Jersey Shore team wins Carpenter's Cup title
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Score one for the Shore.Anyone who has been watching Shore Conference softball over the last few years knows the overall talent in the area has improved dramatically. The area's best has proven it can play with the state's best come state tournament time, and one recent graduate, Freehold B...
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Summer ball
     PHOTOS BY SCOTT PILLING staff Above, Middletown South's Tyler Black fires a pitch to the plate during an American Senior Legion game against Shore Regional in Middletown on July 5. Below, South's Ben Hammond takes a lead off first base moments before stealing second.
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Hazlet swimmers help build Raritan program
      While the Hazlet Swim & Tennis Club's swim team is off to an 0-2 start, coach Helen McDonald has her team working hard to improve its times and she is hoping to build the team into a feeder program for the fledgling program at Raritan High School.
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Jersey Shore hoops a proving ground for some
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Mike DeCorso no longer looks at the Jersey Shore Basketball League as a summer tune-up for college. The former Colts Neck High School star is now a college graduate (New York University) looking to play professionally, possibly in Europe or, Australia.
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Sports Shorts
      The Hazlet Hawks 12U girls fast pitch travel softball team won the Bergen Blast tournament during the weekend of June 30-July 1. The team's combined record for the tournament was 5-0, including a 17-4 win over the Franklin Lakes War Eagles to clinch first place for the six-team event.
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Tides win with Jimenez hitting for the cycle
ABCCL All-Star Game tomorrow in Lakewood
      The Jersey Shore Tides added two more games into the win column this past week. The Tides split a doubleheader on Sunday with the Ocean Giants, winning the closing game with a dominant offensive game from Monroe's Jarred Jimenez (Rutgers University),
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Fluke action remaining hot as temperatures rise
Ron Nuzzolo Fish On
      Starting down south out of Barnegat Light, Capt. Steve on the Reelfantasea went out at night with Steve Santoro, executive chef of Frescos in Manhattan, and son Marco for a three-hour evening trip to find birds on top with plenty of bluefish below.
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Sports Shorts
      St. Joseph Girls Fall Softball League registration is Thursday, July 19, at the St. Joseph Softball field on Lloyd Road in Keyport, 6-8 p.m. for ages 7 through 18. Mail-in instructions and form can be found on the Web site at www.leaguelineup.com/sjgs.
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