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Braves’ consistency results in A North golf championship
Manalapan gains firstdivision title since 1978 By tim morrisStaff Writer Manalapan gains first division title since 1978 By tim morris Staff Writer Consistency has rewarded Manalapan High School with its first Shore Conference Division title in 25 years. John Natoli’s balanced veteran golf team beat perennial A North king Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft, twice in…
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Colonials win first-ever division softball crown
By tim morrisStaff Writer Colonials win first-ever division softball crown By tim morris Staff Writer The Freehold Borough softball players have been looking at the championship banners in the school gym this spring determined to put one of their own up there. That banner was theirs last week when the Colonials won three straight division…
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Sport Shorts
Sport Shorts The Manalapan Firecrackers, an U11 (fall) girls’ travel soccer team, will be holding tryouts May 29 from 5-7 p.m. at the Manalapan Recreation Center on Field F, and May 31 from 9-10 a.m. at the same location. There is no residency requirement to compete for the Firecrackers, who are a Premier Division team…
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HOLMDEL — Jenn Jeffreys describes herself as a “pain.”
HOLMDEL — Jenn Jeffreys describes herself as a "pain." CHRIS KELLY Howell’s Devon Barnett runs to a third-place finish in the 100m high hurdles at the Monmouth County Championships at Holmdel High School last Wednesday. When she was a freshman she was watching the boys pole vault and decided it was something she wanted to…
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Patriots looking to make state lacrosse tournament
Freehold Township can qualify for postseason with two wins this week By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT Freehold Township’s Dennis Novello is checked by a Rutgers Prep player as he charges toward the net during Friday’s 10-6 Township win. The third-year Freehold Township program is in position to qualify for…
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Rebels making progress quickly in boys’ lacrosse
By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer It’s only a matter of time before the Howell High School boys’ lacrosse team joins the other top programs in the area. Head coach Derek Reichenbacher, in a sign of just how popular the sport is at the school, had to make cuts this year. The…
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Sport Shorts
Rutgers University sophomore Greg Ostrowicki finished fourth in the decathlon at the Big East Track and Field Championships, held in Stoors, Conn. The Howell High School graduate scored 6,453 points. Colts Neck graduate Craig Stivala, a freshman at Syracuse University, New York, was ninth, scoring 6,054. Ostrowicki’s best finish among the 10 events was his…
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Brookdale returning to national championships
Jersey Blueswin eighth straightRegion XIX softball title By tim morrisStaff Writer Jersey Blues win eighth straight Region XIX softball title By tim morris Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Ryan Lafferty’s four-hitter in the Region XIX final in Lincroft on Saturday led Brookdale to a 9-2 win and its eighth straight Region title. The Jersey Blues will…
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Marlboro stuns Newark A, then wins SCT tennis crown
Mustangs rankedNo. 1 in the state By tim morrisStaff Writer Marlboro stuns Newark A, then wins SCT tennis crown Mustangs ranked No. 1 in the state By tim morris Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Marlboro’s freshman sensation John Boym returns a shot during a recent match with Ocean’s Gal Horovits. MARLBORO — Now they’ve gone and…
