Category: sports
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Mustangs defeat Freehold Township, 35-7, to start season at 2-0
There has been a changing of the guard in regard to the expectations surrounding the Marlboro High School football program over the last year. Following a 7-3 campaign in 2021, Coach Jason Dagato and the Mustangs came into the 2022 season with the mindset of proving Marlboro is synonymous with good football and that has…
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L’Imperator sets track record in winning Presious Passion Stakes
OCEANPORT – The only graded stakes winner in the $102,000 Presious Passion Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sept. 10 acted the part – though it wasn’t quite according to the pre-race script. L’Imperator, who does his best racing on or near the lead, broke in mid-pack at the outset of the mile-and-a-half race. In the…
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Garbolino brothers lead North Brunswick to victory over Edison
North Brunswick Township High School football players Frankie and Jack Garbolino grew up playing football on the grounds of Edison High School where their father, Justin, once shined on the gridiron for the Eagles. The two brothers stepped onto the field at Edison High School once again on Sept. 9 as their Raiders took on…
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Bucs’ surge in second half keys win over Matawan in season opener
The Red Bank Regional High School girls soccer team’s quest to win the 2022 Shore Conference B North Division title began with an impressive victory over Matawan Regional High School on Sept. 8 in Aberdeen Township. The Buccaneers and the Huskies played to a 2-2 standoff after 40 minutes. After the halftime break the Bucs…
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Turturro, Spisak score to lift Howell past Middletown North in season opener
HOWELL — The 2021 season had a splendid, but bitter end for the Howell High School boys soccer team. The Rebels entered the Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament as the No. 13 seed and reached the championship game before falling, 1-0, to Freehold Township High School. As the 2022 season got underway, Coach…
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Oceans Map looking for breakthrough performance in Presious Passion Stakes
OCEANPORT – When trainer Gregg Sacco looks at the winless campaign Oceans Map has had this year he can’t help but fall back on an old cliché to explain it. If it wasn’t for bad luck the 5-year-old gelding wouldn’t have any luck at all. The son of Liam’s Map will look to reverse that…
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Scotties set sights on state playoff berth in 2022 football campaign
BORDENTOWN – The Bordentown Regional High School football team made history last fall when they won a single-season record 10 games during its 2021 campaign. Building off their historic 2021 season and clinching the program’s first staff playoff appearance since 2014, is the goal for the Scotties and fourth-year Coach Skip Edwards in 2022. The…
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Winfromwithin scores front-running victory in Red Bank Stakes
OCEANPORT – Trainer Jorge Delgado’s plan for Winfromwithin in Monday’s $102,000 Red Bank Stakes at Monmouth Park was simple enough. He wanted the horse on the lead and he didn’t care what it took for him to get there. Not only did Winfromwithin make the lead from the break, he carried his speed throughout the…
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North Brunswick rolls behind Garbolino and defense to season opening victory over rival South Brunswick
The North Brunswick Township High School football team didn’t let the Mike Elko Memorial Trophy leave its possession on Sept. 1 by defeating rival South Brunswick High School for the fourth year in a row. In front of their hometown crowd at Steve Libro Field, the Raiders rolled behind their tenacious defense and the legs…
