Category: Tri-Town Sports
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Jaguars nearly spring an upset over No. 4 Raritan
Jackson boys drop a heart-breaker in overtime By Mike WhiteStaff Writer Jaguars nearly spring an upset over No. 4 Raritan Jackson boys drop a heart-breaker in overtime By Mike White Staff Writer HAZLET — Playing in its first Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinal in a very long time, Jackson High School’s first-year boys’ basketball coach, Mike…
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Jackson boys find success comes with team chemistry
By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer JACKSON — For the past couple of weeks, the Jackson High School boys’ basketball team wasn’t playing as well at it had earlier in the season. The intensity level dropped and players were more concerned with individual statistics and minutes logged instead of the team’s overall…
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Sport Shorts
The Lakewood BlueClaws are looking for local families to assist in housing players during the 2003 season. Anyone with a spare room can help provide lodging for this year’s players by renting or lending out a room or apartment. Last year, the BlueClaws community received an enthusiastic response from the community as 12 host families…
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Menzerov’s hard work pays off at Meet of Champions
By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Howell’s Matt Forys races his way to a 11th-place finish in the 3,200 at the Meet of Champions in Princeton on Sunday. While it may not have been his fastest effort of the season, it was good enough to set a school record for…
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Jackson girls make history in the pool at SC meet
Eleventh-place finish highest in school history By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Jackson’s Taylor Fogerty competes in the 200 freestyle during the Shore Conference Swimming Championships at the Ocean County YMCA in Toms River on Feb. 12. High school girls’ swim coach Janet Carvin admits to having mixed emotions as…
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Piners hoping for solid run in conference tourney
Jackson girls enterSCT play on a roll By Mike WhiteStaff Writer Jackson girls enter SCT play on a roll By Mike White Staff Writer Following a win over Central Regional High School, Bayville, that clinched the Shore Conference B South title, the high school girls’ basketball team experienced a serious letdown. Two days later, the…
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Jaguars poised to make solid postseason showing
By Mike WhiteStaff Writer Jaguars poised to make solid postseason showing By Mike White Staff Writer The high school boys’ basketball team captured a share of the Shore Conference A South title last week for the first time in 22 years. Although the Jaguars have been playing inconsistently for the past two weeks, first-year coach…
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Sport Shorts
The Lakewood Wilbur Thompson Men’s Slo-Pitch League has openings for the 2003 season to commence in April. All games are played under the lights at Pine Park fields, Mondays through Saturdays. For information, call Lakewood Community School at (732) 905-3685. A boys’ 9U AAU basketball team based in Howell, the Central Jersey Hawks, is seeking…
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Howell bowlers collect multiple championships
By tim morrisStaff Writer Howell bowlers collect multiple championships By tim morris Staff Writer For both Howell High School bowling teams, it was a season with familiar results — championships. This year, it was the boys who qualified for the state championships, placing third at the Central Jersey sectional at Carolier Lanes, North Brunswick on…
