Category: Tri-Town Sports
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Getting the ball rolling
Getting the ball rolling FARRAH MAFFAI staff Lakewood’s Angela Lester gets set to let loose her bowling ball during the Piners match with Jackson at Ocean Lanes in Lakewood last Thursday.
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Jackson girls team getting off to a fast start
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer JACKSON — Last season the Jackson High School girls swim team posted a gaudy 11-3 overall mark. Despite the solid record, the Lady Jaguars still failed to qualify for the team state tournament. With a solid nucleus of experienced returnees, led by sophomore Nicole Castranova, Jackson…
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Goetz boys hoops team turning heads already
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer JACKSON — Alex Morgans needed just three minutes to leave quite an impression on players, coaches and spectators last week during the annual Colt Stampede Basketball Tournament. Morgans scored the last six points in the closing minutes to lift the Goetz Middle School boys basketball team…
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Sports Shorts
Sports Shorts The Seton Hall women’s cross country team raced on Nov. 22 at the ECAC/IC4A Championships held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, NY. Graduate student Kaneisha Campbell, of Lakewood, recorded a 78-th-place finish with a time of 21:06. Lindsey Gallo, a senior at the University of Michigan, had her best-ever finish at…
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Piners’ Tworkoski to play in elite tourney
Outstanding pitcher heading to Hawaiiduring winter break BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer Outstanding pitcher heading to Hawaii during winter break BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — Lakewood High School junior softball standout Ally Tworkoski began pitching at age 11. Tworkoski admits her first attempts at throwing strikes were less than impressive. But determination and many…
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Memorial celebrates a momentous win
For Brick Memorial’s football players, it was a game they thought they could only dream of. After yielding a touchdown on the opening series, the Mustangs clamped down on defense and kicked its offense immediately into fifth gear to beat Manalapan, 29-6, on Monday for the school’s first state championship victory. "I couldn’t think of…
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Local boxer Dustin Fleischer dreaming big
14-year-old is youngest member of U.S. boxing team BY GEORGE ALBANOStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Monmouth Beach resident Dustin Fleischer, 14, is hoping to make his hobby a career as he trains as a member of the U.S. Boxing Team. 14-year-old is youngest member of U.S. boxing team BY GEORGE ALBANO Staff Writer Like most…
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Warriors win a thriller on Thanksgiving Day
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BORDENTOWN — New Egypt High School football coach Tom Farrell was able to digest his Thanksgiving dinner a lot easier following his team’s dramatic last-second victory against Bordentown last Thursday morning. With time running out in regulation and the Warriors trailing by a touchdown, New Egypt…
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Jags end season on sour note with loss to Rams
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer JACKSON — The devastating loss to Brick Memorial High School in the semifinals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV playoffs two weeks ago may have taken more out of the Jaguars than anybody thought. On a night when relentless rain and wind made conditions miserable,…
