Cougars are on a roll, move into A North tie
Colts Neck High School girls squad ranked No. 10 in New Jersey
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      There may be no stopping the Colts Neck Cougars now. With three big wins within the last week, John Truhan's Cougars have taken their game to another level. At the Jan. 20 Battle of the Boardwalk in Asbury Park's Convention Hall, the Cougars scored the final 10 points of the game in defeating New...
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Fish On
Area fishing gets hot during coldest time of year
RON NUZZOLO
      The action this week has been red hot. The Garden State is producing some of the best winter fishing in years. With water temperatures staying steady offshore, party boats are filling coolers with a mixed bounty of fish. The Jamaica II from Brielle did just that. Capt. Steve and Capt. Ryan fished...
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Cougars' girls first in county track again
Linnell, Unachukwu win for Colts Neck
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The Monmouth County Indoor Track and Field Championships were golden for Freehold District athletes. Manalapan's Robby Andrews was a double-winner on the boys'side,whileColts Neck's Allison Linnell and Marlboro's Ada Unachukwu won two events in the girls meet at the championships held in the Benn...
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Patriots seize control of A North hoop race
Wins over CBA and Middletown South have FTHS in first
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The little things are adding up to big wins for the Freehold Township boys basketball team. For the second game, senior forward Steve Ballester bailed the Patriots out, and as a result following their 53-52 over Middletown South in overtime, they are in firm grasp of the Shore Conference A North ...
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Howell girls, F.T. boys win bowling crowns
Rebels capture eighth straight division title
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The Freehold Regional High School District Bowling Championships mirrored the Shore Conference division season. Howell's girls were in a class of their own while the Freehold Township and Howell boys were evenly matched, with the Patriots getting the edge this time.
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Patriots, 11-4, will make return to state tourney
Freehold Township girls hoop squad gains key victories
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      John Sciarappa likes flying under the radar with his Freehold Township High School girls basketball team. The Patriots have been one of the better teams in the Shore Conference and now that they have landed in the state tournament, it may be hard to remain hidden.
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Colonials closing in on division title
Borough girls lead B North
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Freehold Borough's girls basketball team has a lot going for it. The Colonials have experience and depth. They can beat teams inside or outside, and on defense they can get after you.Athletically, they canmatch up with anyone in the Shore.
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Records fall at Rebel Indoor Shot Put Series
      Shannon Watt of Jackson Memorial and Old Bridge's JorgeMerino broke their own class record at the 2008 Rebel Indoor Shot Put Series on Jan. 18. The second of four meets this winter at Howell High School sawWatt top the Junior Girls Class mark of 41-6 ½ that she had set in the first meet of...
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Sports Shorts
      Friday's 101st Millrose Games keeps adding the stars, asworld shot put champion Reese Hoffa returns to New York's Madison SquareGarden,where hewill defend his title against world silver medalistAdamNelson. Stacy Dragila, the 2000 Olympic champion in the women's pole vault, will compete against ...
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Unachukwu breaks own SC indoor triple jump record
Marlboro jumper wins FDU Field Invitational
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The triple jump may not be a big part of the indoor track and field season, but if it gets many duals like the one that Marlboro's Ada Unachukwu and Cranford's Kelly Burke put on, it may change a few minds. Burke (36-6½) and Unachukwu (36- 1½) went into the Fairleigh Dickinson Unive...
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