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  • Sport Shorts

    Manalapan’s Judy Oliveira is a goalie on the Monmouth University women’s soccer team that plays its home opener in West Long Branch on Sunday at 1 p.m. Oliveira, a backup last year to the graduated Kristen Spohn, is expected to be the year’s starter. The Hawks were 12-6-1 last fall, winning the regular season Northeast…

  • Georgian Court harriers look to keep improving

    FARRAH MAFFAI Manalapan’s Michelle Flannery keeps Howell’s Meghan Hulley from the ball during a game at the Marlboro Labor Day Tournament on Saturday. With everyone returning from the team that won the Central Athletic Collegiate Conference Championship and finished 25th at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Championships in Kenosha, Wisc., the Georgian Court…

  • Lancers look for a repeat of last season’s success St. John Vianney girls soccer team set to defend state championship

    Staff Writer By warren rappleyea Lancers look for a repeat of last season’s success St. John Vianney girls soccer team set to defend state championship JEFF HUNTLEY St. John Vianney’s Jamie Komar will be one of the Lady Lancers’ leaders on the soccer field this season, as the squad looks to defend its Parochial A…

  • Sport Shorts

    Manalapan’s Elyse Bizzozzaro played forward/halfback on the HBC Magic, a Long Island-based girls’ U-18 soccer team that finished third in the country this summer. The Magic won the New York State Championship and the Region I (states from West Virginia to Maine) title to earn a trip to Indiana for the national championships where they…

  • Manzi knows significance of Cane Pace to a driver Freehold driver is former winner of Triple Crown race

    Staff Writer By tim morris Manzi knows significance of Cane Pace to a driver Freehold driver is former winner of Triple Crown race Cat Manzi It’s the majors, stupid. That is the continual mantra in tennis and golf, the individual sports, where players are judged by the major tournaments. You’re not a great player if…

  • Four Starzzz Shark, On The Attack set for Cane Pace Freehold Raceway hosting final on Monday

    Staff Writer By tim morris Four Starzzz Shark, On The Attack set for Cane Pace Freehold Raceway hosting final on Monday Four Starzzz Shark and On The Attack took different but successful paths to victory in their respective $57,616 divisions of the $345,694 Cane Pace eliminations at Freehold Raceway Saturday. Their wins make them the…

  • Reed captures Coors Light Classic at Wall Stadium

    Staff Writer By tim morris Harry Reed jumped back into the Modified points race with his win in the annual 70-lap Coors Light Classic at Wall Stadium Saturday night. It was the third win of the year for the Freehold driver and moved him closer to Jimmy Blewett of Howell in the standings. The week…

  • Lacrosse continuing to gain popularity in the area

    Staff Writer By tim morris SARAH McCOLGAN Scott Buchanan, 8, of Freehold, passes the ball at the Freehold Recreation Lacrosse league’s final meeting of the summer on Sunday at Liberty Oak Park. Drills, skills and thrills. That’s the way the Freehold Township Recreation boys lacrosse league describes its activities. Now in its second summer of…

  • Major League Lacrosse tapping sport’s popularity New Jersey Pride are playoff contenders

    Staff Writer By tim morris Major League Lacrosse tapping sport’s popularity New Jersey Pride are playoff contenders The oldest athletic contest in North America, lacrosse, is just now, in the 21st century, becoming the fastest-growing sport in America. Lacrosse can trace its roots to the North American Indian tribes, who played it as a ceremonial…