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  • Schatz is the top Outlaw at New Egypt Speedway

    Staff Writer By tim morris SARAH McCOLGAN Paul McMahon passes Steve Kinser in front of a standing-room-only crowd to win the eight-lap Channellock Dash at New Egypt Speedway on July 30. A standing room only crowd of stock car fans topping 10,000 were treated to the high-speed excitement of the Pennzoil World of Outlaws sprint…

  • Sport Shorts

    Nick Pellegrino and Lindsey Gallo, former Freehold Regional District cross country and track champions in high school, made strong showings at the Monmouth Park Four-Mile Road Race on July 31. Pellegrino, a Marlboro High School grad who will be a sophomore at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, in the fall, finished second overall to Scott…

  • Manalapan’s DiBella named co-captain of Hawks team Junior linebacker led the team in tackles

    Staff Writer By tim morris Manalapan’s DiBella named co-captain of Hawks team Junior linebacker led the team in tackles Mike DiBella knows only one way to play football, flat out. "I try to play above and beyond and be a leader," he said. That way of expressing himself on the football field helped him become…

  • Sport Shorts

    Freehold Township Recreation Girls Softball League is accepting registrations for the fall 2001 season. The program is for girls in grades 3-9 and is supervised by Donna Lederman and Steve Eisenstein. There will be three divisions offered: minors, intermediate and majors. The season will begin in September. Games will be played at Liberty Oak Park…

  • Point Given proves his point with Haskell win

    FARRAH MAFFAI Point Given and jockey Gary Stevens cross the finish line to win Sunday’s Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in Oceanport. 1-5 favorite overcomes adversity with impressive win in $1.5 million race By doug mckenzie Staff Writer The world of horse racing’s top star came to Monmouth Park in Oceanport on Sunday, and ran…

  • Cane Pace highlights Freehold Raceway’s schedule

    Staff Writer By tim morris JERRY WOLKOWITZ Cream Ridge’s Joe King rides Dreamland’s Chip at White Birch Farm in Upper Freehold in preparation for the upcoming summer/fall season at Freehold Raceway. Freehold Raceway reopens for the summer/fall meet on Friday with the $80,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes race for 3-year-old filly pacers topping the card.…

  • DeFilippis, Kelly take first at Monmouth Park Road Race

    Staff Writer By tim morris Coming at a time of the year when serious college and high school runners are starting to think about the upcoming cross country season, the Monmouth Park Four-Mile Road Race is the perfect opportunity to measure their fitness. Dover Township’s Scott DeFilippis, a graduate of St. John Vianney, Holmdel, who…

  • Sport Shorts

    The historic Van Cortlandt Golf Course in the Bronx, N.Y., the oldest public course in the United States, has reopened following extensive renovations. The par-70, 6,122-yard layout provides golfers of all ages and abilities with an exceptional challenge. The course, located right off the Major Deegan Expressway, ranges from a flat, links-like terrain to mountain-like…

  • Payan, Soldo latest winners in FARC Summer Series

    The high school cross country season is just around the corner, and Colts Neck’s Israel Payan figures to be a contender for major wins this fall. Last year he was the Central Jersey Group I champion as he helped the Cougars capture the state sectional title. Payan jumped into the Freehold Area Running Club’s Summer…