Marlboro's Unachukwu triples at SC track meet
Parker, Linnell, Mularz also strike gold
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      With her recent success in the triple jump (ranking in the Top 10 in the country with her 38-5¼), it has been easy to forget that Marlboro's High Schools Ada Unachukwu is quite a sprinter as well. Just ask the ShoreConference.
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Sports Shorts
      Manalapan'sDanHilt, a senior atRutgers University, is wrestling at 133 pounds for the Scarlet Knights wrestling team that is coached by former JacksonMemorialHigh School coach ScottGoodale. TheKnights are 8-5 in dualmeets. Hilt was one of Manalapan's most successful wrestlers.
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Colonials making strides on hardwood
Freehold Borough boys have qualified for postseason play
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Freehold Borough High School's prospects for a winning season did not look all that bright back in December. The Colonials were coming off a 6-17 season and relying on underclassmen to turn things around. Coach Ben DiBiase had just one senior in the rotation. But he knew something no one else knew: the amount of work his players had put into becoming better.
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Colonials cagers win B North championship
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      It was a mixed bag for the Freehold Borough girls basketball teamlast week. The Colonials won the Shore Conference B North Division championship when they beat Monmouth Regional, 62- 53, Jan. 28, with Shannon Mayrose becoming the latest 1,000-point career scorer, and Matawan on Thursday.
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Marlboro swimmers 1st in A North Division
Victory over Howell clinches no worse than championship tie
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Gaining momentum with every swim meet, the Marlboro High School boys swimming team capped it off with a championship. Coach Jennifer Maloney's Mustangs clinched no worse than a tie for the Shore ConferenceANorth Division public school championship by edging Howell, 88-82, on Jan. 24 at the YMCA of Western Monmouth County, Freehold Township.
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Andrews runs second in Millrose Games mile
Manalapan junior clocks 4:14.60
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Robby Andrews has earned his indoor track and field degree.After running a series of fast times in his very first indoor campaign, theManalapan High School junior faced his biggest test yet, the Boys High SchoolMile at theMillroseGames held on the grandest stage of the indoor season, Madison Square Garden, NewYork, Feb. 1.
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Cougars reach goal, making SCT wrestling for first time
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The good news for the Colts Neck wrestling teamwas its inclusion in the Shore Conference Tournament (SCT) for the first time in the program's history. ""It's [SCT] been a goal since I took over," said Cougar head coach Bob Seidel, who was a scholastic wrestling star at Wall High School.
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Fish On
Plenty of fish in the sea for winter anglers
RON NUZZOLO
      Rough weather this week stopped some but not all. Offshore fishing continues to be productive for the crew of the Jamaica II. Sea bass, porgies, ling, pollock, cod and even a few whiting have been making an appearance.Anglers continued to have fun with big numbers of jumbo porgies and sea bass.
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BCC women move into national Top 10
      Coaches Joanne Cobb and Marianne Campacci have spoken all season about having a special group of players at Brookdale Community College (BCC). Now, it seems, the nation has caught on to the Jersey Blues women's basketball team. The once-beaten BCC women cracked the National Junior College Athletic Association's Top 10 lastweek, coming in atNo. 10.
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Giants naysayer changes his tune, praises Manning
      DearMr.Manning, First of all, congratulations on the bigwin on Sunday. You certainly have earned your place in history. That, however, is not the sole purpose of this letter. My reason for writing is actually twofold.
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