Category: Tri-Town Sports
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Jackson girls snap losing streak with a quality win
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer JACKSON — Sometimes losing streaks breed frustration and poor morale among team members. But not in the case of the Jackson High School field hockey team. The Lady Jaguars finally snapped a four-game losing streak with a 1-0 shutout victory over host Brick Memorial last Thursday…
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Hamels now on Team USA 30-man roster
Former Lakewood BlueClaws superstar lefty pitcher Cole Hamels has been named to the Team USA 30-man roster. Hamels, the 2002 first-round pick of the Philadelphia Phillies, is one step away from becoming the first former BlueClaws player to make the U.S. Olympic team. The roster will be paired down to 24 players next month when…
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Carpenter notches third win of season at Wall
WALL TOWNSHIP — Mike Carpenter raced from 10th on the 22-car starting grid and on to victory in the 35-lap feature race for the Busch Beer Modified stock cars at Wall Township Speedway Saturday night. It was the Brick resident’s third win of the season and kept the 1994 Modified champion in contention for a…
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New Egypt title chases will be decided Oct. 17
New Egypt title chases will be decided Oct. 17 NEW EGYPT — A courageous attempt to keep the show going despite an early night shower that drenched the facility, causing a two-hour rain delay, was all for naught on Saturday night at New Egypt Speedway. A second storm washed out any hope of completing the…
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Sports Shorts
Sports Shorts Jackson Township winter basketball registration, for players ages 7-17, will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Oct. 4 at the Holman Elementary School. The season runs November through March, and the cost is $35. For additional information, call (732) 928-1200 ext. 255. Jackson Township winter wrestling registration will be held at…
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Jaguars ready for Mariners after solid win over Pats
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer FREEHOLD — For the past couple of weeks leading up to last Thursday’s game against Freehold Township, the Jackson High School offense struggled to cash in on scoring opportunities once inside the Red Zone. Missed scoring chances played a huge roll in a loss to Manalapan…
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Ormsbee, Godown win big at New Egypt
If you can win, it’s always a lot nicer to win big, and that’s just what Rob Ormsbee of Wall and Ringoes’ Ryan Godown did Saturday night at New Egypt Speedway. Ormsbee took the long-awaited "Mr. Super Stock" title race, sponsored by Ivy Mortgage. Godown put a three-second hurting on the rest of the field…
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Jackson mistakes lead to 7-0 loss
BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer “We realized that sooner or later those kinds of mistakes would catch up to us, and tonight they did.” — Mike Smith Jackson football coach MANALAPAN — Experienced football teams put points on the board once they find themselves in the red zone. A youthful Jackson…
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Piners show improvement against Lacey
LAKEWOOD — Donald Barnes is looking for improvement from week to week. The first-year Lakewood High School football coach certainly got what he wanted in his team’s 27-18 loss against Lacey Township last Saturday in a Shore Conference Constitution Division game. "The main objective we established at the outset of this season was for us…
