Category: sports
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Hillsborough 9U baseball squad caps off summer campaign by winning Montgomery Covino Tournament
It was a “great” summer session on the baseball diamond for Coach Christian Fulmino and his Hillsborough 9U travel baseball team. Fulmino’s 9U squad represented the Hillsborough Baseball League this summer while competing in the United States Amateur Baseball League (USABL), winning a league championship, and then adding more hardware to its ledger on July…
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Spotswood cheerleading coach stays lighthearted despite stepping down due to health concerns
By Samantha Gorman Correspondent Colleen Meyers steps down as the Spotswood High School cheerleading coach after 28 years due to health complications. “The daily ins and outs of coaching were becoming problematic. My priority is being a teacher. It just got to the point where I had to think about what’s fair and what’s right…
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Scisco speeds to first Wall Stadium Modified victory
WALL TOWNSHIP – Kyle Scisco of Jackson raced to his first career Modified stock car victory in the 40-lap “First Responders Night” main event at Wall Stadium Speedway on July 31. The “Scisco Kid” was a Fast 4 stock car standout and the 2019 Sportsman driving champion before recently advancing to the headlining Modified division,…
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Leader of the Band rolls by favorite to win Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks
OCEANPORT – Trainer John Servis went into the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks at Monmouth Park on July 31 thinking that Midnight Obsession was further ahead at this stage of her development than stablemate Leader of the Band. He found himself reassessing that belief right after the race, according to a press release. Leader of the…
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Marlboro 10U wins regional crown; heads to Cal Ripken Baseball World Series
There have been many history-making moments so far this summer for the Marlboro Youth Baseball and Softball Association’s (MYBSA) travel program. The MYBSA has seen its 9U and 10U baseball teams win regional championships for the first time and has seen each team qualify to compete in the Cal Ripken Baseball World Series. “It’s exciting,”…
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Allentown American Legion team wins state baseball crown; heads to regional tourney
A total of 18 players who attend four high schools in Monmouth and Ocean counties came together on the diamond this summer to help the Allentown American Legion baseball squad make history. Allentown won its first New Jersey American Legion baseball state championship on July 28 in Wood-Ridge, defeating Brooklawn Post 72, 5-2. “We had…
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Vera ready to put unbeaten Edie Meeny Miny Mo to the test in Monmouth Oaks
OCEANPORT – Trainer Miguel Vera is fully aware of the challenges facing his 3-year-old filly Edie Meeny Miny Mo in the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks at Monmouth Park on July 31. She has never been around two turns, nor has she ever tried any stakes company yet. And she’s the least experienced filly in the…
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Potts enters weekend one win behind Delgado as he takes aim at training title
OCEANPORT – After everything trainer Wayne Potts has been through the past year, the one thing he’s learned to do is to appreciate the good times when he is in the midst of them. This is one of them for the 40-year-old, who enters Monmouth Park’s three-day racing weekend on Friday in second place in…
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He’spuregold rallies for victory in Irish War Cry Handicap at Monmouth
OCEANPORT – Owner and breeder John Bowers was so confident in the turf breeding of He’spuregold that he specifically targeted a summer stakes race for trainer Kelly Breen to point to with the 3-year-old maiden gelding this spring. That race was the $85,000 Irish War Cry Handicap and Bowers’ faith was rewarded in a big…
