• FRHSD sports history will be forever changed

    SPORTS BEAT TIM MORRIS The cuts to sports in the Freehold Regional High School District were not as draconian as the local rumor mill had suggested in recent weeks, but they were still damaging. Indoor track and field has become the biggest casualty of the FRHSD Board of Education’s budget cuts for the 2010-11 school…

  • Freehold Township Juniors counting on pitching depth

    District 19 champions to play in Eastern Regional on their home fields BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Experience and the home field advantage are what the Freehold Township Little League Junior League all-stars have going for them as they head into the Little League Junior League Eastern Regional tournament. The weeklong event will begin Aug.…

  • Ice hockey stars set for action

    The rosters for the Jim Dowd Shoot for the Stars Foundation Monmouth vs. Ocean All-Star ice hockey game to be played at the Red Bank Armory, Red Bank, on Aug. 8: Monmouth County All-Stars Goalie: Zach Dietrich, CBA, Chris Marsillo, Middletown South, Vincent Padula, Rumson-Fair Haven. Defense: Joakim Ryan, CBA, Alex Strauss, CBA, Dan O’Keefe,…

  • H.S. hockey standouts set for summer classic

    NHL veteran Jim Dowd is once again organizing a special event for charity BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jim Dowd, a Brick Township, Ocean County, native who retired in April 2009 after 14 seasons in the NHL, watched the 2010 Stanley Cup finals in June with keen interest. The Chicago Blackhawks ended a long dry spell…

  • Olympic champion pays visit to Action Gymnastics

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Action Gymnastics in Howell has become more than a home to champions. Recently, U.S. Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson made an unexpected visit to the Howell facility to film a commercial. U.S. Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson (l) was in Howell recently to film a commercial at Action…

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    SportsZone’s Adult Flag Football League is now forming for the fall 2010 season. The league is open to all adults and the cost is $975 per team for a guaranteed 10 games. Registration is open to teams and also to individuals who are seeking a team. Games will be 48 minutes long and will be…

  • Freehold Juniors win American Legion title

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Looks can be deceiving. At first glance, Neal Bolton, who manages the Freehold Borough American Legion Junior Team (17 and under), wasn’t sure what kind of a baseball team he had. It turns out he was coaching a championship squad. “I didn’t think we were particularly overloaded with talent,” he…

  • Mezzasalma makes mark in javelin

    Marlboro High School graduate won 2010 N.J. state championship BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer At this time last summer no one would have given Marlboro High School athlete Elaina Mezzasalma much of a chance at being the New Jersey state champion in the javelin in 2010. Marlboro High School 2010 graduate Elaina Mezzasalma worked hard…

  • Changes are cooking in school cafeterias

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — New lunch options, including larger portions for pupils’ grumbling stomachs, will be available at Marlboro’s two middle schools during the upcoming school year. During the July 13 Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education meeting, board members were treated to a sampling of the district’s lunch options as…

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