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  • Local youths get hooked on golf through Howell PAL

    By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer Kevin Steinard, of the Howell Police Department, works with Brooke Papoinitis of Farmingdale at Farmer Brown’s Golf Center last Wednesday. Much to their delight, a group of Howell youngsters no more than 10 years old have learned that golf has no age barrier. Through the Howell…

  • Junior Golf Competition nears its year-end championship

    Knob Hill to hostfinal on Aug. 28 By tim morrisStaff Writer Knob Hill to host final on Aug. 28 By tim morris Staff Writer Chuck Anttonen was in his own league on the Eagle Ridge Golf Course in Lakewood. Anttonen carded a 74 at the New Jersey Junior Golf Competition stop in Lakewood on Aug.…

  • Sport Shorts

    Sport Shorts Tom Martin of Boston College has been designated a preseason all-star candidate. The Howell High School alumnus has started every game for the Boston College Eagles at defensive tackle the last two years. The 6-4, 270-pound Martin, who first broke into the starting lineup as a freshman in 2000, finished the 2002 season…

  • Sport Shorts

    Sport Shorts Darrell Reid is the top returning tackler on the University of Minnesota’s defensive line. The 6-2, 270-pound junior defensive tackle, who has been a two-year starter with the Golden Gophers, led all Minnesota linemen with 43 total tackles, including 31 solo stops. His eight tackles-for-loss led the team and he added two quarterback…

  • Several factors have led to township’s LL success

    League has producedthree state championsin last two years By tim morrisStaff Writer League has produced three state champions in last two years By tim morris Staff Writer It is not by accident that the Freehold Township Little League has become the area’s dominant program, the one other programs measure themselves by. Freehold Township reached new…

  • Records falling at Freehold as track prepares for Cane Pace

    The nation’s best 3-year-old pacers are expected to take their first steps towards the Cane Pace and history, Saturday at Freehold Raceway, with the running of the two $100,000 elimination races. The top four finishers from both heats will advance to the 49th running of the $350,000 Cane Pace, the first leg of pacing’s Triple…

  • It’s Winston Cup Wednesday at New Egypt

    NEW EGYPT — The last midweek special of the season will take place at New Egypt Speedway today, and it’s going to be a blockbuster, with a big 100-lap Modified battle paying big bucks, a winner-takes-all Challenge of Champions match race, and none other than NASCAR Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart and former World of…

  • Sport Shorts

    Sport Shorts The Ladacin Network, formerly Cerebral Palsy of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Inc., is holding golf and tennis outings in September. The Colts Neck Racquet Club will host the tennis tournament on Sept. 5. Cost is $160 per doubles team. Women’s doubles will play in the morning followed by men’s doubles in the afternoon.…

  • Howell PAL boxing is still going strong under Rush

    By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT John Rush works with 141-pound state champion Torey Toon at the Howell PAL Boxing gym. Through the peaks and valleys of boxing’s popularity, the Howell Police Athletic League gym on West Farms Road has kept running. For more than a quarter century,…