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  • Mustangs are contenders for tennis championships

    BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Dave Kretzmer sees similarities between the 2003 Marlboro High School girls tennis team and last spring’s boys squad. And that’s not good news for opponents. "I’m very comfortable all the way up and down the lineup," said Kretzmer. "It’s just like the boys." Last spring, the…

  • Boys soccer season has potential for suc­cess

    Manalapan is 3-0after upset of CBA BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Manalapan is 3-0 after upset of CBA BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer If the 2003 boys soccer team is anything like previous years in the Freehold District, it will involve postseason play. Last fall, four teams from the area — Marlboro, Manalapan, Freehold Borough and…

  • Kelly wins celebratory race down Main Street

    Race highlightsFreehold Raceway Race highlights Freehold Raceway’s 150th year celebration FARRAH MAFFAI staff Harold Kelly pulled out to the early lead and hung on to win the 150th anniversary celebration race in downtown Freehold on Saturday. Harold Kelly got a view of Main Street Freehold Borough from behind a harness sulky on Saturday. The 50-year…

  • Sports Shorts

    Sports Shorts Colts Neck’s Ryan Aldridge is playing soccer for the Gettysburg College men’s team. Aldridge is a junior and plays defense. The Bullets play in the Centennial Conference, where they last won the championship in 2001, Aldridge’s freshman season. Aldridge is a graduate of Colts Neck High School, where in his senior year he…

  • Braves’ defense secures win over Jags

    BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Manalapan’s Eddie Gurrieri avoids a tackle for some extra yardage during the Braves’ home win on Saturday in Manalapan. Manalapan continually left the door open for a Jackson comeback Saturday night. But each time the door was left ajar, the Braves defense slammed…

  • BCC men beginning to progress

    BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Although the trip delayed Wayne Palmer’s first win of his coaching career, Brookdale Community College’s new men’s soccer coach is glad the team went to Maryland to open the season. Games against powerhouses Rockville and Prince Georges resulted in two losses for the Jersey Blues but…

  • Sports Shorts

    Sports Shorts Glide About powered his way to a national seasonal mark for 3-year-old fillies on a half-mile track at Freehold Raceway, when he won the featured $40,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes in 1:56.1. Driver Stephen Smith followed the field, as first Jewels Galor and then Malcyon took the field through the first half-mile in…

  • Passing game sparks Colonials

    Walcott scoresthree TDsin 34 BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Walcott scores three TDs in 34–7 win CHRIS KELLY staff Howell’s Jude Ganthier looks for a hole to run through during the Rebels’ opening-night loss to Brick Township on Friday in Brick. BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Larry Boice couldn’t have had a more perfect opening game…

  • Freehold

    Raceway celebrates 150 years BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Before Freehold Raceway began hosting harness races, local farmers would settle the matter of who had the fastest horse themselves, country style. They would bring their horses and carts, and race down the area’s country roads. Their favorite route took them from…