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Colonials edge Cougars to advance to CJ semifinals Phillips’ goal makes the difference in 1-0 victory
Staff Writer By tim morris Colonials edge Cougars to advance to CJ semifinals Phillips’ goal makes the difference in 1-0 victory JERRY WOLKOWITZ Manalapan’s Jenn Margolis juggles the ball during the Braves’ heart-breaking loss to Old Bridge in the state sectional tournament on Oct. 30. Freehold Borough’s girls soccer team is right at home in…
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Manalapan advances to sectional soccer semifinal
Staff Writer By tim morris JERRY WOLKOWITZ Manalapan’s Scott Gross has his sights on the ball as a Freehold Township defender gives chase during the team’s game on Friday in Manalapan. There’s something about the late fall that agrees with the Manalapan High School boys’ soccer team. Last year, it was the drive to the…
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Balanced Brave gymnasts are new division champs
Staff Writer By tim morris All season long, coach Dorine Shapiro had a good feeling about her Manalapan gymnastics team. She couldn’t point to any one or two all-around standouts that most winning teams lean on, but something still told her that the 2001 Braves were going to be a force in the A North…
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Gallo is All-Big 10 following seventh place finish at championship meet
Being the No. 1 runner for an elite national program brings with it added pressure. Now that Lindsey Gallo has stepped into those shoes at the University of Michigan, she is fulfilling the high expectations that goes with No. 1. The Howell High School graduate, now a sophomore at Ann Arbor, earned All-Big 10 First…
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A North champion Braves nip Cougars in SCT thriller
Staff Writer By tim morris VERONICA YANKOWSKI Colts Neck’s Michelle Fazzari (l) and Manalapan’s Kara Aurbach get physical while chasing down the ball during a thrilling soccer game in Manalapan on Friday. The last time the Manalapan Braves won the Shore Conference A North Division soccer championship (1998), they didn’t stop there; they went on…
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Unbeaten streak has Colonials on verge of division title
Staff Writer By tim morris The Freehold Borough girls’ soccer team planned on making a serious run at the Shore Conference A Central Division championship as one of its seasonal goals. With formidable Red Bank Catholic and always dangerous Wall Township in the same division with the young Colonials, there weren’t many who thought it…
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Senior leadership helps Mustangs qualify for states
Staff Writer By tim morris Marlboro’s soccer season reached a crossroads earlier this month after the Mustangs absorbed a punishing 6-1 loss to Lincroft’s Christian Brothers Academy. The loss not only was demoralizing, but left the Mustangs at 4-7 for the season. The 2001 campaign was slipping away. That’s when Coach Dave Santos stepped in…
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Howell’s Gallo is No. 1 for Michigan X-country team
Howell’s Gallo is No. 1 for Michigan X-country team By tim morris Staff Writer Lindsey Gallo has always thrived on challenges. It’s that competitive drive that made her a state champion and an all-American at Howell High School, where she established herself as the greatest female distance runner in Freehold Regional High School District history.…
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Sport Shorts
Ryan Sheridan and Laura Little, seniors at Manalapan High School, are nominees for the 2002 Wendy’s High School Heisman Program. Sheridan is a standout on the boys’ soccer team, having helped the Braves win last year’s Shore Conference Tournament. Little is one of the best cross country runners in the Freehold District. The male and…
