In control
     PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above left, Brick Memorial defender Jackie Janicky tries to play the ball during a Shore Conference Tournament game against Manalapan on Friday. Left, Brick's Alex Montalto heads the ball to a teammate during the game against Manalapan. Above, Brick Memorial's Alyssa Keatny sprints after the ball in the game against Manalapan, which Brick won 4-0.
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Brick football teams need momentum to make playoffs
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      Brick Township football coach Warren Wolf spends Sunday evenings during the season with players visiting his home. "We have some cookies and brownies, milk and soda, and we look at game films," said Wolf. "It's mostly the players on offense who come.
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Brick boys squads prepare for state tourney
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      For the first time in at least 17 years, the boys soccer teams at both Brick high schools are playing in the NJSIAA tournament that begins Monday. Brick Township breezed into that opportunity relatively early, and last week the team competed in the Shore Conference Tournament, beating Holmdel, 2-0, before losing to Monmouth Regional, 2-1, on Saturday.
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Brick youth football teams excel over the weekend
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      Jesse Lyon scored two touchdowns as the playoff-bound Brick Dragons Midgets beat Howell, 21-6, in Jersey Shore Pop Warner Football League action over the weekend. Brandon Kieslor at quarterback and Zack Saggau at cornerback turned in solid efforts for the 5-3 Dragon Midgets, who will compete in the playoffs this weekend.
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Poplaski concentrates on gymnastics, college
Township senior will choose between Towson State, Rutgers
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      Lindsay Poplaski has kept her cool under pressure in her four years competing for Brick Township's gymnastics team, the last two seasons ending with state titles in the balance beam. And she may have another burden off her shoulders when she competes on Saturday in the Shore Conference championships at Brick Memorial starting at 1 p.m.: her college choice.
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Sports Shorts
      The Jersey Shore Volleyball Club under Brick resident and Georgian Court University women's volleyball coach Francisco Casado, will run a series of volleyball clinics and registration on Friday this week and next Friday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. at Georgian Court's Casino Building in Lakewood.
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RU football defeats No. 2 South Florida
Ray Rice's 181 yards on the ground lead Scarlet Knights to victory
BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent
      Rutgers needed this one. After putting together the most successful season in school history a year ago, the Scarlet Knights had seen a little bit of the shine come off their armor this season with disappointing back-toback losses to Maryland and Cincinnati after starting out 3-0.
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Simon leads her team to greater heights
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      It's around this time of the year that the goalie shows her value to the Brick Memorial girls soccer team and to many others around the state, and Amanda Simon is ready to step up to that challenge. And Simon can put her finger on why: her determination.
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Breeders Cup notes
      Jim Tafel's Street Sense, who will be one of the favorites for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic - Powered by Dodge, arrived safely at his Monmouth Park barn at 6:15 a.m. Friday after a van ride from Churchill Downs. With trainer Carl Nafzger watching the colt's every move, Street Sense settled into his stall and rolled in the new straw bedding.
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