Category: Tri-Town Sports
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Jackson’s Scott finally gets her sectional title
BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer CHERRY HILL — Carrie Scott has waited a long time for this. For the past 25 years, the Jackson High School girls bowling coach had never took a team to a South Jersey sectional championship. The wait is over. Last weekend Scott and the Jackson girls…
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Jags are the class of the field at SC championships
BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer RED BANK — The Jackson High School girls indoor track team placed athletes in all eight events last Sunday en route to winning the Shore Conference (SC) championship at Red Bank Regional High School. The Lady Jaguars compiled a total of 59 points to easily outdistance…
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Goetz boys capture St. Dominic’s tourney title
BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BRICK — Sean McPaul may have been the tournament’s most valuable player with his tremendous inside play and rebounding, but it was the clutch free-throw shooting of lead guard Scott Cullen that lifted the Goetz Middle School boys basketball team to a 44-40 victory over Lacey…
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High schools support relief effort for tsunami victims
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District community has raised a total of $15,000 to help the victims of the December tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia and devastated the lives of hundreds of thousands more. “We had a student-faculty basketball game…
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Lady Jags save best for county championships
Jackson girls finish sixth in competitive meet BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Jackson’s Kathleen Brown was part of the Jaguars’ 200-yard freestyle relay team that finished eighth at Saturday’s Ocean County Championships in Toms River. DOVER TOWNSHIP — For the majority of the Jackson High School girls swim…
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Murphy leads Jackson boys to strong finish
Win in 100-yard butterfly highlight of county championships BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer DOVER TOWNSHIP — Jackson High School swimmer Danny Murphy brought the crowd to its feet as he rallied for a win in the 100-yard butterfly Saturday night at the Ocean County Championship meet. Murphy started slowly and then…
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Howell Invitational field will feature top teams
Howell Lanes is site for Tuesday BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Above, Howell captain Nikki Hratko takes aim during Friday’s match against Freehold Township at Shore Lanes in Neptune. At left, Howell’s John Accisano shows off his form. Tuesday’s Howell Invitational will provide a good preview…
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Howell Invitational field will feature top teams
Howell Lanes is site for Tuesday BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Above, Howell captain Nikki Hratko takes aim during Friday’s match against Freehold Township at Shore Lanes in Neptune. At left, Howell’s John Accisano shows off his form. Tuesday’s Howell Invitational will provide a good preview…
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Richardson’s Piners just keep rolling along
Lakewood boys proving to be among Shore BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood High School boys basketball team won its eighth consecutive game last Saturday with a resounding 76-34 victory over a struggling Pinelands High school team. However, it was the Piners’ 68-60 B South triumph over Point…
