Tag: Freehold
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Colonials fall to Rebels in tough conference wrestling meet
By Jeff Appelblatt Coach Matt Shepherd felt it essential to gather his coaching staff right away when Freehold High School’s wrestling team got back to Freehold the night of Jan. 26. The team had been bounced from the Shore Conference Wrestling Tournament, and the coaches needed to make plans for the next day and the…
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Sense of community flows through Chocolate & Wine event
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Inez Nedrick celebrated her birthday in January. Trying to decide on a special and unique gift for their mother, Nedrick’s daughters saw a posting on Facebook about Newspaper Media Group’s (NMG) Chocolate & Wine event. “I thought it would make a nice gift from my sister and me for her birthday,”…
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Colonials facing difficult stretch without leading scorer
By Jeff Appelblatt Injuries have impacted many basketball teams in the Shore Conference this year, and that includes Freehold High School’s girls’ basketball team. The club has been without last year’s leading scorer, Sierra Strong, since she posted a double-double in the first game of the season against Freehold Township High School. Any basketball team…
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Colonials keeping progressing on mats with win over rival Patriots
By Jeff Appelblatt In each meet, Freehold High School’s wrestling team has continued to show tremendous growth from last season. Following a win in the annual Buc Classic Jan. 14 at Red Bank Regional High School, the Colonials hit the mats a few days later and defeated its top rival from Freehold Township High School,…
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Patriots winners at Kuhnert Classic, rolling through A North
By Jeff Appelblatt This year’s Kuhnert Classic boys’ basketball game between Freehold Township High School and Freehold High School brought in a large crowd Jan. 19, with nobody more appreciative than the wife of the late Jack Kuhnert, Loretta Kuhnert. The game is played to honor Jack Kuhnert, a former coach at Freehold and the…
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Kuhnert Classic scheduled for Jan. 19 in Freehold
By Jeff Appelblatt Jack Kuhnert, one time basketball coach and math teacher at Freehold High School, left such an impact throughout Freehold that some of the people he made an impression on in his life want everyone to remember the man who meant so much to so many. When he died in 1997, one of…
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Freehold’s improvement on mats includes Buc Classic win
By Jeff Appelblatt Sitting with four wins in the books, Freehold High School wrestling coach Matt Shepherd was excited. Not only was his team above the .500 mark, but the Colonials also already had one win more than last year’s team. The coach was certain things were going to turn around this season. “We’ve been…
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Festive events celebrate holiday season
OLD BRIDGE – A multitude of traditional sing-alongs, socials and performances were just the beginning of holiday events held by Reformed Church Home (RCH). The senior living community offering assisted living, skilled nursing and rehabilitation services in Old Bridge also offered Pastor Sam’s Revival Week. In keeping with the annual ritual he began in 2003,…
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Freehold boys’ basketball team seeking constant improvement
By Jeff Appelblatt Jesse Ryan, the boys’ basketball coach at Freehold High School, wasn’t too bothered when his team lost Jan. 6, sinking his squad’s record to a dismal 1-8 record. There was much more he wanted to take away from the game aside from the final score. For instance, there were the multiple double-figure…