Eagles ready to begin the drive for five
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer
      After four consecutive state championships (and nine overall), and 45 wins in its last 46 games, the Middletown South football team is still hungry. And that's bad news for the opposition.
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Lions expect progress in year two under Trezza
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer
      The Middletown High School North football team is looking to rebound this fall after struggling through a 0- 10 campaign a year ago. On the bright side, several starters will be back this time around, and the Lions have done well in several scrimmages as they prepare for the season opener Sept. 7...
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Huskies hope team speed leads to victories
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer
      The Matawan High School football team will rely on its excellent overall team speed as it looks to improve upon last season's 6-4 mark. A year ago the Huskies also qualified for the NJSIAA Central Group II playoffs, where they lost in the opening round to Rahway, 33- 12.
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Varanelli gets his shot with young Seraphs
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer
      Nick Varanelli has been waiting a while for his shot at being a head football coach. Well, the wait is over. The Red Bank Regional grad, who has been coaching football at schools such as Rumson-Fair Haven, Long Branch, Red Bank Catholic and his alma mater in Little Silver since the early '90s, i...
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Sports Shorts
      Congratulations, to the 2007 Matawan-Aberdeen Huskies 12-yearold baseball team from week nine at Cooperstown Dreams Park in Cooperstown, N.Y., which finished seventh out of 96 teams. Although they did not win the championship, they represented Matawan very competitively.
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Blues, fluke lingering, while tuna trips cash in
RON NUZZOLO Fish On
      Aboard Captain Dave from Atlantic Highlands, first mate Brett Chamberlain tells me the majority of their charters were for bluefish, and no one was disappointed. Weakfish are long overdue as the harbor is loaded with peanut bunker. There is still a body of fluke to be caught, and nice-size fish, ...
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