• Locals advance to nationals

    Three student-athletes from Colts Neck High School are heading to the USATF Junior Olympic National Championships. Julia Petruch, Ally Doyle and Dan Harrison qualified for the national meet with top five finishes at the Region 2 qualifying meet that was held at the University of Delaware, Newark, Del. on July 7-8. Petruch was a multi-event…

  • Division-winning Cougars lead All-FRHSD volleyball

    Led by coach Glenn Jansen’s Colts Neck High School Cougars, 2012 was another good season for boys volleyball in the Freehold Regional High School District. The Cougars were the Shore Conference A North Division public school champions, going 8-2 in the division. The Cougars (19- 8) set a school record for wins in a season.…

  • Bloodgood, Dambach lead All-FRHSD lacrosse

    The Colts Neck High School, Freehold Township High School and Howell High School boys lacrosse teams all qualified for the state tournament in the 2012 season. Colts Neck, which was 7-2 in Shore Conference A North Division play, led the way with an 11-6 record. The Cougars finished third in the division, but they had…

  • Area track stars move on from U.S. Olympic Trials

    Local standouts come up short in bid for spots in London BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The disappointment of not earning a place on the 2012 U.S. Olympic track and field team did not linger long with Ashley Higginson or Robby Andrews. They did not have time to dwell on their performances at the Olympic…

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    The Manalapan High School Baseball Parents Association will host its first golf outing on Sept. 9 at the Cranbury Golf Club, West Windsor. Cost per golfer is $115 by Aug. 9 and $125 thereafter. Check-in begins at 11 a.m. Fee includes lunch/snack, dinner, beverages, greens fee, cart, awards and more. Sponsorship opportunities are available. For…

  • Howell Heat wins Eye of the Storm fast-pitch softball tournament

    The 10U Howell Heat girls travel fastpitch softball team, a division of the Howell Girls Softball League, won the 2012 Howell Hurricanes’ Eye of the Storm softball tournament on July 1 in Howell. In A Division pool play, the Heat defeated the South Brunswick Vikings, the Jersey Flames and the Carteret Craze, which was good…

  • Lefante wins Public Links title at Bethpage Black

    The famed Bethpage Black golf course on Long Island, N.Y., and golfer Eric Lefante proved to be a good mix. Lefante, a former Colts Neck High School standout, scored his first Metropolitan Golf Association (MGA) victory on July 12 when he won the 65th MGA/MetLife Public Links Championship at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, N.Y.…

  • Wold’s career unparalleled in FRHSD field hockey

    Freehold High School graduate getting set to play at North Carolina BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Emily Wold, who recently graduated from Freehold High School, has already started working out in anticipation of joining the University of North Carolina field hockey team later this summer. Wold has been named the News Transcript’s 2012 Senior Female…

  • Philip D. Guth

    Mr. Guth, 64, of Freehold Township, died June 28, 2012, at home. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1967 to 1969. Prior to retiring, he was employed by the Colts Neck School District Board of Education in the Building and Grounds Department. Mr. Guth is survived by his wife, Barbara A. Shields Guth; two…

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