• CJ Hawks repeat as champions

    The Central Jersey Hawks enjoyed another banner AAU basketball season. The 10-U girls team made up of players from the area captured its second straight New Jersey AAU State Championship. The Hawks defeated the Shore Shots in the final. In addition to winning the state title, the Hawks won tournaments at the Fencor AAU club…

  • Vintage Master joins greats with Cane win

    In a vintage performance worthy of the great champions of the past, Vintage Master won the 55th Cane Pace on Labor Day, Sept. 7, at Freehold Raceway. In joining such greats as Bret Hanover, Albatross and Niatross, who are all previous winners of the Cane Pace, Vintage Master was masterful. Vintage Master was driven by…

  • Field hockey teams bidding for success

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold High School has carried the banner for field hockey in the Freehold Regional High School District in recent years. Coach Jerrilynn Acevedo’s Colonials have emerged as one of the Shore Conference’s top programs during that time span. This fall, Acevedo must replace 10 starters who helped to elevate the…

  • Plainfield Curling Club to host open house Oct. 3

    Anyone who has ever wanted to try a sport that has been featured during coverage of the last two Winter Olympics will have that opportunity on Oct. 3 from 2-6 p.m. when New Jersey’s only dedicated curling facility hosts an open house. Eric Blassneck is the membership chair at the Plainfield Curling Club. He started…

  • Fish On

    Flounder season concludes RON NUZZOLO The New Jersey summer flounder season was officially closed as of Sept. 4. New Jersey recreational anglers’ harvest of summer flounder (fluke) was the current 18-inch minimum size and six fish possession limit.   The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council (MAFMC) are responsible…

  • Brookdale soccer looks formidable

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Two soccer teams that are looking to go places in 2009 are on the campus of Brookdale Community College, Lincroft. Mike Costa’s men’s team is coming off the finest season in school history (17-1-3). It was a season in which the Jersey Blues marched through the Garden State Athletic Conference…

  • Big plays spark Colonials’ victory in opener

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Scoring 20 points in the first quarter of the first game of 2009 removed any lingering doubts that the Freehold High School football team might suffer from a championship season hangover. Freehold High School quarterback Martin Corso threads his way past New Brunswick defenders during the Colonials’ 34-10 win over…

  • Mediate, Gulbis sign on to headline Golf Classic

    Called the most highly anticipated charitable golf and entertainment event in central New Jersey, the Sovereign Bank Charity Golf Classic returns on Oct. 5- 6. The event, held at Forsgate Country Club, Monroe Township, raises funds for the nonprofit Forsgate Foundation, which supports causes throughout New Jersey. Rocco Mediate PGA Tour professional Rocco Mediate will…

  • Register Kidz Art program in Howell

    Registration for A Kidz Art program for children in grades kindergarten to eighth grade is currently taking place at the Howell Township Recreation Building, Preventorium Road. The program will be held at Land O’ Pines Elementary school on Tuesday afternoons from 4 to 5 p.m. or Greenville Elementary School on Thursday afternoons from 3:15 to…

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