Category: Tri-Town Sports
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Sport Shorts
Eight players and one former coach from the Jackson-Lakewood area will take part in the 24th annual All-Shore Football Classic at 7:05 p.m. July 20 at Toms River East High School. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the gate. Proceeds from the event benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and other local charities. Former…
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Jackson’s Gary Gardella drives his way to the top
Staff Writer By george albano SARAH McCOLGAN Jackson’s Gary Gardella (right) and crew members John Perry (center) and Rich Gardella engage in some shop talk after a June 30 qualifying run at Englishtown Raceway Park. Gary Gardella appears to be driving in the fast lane to success this summer. The 22-year-old Jackson resident is making…
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Carroll enjoys being part of the Governor’s Bowl
Thomas Carroll was looking forward to competing against the best athletes from the state of New York. For five days, the Lakewood High School standout defensive end practiced with the top players from New Jersey in preparation for the fourth annual Governor’s Bowl match-up, which pits the top 50 football players from New Jersey against…
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Baseball camp presents awards to many winners
Mike Gaynor’s and Jon Book’s second annual World Class Baseball Camp was a huge success June 25 through June 29 at Holbrook Little League (LL) in Jackson according to a press release. Mike Gaynor, the Little League World Series manager, and Jon Book, a year-round hitting consultant trained by Denny Walling, stressed the fundamentals in…
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Moving group championships should be good for the fans
Staff Writer By tim morris Both Scott Goodale and Mads Madsen agree that moving the state group wrestling championships to a main location next February is a good idea. Goodale, who coaches Jackson High School, and Madsen, the head coach over at Lakewood High School, like the new agreement the NJSIAA has inked with the…
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Touati, Gallo beat the heat and field to win FARC 5Ks
Fred Touati and Lindsey Gallo beat the searing heat and their fellow runners in Week Two of the Freehold Area Running Club’s Summer Race Series at Battlefield State Park, Manalapan. The 43-year-old Touati, who lives in Manalapan, was the overall winner, stepping off an 18:20 on the 3.1-mile course that is run within the confines…
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Young Tornadoes getting better with experience
Staff Writer By mike white Tom Kaps jokes that he inherited the job as coach of the Jackson Tornadoes, a girls under-16 travel soccer team. Two years ago, the Tornadoes coach needed to resign. Kaps was hand-picked to be the new leader of the Tornadoes. "He sort of volunteered me for the position when he…
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Sport Shorts
The Ocean County Parks and Recreation Department will be conducting golf lessons for children at Ocean County Park, Route 88, Lakewood. The lessons are for children ages 10-15. The fee is $20 for four lessons. All small children must have junior clubs; the park will not provide them. The first session will be on Fridays,…
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Hearon stellar in net in All-Shore lacrosse game Jackson goalie makes her final high school lacrosse game count
Staff Writer By mike white Hearon stellar in net in All-Shore lacrosse game Jackson goalie makes her final high school lacrosse game count JACKSON — Jackson High School senior Rachel Hearon made her final appearance in a scholastic lacrosse game one to remember. Hearon, who anchored the Jaguars’ defense from her goalie position this past…
