Category: Tri-Town Sports
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Jaguar tandem ready for one last battle together
By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer Nick Castellano and Joe Serratelli have been playing football together ever since they could remember. At every level they have experienced success. They dominated Pop Warner. The tandem also played an integral role in establishing Jackson High School as the premier football program in the Shore…
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Christie Pearce returns to area to promote the sport
By Mike WhiteStaff Writer By Mike White Staff Writer LAKEWOOD— Former Monmouth University star and USA World Cup team member Christie Pearce likes to give back to the community. Pearce, now a member of the New York Power of the WUSA, conducted a free soccer clinic recently at Lake Shenandoah County Park in Lakewood. More…
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It’s Christmas in July for Hoffman at New Egypt
Defending Modified champion Keith Hoffman wishes Christmas would come every week. The Whitehall, Pa., driver iced down the heated efforts of both Billy Pauch and Kenny Brightbill Saturday night at New Egypt Speedway to win his second consecutive Christmas in July event. Kenny Brightbill seemed like the man to beat early in the 30-lap Modified…
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BlueClaws ready to take on Northern Division leader
Staff Writer By Mike White VERONICA YANKOWSKI Lakewood BlueClaw Wes Carroll is greeted by teammates after hitting a home run during a recent game against the Hagerstown Suns. LAKEWOOD — Winning on the road is never easy in minor league baseball. The bus trips are long. Players don’t have enough time to adjust to a…
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Jackson American Legion squad an improved group Quality pitching and clutch hitting lead to solid 8-4 start
Staff Writer By Mike White Jackson American Legion squad an improved group Quality pitching and clutch hitting lead to solid 8-4 start Last year, the Jackson American Legion baseball team missed the playoffs by one game. Second-year coach John Morvay is hoping to change the team’s fate this season. Jackson improved to 8-4 overall with…
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Godown wins the showdown in New Egypt Mod thriller
Ryan Godown of Ringoes, a Modified rookie and the track’s 2001 Sportsman champion, went toe-to-toe with the best guys in the business and came away with his first career Modified win Saturday at New Egypt Speedway, on Grand Slam Little League Night sponsored by Mid-State Communica-tions. "I can’t believe it; I still can’t believe it.…
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Sport Shorts
The following are the results of the Nick "the Quick" Werkman All-American Action Clinic at the McAuliffe School in Jackson on June 28. Johnny Cantalino won the boys’ hot shot competition with 69 points, followed by Dan Iompaglio (62), Carlo Fevsasa (58), Kyle Kelly (56) and Greg Newman (52). Dan Collura won the boys’ foulshooting…
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Floyd brothers inching closer to major league dream
Staff Writer By Mike White VERONICA YANKOWSKI Lakewood BlueClaws players Gavin (l) and Michael Floyd are chasing the same dream of making it to the major leagues, and they’re doing it together as members of the Philadelphia Phillies’ single A affiliate. Growing up in Severna, Md., Michael and Gavin Floyd followed the Baltimore Orioles. It…
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Laureno shows he’s no quitter as he wins Mod 40
The 1998 track Modified champion, Roger Laureno of Ivyland, Pa., turned around weeks of bad luck and bad finishes in a big way on Saturday night, finally overtaking a stout-running Rick Grosso to score a $3,000 victory in Pepsi’s Big Bang 40 for Mods at New Egypt Speedway. "You wouldn’t believe this, but the last…
