Rebels overcome tough start to top Colts Neck
Rebels edge Cougars, 28-26, in football season opener
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Until a team faces the pressure, a coach never knows how it's going to react. All the preseason scrimmages and workouts matter little when the games count. Howell High School football coach Cory Davies learned the most valuable of lessons on the afternoon of Sept. 8 about his Rebels - they will ...
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Manalapan's Andrews is one to beat in X-C
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The intimidating shadow cast by Colts Neck's Craig Forys is no longer hovering over the state's best boy runners. With the Cougar having graduated to the University of Michigan, the race is no longer for second place, but first.
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Cougar harriers open year ranked No. 1 in Northeast
Colts Neck girls start season ranked 6th in United States
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      At this time last year, Colts Neck High School's girls cross country team was on a mission: Portland, Ore., home to the Nike Team Nationals (NTN). Feeling slighted by the NTN selectors in 2005, nothing short of a trip to the NTN in 2006 would satisfy the Cougars.
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Youngsters hit the high seas in search of a big catch
RON NUZZOLO Fish On
      John and Diane O'Connor from East Brunswick took the family on their first party boat bluefish fishing trip. They went out on the Miss Belmar Princess. Son Max and daughter Jackie caught their first bluefish on jigs. Nephew Mike Crispiano of Staten Island, N.Y., caught his first as well. His siste...
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Manalapan hoping to peak in Nov. again
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      After an unprecedented season in which it went all the way to the state championship final, the Manalapan Braves boys soccer team will look to regain that postseason magic in 2007.
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Braves girls looking to contend again in A-North
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Equipped with more depth than recent seasons, Rich Garretson's Manalapan Braves girls soccer team is looking to rejoin the Shore's elite. Over the last few campaigns, the Braves have had a habit of getting off to very slow starts, turning things around in the second half and just sneaking into th...
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Colonials ready for upcoming season
State champions know they are no longer underdogs
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The Freehold Borough High School girls soccer team won't be looking for respect this fall. They have that and more after winning four championships in 2006, including the NJSIAA State Group III co-championship, the first state title in school history.
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Sports Shorts
      Manalapan's Andrew Robinson, who competes for the YMCA of Western Monmouth County, finished 20th in the one-mile open water ocean swim conducted by Jersey Shore/Manasquan Beach. The swim was held at Manasquan Beach and was the first time that Robinson, who is a lifeguard at Manasquan, participate...
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