Getting tricky
     Matawan's Quaran Jacobs orchestrates a double reverse play during a Pop Warner Mitey Mites game between Matawan and Freehold on Sunday in Freehold.
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KeyportFest 5K Race set to debut Saturday
BY TAMMY MCKILLIP Correspondent
      KEYPORT - Recreation Committee member Nancy Jones has been running for 33 years, so when she was appointed by Councilman Joseph Sheridan to oversee the borough's inaugural KeyportFest 5K Race and 1 Mile Fitness Walk, she knew just where to turn for assistance.
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Holmdel girls soccer looks to continue excellent start
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer
      On the heels of a 10-7 campaign last fall, the youthful Holmdel High School girls soccer team is poised to contend for the Shore Conference's Class A Central title this fall. Though still early, the Hornets took a big step in that direction Friday with a solid 3-1 victory over division rival St. ...
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Fish On
Blues, fluke, and then some on full display this week
RON NUZZOLO
      With current weather fluctuations, fishing remains solid throughout the shoreline. Aboard the Captain Dave from Atlantic Highlands is the Wade Ray Construction Co. from Monmouth. Another group wanting to squeeze in the last of the fluke season resulted in a trip down the Reach Channel, which provi...
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Mid South, Holmdel football teams each move to 2-0
BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent
      Holmdel High School football is back. That point has become abundantly clear over the first two weeks of the season, as the Hornets have upset perennial power Manasquan, 10-7, and dominated rival St. John Vianney, 28-6, to get off to an impressive 2-0 start under second year head coach Andy Carlst...
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Sports Shorts
      In preparation for the upcoming season, the Hazlet Finesse travel soccer team traveled to Jackson Township on August 25, to participate in the Jackson Summer Classic Tournament. The treacherous heat during the first afternoon's game didn't diminish the soccer skills of the Hazlet Finesse where...
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Holmdel field hockey trying to get back on track
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer
      After opening the campaign with a pair of victories the Holmdel High School field hockey team will try and return to its winning ways after losing its next two matches. The Hornets downed Manasquan, 3-0 to start the year and followed with a 3-1 win against Red Bank Regional. Holmdel then played a...
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