• Howell bowlers get title defense off to good start

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer With an opening match victory over Jackson Memorial High School of Jackson, the Howell High School girls bowling team signaled to everyone that it remains the team to beat. Howell has been one of the state’s dominant programs for the past decade. In 2011 the Rebels, under the director of…

  • Liberatore helps CBA make state cross country history

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer A aron Liberatore of Marlboro knew that he had the chance to be a part of something very special this fall. Liberatore’s Christian Brothers Academy cross country team was coming off an outstanding 2010 season in which the Colts won the NJSIAAMeet of Champions team title and finished fifth at…

  • Manalapan TNT U18 win soccer showcase

    The Manalapan TNT U18 soccer team won the overall championship in the Men’s U19 Eredivisie Division at the MAPS/MSSL 2011 Winter College Showcase. The tournament was held over the Thanksgiving weekend at Fort Dix in southern New Jersey. Manalapan TNT played four soccer matches, winning three and tying one, against teams from New York, Pennsylvania…

  • Barnett, Weiner lead All-FRHSD X-C squad

    Howell High School’s historic NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV team championship highlighted another banner season for girls cross country in the Freehold Regional High School District. The Rebels seized the day at the state sectional meet at Thompson Park in Jamesburg and with everyone rising to the occasion, coach John Hein’s Rebels won the elusive…

  • Manofmanymissions, Market Share win New Jersey Sire Stakes awards

    Manofmanymissions, who trotted the fastest mile in New Jersey Sire Stakes history, has been selected as the overall New Jersey Sire Stakes Horse of the Year for 2011. The award, which is voted annually by the Sire Stakes Board of Trustees, is based solely on performances in races for New Jersey-sired horses, including NJSS races…

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    Gymnasts from Greater Media Newspapers’ coverage area in central New Jersey dominated the New Jersey Girls Gymnastics Coaches Association’s 2011 All-State Team. All-Around state champion Danielle Verdon from Freehold High School, North Brunswick High School’s Alexis Gabel and Freehold High School’s Jen King lead the all-around selections. They finished one, two, three at the state…

  • Patriots’ Tarpey paces All-FRHSD cross country team

    Freehold Township High School cross country runner Dylan Tarpey sprints to the finish line during the NJSIAA Meet of Champions on Nov. 19 at Holmdel Park in Holmdel. Tarpey helped the Patriots race to a sixth-place finish in the team standings. Today, Tarpey has been named to Greater Media Newspapers’ All-Freehold Regional High School District…

  • Ruth Mary Gravino

    Mrs. Gravino, 78, of Freehold, died Dec. 10, 2011, at home. She was employed at SIAC, Brooklyn, N.Y. She was predeceased by her husband, Dennis Gravino, in 2008. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Steven and Tracy Gravino; three brothers, Robert, Frank and Michael Reilly; and a sister, Patricia Dove. Arrangements were under the direction…

  • Joan Samanich

    Mrs. Samanich, 81, of Freehold and upstate New York, died Dec. 8, 2011, at the Madison Center, Old Bridge. Prior to retiring, she was employed for more than 25 years as a school bus driver for the Freehold Township Board of Education. She was predeceased by her husband, Emanuel, a sister Blanche Zelinsky, and a…

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