Colonials restore winning tradition
Freehold High School boys soccer team captures B North crown
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      They heard the whispers around the hallways that they were the worst team in Freehold High School. So the members of the Colonials' boys soccer team went out and did something about it and now a case can be made that that boys soccer is the best team on Broadway.
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A-North boys soccer title still undecided
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The coronation was put on hold. The Marlboro High School boys soccer team had the chance to wrap up the Shore Conference A North Division overall title on Oct. 13, but Christian Brothers Academy's 2-0 victory over the Mustangs at the Marlboro Recreation Center not only delayed the Mustangs' championship, it put three teams back into the hunt for the division title.
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Howell harriers win A North X-C crown
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The Howell High School girls cross country team put the finishing touches on its undefeated dual meet season as the Rebels outran previously undefeated Middletown South, 17-38, and Middletown North, 15-50, at Holmdel Park, Holmdel, on Oct. 13 to wrap up the Shore Conference A North Division title.
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     ERIC SUCAR staff Marlboro High School goalkeeper Greg Belanger (l) and the Mustangs' Max Freedman (19) try to keep a loose ball away from CBA's Brian Sugarman during the second half of the Colts' 2-0 win over Marlboro on Oct. 13. The Shore Conference A North Division soccer match was played on the turf field at the Marlboro municipal complex. For more photos of this match, visit the GMN Photo Galleries at the Internet website www.gmnews.com.
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Sport Shorts
      Howell's David Hayes is the leading rusher for the University of Delaware football team. Hayes has rushed for 316 yards and two touchdowns while averaging 4.1 yards per carry for the Blue Hens. He has caught 10 passes for 81 yards through six games. Hayes, a Howell High School graduate, made the Blue Hens squad as a walkon.
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Bimonte passes lead Manalapan to win
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The soggy, damp conditions brought on by last week's nor'easter were not chilling for the Manalapan High School football team. The Braves earned their first win of the 2009 season by defeating Brick Memorial High School, 33-21, on Oct. 16 in Manalapan.
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Colonials' Yuhas to play with Longwood Lancers
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The first time representatives of Longwood University came calling, Mat Yuhas admits that he was not ready. "I wasn't ready to be six-and-a-half hours away" from home," he said. "I knew I would go to Brookdale for a year." The baseball coaches from Longwood, which is in Farmville, Va.
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Patriots' harriers capture A North Division crown
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The Freehold Township High School boys cross country team's season keeps getting better. Coach Brian Golub's Patriots had already carted away championships at the Cougar Invitational (Large Schools Division) in Colts Neck and the Freehold Regional High School District Championship, and now they have a third title to add to the trophy case.
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Colts Neck gymnasts peaking at right time
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Nicole Pandozzi never doubted her team's potential. While the Colts Neck High School gymnastics team struggled at the start of the 2009 season, losing four of its first five meets, Pandozzi, the coach of the Cougars, remained confident that her team could turn the season around.
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Braves ride 'D' to postseason
      With postseason action starting this week, the Manalapan High School girls soccer team (8-3-1) will be a dangerous opponent. The Braves have rebounded from a 1-3-1 start to turn themselves into a very good team that is peaking at tournament time.
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