Category: sports
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Six drivers celebrate Wall Stadium auto racing wins on June 12
WALL TOWNSHIP – Six drivers celebrated victories at Wall Stadium Speedway on the evening of June 12. Four of those winners waved the checkered flag after stock car main events, while two others raised trophies after Demolition Derby action. In the Sportsman stock car main event, Jeffrey Loesch of Neptune was the first leader of…
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Colts Neck tops Steinert, 10-1, to win first state sectional softball crown
History was made with a capital “A” on June 12 in Colts Neck when the Colts Neck High School softball team rode a complete-game gem by senior pitcher Ava Metzger to a 10-1 victory over Steinert High School of Hamilton Township in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III state sectional tournament championship game. Metzger threw…
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Middletown South defeats Marlboro, 2-0, to win Central Jersey Group IV crown
Matt Pontari said he knew he had to be “great” on the mound as the Middletown South High School baseball team’s starting pitcher in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament championship game against Marlboro High School on June 11 in Middletown. With Marlboro sending its ace, Mark Capell, to the mound, Pontari…
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Kentucky Derby runner-up Mandaloun heads field of five in TVG.com Pegasus Stakes
OCEANPORT – Kentucky Derby runner-up Mandaloun will face four other 3-year-olds, including two graded stakes winners, when he marks his return to racing in the June 13 TVG.com Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park. Unraced since the Kentucky Derby on May 1, Mandaloun drew post position 2 for the 40th edition of the mile-and-a-sixteenth Pegasus Stakes,…
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Pirate’s Punch, Ny Traffic head field of 10 for Grade 3 Salvator Mile
OCEANPORT – Pirate’s Punch and Ny Traffic took turns with impressive performances a year ago at Monmouth Park. Now they will match their considerable talents in the same race at the track. Pirate’s Punch, idle since the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile on Nov. 7, and Ny Traffic, who made his return to racing on May…
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Jockey Maria Scaldaferri to make Monmouth debut June 11
OCEANPORT – Trainer Luis Carvajal has a simple explanation for giving so many unproven – and often inexperienced – jockeys a chance with his horses. “When you do good things for people it eventually comes back to you,” he said. Maria Scaldaferri, a native of Argentina who has yet to win in the United States,…
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Hillsborough girls track and field squad sets record for highest point total to win fifth sectional championship
It was a banner two days of spring track and field action for the Hillsborough High School girls track & field team last weekend at the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV Championships held at Long Branch High School. The Raiders saw their talented group of young ladies shine brightly from the track to the field…
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HEWYBL launches all-girls youth flag football league
The Hightstown-East Windsor Youth Sports League (HEWYBL), Central New Jersey’s premier NFL Flag Football League, has announced the formation of an all-girl’s flag football league. The league will launch in the fall for girls ages 4-18. The season will open on Sept. 8 and run through mid-November. It will consist of 10…
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Goldan leads Saint Joseph Metuchen to seventh Greater Middlesex Conference Championship
When Andrew Goldan woke up on June 6, the junior right-hander for the Saint Joseph High School baseball team in Metuchen was “ready” to take the rubber and lead the Falcons to a Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) championship. Confidence running through his veins, Goldan put together a brilliant masterpiece on the hill to help Saint…
