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Cougars edge Colonials on Obertlik’s field goal End first varsity season at 7-4, third in Shore National
Staff Writer By tim morris Cougars edge Colonials on Obertlik’s field goal End first varsity season at 7-4, third in Shore National JERRY WOLKOWITZ Colts Neck running back Mark Savard breaks free from Freehold Borough linebacker Josh James during Saturday’s game in Colts Neck. Savard had 24 carries for 103 yards in the contest, helping…
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Cougars, Patriots out front on District XC team
Staff Writer By tim morris With Colts Neck’s Group I state championship the highlight, it had to be an outstanding year in girls’ cross country. The Cougars became just the second team in the Freehold Regional High School District history to win a cross country state title. The other was Manalapan’s boys in 1979, winners…
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Colts Neck wins Group I state soccer title
Staff Writer By tim morris JERRY WOLKOWITZ Colts Neck’s Ryan Sova celebrates scoring the Cougars’ first goal during Saturday’s Group I championship game at Kean University, Union. Colts Neck’s boys’ soccer team turned Kean University into Cougarville. The Cougars (19-6) completed the unlikely scenario of winning a state championship in just their second season of…
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Marlboro’s Jensen 12th in MOC cross country final
Staff Writer By tim morris Eastern’s Mike Myers won the mental battle with Ty Jensen for the second straight time. At the Group IV meet, Myers surprised Jensen with his calculated surges, and it led to Myers’ reversing an early season loss to the Mustangs and winning the group title, while Jensen dropped back to…
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16th Born to Run 5-miler set for Friday in Freehold
Dave DeMonico has made Freehold Borough his home the day after Thanksgiving. The South River runner, who has won three of the last five Freehold Nissan Born to Run 5-mile races, will return to the streets of Freehold to defend his championship and seek a fourth overall title in the 16th running of the event.…
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Keyport once again too much for upstart Cougars Late mistakes cost Colts Neck in 23-8 loss
Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie Keyport once again too much for upstart Cougars Late mistakes cost Colts Neck in 23-8 loss JERRY WOLKOWITZ Colts Neck’s Obi Nkwuo uses a stiff arm to try to escape Keyport defensive back Dezmin Laing in Saturday’s Group I semifinal in Keyport. The Colts Neck Cougars, in their first year…
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Rivalries bring down the curtain on football season
Staff Writer By tim morris While Manalapan and Marlboro renew the oldest Thanksgiving Day rivalry in the Freehold District tomorrow morning, Colts Neck will complete its year of firsts with the inaugural Freehold Borough-Colts Neck game. With the Freehold Borough-Freehold Township rivalry concluding last year, Manalapan and Marlboro have been going at in on Turkey…
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Sport Shorts
Kristin Shortmeyer, of Freehold Township, a freshman stopper with the women’s soccer team at Kean University, Union, received honorable mention from the New Jersey Athletic Conference. Shortmeyer played soccer for St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel. Lindsey Gallo, a freshman at the University of Michigan, finished 49th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional and will…
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Domenicos, Ryan named District’s best gymnasts
Staff Writer By tim morris A gymnastics era ended at the state gymnastics championships at Old Bridge High School. Katie and Betsy Domenico, Marlboro’s twin senior dynamos, closed out their remarkable careers by leading the defending champion Mustangs to a fifth-place finish (106.7) while earning individual medals themselves. Since they first brought their gymnastic talent…
