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    JEFF GRANIT staff Brick Township High School’s Joe Spinella runs a gauntlet of blocking pads during the team’s practice on Aug. 20.

  • Strawberry to speak in Jackson

    Former New York Mets and New York Yankees slugger Darryl Strawberry will appear at Jackson Memorial High School, 101 Don Connor Blvd., Jackson, on Sept. 13 at 1 p.m. Strawberry will speak, answer questions from the audience and sign autographs. “Darryl Strawberry will speak beginning at 1 p.m.,” said Glenn Cantor, fundraising co-chairperson for Congregation…

  • BTHS pitcher, coach unfazed by new NJSIAA softball rule

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer It’s 3 feet, a mere yard for the upcoming football season, but that distance could make a significant difference for high school girls softball pitchers next spring. It’s the added distance from the mound to home plate unanimously approved by the NJSIAA earlier this month for the 2010 season. Instead…

  • Trap, neuter and release feral cat program on the way

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis doesn’t think euthanizing cats is the way to control cat colonies in the township. So Acropolis and other officials have been researching sample ordinances from other towns in order to set up a trap, neuter and release program. “There’s so many unwanted animals out there,”…

  • Brick teams revving up for 2009 Pop Warner season

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Few teams have had seasons like the Brick Dragons Junior Pee Wee White football team has had the past two years. In 2007, the team allowed a touchdown in the first quarter and did not allow one the rest of the regular season schedule. That year they won the Jersey…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Bill Snyder of Brick takes advantage of the rough surf from Hurricane Bill off Brick Beach 1 on Aug. 21.

  • Former Brick star Joe Testa gets Minn. Twins invitation

    Relief pitcher invited to Instructional League at Fort Myers BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Joe Testa of Jackson is headed to the playoffs soon in a bright season with the Fort Myers Miracle High A team in the Florida State League. And Testa got more good news in what has been a solid season for…

  • Brick American Major All-Stars reflect on Cal Ripken World Series

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Brick American Major All-Star manager Ray Mannon and his players had an unforgettable experience playing in the Cal Ripken World Series in Aberdeen, Md., that will carry over to fall ball for some and next spring and beyond for others. “It’s something I’ll never forget: our fans with the clappers…

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    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: New Brick Township High School football coach Patrick Dowling gives instructions to his players during practice on Aug. 20. Right: A receiver goes up for a ball during a drill at Brick Township High School.

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