Remembering a special teacher, coach and friend
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      This is a column I'd rather not be writing.With the passing of Bernie Goldwater, the Freehold Regional High School District lost a big part of its soul. Goldwater was far more than the baseball coaching legend. He touched students, teachers, coaches and families alike. Everyone has their Be...
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Goodes share father/son bond and Shore records
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Marcus Goode likes to needle his dad about his athletic career.He'll tell his dad, Milt Goode, that his paper clippings are yellow and have 19 in front of the year. That's old to the Freehold Township High School senior-to-be. "It's my time now," he'll tell dad, and that's just fine w...
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Next season has begun for Pats through Legion ball
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      For Frank Gualtieri and the Freehold Township America Legion Senior team, the 2008 high school season has begun. "We've told our players that the summer season is not an extension of the high school season," he said. "It's an audition for next season.
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Jersey Shore softball team wins Carpenter's Cup title
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Score one for the Shore.Anyone who has been watching Shore Conference softball over the last few years knows the overall talent in the area has improved dramatically. The area's best has proven it can play with the state's best come state tournament time, and one recent graduate, Freehold B...
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Sports Shorts
      Val Majewski of the Bowie Baysox, the class AA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, has been selected to play in the Eastern League All-Star game tonight at Norwich, Conn., in Dodd Stadium. Majewski, who starred at Freehold Township High School, is leading the Baysox in batting (.285), h...
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Jersey Shore hoops a proving ground for some
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Mike DeCorso no longer looks at the Jersey Shore Basketball League as a summer tune-up for college. The former Colts Neck High School star is now a college graduate (New York University) looking to play professionally, possibly in Europe or Australia.
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Summer basketball allows coaches to evaluate talent
BY JEFF APPELBLATT Correspondent
      The average person would probably not name basketball among the list of top summer sports to watch. Schools are out and the majority of basketball seasons are over. But for basketball coaches, the summer may be the best time of the year to watch basketball. Whether it be a local...
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Sports Shorts
      Duneside Perch equaled the New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) record for 2-year-old pacing colts when he won the second round of the NJSS at the Meadowlands in 1:51.4. He won his $46,750 division by three lengths with Ron Pierce in the bike. He is now 2-2 for his career. Duneside Perch is the son ...
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Big Foot Open brings state's top archers to Jackson
Black Knight Bowbenders hosting competition
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The bows may have the best of modern technology (sights, stabilizers, etc.) and the targets may be 3-D, however, for two days, the Black Knight Bowbenders will be turning back the clock with their 13th annual Big Foot Open.
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