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Key pitchers, position players return to lead Sayreville
By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Sayreville War Memorial High School’s baseball team returns three of its top pitchers and several key position players from a youthful squad that managed to win 12 games last spring. Ryan Shereyka and juniors Pete Soporowski and Connor Johnson will be the main men on the mound for the Bombers. Shereyka…
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SPORT SHORTS
Highlighters Lacrosse coach Sandy Diebold of Howell has won Positive Coaching Alliance’s coveted Double-Goal Coach Award presented by TeamSnap for her positive impact on youth athletes. Diebold is one of 25 national recipients of the Double-Goal Coach Award, named for coaches who strive to win while also pursuing the more important goal of teaching life…
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Player of the Year
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Middlesex County College’s Quorea Pearyer, left, scoring against Atlantic Cape Community College, was named the Region 19 Division III Player of the Year by the region’s coaches. The sophomore guard led Middlesex to a 22-6 record and scored her 1,000th career point along the way.
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Knights have talent, depth to remain contenders in GMC
By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Old Bridge High School volleyball head coach Andrew Hopman, right, goes over a play with Dante Whipple during a preseason scrimmage against Kingsway Regional High School. The Knights will open the 2015 season on April 1 at home against South Brunswick High School. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI With a trio of hitters standing…
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Jesus Christ Superstar
TOP PICK Phoenix Productions will bring a fresh rendition of the rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” to Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre for four performances the last weekend of March. Created more than 40 years ago, “Jesus Christ Superstar” is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary and universally known series of events. The musical,…
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High school to host Gift and Tea Auction
Cardinal McCarrick High School/St. Mary’s High School will sponsor its annual Gift and Tea Auction noon-5 p.m. April 26 at the school, Second Street and Stevens Avenue, South Amboy. Admission is $20 per person. Complimentary coffee, tea and dessert will be served. Guests may reserve a table for 10 and bring their own food. Seating…
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Wrestling fundraiser to aid DeSarno family
UWA Elite Pro Wrestling will host a fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. March 28 at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 90 Leonardine Ave., South River, to benefit the DeSarno family of Sayreville, who lost their home to a fire in December. All six members of the family escaped the fire, but several are still working toward being…
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Seniors offering trip to Humperdinck show
Jamesburg Senior Citizens will sponsor an April 14 excursion to the Tropicana Casino, Atlantic City, to see Engelbert Humperdinck in concert. The bus will depart at 9:30 a.m. from the Senior Center, 139 Stevens Ave. Cost is $70 per person and includes show ticket, a buffet lunch, $25 in slot dollars and transportation. A few…
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Middlesex County sheriff honored as ‘Trailblazer’
Middlesex County Sheriff Mildred S. Scott was recognized last week for her achievements as a female in law enforcement and politics. She was among those to receive an Evangelina Menendez Trailblazer Award from U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez during his fifth annual Women’s History Month event on March 15 at Bergen County Community College in Paramus.…
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