• Colonials’ gymnasts hitting their routines

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer With championship meets approaching, the Freehold High School gymnastics team is rounding into form as it looks to defend last year’s titles. The Colonials lost their first dual meet since 2010 at the start of the 2012 season (103.7756 to 102.10 to Holmdel High School), but they have been on…

  • Patriots expecting dogfight in A North field hockey

    Freehold Twp. girls are defending champions BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Lindsay Tobey (l), here trying to gain control of the ball against Allentown High School, has been one of the offensive catalysts on the Freehold Township High School field hockey team, which has gotten off to a 4-0 start this fall. LAUREN CASSELBERRY Having…

  • Send us your team photos

    Be part of the Greater Media team. Send your team photos. Greater Media News/StringFly wants you to submit team sports photos. It can be any sport or activity — baseball, football, soccer, cheer squad — and from any high school, Little League, or community league team. When you submit the photo, tell us the name…

  • Mustangs snap losing skid; Braves, Cougars win big

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer There were smiles on the faces of every Marlboro Mustangs football player on the bus ride home from Howell High School on Sept. 14. The Mustangs had just snapped their 13-game losing streak, which included games during three seasons, in beating Howell by a 16-8 final score. “We worked really…

  • Braves, Cougars, Mustangs return to gridiron this week

    There will be a full slate of football games this weekend for the Freehold Regional High School District teams. Colts Neck, Manalapan and Marlboro were off over the weekend of Oct. 5-6. Manalapan (4-0) will play at home for just the second time this season when the Braves host East Brunswick (1-3) of the Greater…

  • Colonials determined to prove themselves again in 2012

    Field hockey team has won two straight state championships BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Alex Litowsky There may be no more determined team in the state than the Freehold High School field hockey squad. You might ask how a team that has won back-to-back state championships can maintain its hunger. It may seem difficult with…

  • Championship events approaching for cross country teams

    The calendar has turned to October, and for the area’s high school cross country runners and teams that means the serious racing begins. The Oct. 5 Shore Coaches Invitational at Holmdel Park, Holmdel, serves as the traditional kickoff to this part of the campaign. It is the first time teams from around New Jersey visit…

  • Mustangs have chemistry, Manzi going for them

    Marlboro is defending SCT volleyball champion BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Marlboro High School’s Jet Manzi shows total concentration as she looks to set up one of her teammates during the Sept. 13 match against Freehold High School in Marlboro. Manzi sparked the Mustangs to a straight-set victory, serving up 19 winners. ERIC SUCAR staff…

  • Rizzo sparks Braves to big A North Division victory

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Danielle Rizzo A s the only senior in the starting lineup for the Manalapan High School soccer team, Danielle Rizzo explained her role by saying, “I need to always be positive.” In an Oct. 4 showdown at home against Freehold Township, “positive” was Rizzo scoring two goals and assisting on…

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