Rebels play their way into state tournament
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
     The road to a berth in the upcoming NJSIAA state tournament was not a smooth one for the Howell High School girls basketball team. There were some major potholes along the way, but all that mattered to coach Bill Gallacher is that after a 63-26 win over Middletown North High School on Feb. 5, the Rebels (9-8) have qualified for the state tournament.
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Sport Shorts
      National Girls and Women in Sports Day, sponsored by University Orthopaedic Associates (UOA) and in partnership with Rider and Rutgers universities, will be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb 14 at Rider University’s Student Recreation Center in Lawrenceville.
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Father and son have connection in coach
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
     Mike O’Reilly remembers the conversation well. His basketball coach from Xavarian High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., Lou Piccola, was on the phone looking for some advice from his former point guard.
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Howell bowlers capture B Central championship
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
     Order was restored in the Shore Conference bowling world when, for the ninth time in the last 10 years, Coach Dave Clampffer’s Howell High School Rebels won a division championship. One year after Jackson Liberty High School ended Howell’s eight-year reign as champions, the Rebels were back op top, winning the 2009-10 Shore Conference B Central Division crown.
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Streaking Colonials gain tourney berth
Freehold High School ice hockey team heading for postseason play
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
     While the very competitive Shore Conference C Division beat up the Freehold High School ice hockey team, it also did the Colonials a favor. The competition toughened up the players and made them better over the long haul of the 2009-10 season.
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Lancers’ Delaney claims 1,600M championship
Freehold Twp. resident is now setting her sights on upcoming state meets
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
     Chelsea Delaney is a competitor, and that is why the St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, runner loves racing. “I feel better in races,” said Delaney, a St. John Vianney senior who lives in Freehold Township. “It helps push me.”
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Garcia, McKenzie lead Freehold to hoops title
Colonials claim B North basketball crown
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
     The Freehold High School boys basketball season was not unfolding the way it was expected to. The Colonials were 5-3 and had just dropped their second straight game, an upset loss at the hands of Ocean Township High School.
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