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  • Ubilla, Cole recognized as Shore’s best players

    Named as winnersof Kerwin Award BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Named as winners of Kerwin Award BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Just how good was the basketball played in the Freehold Regional School District this winter? Good enough to produce two Kerwin Award winners for the first time ever. Anyone who has seen Freehold Township’s Manny…

  • Kelly becomes first Cougar girl to score 1,000 career points

    Kelly becomes first Cougar girl to score 1,000 career points What mattered most to Meighan Kelly was the victory. The Colts Neck Cougars survived a big scare from Northern Burlington before winning 36-34 to advance to the semifinals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III tournament. While the Cougar girls were winning their 20th game…

  • Jackson’s balance leads to District 21 repeat

    Seventh straight for Jaguars; SJV BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Above, Freehold Township’s Adam Miller has a hold of Jackson’s Adam Berking during their 171-pound match on Saturday in Manalapan. At left, Township’s Pete Reilly celebrates his 145-pound victory in overtime. Seventh straight for Jaguars; SJV’s Castro top wrestler BY TIM MORRIS Staff…

  • Brookdale women win first outright GSAC title

    Piper, Gobbo, Gaudious sparked Blues to perfect conference mark BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer A combination of talent and heart jelled to make Brookdale Community College women’s basketball team champions. The Jersey Blues won their first outright Garden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) championship this winter (they had been co-champions once before)…

  • Cougars’ Forys runs fifth in MOC 3,200

    BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Colts Neck’s Craig Forys competes in the 3,200-meter race at the Meet of Champions at Princeton University on Sunday. Craig Forys padded his credentials as one of the finest freshman distance runners the state has seen. Two weeks after setting the national freshman…

  • Mustangs now focusing on CJ Group IV playoffs

    Marlboro isdefending champion BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Marlboro is defending champion BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Everything was going oh so well for the Marlboro Mustangs. Maybe too well. The Shore Conference Tournament championship, which had escaped from the girls’ grasp the last two years, was within site. The Mustangs were playing their best basketball…

  • Braves display promise by qualifying for playoffs

    BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Manalapan will have one eye on the future in the state playoffs this year. The Braves will have four of their five starters returning next winter and coach Rick Garretson is quite pleased that his underclass-dominated team will get to experience the postseason this year. "I’m…

  • Sports Shorts

    Sports Shorts Freehold Township’s Rich Hansen, the head football coach and Athletic Director at St. Peter’s Prep, Jersey City, has been named to the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches’ Association Hall of Fame. His induction ceremony takes place on April 4. In his 16 years as the coach of St. Peter’s Prep, his teams have compiled…

  • Brack looking forward to competing in Olympics

    BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Brack looking forward to competing in Olympics BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff A.J. Brack, who will be pitching for the Greek national team in the summer Olympics this year, works out during a recent clinic at PlayBall Sports in Morganville. It was a storybook ending for A.J. Brack.…