Field fees would put soccer club out of business, BTSA prez says
BY DANIELLE MEDINA Correspondent
      BRICK TOWNSHIP — One local soccer organization is crying foul over a proposed Board of Education policy that would impose rental fees for the use of its athletic fields. "The money you want to charge us will put us out of business," Ben DeVizio, president of the Brick Township Soccer Association (BTSA), told the Board of Education on Oct. 23.
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Keeping it steady
     ERIC SUCAR staff Brick Memorial's Samantha Rogers performs her routine on the balance beam during the 2008 Shore Conference Gymnastics Championships held at Brick Memorial High School on Nov. 1.
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Twp. football on cusp of making playoffs
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      It's been four years since Brick Township football had a winning season and five since it claimed its own conference championship. But the Dragons can clinch both on Saturday with a victory at Middletown North. Kickoff is at 1 p.m.
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Pee Wee football teams earn titles
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      Shaquan Reed scored three touchdowns as the unbeaten Brick Mustang Midgets won the Jersey Shore Pop Warner playoff championship while the Brick Dragons Junior Pee Wee White team remained unscored upon while earning another title for the township over the weekend.
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Area harriers ready for sectional championships
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      Megan Schenk of Brick Township is eager for Saturday's Group III, Section 1 cross country championships at Delsea after running a 19:24 for 35th out of 163 runners in the Shore Conference championships at Ocean County Park last Thursday. Ricky Bandejas, who runs for Brick Township's boys' team, was 23rd in 17:40.
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Local soccer teams ready for postseason action
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      It's state tournament time for Brick Memorial's girls and boys soccer teams and Brick Township's boys team, but it's a familiar sojourn for Jordan Downs of Brick Memorial's girls team. Brick Memorial plays its opener on Friday at noon at the high school stadium against the winner of Sayreville vs.
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Shilanskas upgraded to head softball coach at Memorial
Takes over after five seasons as assistant coach
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      After spending the past five spring seasons as an assistant coach at Brick Memorial softball under Vin Dallicardillo, Dave Shilanskas gets his first varsity head coaching opportunity next spring after being appointed at the district's Board of Education meeting in late October.
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Reddan enters final year at Rowan as captain
Hoops player wants to reach NCAA tourney
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      Dan Reddan of Brick is the captain for Rowan University's men's basketball team, an honor he shared last season. A fifth year senior who started his college career with a medical redshirt year, Reddan said he feels he wants to give more to the team than he did a year ago when he played in 26 games, starting seven, but averaged 3.
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Fish On
Bass are plentiful in local waters
• RON NUZZOLO
      From Romer Shoals, Shrewsbury Rocks and down to Barnegat Bay, bass are everywhere. Anglers across the Garden State pursued trophy bass this week and finally found keepers. Capt.
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Sports Shorts
      Monmouth University senior defender Angelo Amato's first career goal paced the Hawks to a 1-0 Northeast Conference victory over Fairleigh Dickinson on Sunday afternoon on The Great Lawn. The win, which was on Senior Day, improves MU's mark to 11-3-2 on the season, including a 5-1-1 record in league play, while the Knights fall to 9-5- 2 and 4-2-1 in the conference.
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