Category: sports
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Middletown North defeats Cranford, 5-4, to win Group III state baseball title
Editor’s note: On the morning of June 19, a statewide media company reported that Cranford High School is protesting the Group III championship game vs. Middletown North High School. According to the report, Cranford is claiming the Lions’ starting pitcher exceeded the maximum number of pitches he was permitted to throw in the June 18…
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Trombetta hoping Mr Jefferson takes next step in Pegasus Stakes
OCEANPORT – Trainer Michael Trombetta heads into the $150,000 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park on June 18 with a colt who has only hinted at wanting to belong with the top 3-year-olds. Now, he says, it’s time to see if Mr Jefferson will be movin’ on up. Third in his last start in the Sir…
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TVG.com Haskell Stakes Preview Day features three graded stakes plus Pegasus Stakes
OCEANPORT – Three graded stakes races and the TVG.com Pegasus Stakes for 3-year-olds highlight a 14-race card on June 18 for Monmouth Park’s inaugural TVG.com Haskell Stakes Preview Day. The $150,000 Pegasus Stakes, at a mile-and-a-sixteenth, serves as Monmouth Park’s prep race for the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Stakes on July 23, according to…
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Bats power Ranney Panthers to Non-Public B state baseball championship
Four years ago a winning season would have been a huge accomplishment for the baseball program at the Ranney School of Tinton Falls. Ranney School senior Charlie Chropukva remembers those challenging days, but now the program has come full circle. On June 15 at Veterans Park in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, Chropukva and his teammates…
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Hot Rod Charlie set to make his racing return in Grade 3 Salvator Mile
OCEANPORT – Trainer Doug O’Neill’s ultimate goal for Hot Rod Charlie is a return to the Breeders’ Cup Classic. His immediate one is getting the 4-year-old colt started on the road toward that – which is what he will do in the Grade 3 Salvator Mile at Monmouth Park on June 18. Unraced since finishing…
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Scotties capture second sectional title during ‘amazing’ 2022 campaign
BORDENTOWN – The word champion will be synonymous with the 2022 Bordentown Regional High School softball team. So will the team’s bond of friendship and teamwork on and off the field. That was all captured during Bordentown’s run to winning a second sectional title in four years and finishing its 2022 campaign with a record…
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Our Man Luke scores neck victory in Sunny Ridge Handicap
OCEANPORT – As surprised as trainer Luis Carvajal was when Our Man Luke poked his neck in front at the wire to win the $85,000 Sunny Ridge Handicap at Monmouth Park on June 12, those feelings will no doubt be heightened when he studies the replay. Not only did Our Man Luke stumble slightly at…
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Leader of the Band surges in final strides to win Lady’s Secret Stakes
OCEANPORT – Trainer John Servis has had a goal in mind since starting Leader of the Band on her 4-year-old campaign in February: the Grade 3 Molly Pitcher Stakes on the TVG.com Haskell Stakes undercard. Now he has free entry and starting fees to the race. Leader of the Band was able to grind away…
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Bulldogs rally past Wall, 4-3, to win Central Jersey Group II baseball crown
RUMSON — The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School baseball team was staring at a two-run deficit heading into the bottom of the seventh inning against Wall High School of Wall Township during the 2022 Central Jersey Group II state sectional tournament championship game on June 10. When the Bulldogs came into the dugout following the…
