Category: sports
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Breen well positioned to repeat as leading trainer at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – With Hall of Fame trainers Todd Pletcher, Steve Asmussen and Jerry Hollendorfer – along with future Hall of Famer Chad Brown – all having a formidable presence on the Monmouth Park backstretch this summer, it’s easy to forget the race for leading trainer honors still goes through Kelly Breen. It did in 2020,…
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Tickets for TVG.com Haskell Stakes to go on sale June 6
OCEANPORT – Tickets for the TVG.com Haskell Stakes, the centerpiece of the Monmouth Park thoroughbred meet, will go on sale starting June 6 at 11:30 a.m. The 54th edition of the Grade 1 Haskell Stakes will be run on July 17. The $1 million race for 3-year-olds is one of five graded stakes that day,…
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Sacco eyes fast start at Monmouth with It Can Be Done in Jersey Derby
OCEANPORT – Now in his 33rd year as a trainer, Gregg Sacco knows that success or failure on the opening weekend of a new meet generally doesn’t mean much in the long term. But the competitor in him still has that burning desire to get off to a fast start. That’s his hope for Monmouth…
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Colts Neck tops Matawan, 3-2; advances to Shore Conference Tournament softball final
History is being made on the softball diamond at Colts Neck High School and Coach Anthony Iachello is enjoying every minute of what his team is accomplishing. Iachello, who joined the Colts Neck softball program four years ago as an assistant coach, said the goal at that time was to change the culture of the…
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Scotties continue to roll on the diamond with 12th straight victory
Nicole O’Leary wasn’t sure what to expect from her Bordentown Regional High School softball team coming into this season. The lost 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic had O’Leary “worried” about how her players dealt with everything going on from a personal standpoint to a softball perspective and how it would affect them coming…
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Versaci dazzles on the mound for Hillsborough in Senior Day loss
Senior Vinny Versaci got the news from Head Coach Tom Augello late last week that he would be getting the start on the hill against Phillipsburg High School on May 25 for the Hillsborough High School baseball team. It wouldn’t just be any other home start for Versaci, being that he would be taking the…
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Krause earns third straight Wall Stadium victory
WALL TOWNSHIP – Defending Modified stock car driving champion Andrew Krause earned his third straight feature race win in as many starts on May 22 at Wall Stadium Speedway. The Holmdel resident started sixth on the grid. Kenny Van Wickle of Manasquan and Little Egg Harbor’s Tyler Truex wrestled for the lead early before Truex…
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Schild pitches Eagles past Lions in Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals
It was a week many baseball fans across Middletown had been waiting for during the past two years. The Middletown South and Middletown North high school baseball teams renewed their rivalry on the diamond with a three-game set during the past week. The third game, played on May 22, would determine which school was going…
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Late-game heroics help Jackson Liberty sweep Point Pleasant Borough
The Jackson Liberty High School baseball team found itself in a scoreless affair heading into the seventh inning of its game against Shore Conference B South Division rival Point Pleasant Borough High School on May 21 in Point Pleasant. The game had the feel of a county or state tournament to Lions’ Coach Jim Rankin,…
