Category: sports
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Freehold bounces back to defeat Jackson Memorial in football opener
JACKSON – Anything that could go wrong did go wrong for the Freehold High School football team as the Colonials kicked off the 2021 season against Jackson Memorial High School on Sept. 2 in Jackson. The problems started when the coaches’ sideline headsets were not working during the first half. The Colonials’ woes continued when…
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O’Connor has high expectations for You Look Cold in $200,000 Sorority Stakes
OCEANPORT – There’s a unique sense of excitement that consumes even the most grizzled of trainers when they have a promising young horse just starting out. Or, as veteran conditioner Rob O’Connor II put it, “Nobody ever dies when they have a good 2-year-old.” O’Connor hopes to know on Labor Day, Sept. 6, if he…
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Jackson Memorial players will gain experience in heat of grid battles
JACKSON – Talent is something Jackson Memorial High School football coach Vin Mistretta knows he has on his roster. He also knows his 2021 Jaguars are a young team and do not have as much varsity experience as his 2019 and 2020 teams had. That is why Mistretta’s plan is for the Jaguars to do…
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New group of Redbirds ready to lead Allentown soccer squad
ALLENTOWN – The 2021 season represents the start of a new era for the Allentown High School girls soccer program in the eyes of Coach Kim Maurer. The Redbirds will have eight new faces in their starting lineup in 2021 after seven starters from the 2020 squad graduated in June. “It’s a new start and…
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American Sanctuary heading east for Sapling Stakes at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – For trainer Christopher Davis to venture east to Monmouth Park, something he has done just once before in his brief career, there has to be a good reason. Visions of the Breeders’ Cup would qualify as that. Davis, currently based at Arlington Park in Illinois, will send American Sanctuary to Monmouth Park for…
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Colts Neck ready to compete among Shore Conference’s elite teams in 2021
COLTS NECK – Coach Matt Ahearn took the reins of the Colts Neck High School football program prior to the 2018 campaign and has since turned the Cougars into one of the best teams in the Shore Conference. “The growth of our program has been exciting to see,” Ahearn said. “Our numbers keep getting bigger…
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State Championship aspiration fuels Hillsborough heading into 2021 campaign
HILLSBOROUGH – The Hillsborough High School football team will suit up in front of its hometown fans on Sept. 2 at Dan A. Noonan Field for its season opener against Hunterdon Central. Coach Kevin Carty knows his players are excited to kick off the season on their home turf. After battling through a COVID-19 shortened…
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Fallon takes reins of Red Bank Regional football squad
Shane Fallon is remembered across the Shore Conference football landscape for helping to start the decade of dominance the Rumson-Fair Regional High School football team has had on the gridiron from 2010-20. Fallon led his alma mater to the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II title in 2010. He stepped down from his post at Rumson-Fair…
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Lopez rides seven winners at Monmouth; caps day with Miss Liberty Stakes win
OCEANPORT – It may be true that records are made to be broken, but jockey Paco Lopez keeps tying his own one at Monmouth Park. Lopez matched the record he set twice in 2014 by winning seven races on the 14-race card on Aug. 28, capping the performance with a half-length victory aboard Vigilantes Way…
