BlueClaws keep their playoff hopes alive
      LAKEWOOD - A scheduled double-header was rained into one nine-inning game, but it was still a successful night on Monday for the BlueClaws at FirstEnergy Park. Lakewood picked up a 5-0 win over Hickory to move within five games of the firstplace Crawdads.
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Jaguars impressive in preseason tournament
BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer
      TOMS RIVER - If last week's performance in the preseason Summer Kickoff Classic is any indication of how things will shake out for the Jackson High School boys soccer team during the 2007 regular season, it appears the Jaguars could find themselves jockeying for one of the top spots again in A South.
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New-look Hawks face familiar expectations
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Every football season brings new challenges. Last year, for Dave Callahan's Monmouth University Hawks, it was handling the pressures of high expectations. With a 10-2 record, a Northeast Conference championship and a bowl berth (the Gridiron Football Classic played on Kessler Field against San Diego), the veteran Hawks delivered.
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Ryan Godown wins his fourth at New Egypt Speedway
      NEW EGYPT - Ryan Godown, of Ringoes, proved that patience is truly a virtue on Saturday night as he took top honors in the 30-lap DIRTcar Modified feature. Godown started 16th and carefully picked his moves as he came through the field, passing race-long leader Rich Ruski with just four laps remaining to post his fourth win of 2007 and collect the $3,000 top prize.
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Racing community mourns the loss of John Blewett III
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer
      Wall Township Speedway lost one of its greatest champions on Thursday in a tragic accident that has left the local racing community heartbroken. At approximately 9:50 p.m., John Blewett III, a 33-year-old racer from Howell Township, was involved in a crash at the Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Conn.
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Sports Shorts
      The following are the results of the Howell Men's Softball League's playoff: A flight, round 1 - Bullets defeated Harrigators two games to none; Mesi Verdi defeated All Fenced In two games to one. Round 2 - Skye Banc defeated Bullets two games to none; Trans America defeated Mesi Verdi two games to none.
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