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Howell wrestlers seek sixth straight crown
FRHSD squads are ready to begin action this week BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The 2010-11 high school wrestling season will open this weekend with tournaments taking place around New Jersey. The action on the mats will provide coaches with a chance to get a good look at their wrestlers without the matches counting on…
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Cioffi to be inducted into Montclair Hall of Fame
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Paul Cioffi of Marlboro was always at home on the football field. “I loved playing football,” the former Montclair State University All-American said. That love for the game made Cioffi play with abandon every time he put his helmet and shoulder pads on. It made him one of the greatest…
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Manzi & Mustangs were 2010 volleyball standouts
There was a changing of the guard on the high school volleyball court this fall. Coach Margie McNamara’s Marlboro High School Mustangs emerged as the best team in the Freehold Regional High School District as they dethroned Colts Neck High School as the Shore Conference A North Division champions. It was the first title in…
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Rutgers wrestling team ranked No. 13 in USA
In his fourth year as head coach of the Rutgers University wrestling team, former Jackson Memorial High School coach Scott Goodale has turned the Scarlet Knights into a nationally ranked program. And he is doing it with a lot of talent from the shore area, led by Jackson Memorial High School graduate Scott Winston and…
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Michael Caggiano, 14, an eighth-grader from Manalapan, has been selected to kick in the Youth All-American game in San Antonio, Texas, on Jan. 9. Caggiano competed in camps throughout the country and earned a No. 2 kicker in the country ranking from Football University, Rivals and Eastbay. Caggiano, who recorded a 47-yard field goal, had…
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Patriots, O’Dowd head boys cross country team
Colts Neck High School senior Mike O’Dowd was the area’s best cross country runner in 2010, while Freehold Township High School established itself as the outstanding boys team in the area. Once again, runners from the Freehold Regional High School District enjoyed a highly productive season on cross country courses throughout the state. Keenan Huggins-Filozof…
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High school students sought for award
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township Human Relations Council is seeking local high school students to be candidates for a humanitarian of the year award. The council will recognize a high school student who demonstrates behaviors consistent with its mission to foster and promote good will, cooperation and conciliation among all the residents of Freehold…
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Marlboro administrators discuss results of testing
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A portion of the Marlboro K-8 School District’s special needs pupils did not meet required benchmarks in recent testing that measures adequate yearly progress (AYP) as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Administrators are hoping for a change in testing that could eventually assist…
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Catena pupils link up with Ugandan youths
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Sylvia Allen, the founder of a nonprofit organization that provides children in Uganda, Africa, with services and necessities, recently put into place a program that now connects Ugandan youngsters with children in Freehold Township. The children are writing to each other as pen-pals. Recently, Freehold Township…
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