Category: sports
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Dakota Gold pointing to Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf after romping in Nownownow Stakes
OCEANPORT – Trainer Danny Gargan probably won’t need to do any more convincing with owner Dean Reeves about sending Dakota Gold to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. The horse stated his case emphatically on Sept. 26 at Monmouth Park. Dakota Gold, a New York-bred son of Freud, turned in an eye-catching performance on closing day…
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Eagles improve to 4-0; Antonucci reaches win milestone on gridiron
MIDDLETOWN – The legacy that Keyport native Steve Antonucci continues to build on Nut Swamp Road in Middletown South High School keeps growing each year. It started on the baseball diamond in 1996 when Antonucci began a 13-year tenure as the manager of the Eagles and led the team to two state sectional championships and…
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Tamahere rolls to victory in $100,000 Violet Stakes
OCEANPORT – Tamahere found non-graded stakes company to be exactly what she needed to return to the winner’s circle. The Chad Brown-trainee, who had raced against Grade 1 or Grade 2 in five of her six starts since coming to the United States last fall, went to the front and was never threatened in romping…
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Grace Hill does it easily in harness racing action at Freehold Raceway
Grace Hill loomed very large on paper going into the Sept. 25 Homegrown Pace for 3-year-old fillies at Freehold Raceway. She had won four races in a row, including a series of high-profile stakes. It may not have been as visually impressive as some might have expected, but the 1-20 favorite obliged, winning by three-quarters…
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Camden Hills wins NJSS-SDF final; Delgado sets Freehold track record
They say patience is a virtue and that certainly proved true for Joe Bongiorno and Camden Hills. Thanks to a ground-saving trip right off the leaders, Camden Hills powered on to win the New Jersey Sire Stakes – Standardbred Development Fund final for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters on Sept. 24 at Freehold Raceway. Leaving…
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Middletown South defeats Manalapan in overtime to remain undefeated
Regulation time was not enough to settle a Shore Conference Colonial Division showdown between the Middletown South and Manalapan high school football teams on the evening of Sept. 24 in Manalapan. The two undefeated teams were tied 7-7 at the end of the fourth quarter and played overtime, during which each team would have a…
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Jackson Liberty Lions show scoring touch during early soccer matches
The Jackson Liberty High School girls soccer team has been scoring goals at an impressive pace at the beginning of the 2021 campaign. During their first four matches, the Lions (3-1) scored 20 goals, including eight goals by five players during an 8-0 win over Manchester in a Shore Conference B South Division match on…
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Mazzella’s hat trick steers Bordentown to fifth victory of the season
It’s been an outstanding start to the 2021 season on the pitch for the Bordentown Regional High School girls soccer team and senior captain Lexi Mazzella. The Scotties rolled to their fifth victory of the season on Sept. 20 against New Egypt in Bordentown, defeating the Warriors by the score of 5-0. Mazzella dialed up…
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Howell’s fourth quarter comeback falls short against Brick Township
BRICK TOWNSHIP – Nothing was clicking for the Howell High School football team and its offense heading into the final five minutes of the fourth quarter in a road game at Brick Township High School on Sept. 17. The Rebels were losing 12-0 and they had not come close to driving inside the Green Dragons’…
