Category: Tri-Town Sports

  • Sport Shorts

    A boys’ 9U AAU basketball team based in Howell (the Central Jersey Hawks) is seeking talented, dedicated players with desire to excel. For details, call (732) 364-3123 or e-mail [email protected] The following are the results of the Nick "the Quick" Werkman All-American Action Clinic Nov. 22 camp at the McCauliffe School in Jackson. The boys’…

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    CHRIS KELLY Howell’s Alexander Muka puts a solid hit on a Rumson player during the Howell-Farmingdale Rebels Pop Warner game in West Long Branch on Sunday. The Rebels won 14-6, advancing to this Sunday’s Jersey Shore Championships at Croydon Hall in Middletown.

  • Piners look to end their season on positive note

    By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer What started off as a very promising season for the Lakewood High School football team has slowly turned into a year marred with setbacks and disappointments. After starting the season with five consecutive victories, the Piners have dropped four straight, including a lopsided loss to Mainland…

  • Large field expected for the 150-lap Turkey Derby

    Howell’s Jimmy Blewett, who is celebrating his second straight Wall Township Speedway Modified driving title, has won big races in both the open Modified and WTS Modified divisions at Wall Township Speedway this season. On Nov. 29 and 30, he will try to win in both divisions on the same weekend, as the speedway by…

  • Rivalry brings Howell’s season to its conclusion

    Rebels face Patriots teamriding a two-gamewinning streak By tim morrisStaff Writer Rebels face Patriots team riding a two-game winning streak By tim morris Staff Writer Traditional season-ending rivalries will draw the curtain on the 2002 football season on Thanksgiving Day. For Dominick Lepore’s Freehold Township Patriots, it’s a chance to salvage a rough campaign. After…

  • Sport Shorts

    The Dave Gallagher Baseball League is currently accepting teams for registration for the 2003 season. The league will consist of 10U, 11U and 12U divisions for township and travel baseball teams. Games will be played on Sundays beginning the first weekend of April. For more information, call Dave or Mark at (609) 208-1263. The Dave…

  • Lady Jaguars end season with solid showing at MOC

    Prendergast leads the way with 48th-place finish By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI The top girls’ cross country runners in the state kick off Saturday’s Meet of Champions at Holmdel Park. The Jackson High School girls’ cross country team completed an outstanding 2002 season with a 10th-place finish at the…

  • Jackson, Southern set to play for pride tonight

    By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer One more game remains in the 2002 season for the Jackson High School football team. One more chance to show spectators and skeptics that the Jaguars’ program didn’t suffer the kind of drop-off that was predicted when the season opened in mid-September. "This team has worked…

  • Jaguars’ playoff bid ended by solid Washington team

    By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Jackson senior and his Jaguar teammates saw their bid for a third straight South Jersey Group IV championship come to an end on Friday with a 35-20 loss to Washington Township. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — Earning a berth in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV…