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  • Forys, O’Flaherty head all-district boys team

    BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Forys, O’Flaherty head all-district boys team BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freshmen just don’t make an impact in boys cross country. That was until Craig Forys arrived at Colts Neck. The brother of Howell graduate Matt Forys (the Freehold District’s top distance runner the last two years), Craig wasted little time…

  • 2003 All-Freehold District

    Boys Cross Country Team Craig Forys Craig Forys Colts Neck Fr. Mike O’Flaherty Freehold Boro. Jr. Zach Tedoff Colts Neck Sr. Jose Melendez Colts Neck Sr. Eric Hendrickson Howell Jr. Scott Cohen Marlboro Soph. Mike St. George Manalapan Sr.

  • Colts Neck’s Diamond tops district gymnastics

    Mustangs, Bravesdominate squad BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Mustangs, Braves dominate squad BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Marlboro’s Jackie Mandelbaum was among the District’s top gymnasts this year, earning a spot of the All-District team. Lindsay Diamond may have been a gymnast without a team, but that didn’t stop her from winning. The…

  • Patriots’ Burk decides to attend Stanford University

    BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold Township’s Maura Burk, one of the nation’s top high jumpers, will be doing her jumping for Stanford University, California, one of the nation’s best track and field programs. Burk signed her Letter of Intent to Stanford last week. "It was a rough decision," said Burk,…

  • Cougars win shoot-out to advance to state final

    Irvine pushesall the right buttonsin upset of Lacey BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Irvine pushes all the right buttons in upset of Lacey BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above, Colts Neck’s Lyndsey Farrar tries to keep the ball in bounds in front of Lacey’s Pat Cohen during their Group II semifinal…

  • Masiello, Lombardi earn postseason soccer awards

    It was another championship season for the Brookdale Community College women’s soccer team. The Jersey Blue were co-champions of the Garden State Athletic Conference and reached the Region XIX tournament finals in 2003. BCC was ranked 10th in the country in the final poll of junior college Division III programs and finished the season with…

  • Braves’ captaincy suits the Saunders brothers

    Tom Saundersis fourth brotherto captain football team BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Tom Saunders is fourth brother to captain football team BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff The Saunders brothers, (l-r) Chris, Kevin, Doug and Tom, in front, have all held the captain title for the Manalapan High School football team. Tom is a…

  • Corrections

    Michael Joseph Blum, 14, who rolled a perfect 300 game at Howell Lanes, is from Freehold Borough and not Howell, as was reported in last week’s News Transcript. A photo caption in last week’s News Transcript incorrectly identified Howell’s Christina Rourke. Rourke was the start­ing goaltender for the Howell girls soccer team, where she recorded…

  • Gridiron rivalries will bring season to a close

    BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Gridiron rivalries will bring season to a close BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Thanksgiving Day rivalries will draw the curtain on the 2003 scholastic football season Thursday. Colts Neck (1-8) and Freehold Borough (3-6) will both look to finish off disappointing seasons on a positive note in Freehold Borough. Freehold Township…