Cougars win NJSIAA Group IV championship
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      For all of its offensive brilliance, the Colts Neck High School girls basketball team's bread and butter is its defense. "Because we're all really good offensively, people don't pay attention to how much we put into defense," Cougars guard Lauren Clarke said. "It gives us energy.
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Racing practice open to fans March 21
      Fans of professional auto racing at Wall Township Speedway will have their first chance to see action on the one-third-mile paved high-banked oval since last November's Turkey Derby event, on March 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. While it is a paid practice session for competitors, fans will be admitted...
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Upgraded schedule fueled Patriots' run
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Several difficult preseason scrimmages and an upgraded regular season schedule paid dividends in the post-season for the Freehold Township High School boys basketball team this winter. Coach Brian Golub scheduled Neptune, Pemberton and Piscataway for scrimmages and added state tournament teams li...
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Defense leads Cougars to CJ IV championship
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      You cannot play for a New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association state group basketball championship if you are not a state sectional champion. The Colts Neck High School girls basketball team took care of that little matter on March 10 when the Cougars mauled Montgomery, 49-28, to win...
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Monmouth baseball tapped as NEC favorite
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The Monmouth University baseball team will play its 2009 home opener on Friday in West Long Branch. Coach Dean Ehehalt's Hawks, who were chosen by the Northeast Conference coaches as the 2009 NEC favorite, will play Bryant University (Rhode Island) in a fourgame series that begins Friday at 3 p.m...
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St. Paddy's 10-Mile Run Sunday in Freehold Twp.
      The Nestle Beverage St. Paddy's 10- Mile Race will take place Sunday. The event, run by the Freehold Area Running Club, will celebrate it's 20th year starting at 9:30 a.m. at Michael Tighe Park, Georgia Road, Freehold Township. That will be followed at 9:45 a.m. by the accompanying Leprechaun 5K, ...
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Sport Shorts
      The Freehold Borough NFL Flag Football League will be returning for its second season in September. The league enjoyed a banner first year in 2008 with more than 100 boys and girls participating. League founder Vincent Hynes said the league's goal is to teach children basic football skills such ...
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Andrews smashes national 800 mark
Manalapan senior runs 1:49.2 to win U.S. title at meet in New York City
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Hours after setting his second national indoor track record of the 2008-09 season and winning his first national championship, Manalapan High School senior Robby Andrews was still in a state of disbelief. "I don't know how this is happening," he said.
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Duven heads to Sacred Heart
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      When Karly Duven was playing field hockey at the Eisenhower Middle School in Freehold Township as a sixth-grader, her goal was to someday play for the Freehold High School varsity team. That day arrived in her very first year at Freehold High School and Duven went on to become a four-year starter...
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Junior Mustangs enjoy strong year on wrestling mat
      The Marlboro Junior Mustangs wrestling program, which is organized through the Marlboro Recreation Department, is enjoying a successful 2008-09 campaign. Michael Iuliano is the director and head coach of the program. The Junior Mustangs Senior team was undefeated in the Mid-Jersey Wrestling Leagu...
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