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  • Freehold Township nine on doorstep of state final

    Senior League stars win Section III title By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer An irresistible force is marching through the Little League Senior League state championships. Freehold Township’s Senior League all-stars continued their summer assault with a pair of wins over the weekend that all but put the team into tonight’s state…

  • 35th Haskell Invitational Sunday at Monmouth Park

    War Emblem looms as prohibitive favorite By doug mckenzieStaff Writer By doug mckenzie Staff Writer The eyes of the horse racing world will be focused on Monmouth Park in Oceanport this weekend, as the $1 million Haskell Invitational Handicap returns to the famed track. The 35th renewal of the race, which is named for the…

  • Knob Hill hosts Garden State FUTURES Summer Classic

    The best young women golfers in the country will be teeing it up at Knob Hill Golf Club, Manalapan this weekend at the $60,000 Garden State FUTURES Summer Classic. The golfers will be looking for their opportunity to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. For the last four years, the LPGA’s developmental tour,…

  • Sport Shorts

    Manalapan’s Jason Bergmann has gotten off to an impressive start with the Montreal Expos’ Vermont Expos of the New York-Penn League. Bergmann, a hard-throwing right-hander is 3-1 for the Expos with a 1.72 earned run average. He’s pitched 31 innings for Vermont, has 27 strikeouts and has allowed just nine hits. Teams are batting just…

  • Marlboro Gold squad wins Hazlet Baseball Tournament

    By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer Just how much into baseball is the Marlboro Gold? Enough to have a firm grasp of the history of the sport. In a day and age where history is yesterday’s paper, the numbers tell the story of Marlboro’s 8-year-old team. One player wears No. 4 for…

  • Manalapan 11-year-olds win Cal Ripken District 11 title

    State tournament begins Saturday in Edison By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer After his Manalapan Baseball Association’s 11-year-old all-star team pushed five runs across the plate in the top of the seventh to take a 7-2 lead over Cheesequake, manager Rich Mannino was still uncomfortable. "I didn’t think it was over," he…

  • Marlboro’s new football coach Curtin is optimistic

    Squad looking to improve on last year By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Marlboro High School’s new head football coach David Curtin is excited about taking over a struggling program and returning it to the glory of years passed. One of the first things that Marlboro’s new head football coach…

  • Brack gets second chance with New Jersey Jackals

    By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer TIM MORRIS A.J. Brack warms up prior to a game at Yogi Berra Stadium in Montclair last week. Sayreville’s A.J. Brack was convinced that his baseball dream was over. He was ready to hang up his glove and spikes and was contemplating a return to college…

  • Sport Shorts

    Honors continue to follow Brookdale Community College softball coach Bo Scannapieco. The Jersey Blues won the school’s first-ever national championship back in May and Scannapieco received further honor when was chosen as the National Junior College Athletic Association Coach of the Year. It was a big year for Brookdale athletics with Johnny Johnson, the head…