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  • A North’s new look puts juice into hoops season

    By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Manalapan’s Todd Burach returns this year as one of the Shore’s top players and will be looking to lead the Braves to a division title and possibly more. The separation of the public and parochial schools by the Shore Conference has added some juice…

  • Sport Shorts

    Manalapan’s Kenneth Steinitz has been named a tri-captain for the Seton Hall University 2002-03 baseball team. The senior was named to the 2001-02 Big East Academic All-Star Team. Other local student athletes who made the Big East Academic All-Star Team were Freehold’s Dan Pieres, a sophomore (men’s soccer), and Howell senior Peter Economou (men’s swimming…

  • Brookdale honors its junior college national champions

    By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Brookdale head softball coach Bo Scannapieco and Katie Pusz, of Manalapan, pose together during a presentation awarding the Jersey Blues their championship rings from last season’s triumphant campaign. It was a night of celebration, reunion and reflection when Brookdale Community College honored its 2002…

  • Creek, Kelly win FARC’s Toys For Tots 5K race

    Steven Creek from Grahamsville, N.Y., won the Freehold Area Running Club’s (FARC) 14th Annual Toys For Tots 5K Run, held in Michael Tighe Park, Freehold Township on Dec. 8. Creek out-kicked veteran Masters standout Harry Nolan from Middletown, a four-time winner of the race, 17:12 to 17:20. Another former champion, David Rosenblatt, who has two…

  • Sport Shorts

    The Gymnastics Club Stars finished second at gymnastics competition hosted by Ace Gymnastics. The Stars, a Freehold-based team, had a team score of 88.1. In the 8- to 9-year-old age group, Debra Razzino was fifth in the all-around (23.5). She placed fourth on the beam (6.0), sixth on the bars (3.9) and fifth on the…

  • Sport Shorts

    Manalapan’s Mike Esposito was the recipient of the Rutgers University Touchdown Club Award, which is presented annually to the senior whose performance, leadership and dedication on and off the field during their varsity career had the greatest impact on Rutgers football. The 6-4, 295-pound Esposito was one of the Scarlet Knights’ most versatile offensive lineman,…

  • Marlboro, Manasquan top seeds for Kuhnert

    By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer Defending champions Marlboro (girls) and Manasquan (boys) grabbed the top seeds for the Jack Kuhnert Holiday Basketball Tournament that begins on Monday. Marlboro’s girls will be looking for a third straight title while Manasquan is going for a repeat. Marlboro beat Freehold Township last year while…

  • Sport Shorts

    Freehold’s Jason Kutney, a junior at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa., was named to the NCAA/Adidas Mid-Atlantic 2002 All-Region Soccer Team Third Team. He was also a Verizon Academic All-American Second Team. The defender helped lead the Dukes to a 13-3-5 record during 2002. Duquesne lost the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship game, 3-2, to George Washington…

  • Bruno leaving Howell

    With a unanimous vote, the Board of Education in Brick hired a new district athletic director, and it’s a familiar name to those who follow sports in the Freehold Regional school district. William Bruno, the current supervisor of extracurricular activities at Howell High School of the Freehold Regional High School District (FRHSD), will take over…