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When the 2012 season at Freehold Raceway ended on Dec. 22, the man on the top of the driver standings was Eric Abbatiello, who began defending the title on Jan. 3, when Freehold re-opened for the first of 110 dates. The 44-year-old Abbatiello finished with 126 wins to 111 for Cat Manzi in second place.…
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Trainer Toscano, Chapter Seven receive state harness racing honors
Chapter Seven, the Dan Patch Award winning Horse of the Year, has been named the 2012 New Jersey Standardbred of the Year, as selected by the New Jersey Equine Advisory Board. Chapter Seven’s trainer, Linda Toscano of Freehold, will also be honored with the Governor’s Cup as New Jersey Horseperson of the Year. Chapter Seven…
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Marlboro’s Manzi heads up All-District volleyball team
This text will be replaced The most dynamic girls volleyball career ended this fall as Marlboro High School’s Jet Manzi again made the Mustangs one of the Shore Conference’s elite teams. Manzi, who will continue her volleyball career at Lafayette College, led the Mustangs to a 20-5 season that included a return trip to the…
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Mustangs get needed boost with tournament triumph
Boys basketball team wins in Madison BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer When Mike Nausedas became Marlboro High School’s new head boys basketball coach, his top priority was to change the culture around the program. In recent seasons, the program had witnessed a revolving door of coaches. The first thing Nausedas, who had been coaching the…
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Freehold Pop Warner teams were undefeated league champions
Jr. Pee Wee Blue, Midgets teams go 10-0 BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer I t’s been quite a year for the Freehold Giants of the New Jersey Shore Pop Warner Conference (NJSPWC). The Giants qualified all five of its teams for the NJSPWC playoffs, with two going through the season unscathed en route to a…
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Braves’ Firkser is newest career 1,000-point scorer
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Anthony Firkser Six days after catching two touchdown passes in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group V football championship game, Manalapan High School’s Anthony Firkser poured in 26 points in the Braves’ boys basketball 59-50 win over Christian Brothers Academy. Even he was “pretty surprised” by the performance. “It was a…
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Pats, Colonials ruled FRHSD field hockey
Freehold and Freehold Township high schools had exceptional field hockey seasons once again in 2012. Beth English’s Patriots did something they hadn’t done before when they marched through the regular season undefeated on the way to a repeat Shore Conference A North Division crown. They stumbled in the Shore Conference Tournament, but they rebounded en…
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Horrigan leads Patriots to Kuhnert Classic win
Colonials dedicate basketball court to their late coach BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold Township High School center John Horrigan (33) puts up a short jumper over Freehold High School defenders during the Jan. 4 Jack Kuhnert Classic at Freehold. Horrigan netted a game-high 26 points, and the visiting Patriots pulled away in the second…
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‘Family Portraits’ exhibit at Ruben’s
“Telephone,” oil on canvas, 2012 A collection of candid photographs documenting the lives of relatives and family friends — some of whom she has never even met — inspired Karissa Harvey to reinterpret the images into works of art. An exhibit of this work, “Family Portraits,” will be at Ruben’s World Gallery, 716 Cookman Ave.,…
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