but don’t break

    SCOTT PILLING staff Freehold’s Tom Post has Barnegat’s Shane Herring in a compromising position during a recent bout at the Central Jersey Middle School Wrestling Championships in Brick.