• Defense had Rebels back in playoff hunt

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer On the first day of practice for the 2010-11 season, Howell High School hockey coach Bill Daley and his assistant coaches sat down with the Rebels’ three captains to discuss what the team needed to do to be successful. “We talked about what we needed to work on, and it…

  • Defense, togetherness made the difference for Patriots

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The Freehold Township High School boys basketball team may not have been pretty to watch this year, but if you like effort, the Patriots were the team for you. “We played hard all year,” coach Brian Golub said. “The key was defense. They trusted each other and played with heart…

  • Manalapan’s Firkser, Carr announce college choices

    Rutgers University-bound Mike Bimonte (c) joined his Manalapan High School teammates Josh Firkser (l) and Steve Carr after they signed national letters of intent to play college football on an athletic scholarship. Firkser will attend Wagner College, Staten Island, N.Y., and Carr is headed to Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Josh Firkser and the Manalapan High…

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    The Alumni Softball Sunday League is accepting teams for its spring men’s league. Teams play doubleheaders with no time limits. Games are played in Manalapan and Englishtown, and the season will open onApril 10. Deadline to register is March 27. For more information, contact Stuart Pfeffer by email at [email protected] or by phone, 732- 513-4836.…

  • No. 1 seed Cougars play for CJ III title

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The road to the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III boys basketball championship title went through Colts Neck High School this week, and coach Lou Piccola would not have had it any other way. The advantage of being the No. 1 seed in the sectional tournament was that every opponent had…

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    Freehold Township High School’s Lily Weinstein (23) tries to get a piece of a shot being taken by Jackson Memorial’s Christa Evans during a Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament game March 2 in Freehold Township. The visiting Jaguars defeated the Patriots, 49-46. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Rebels fall to hot-shooting Rancocas Valley in states

    Jackson Memorial eliminates Freehold Twp. in girls basketball action BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Sometimes you have to tip your hat to your opponent after a loss. That is what coach Bill Gallacher did after his Howell High School girls basketball team saw its championship season come to an end with a 64-44 loss at…

  • Kaplan–Fox

    Lonnie Andrew Fox, Amanda Brooke Kaplan Debbie and Bob Kaplan of the Morganville section ofMarlboro announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Brooke Kaplan, to Lonnie Andrew Fox, son of Robin and Dr. Edward Fox of Woodbury, N.Y. The future bride is a graduate of Marlboro High School and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,…

  • Pollack–Babuschak

    Cathy and Brian Pollack Cathy Jane Babuschak, daughter of Judy and Mike Babuschak of Stafford, Va., was married Aug. 28, 2010, to Brian Keith Pollack, son of Bunnie Lee and Jan Pollack of Freehold. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Don Gribble at the Jepson Alumni Center at the University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg,…

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