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  • Jen Gaffey has made quite an impact in her freshman season with the women’s cross country team at Monmouth University, West Long Branch. The Freehold Township High School grad recently set a freshman team record at Paul Shorts Run in Bethlehem, Pa., when she covered the 6K course in 23:54. Gaffey broke the old frosh…

  • Mustangs are the top seed for

    Central Jersey Group IV tennis Marlboro High School, ranked No. 17 in the state, is the No. 1 seed in the upcoming New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Central Jersey Group IV girls’ tennis tournament. The Mustangs, long a state power in the sport, last won the state sectional title in 1999. Marlboro lost in…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Christina Caruso and her Colts Neck Cougars are among the four teams from the Freehold Regional High School District that will begin play in the state tournament this week.

  • Keyport Raiders nip Colts Neck in overtime

    Manalapan gridders remain unbeaten; Freehold Twp. picks up first win By tim morrisStaff Writer Colts Neck fullback Pete Skel-ton charges into the Key-port line during the fourth quarter of Satur-day’s home game with Key-port. In a battle of undefeated teams, the visiting Red Raiders of Keyport needed overtime to beat the Cougars, 34-31. VERONICA YANKOWSKI…

  • Higgins nine win senior softball state championship

    Fourth state title for Freehold squad Higgins Funeral Home, Freehold, turned it up at the right time to capture the New Jersey Senior Softball State Championship played at Liberty Oak Park, Freehold Township. It was the fourth state title for player-manager Emil Jennette’s team in the last 10 years. The other titles were 1992, ’94…

  • Sport Shorts

    Eleven-year-old Brianna Jackucewicz of Farmingdale was the overall winner at the Monmouth County Park System’s Manasquan Reservoir Five-Mile Run in Howell. Jackucewicz, who recently set a national age group record for the 5K, posted a 30:10.9 in beating the field of 241 runners. The five-mile loop course took runners through the scenic reservoir off Windeler…

  • Colts Neck volleyball is improved after one year

    Cougars are 2-2 through first four matches By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer Colts Neck’s second win may have been more important to the girls’ volleyball program than its historic first-ever earlier in the season. In beating West Windsor-Plainsboro North last Thursday, the Cougars were able to prevail for the first time…

  • Shore Coaches Invitational highlights exciting XC week

    By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer The cross country season begins in earnest on Saturday with the Shore Coaches Invitational. For the first time this year, all of the state’s cross country teams will be racing at Holmdel Park, running by division rather than class. This enables all of the top individuals…

  • Sport Shorts

    Eric Schechterman is back for his senior year with the Rutgers University men’s golf team. The Manalapan High School grad is now competing in the fall season. Last spring, Schechterman was consistently among the top three scorers on the Scarlet Knight squad. The fall season takes the Knights to the famed Bethpage course in New…