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Survivor: Whatever you want to do, you can do it
Alum visits school during Relay for Life week to share his experiences battling cancer BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Evan Ruggiero shows his prosthetic leg to students at Walter Schirra Elementary School in Old Bridge as Principal Colleen Montuori holds the chair steady on June 9. Ruggiero, who lost his leg to cancer, graduated from…
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Monmouth University freshman and Freehold High School graduate Mackenzie Roche finished second in the 1,500-meter run at the Northeast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships this spring. Roche clocked a freshman school record of 4:42.77 as she finished behind her teammate Amanda Eller (4:42.15). Roche earned Second Team All-NEC recognition following her secondplace finish at…
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Holmdel hosting 25th NJ International track and field meet Sat.
The 25th annual New Jersey International Track and Field Meet is set for Saturday at Bob Roggy Memorial Field at Holmdel High School. The meet will run from 4-9 p.m. With the USA Track and Field Outdoor National Championships coming up, elite athletes will be looking either to post qualifying marks to compete at the…
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Rumson-Fair Haven fulfilled a goal with SCT victory
Boys lacrosse team defeats Jackson Memorial BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Rumson-Fair Haven High School boys lacrosse team entered the season with high expectations on the heels of a 14-6 record a year ago and a trip to the Shore Conference final for the second straight year. Coach Jim Barbiere’s team came through on two of…
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18th Sheehan Classic is Sat. in Red Bank
BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The 18th annual George Sheehan Classic 5-mile road race kicks off on Saturday at 8:30 a.m., and about 2,000 runners are expected to participate. The USATF-certified 5-miler, which winds through Red Bank, Fair Haven and Little Silver, highlights the weekend’s festivities. A2-mile health and fitness walk will start a few minutes after…
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Lancer softball team sweeps all five championship titles
SJV wins second straight state crown BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent From the start of the season, St. John Vianney High School was considered a top program in New Jersey, let alone the Shore Conference. Over the last two weeks, the Lancers fulfilled every expectation. St. John Vianney (29-1-1) swept through every possible championship this season,…
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McNamara, Shuler-Foster earn silver medals at MOC
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Red Bank Catholic High School’s Molly McNamara heads to the finish line of the 800-meter run at the NJSIAA Track and Field Outdoor Meet of Champions held June 9 at Lombardi Field in Old Bridge. McNamara finished second (2:11.66). Past Meet of Champion winners Molly McNamara and Miles Shuler-Foster didn’t…
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John Paul Rafter
Mr. Rafter, 79, of Middletown, died June 6, 2011, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. An alumnus of St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark and Seton Hall University in South Orange, he was a history teacher and a coach for Red Bank Catholic High School, Red Bank, for 45 years before retiring in 2006. Mr. Rafter…
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William J. Scalzo Sr.
Mr. Scalzo, 87, of Rumson, died June 10, 2011. AU.S. Army veteran of World War II who fought in the Battle of the Bulge, he had just participated on May 26 in the rededication ceremony for the Battle of the Bulge Monument from Fort Monmouth to the Thorne Middle School in Middletown. Mr. Scalzo was…
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