Category: sports
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Marlboro finding its stride as Monmouth County Tournament nears
The Marlboro High School baseball team has been racking up victories on the diamond during the last few weeks. After a 1-4 start in 2021, the Mustangs (9-7) won eight of their next 11 games. On May 20, the Mustangs defeated Long Branch, 11-4, on the road. Marlboro’s recent hot streak has the Mustangs ready…
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Old Bridge wrestler captures second girls state wrestling title
Back when Gabby Miller was a youth wrestler in the Jamesburg Recreation Wrestling program, she remembers asking her father, Jeffrey, one evening if she could be a high school state champion someday. Even though the odds were stacked against Miller at the time, with girls wrestling not yet an NJSIAA sanctioned sport, her father told…
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South Brunswick athlete lauded for academic, athletic accomplishments at Penn State
Penn State Brandywine softball senior Haley Grossi received the John S. Egli Award as the top female student-athlete in the Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC). On May 19, the Monmouth Junction resident received the award, named in honor of John S. Egli, a former Penn State student-athlete, professor and coach responsible for bringing varsity…
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98Strong helps college athletes monetize their name, image and likeness
A changing landscaping is occurring in collegiate athletics as pressure continues to mount on the NCAA about student-athlete’s ability to profit off their name, image and likeness. The list of states across the country that have either passed name, image and likeness (NIL) legislation or are in the process of debating legislation that has been…
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Monmouth Park GM named recipient of Virgil ‘Buddy’ Raines award
OCEANPORT – The biggest disappointment of Bill Anderson’s teen years was coming to grips with the realization he could no longer make weight to be a jockey. For his professional future it turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to him. A fixture at Monmouth Park since 1980 in a variety…
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Rutt scores two wins in Wall Stadium auto racing action
WALL TOWNSHIP – Neil Rutt III swept the top spot in two feature races at Wall Stadium Speedway on the evening of May 15, winning the Sportsman stock car and Limited Late Model 25-lap main events. Beachwood’s Elliot Wohl, Charlestown, Md.,’s Mason Magee and Kyle Taraska of Woodbridge were also main event winners, according to…
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Dunn, O’Leary power Raritan to series sweep over Monmouth Regional
It was a special day on the mound and at the plate for seniors Kirsten Dunn and Sarah O’Leary of the Raritan High School softball team on May 14 against Monmouth Regional High School in Tinton Falls. Dunn was stellar, throwing six perfect innings with eight strikeouts, while O’Leary bashed two home runs and had…
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Redbirds find success on softball diamond during 2021 campaign
Things are beginning to click on the diamond for the Allentown High School softball team. Following a victory over Hightstown on May 11 in the quarterfinals of the Colonial Valley Conference Tournament, Allentown scored its ninth victory of the 2021 season against Hopewell Valley Central on May 13 in Allentown. After watching his the Redbirds…
