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Mustangs drop first game of year to Our Lady of Lourdes
Staff Writer By tim morris Marlboro High School will be presented with a whole new challenge Saturday when the Mustangs face another nationally ranked power from New York, Christ the King. Last Saturday at the Shoot-out at the Shore at Mainland Regional High School in Linwood, Our Lady of the Lourdes, from Poughkeepsie, N.Y, ranked…
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Sport Shorts
Manalapan High School graduate Jeff Estis is the men’s head basketball coach at Pierce College, a two-year community college in Lakewood, Wash. It is the first head coaching position for Estis, who has had a long apprenticeship as an assistant coach at the Division I level. Estis, who earned his bachelor of science degree at…
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Marlboro edges SJV in No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown
Marlboro edges SJV in No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown FARRAH MAFFAI Marlboro’s Chakhia Cole drives past St. John Vianney’s Marybeth Kuenne during the Mustangs’ win at Roselle Catholic High School in Saturday. Mustangs hold off fourth-quarter rally in 45-43 win By tim morris FARRAH MAFFAI Marlboro’s Jenna Gatto and St. John Vianney’s Alison Regler…
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Gatto, Tanen show SJV that their talent is deep
Staff Writer By tim morris St. John Vianney and the high school basketball world learned a lot about the Marlboro High School girls’ basketball team Saturday night. What the Mustangs revealed to one and all is that they are a deeper team than they are given credit for. Everyone knows about the slick point guard,…
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Colts Neck boys’ hoops team qualifies for state playoffs
Staff Writer By tim morris There will be no heartbreak this year. The Colts Neck boys’ basketball team is going to the state playoffs. Last winter, the Cougars left themselves no margin for error in their bid to make the state playoffs in just their second year of varsity play. A loss in the final…
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Vento reaches rarefied air in capturing MOC title Colonial scales 5-8 at Indoor Meet of Champions
Staff Writer By tim morris Vento reaches rarefied air in capturing MOC title Colonial scales 5-8 at Indoor Meet of Champions VERONICA YANKOWSKI Howell’s Matt Forys competes in the 3,200 meter run at Sunday’s Meet of Champions at Princeton University. By thinking lower, Freehold Borough’s Debra Vento jumped higher than ever before, high enough to…
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Colts Neck girls building a winning hoops tradition Cougars make their way to state playoffs again
Staff Writer By tim morris Colts Neck girls building a winning hoops tradition Cougars make their way to state playoffs again Colts Neck High School has fielded varsity teams for just three years, but it’s not too early to start calling the Cougars’ girls’ basketball team a traditional winner. Bill Shaughnessy’s Cougars have demonstrated the…
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Sport Shorts
Freehold Township’s Mike Castellano has made a verbal commitment to attend Villanova (Pa.) University, where he will continue his football career. Castellano helped lead the Patriots to their finest season on the gridiron, establishing a school record for wins (7-3) and qualifying for the state playoffs for the first time in school history. A defensive…
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Vento, Costanzo get silvers at Shore Conference meet
Staff Writer By tim morris Freehold Borough’s Debra Vento and Diana Costanzo grabbed second-place finishes at the Shore Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, held last Wednesday night at Red Bank Regional High School. Because of the closeness to Sunday’s Indoor Meet of Champions, many top athletes chose either to skip the event altogether, or…
