Rebels overcome tough start to top Colts Neck
Rebels edge Cougars, 28-26, in football season opener
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Until a team faces the pressure, a coach never knows how it's going to react. All the preseason scrimmages and workouts matter little when the games count. On the afternoon of Sept. 8, Howell High School football coach Cory Davies learned the most valuable of lessons about his Rebels - they will not panic when things aren't going their way.
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Fish On
Youngsters hit the high seas in search of a big catch
RON NUZZOLO
      John and Diane O'Connor from East Brunswick took the family on their first party boat bluefish fishing trip. They went out on the Miss Belmar Princess. Son Max and daughter Jackie caught their first bluefish on jigs. Nephew Mike Crispiano of Staten Island, N.Y., caught his first as well. His sister, Marisa, was the best with three blues.
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Big plays equal big win for Lakewood Piners
BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer
      LITTLE EGG HARBOR - In the past few years, Lakewood High School football coach Skip Edwards could count the number of big plays his team had made on one hand that actually made a significant difference. The Piners, just 2-18 over its last 20 games, struggled when it came to players stepping up in key situations.
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Big night for Lacroix helps Warriors to victory
BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer
      PLUMSTED - New Egypt High School football coach Tom Farrell has been around long enough to know that defending against a team that runs an option offense can be a headache - especially if the opposition is equipped with a talented running back. That's why the Warriors use the complicated offensive set.
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Sports Shorts
      The Jackson Renegades Girls Fastpitch Softball Organization will hold tryouts for players for the 2007-08 season Sept. 16 (all age groups) from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Tryouts will be held at the Bartley Softball Fields located on Bartley Road in Jackson, across from Holbrook Little League. For further information, e-mail jacksonrenegadessoftball@yahoo.
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