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Braves’ Appice wins Region VI heavyweight championship
Howell’s Cameron is a runner-up at 138 BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The 2011-12 campaign has been a renaissance season for the Manalapan High School wrestling team and it got even better on Feb. 25 when John Appice won an NJSIAA Region VI championship. Appice, a junior, became the first Manalapan wrestler since Nick Manochio…
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Brookdale hosts region basketball tournament
Action set for March 1, 3; Jersey Blues men are top seed The Brookdale Community College men’s and women’s basketball teams have enjoyed the friendly confines of Collins Arena in Lincroft this winter. The Jersey Blues men finished the regular season undefeated (14-0) at home, while the Jersey Blues women lost just once on their…
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Freehold Raceway reopens March 1
Live racing returns to central New Jersey on March 1 with the opening of a 90-day harness racing meet at Freehold Raceway, Park Avenue, Freehold. The first 39 dates, the spring season in March, April and May, offer a three-day-aweek schedule: Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Post time is 12:30 p.m. Freehold Raceway will mark the…
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Howell QB Davies heading to Moravian with receiver Craig
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Howell High School’s record-setting quarterback Ryan Davies will be throwing passes for Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa. Davies had many college suitors and made several visits to campuses before deciding that Moravian, which plays in the Centennial Conference, was best for him. Davies said that during his official visit to…
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State swimming finals next for Klockner, Ross
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold-Old Bridge YMCA swim team members Noelle Klockner and Stephanie Ross will close out their high school careers by competing at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association individual championships to be held onMarch 3-4 at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology in Sewell. Although they compete for different high…
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Scarlet Fliers edge Cougars in defensive battle
Neptune ends Colts Neck’s run in championship game of conference tournament BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Colts Neck’s Sean O’Reilly (l) and Lucas Lalima double-team Jaheem Woods of Neptune during the fourth quarter of the Shore Conference Tournament championship game on Feb. 24 in West Long Branch. The Scarlet Fliers topped the Cougars, 37-33. ERIC…
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Marcella Eccleston
Mrs. Eccleston, 89, of Manalapan, died Feb. 23, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was born in Ireland and had lived in Staten Island, N.Y., for 40 years. Mrs. Eccleston was predeceased by her husband, James, in 1988. Surviving are two sons and daughters-inlaw, Kevin and Patricia of Rahway, and Brendan and Eileen…
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Anna N. Morin
Mrs. Morin, 49, of Manalapan, died Feb. 17, 2012, at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York City. She was born in Hoboken and was raised and had lived in Palisades Park before moving to Manalapan in 1997. Mrs. Morin was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband, Mario Morin; a daughter, Angela Kurczeski and her husband, Justin,…
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Joseph Anthony Opramolla
Mr. Opramolla, 80, a resident of Aberdeen for 44 years, died Feb. 17, 2012, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served with the 3rd Infantry Honor Guard Unit at Arlington National Cemetery from 1955 to 1957. Mr. Opramolla was vice president of corporate communication with Colgate Palmolive…
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