• 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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    Rutgers Youth Football Day will be on Nov. 10 when the Scarlet Knights host Army at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway. High school football players and cheerleaders attending the game can get discounted tickets plus a free Rutgers souvenir. For more information, contact Rutgers at 866-445-4678 or [email protected]. Items for the Sport Shorts column…

  • Hawks snap home-field losing streak with route over Rhode Island

    Monmouth University’s football team snapped its eight-game home losing streak on Sept. 8 when the Hawks routed the University of Rhode Island, 41-6, at Kessler Field. Redshirt senior quarterback Kyle Frazier (Gaithersburg, Md./Saint John’s College H.S.) threw for 264 yards and three touchdowns and sophomore running back Julian Hayes (Middletown, Conn./Xavier [The Hun School]) had…

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    Indoor Auto Racing will return to Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall in 2013 for the 11th year under the promotion of Len Sammons. Sammons has confirmed that the exciting events will be held on the nights of Feb. 1-2. Tickets for the Atlantic City Indoor Races became available on Aug. 17. The Three-Quarter Midgets will hit…

  • CBA harriers begin season where they left off, ranked No. 1

    Colts are top-ranked preseason squad BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer A fter his Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) won the Nike Cross Nationals last December, head coach Tom Heath was asked what was next. “Do it again,” he replied. “It’s never been done before.” It’s the challenge that will be driving the Colts in this year’s…

  • Matawan football opens 2012 with a win at Bishop Ahr

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Matawan Regional High School’s defending NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II championship football team picked up where it left off last season, despite having a new coach and some new players in the lineup, when it took command early in a 24-6 season-opening victory on Sept. 9 at Bishop George Ahr High…

  • Alfonso Murcia

    Mr. Murcia, 88, of Manalapan, formerly of Matawan, died Sept. 3, 2012, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was born in Colombia. Prior to retiring, Mr. Murcia was employed as a mechanical engineer for Old Bridge Chemicals. He was predeceased by his wife, Kathryn, in 2012. Surviving are six children, Elisabet Gomez and Gladys…

  • Charles Katz

    Mr. Katz, 86, of Monroe, formerly of Plainfield and Marlboro, died Sept. 1, 2012, at home. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran. Mr. Katz graduated from the New Jersey College of Pharmacy at Rutgers University, Newark. Prior to retiring, he owned and operated the Family Prescription Pharmacy in Milltown. Surviving are…

  • Per S. Osvold

    Mr. Osvold, 79, of Freehold, formerly of Middletown, died Sept. 1, 2012. He was born in Norway and was a U.S. Army veteran. Prior to retiring, Mr. Osvold was employed as a carpenter in New York City. He was predeceased by his wife, Gertrude, in 2009. He is survived by two children, Elizabeth Scibor of…

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