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  • Colts Neck’s season ends in CJ Group II sectional final

    Cougars fall toNeptune intitle game By tim morrisStaff Writer Cougars fall to Neptune in title game By tim morris Staff Writer Neptune’s Scarlet Fliers proved to be an insurmountable hurdle for the Colts Neck boys’ basketball team to pass in their quest for their first-ever state sectional title. The Scarlet Fliers took it to another…

  • Sport Shorts

    The Monmouth Gymnastics Cyclones participated in the recent meet at Will-Moor in Mount Laurel. Akash Modi won the all-around (36.6) and the parallel bars (9.7) in Level 7, all ages. Teammate Matthew Mannino was seventh in the all-around (36.0) while Michael Egna was seventh on the floor exercise (8.8). Mikael Khachatryan, Allan Proske and Nicholas…

  • Cunliffe’s career wraps up with a second in state final

    Manochio, Hiltfinish fifth By tim morrisStaff Writer Manochio, Hilt finish fifth By tim morris Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Manalapan’s Nick Manochio scores a fireman’s carry takedown against Eastern’s Derek Sharp during a 103-pound wrestleback match in Atlantic City on Saturday. It was inconceivable that Zac Cunliffe, after all he had accomplished during his record-setting career,…

  • Vento is All-American after 3rd place at national meets

    Colonial is tiedfor best jump in the country at 5-10 1/2 By tim morrisStaff Writer Vento is All-American after 3rd place at national meets Colonial is tied for best jump in the country at 5-10 1/2 By tim morris Staff Writer Debra Vento concluded her astounding season with a pair of third places at national…

  • Ironman searching for the everyman who wants to compete in triathlon

    If you have a desire to swim 2.4 miles, then go on a 112-mile bicycle ride and finish your day off by running the marathon (26.2 miles), Degree is looking for you. A search is currently under way for the Everyman Ironman, the ordinary person who has the desire and commitment to compete in the…

  • Sport Shorts

    Rutgers University sophomore Greg Ostrowicki finished fifth in the multi-event pentathlon at the recent IC4A indoor Track and Field Championships. The Howell High School graduate scored 3,600 points, the highest total by a Scarlet Knight this winter. Ostrowicki’s fifth place helped the Rutgers men to their highest finish at the championships since 1983, fourth, with…

  • With her range, Cherecwich isn’t your average sprinter

    By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer Katie Cherecwich Katie Cherecwich figures she knows every inch of Freehold Township’s hallways. She’s run them often enough in training for indoor track and field to have them memorized. This year more than ever, Cherecwich has been touring the school’s hallways, first because of the weather…

  • Cunliffe, Gaeta, Manochio win Region VI mat titles

    Third straight for Howell By tim morrisStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY Manalapan’s Scott Beckerman shows his excitement after defeating Jackson’s Giro Borgia in a 130-pound double-overtime semifinal match on Saturday at Southern Regional High School, Manahawkin. Third straight for Howell’s Cunliffe; Hilt stunned in final By tim morris Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Manalapan’s Dan Brown works…

  • Vento adds Eastern States crown to her championships

    Colts Neck By tim morrisStaff Writer Vento adds Eastern States crown to her championships Colts Neck’s Gaines fifth in the 800 By tim morris Staff Writer Three competitions in four days finally took its toll on Debra Vento, but it wasn’t enough to allow the competition to catch up. Vento easily won the Eastern States…