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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…
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A North basketball season is off to topsy-turvy start
Freehold Townshiptied with Long Branchfor first place BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Freehold Township tied with Long Branch for first place BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride in the race for the A North Division public school basketball title. In the first full week of play…
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Sports Shorts
Sports Shorts University of Michigan senior Lindsey Gallo had the 30th fastest 1,500 meters and 1-mile run times in the nation last year when Track and Field News released its 2003 list of the best performances in the country. Gallo, a state champion at 1,600 meters at Howell High School, ran a personal best 4:16.35…
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Braves-Lions clash tonight
Defending championManalapan hosting Defending champion Manalapan hosting match at 7 p.m. BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer After a weekend of banging heads against the state’s No. 1 team, Absegami, and one of the Shore’s best teams, Southern, Manalapan High School’s wrestling team is as prepared as it can be for tonight’s A North showdown with…
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Fast mile for Colts Neck’s Higginson at Hispanic Games
Apparently, Colts Neck has another super freshman. Ashley Higginson backed up her outstanding debut, a 5:22.4 1,600 meters, with an extraordinary 5:12.22 mile Saturday at the Hispanic Games at the New York Armory. Higginson finished second in a strong field, behind only Caitlin Klass from Hatsboro-Horsham, who ran a quick 5:07.38. Higginson’s mile debut was…
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The Cane Pace highlights
Freehold stakes schedule$5.5 millionin purses on the table Freehold stakes schedule $5.5 million in purses on the table Freehold Raceway’s rich 2004 stakes schedule will again be highlighted by the Cane Pace. This year, the nation’s oldest continually operating daytime racetrack will feature more than 100 stakes events totaling $5.5 million in purses. The $450,000…
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Sports Shorts
Sports Shorts Freehold Borough Little League will hold open registration for the spring season for youth ages 5-18. League age will be age of participant as of Aug. 1, 2004. Registration will be held at American Legion Hall, 62 W. Main Street, Freehold, on the following dates and times: Feb. 4, 6-10 p.m.; Feb. 7,…
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Ocean tops Patriots in A North duel
Pats fall fromranks of the undefeated BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Pats fall from ranks of the undefeated BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Freehold Township’s Ashley Pittner swims to a second-place finish in the 100 breaststroke during the Pats’ meet with Ocean on Jan. 7 at Monmouth University, West Long Branch. WEST LONG…
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Historic win for Lindquist
First Freehold Twp. swimmer to win a championship BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer A new school joined the parade of champions at the Monmouth County Swimming Championships held at the Ocean County YMCA in Toms River — Freehold Township. Senior Jon Lindquist made school history Saturday when he won the 100-yard backstroke in a season’s…
