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  • Pats’ win over CBA is historic

    BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Pats’ win over CBA is historic BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold Township 65, Christian Brothers Academy 55. Chisel that score in granite. Etch it in your memory. For the first time ever — repeat, ever — a boys basketball team from the Freehold Regional District has beaten perennial state powerhouse…

  • Lions’ rally nips Braves in A North showdown

    Middletown North seizes control from defending champions In a match of momentum swings, the final surge belonged to Middletown North’s wrestling team PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above, Manalapan’s Carmine Roth controls Middletown North’s Travis Torchia during a 103-pound match in Manalapan on Jan. 14. At left, the Braves’ Phil Kaiser holds North’s Andrew Stegner…

  • Withstandley returns to his roots at Freehold Twp.

    Former Patriotwrestler is nowthe head coach BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Withstandley returns to his roots at Freehold Twp. JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Jack Withstandley is back at his alma mater, coaching the Freehold Township wrestling team. Former Patriot wrestler is now the head coach BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Jack Withstandley couldn’t resist the calling. He…

  • Senior leadership helping Pats overachieve

    Freehold Twp. girlsare 6-5 eyeingstate playoffs BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Freehold Twp. girls are 6-5 eyeing state playoffs BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — John Sciarappa has never been a systems coach. He may prefer a fast-breaking, full-court style of ball, but that hasn’t prevented the veteran coach from winning with teams that…

  • BCC women thinking championship this winter

    Blues are 5-0 inGSAC play BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Blues are 5-0 in GSAC play BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Brookdale Community College’s women’s basketball team isn’t overwhelming teams with numbers as much as with team chemistry. The Jersey Blues may be down to just eight players because of injuries, yet they are undefeated in…

  • Sports Shorts

    Sports Shorts The Shore Track and Field Officials Association will run its Cadet Officials courses starting Jan. 26 in Red Bank and Brick Township. Candidates need to provide two letters of reference as to why they would be good officials and $13 for its rules and casebooks. A sincere interest in working with high school…

  • Higgins repeats as senior softball state champions

    Freehold team also wins county title BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Powered by an offense that produced more than 17 runs a game and fueled by the memory of a lost teammate, Higgins Funeral Home, Freehold, repeated as the New Jersey Senior Softball champions in 2003. This year’s senior tournament was…

  • Roger Kane keeps going for the love of the game

    BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer For the love of the game, 63-year-old Roger Kane hits the gym three times a week at 5 a.m. He knows that to remain competitive and avoid injuries on the softball diamond, he has to do it, no questions asked. "It’s just the love of the…

  • County’s top linemen to receive Lombardi Award

    The anonymous linemen who toil in relative obscurity during the football season will have the spotlight all to themselves on March 5. That’s when the Rotary Clubs of Monmouth County honor the county’s best senior high school linemen at the 32nd annual Vince Lombardi awards dinner at the Sheraton Hotel, Eatontown. Players selected for the…