Linnell comes up golden in MOC 1,600 final
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Talent alone doesn't win state championships. There has to be a desire, a hunger for it. No one will question if Colts Neck's Allison has that intangible after her magnificent win in the girls 1,600 meters Thursday night at South Plainfield.
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Braves fall in MCT slugfest to St. Rose
Manalapan drops final, 14-9
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      A7-0 lead in football is nothing. In baseball, it's a pretty big mountain to climb. Yet, it didn't stop the Manalapan Braves from turning the June 2 Monmouth County Tournament final into a classic. Top-seed St. Rose won the game played at Monmouth Regional High School, 14-9, but not before both t...
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Freehold's Brach signs with San Diego Padres
Red Sox draft DeSclafani
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      One moment Brad Brach felt like he had been left at the altar. The next minute, all was fine with the world. Brach, the former Freehold Township and Monmouth University star, was sweating out Friday's Major League draft.
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It may take time to spot fluke, stripers
Fish On
RON NUZZOLO
      So far, it's a slow pick for fluke and stripers, with water temperatures ranging between 58 and 65 degrees as the days quickly warmed up. Both fluke and bass boats worked up and down along Sandy Hook this week, covering miles of ground with few keepers to speak of in both categories.
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Sports Shorts
      Courtney Hortsman and Samantha Hering, Level 9 gymnasts from the Monmouth Gymnastics Academy, competed in the 2008 Nationals held in Ohio. Hortsman scored a 36.175 in the allaround competition. She finished fifth on the vault (9.275) and the floor exercise (9.45). Hering scored 8.6with her flo...
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Kim and Marlboro rule District girls golf
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Catherine Kim went into the Freehold Regional District Girls Golf Tournament anticipating the worse. "The day before I had played 18 holes in the Shore Conference and it was 90 degrees," she pointed out. "It drained me. "I thought I'd do terribly [at the District tournament]," she added. "I wasn...
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St. Rose H.S. baseball led by local connections
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      St. Rose High School can thank a Freehold area connection for its success on the baseball diamond this spring.
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