Category: Tri-Town Sports
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New Egypt team hoping to turn the corner
Warriors return most of last year BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Mike Wendel is back to lead the New Egypt football team this fall as the Warriors look to win some close games and top last year’s 2-6 mark. PLUMSTED — With a team loaded with inexperienced underclassmen,…
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Piners expecting a better season
BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — After enduring a dismal 1-9 record last year, second-year Lakewood High School football coach Donald Barnes has set a simple goal for the 2004 season. “We just want to have a better year than we did last season,” Barnes said. “Last year we only…
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Rebels hope experience turns things around
BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer JEFFGRANIT staff Head coach Cory Davies is excited about the potential of this year’s Howell HighSchool football team, which opens its season on Sept. 10 against Red Bank Regional. Cory Davies and the Howell High School football team will be looking for last year’s youth movement…
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Jags hope to continue momentum
Jackson team came on strong toward end of last year BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer Senior Bill Fennimore is back to lead the Jackson High School football team once again this fall as the Jaguars look to continue the progress they made last season and challenge for a division title. JACKSON…
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New Egypt squad looks to reload, not rebuild
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Duplicating last season’s accolades of posting 15 wins and advancing to the championship game of the Group I state tournament may be a tall order for the 2004 New Egypt High School field hockey program to produce. But fourth-year coach Patti Nicholson is confident…
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New coach anxious for start of season
Lori Burns takes over Jackson field hockey program BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer JACKSON — It’s been three weeks now since Lori Burns took over the Jackson High School field hockey program. Burns, who replaces Lori Johnson at the helm, is a stickler about fundamentals and conditioning. She readily admits she…
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Sports Shorts
Sports Shorts The Jersey Intensity‚ a U12 Fastpitch Softball team, recently went to the Pony Nationals in Sterling, Va. The Intensity or as they are known‚ Team Green‚ had a strong showing at the Nationals, placing 35th out of over 80 teams, and were one win away from the top 20. The team is made…
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Hawks looking to build on championship season
Monmouth footballteam won NEC BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer Monmouth football team won NEC BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Success has not made the Monmouth University football team soft. If anything, last year’s Northeast Conference championship season has made the Hawks hungry for more. Going 10-2 and playing in a postseason bowl…
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Pauch perfect on New Egypt Cruise Night
NEW EGYPT — Since opening day, the weekends have been as dry as a desert for New Egypt Speedway’s all-time leading Modified winner Billy Pauch. But on Saturday night, the Frenchtown driver finally got his juices flowing again, eclipsing a riveting run by Rick Grosso to sail to his second win of the regular season,…
