Category: Tri-Town Sports
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Clausen bounces back with a strong showing
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BRONX, N.Y. — A week removed from taking a fall that cost her a chance to win the NJSIAA Meet Of Champions, Jackson High School sophomore Jen Clausen rebounded to put forth one of her best efforts of the 2003 season. Clausen shook off both the…
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Sports Shorts
Sports Shorts The following are the results of the Nick "the Quick" Werkman All-American Action Clinic, held at the McAuliffe School in Jackson, on Oct. 14. Nick Gonzalez won the hotshot competition with 27 points, followed by Gary Newman (25), Mike Kane (22), Anthony Manzo (20) and Larcey Dillon (18). Gonzalez also won the foul-shooting…
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Blewett wins his first Turkey Derby title
WALL TOWNSHIP — A pair of victories in the second and third 50-lap main events and an eighth-place finish in the first main event earned Jimmy Blewett of Howell his first-ever Turkey Derby Modified driving title at Wall Township Speedway on Saturday afternoon. The youngest racing Blewett, a two-time driving champion here, joined his older…
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Sports Shorts
Sports Shorts The girls from the Wilton Academy Gymnastics in Howell participated in the Fall Flip Flop Classic held at Schafer’s Gymnastics in Lawrenceville on Nov. 22. In Level 5, ages 7-8, Marisa Asta took second in the all-around (36.1) after finishing first on the floor (9.3), third on the bars (8.8) and beam (9.3),…
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New Egypt falls one win shy of state title
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff New Egypt players celebrate after Sara Jo Galloway scored the team’s only goal on a penalty stroke during their Group I final loss to Pingry on Sunday at The College of New Jersey. EWING — In just three years as a…
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Redbirds can’t overcome slow start in Group II
EWING — You couldn’t blame the Allentown Redbirds for entering Sunday’s Group II championship game at the College of New Jersey with a slight case of nerves. After all the Redbirds field hockey team is extremely young with only two senior starters and a flurry of sophomores and juniors. Add to that the day’s opponent,…
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Jaguars lose a tough one to Brick Memorial
Late-second 40-yardfield goal fallsjust shy BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer Late-second 40-yard field goal falls just shy BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Jackson’s Jason Staggers outruns a Brick Memorial defender during the Jaguars’ loss to the host Mustangs on Friday night. BRICK — The Jackson High School football team was 49 seconds away from…
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Fall ends Clausen’s bid for MOC title
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Jackson’s Jen Clausen heads to the finish at Saturday’s Meet of Champions at Holmdel Park. HOLMDEL — Following a spill at about the midway point of last Saturday’s Meet of Champions cross country race at Holmdel Park, Jackson High School sophomore standout Jen…
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Sports Shorts
Sports Shorts The Jackson Lightning, a U9 girls team playing in the fall Ocean County Traveling Soccer League, finished with an 8-0-2 record this fall, and recorded five shutouts in 10 games. The Lightning scored a total of 43 goals and allowed just seven, despite playing together for the first time. The players are Morgan…
