Bob Auriemma Jr. turning over reins of Brick Hockey Club
Invested 24 years with the club, but will still coach
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      Watching two Brick Township high school hockey teams competing in the NJSIAA quarterfinalswas an enjoyable experience for Brick Hockey Club President Bob Auriemma Jr.
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     FRANK GALIPO Brick Memorial High School base-runner Andrew Nelson is safe at first, despite Red Bank Catholic first baseman Kyle Tighe's heads-up play. The teams squared off at Count Basie Park in Red Bank for a pre-season scrimmage game March 14.
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Testa plans to throw a lot more this baseball season
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      BRICK TOWNSHIP — Joe Testa, former Brick Township High School and Wagner College star pitcher, headed down to Fort Myers, Fla., over the weekend, but it wasn't on spring break.
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Lacrosse coaches have high hopes for 2009 season
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      Achange in alignment may make things more promising for the boys lacrosse teams at Brick Memorial High School under second-year coach Brent Middlemiss and at Brick Township High School under new head coach Dan Rosa. "We're expecting big things," said Middlemiss, who has a veteran lineup from a 6-...
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County college students hoping to jump-start club hockey program
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      BRICK TOWNSHIP — Brick Memorial hockey forward Brandon Pearson expects to enroll at Ocean County College. In past years, that would mean the end of the playing career for one of Brick Township's top players and one of the leaders in points the past two seasons.
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Brick's Mat Rats place in state wrestling championships
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
      BRICK TOWNSHIP — Brick Recreation Mat Rats wrestlers Dan Rackliffe at 72 pounds and Joe Ghione at 80 pounds were runners-up in the Intermediate Division of the New Jersey State Kids Wrestling Championships at the Dunn Center in Elizabeth on Sunday.
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Sports Shorts
      Ocean County Senior Softball League is in need of players age 60 and over. Games are played at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursdays. Details: 609-660-8783. Brick Memorial's Corinne Coyle signed a letter of intent to play lacrosse at Georgian Court University, Lakewood.
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