Four girls from Brick Twp. headed to MOC track meet
Memorial's Brodeur also looking for a state title
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      Itwas a big two days for Ryisha Boyd, the star long-jumper and sprinter for Brick Township's girls track and field team. On Tuesday, Boyd signed a national letter of intent for the University of Illinois, where she officially visited in May.
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Township softball finishes season, looking forward to '09
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      Four players will graduate from Brick Township's softball team that had a wild ride in a 10-15 season, but the coach believes enough team members will come back to help the team overcome some of the pitfalls. The biggest one? Hitting.
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Memorial baseball team will return many for next season
Mustangs finish '08 campaign with 13-14 mark
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      American Legion baseball gives young players an opportunity to work on fundamentals and for high school coaches to look at the prospects to see where they fit in for next spring.
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Sports Shorts
      Monmouth University's Ed Skowronski became the second Hawk this weekend to take home All-East Region honors on the final day of the 2008 NCAA East Regional Championships held on the campus of Florida State. Skowronski took home All-Region honors for the second straight year in the hammer, finishing sixth with a throw of 203' 3".
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Erbig contributes to Brookdale's softball success
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      For Brookdale Community College's women's softball team, it was a traditional journey to the National Junior College Athletic Association softball national championship tournament, its 13th in 14 years.
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Testa caps collegiate career with conference award
Brick native gets Northeast Conference Pitcher of the Year honor
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      Wagner College ace Joe Testa of Brick came into the season with the title of "Pitcher You Don't Want to Face" and fulfilled that reputation well enough through the season to end it with another acknowledgment: the Northeast Conference Pitcher of the Year.
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Falkiewicz still trying to make his mark at Cornell
Former Brick Memorial running back pushing for playing time
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      It was a unique fall for Brick's Vin Falkiewicz at Cornell University. Along with adjusting to college life on the Ivy League campus, the record-setting, iron-horse running back out of Brick Memorial had to get used to getting his hand-offs only at practices.
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Another disappointing week for bass anglers
RON NUZZOLO Fish On
      It seems that everyone has the bluefish blues. The Raritan Bay is producing very few, if any, keeper bass. This time last year you could not miss catching a trophy bass. Bass are being caught but they are few and far between. Bunker are plentiful in the bay if you get them early before Great Kills Harbor is jammed upwith 50 boats clogging the entrance.
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