Category: sports
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Raiders’ football ‘motivated’ to win state championship
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Close, but no cigar, has been the theme for the North Brunswick Township High School football team in its quest to win a state championship the past four years. The Raiders have made it to two state sectional finals since 2018, the last coming this past season when they lost to Hillsborough…
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Freedom Road looking to build off debut win at 27-1 in $200,000 Sapling Stakes
OCEANPORT – Of the eight colts entered in the $200,000 Sapling Stakes for 2-year-olds on Aug. 27 at Monmouth Park, seven are coming off debut wins. Of those seven, six were well backed at the betting windows, with the longest shot among them going off 7-2. Then there’s Freedom Road. The Gregg Sacco-trainee was one…
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Cougars prepare to make giant leap on the gridiron in 2022
MONTGOMERY – Following an impressive 8-2 season in 2019, the Montgomery High School football team has stubbled a bit on the gridiron the past two seasons and are coming off a 3-6 campaign in 2021. Coach Zoran Milich feels the tide can turn this year for his Cougars with the talent on the Montgomery roster,…
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American Blaze sets sights on Saturday’s Sapling Stakes at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – There was plenty for trainer Ben Colebrook to like about American Blaze’s dazzling 17-length win in his career debut on July 30 at Ellis Park in Kentucky, but there was also one question left unanswered by the performance. Just how good is the Kentucky-bred son of American Freedom? Colebrook hopes to have a…
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Defending state champion Raiders prepare for encore in 2022 campaign
HILLSBOROUGH – The 2021 Hillsborough High School Football season was one for the history books. Record setting performances last season led to the Raiders going 13-0 for the first time in school history and winning the NJSIAA South Jersey, Group V Regional Championship. Despite losing a talented group of 19 players to graduation from last…
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Vedareo romps by six lengths in $200,000 Sorority Stakes at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – It is going to take a few more dazzling performances like Sunday’s romp in the Sorority Stakes for Vedareo to come close to the accomplishments of her champion half-sister, but the 2-year-old filly appears to be on her way. Sent to the front early by jockey Frankie Pennington in her first start around…
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Jaguars will kick off 2022 gridiron campaign against Brick Memorial
JACKSON – The first six games of the 2021 high school football season had their share of struggles and tough losses for the Jackson Memorial High School football team. However, after that initial adversity, Coach Vin Mistretta watched his Jaguars right the ship during their final three games to end the season with a 3-6…
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Blewett drives borrowed ride to victory lane with Modified win
WALL TOWNSHIP — When Modified stock car driver Jimmy Blewett found out his own No. 76 would not be ready for competition on Aug. 20 at Wall Stadium Speedway, he struck a deal with Eric Lane to drive Lane’s No. 24 in the 40-lap main event. The result was that the Howell speedster turned the…
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Informative scores upset at odds of 14-1 in Grade 3 Iselin Stakes
OCEANPORT – Just call trainer Uriah St. Lewis the upset king of Monmouth Park. A little more than a year after Informative shocked the field by winning the Grade 3 Salvator Stakes at odds of 79-1, the 5-year-old son of Bodemeister did it again, surging past even-money favorite Highly Motivated to score a one-and-a-half-length victory…
