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    The Monmouth County Park System is keeping two of its golf courses open for play this winter — Bel-Aire Golf Course in Wall and Charleston Springs Golf Course in Millstone. Golfers will be able to tee off on Bel-Aire’s 18-hole course starting Jan. 1 and on Charleston Springs’ South Course starting Jan. 2. Other county…

  • Lions’ defense guides them to four wins to open 2012-13 season

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Middletown High School South’s hockey team has stolen the thunder around town over the years, but Middletown High School North is making some noise this season in a 4-1 start. The Lions won their first four games, but they dropped a 5-1 loss to Freehold Township High School on Dec. 16…

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    Jim Pantaleano captured his 6,000th lifetime victory with two wins at Freehold Raceway on Dec. 14. With wins in the ninth race guiding Stunt Man Hall ($3.40) and eleventh with Devine Filly ($3), the 50-year old Cleveland, Ohio native reached the milestone. Pantaleano drove in his first race when he was 16 years old at…

  • Raritan in second year of ice hockey co-op agreement with Freehold

    BY NEIL BORENSTEIN Staff Writer I t may not look as though Raritan High School has a boys ice hockey team, but that’s just because team members are wearing the jerseys of a different school. Starting in the 2011-12 season, players from Raritan joined members of Freehold High School in a cooperative agreement to play…

  • How to get your sports news in the paper

    If you would like your sports news published, please submit a press release at least two weeks in advance of an event such as team registration or tryouts. Results of youth games and tournaments may also be submitted, as well as collegiate news about former high school athletes. Give complete information, such as dates, full…

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    Red Bank Catholic High School’s Alex Spezio (back) and Matawan Regional High School’s James Pierce try to gain an advantage during their 145-pound match on Dec. 15 at the Matawan Icebreaker Wrestling Tournament hosted by Matawan. Pierce slipped past Spezio, 8-7, and went on to win the 145-pound championship by defeating Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High…

  • Defense is sparking BCC womens basketball team

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer When the calendar changes to 2013, Bob Dubina, the head coach of the Brookdale Community College womens basketball team, expects his girls to become one of the best teams in the Garden State Athletic Conference and Region XIX. With only two players returning and a host of incoming freshmen, Dubina…

  • Matawan boys basketball relying on young players to lead the way

    Huskies open season with 59-40 win over Red Bank Regional BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Matawan The Matawan Regional High School boys basketball team is more experienced than most teams with two starting sophomores. Last season, the Huskies were left shorthanded just one month before opening the 2011-12 campaign and finished just 11-14 overall. Matawan starts…

  • Explore a child’s life in Old Monmouth

    Trio of Tin Soldiers, England, circa 1916-1918 Painted and enameled lead The Monmouth County Historical Association invites families to attend a special holiday program while visiting the main museum on Dec. 26. The holiday exhibit, “A Toy Shop Window,” featuring unique and original 19thcentury toys from the museum collection, is on display in the front…

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