Category: Tri-Town Sports
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Hawks look to turn things around on the gridiron
By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer There are two ways to look at Monmouth University’s 2-8 campaign in 2002. The Northeast Conference coaches have picked the Hawks to finish in seventh place, choosing to look at the overall record from last year as the benchmark. Hawk head coach Kevin Callahan has chosen…
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Stewart doesn’t disappoint at New Egypt showdown
VERONICA YANKOWSKI NASCAR Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart is interviewed following his win in the 12-lap Challenge of Champions at New Egypt Speedway on Aug. 20. NEW EGYPT — Track kingpin Billy Pauch of Frenchtown really got down when the purse went up Wednesday at New Egypt Speedway. He beat a bevy of the Northeast’s best…
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Freehold’s Okerson takes Gastelu Memorial at Wall
Kevin Flockhart of Jackson enjoyed his second career modified stock car victory on the second straight Saturday night, while Chas Okerson of Freehold celebrated his biggest win ever in the Pro Stock Ray Gastelu Memorial 69-lap race Saturday night at Wall Township Speedway. The two feature races highlighted a five-main-event program. Once the track was…
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Lady Jaguars are looking to reload rather than rebuild
By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer JACKSON — Despite being hit hard with personnel losses due to graduation, the Jackson High School girls’ soccer team still has enough firepower to remain competitive in the always tough A South division of the Shore Conference. In fact, second-year coach Drew Gibson says he has…
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Lakewood girls hoping to pick up where they left off
By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood High School field hockey team suffered through a difficult season in 2002. The Lady Piners finished with an overall mark of 1-15-2. However, second-year coach Darren Lee cited the team’s 1-0-2 mark in its final three games as a positive on which…
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Piners are set for repeat of last season’s success
By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — Every high school coach goes through the process of rebuilding. Every year players graduate and coaches are left with the daunting task of shaping another crew of athletes. But when you lose the program’s all-time leading goal scorer and two of the squads’ two…
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Sport Shorts
Sport Shorts The following are the results of the Westlake Ladies Golf Association’s Aug. 21 outing. The game played was Best Two Balls of Four. In the 18-hole competition, the team of Dolores Paccione, Saralee Surett, Flo Ildsgaard and Cookie Frankel took first with a score of 116, followed by Linda Burnett, Pat Borton, Kathy…
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Local youths get hooked on golf through Howell PAL
By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer Kevin Steinard, of the Howell Police Department, works with Brooke Papoinitis of Farmingdale at Farmer Brown’s Golf Center last week. Much to their delight, a group of Howell youngsters no more than 10 years old have learned that golf has no age barrier. Through the Howell…
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Exceptional summer has Jackson baseball thinking big
By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer JACKSON — The township’s American Legion baseball team recently closed one of its best seasons in recent memory. The Jags finished the 2003 summer campaign with an overall mark of 14-5-1, which included winning the Ocean County divisional title and earning a trip to the state…
