Brookdale hosting Region XIX basketball tournaments
BCC men’s and women’s teams are serious
contenders
Staff Writer
By tim morris
     Brookdale Community College’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will be looking to use their homecourt advantage to help them qualify for the Division III Junior College National Championships.
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Sport Shorts
     Tri-City Umpire Association will begin its cadet training program for new umpires on March 13 at the Port Au Peck Firehouse, Myrtle Avenue, Oceanport, at 7:15 p.m. There is no charge for the training, and the program is open to both experienced umpires and cadets. Tri-City Umpires officiates all lev...
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Young CBA wrestling team takes a giant step forward
     Colts knock off St. John Vianney for first ever sectional title
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TR East Raiders upend Freehold Township in SCT play
Top-seeded Marlboro girls top Jackson
Staff Writer
By tim morris
     In a matter of 51 seconds, Freehold Township erased 30 minutes of sluggish play against Toms River East in the second round of the Shore Conference Tournament Friday night.
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Hein, Healy, Hehner fuel the Rebels’ late run to playoffs
Staff Writer
By tim morris
     There’s something to be said about standing your ground. While Julie Hoebee’s Rebels struggled at the start of the season and reached the nadir at 4-8, the state playoffs appeared out of reach for a second straight year. More important, the team didn’t look like it was making much improvement coming...
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District’s best medal at Varsity Classic at Armory
     Four of the area’s best track and field athletes traveled to the famed Armory in New York City for the Ridgewood Varsity Classic and left with medals.
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Jackson, Howell, Manalapan to vie for District 21 title
Cunliffe, Gaeta among defending champions this weekend in Manalapan
Staff Writer
By tim morris
     Loaded. That’s the only way to describe this weekend’s New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association District 21 Wrestling Tournament at Manalapan High School.
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Howell girls capture NJSIAA bowling state championship
Friscioni’s 657 series leads the way
Staff Writer
By tim morris
     Howell’s legendary 1972 unbeaten Group III state championship boys’ soccer team now has company in the school’s pantheon of champions.
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Mustangs are top seed in Central Jersey Group IV
Marlboro is defending champion
Staff Writer
By tim morris
     Marlboro’s storybook 2001 season ended just a shot away from the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions The young, upstart Mustangs fell in overtime to Columbia in the Group IV title game at the Dunn Arena, Elizabeth.
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Sport Shorts
     The Jersey Spirit U16 premier girls’ soccer team is looking for two players to fill its roster. Anyone born after Aug. 11, 1985 is eligible. The Spirit will play in indoor tournaments this winter and in the Monmouth-Ocean Soccer Association and Premier tournaments in the spring. Call (732) 536-3202,...
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Freehold Township ends tough season with Ocean
First-year program off to solid start in competitive Shore Conference
Staff Writer
By chris kelly
     It’s been a long, tough season, but one full of memories and personal triumphs. The young Patriots of the Freehold Township swimming teams closed off an eight-meet season, losing to Ocean Township, 122-48 (boys) and 117-53 (girls), but stealing four races from the their hosts.
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Sport Shorts
     Brookdale Jersey Blues Sports Camps are now registering boys and girls ages 5-18 for summer athletic programs at the Lincroft Gymnasium office, parking lot No. 6 or No. 7.
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