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Brookdale teams shine on diamonds
Baseball team is third, softball team is sixth at national tournaments BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer It has become a rite of spring. As sure as April showers bring May flowers, the Brookdale Community College baseball and softball teams play in the junior college national championships. The two teams — which over the years have…
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Brother, sister reach national tournaments
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Throughout their respective seasons, Frank Mormino and his sister, Kelly, were constantly text messaging each other. The siblings from Howell were updating each other on how their teams did and what they had done on that particular day. Frank is a first baseman for the Brookdale Community College baseball team…
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Sport Shorts
Jeff Pizzi of Marlboro, an outfielder on the New Jersey Institute of Technology baseball team, was selected by the New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association to the 2009 Division I All-State Rookie Team. Pizzi, a freshman, hit .284 for NJIT and led the team in runs scored (18) and triples (two). He was second on the…
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Lenape stops Patriots in state lacrosse
Slow start is too much for FTHS to overcome BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Spotting a team four goals early on is no way to begin a state tournament game, and although the Freehold Township High School boys lacrosse team was eventually able to claw its way back into its NJSIAA Public Group IV state…
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Datebook
• The Freehold Art Society will have an open exhibit sponsored by Around the Corner Art Center, Freehold Township, which can be seen during library hours at the Freehold Public Library, East Main Street, Freehold, from June 10 to the end of September. Ribbons and prizes will be awarded. Artists interested in exhibiting may call…
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Motorcycle run will benefit scholarships
Cross Point Baptist Church of Farmingdale will host a motorcycle run June 6 that will give participants a scenic ride along the back roads of Monmouth County while raising money for the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund. The fund benefits children of our Armed Forces personnel. Everyone who participates will be entered in the drawing for…
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Memorial run/walk scheduled for June 7
MANALAPAN — The Carlee A. Wines Memorial 5-Mile Run/Walk will be held June 7 at Manalapan High School, Church Lane. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. Proceeds will benefit the Carlee A. Wines Memorial Scholarship and awarded to students in financial need who embody the leadership, character, and energy that Carlee, who was killed in…
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Volunteers sought for Manalapan Day booth
The Manalapan-Englishtown Alliance for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Abuse is seeking volunteers to provide face painting and also to wear a mascot costume at Manalapan Day on June 13. The alliance will have a booth set up with information about drug and alcohol abuse. Students who volunteer will earn community service and volunteer…
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Ranney forensics team takes top honors
The forensics team at Ranney School, Tinton Falls, recently took home top honors at the Ranney-hosted junior forensics festival for fifth- and sixth-grade students from Ranney, St. Jerome School in West Long Branch and St. Veronica School in Howell. All students received certificates of participation. Awards for local students included: Excellence in Forensics Arts (top…
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