Looking for an open teammate
     T3 Shore's Meghan Phillips (l) tries to elude Revolution lacrosse defender Samantha Burke during their game at the inaugural LAX for the Cure Tournament held at New Egypt High School on July 12. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Holbrook comes back to beat TR East in district tourney
BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer
      On a night when a rainstorm threatened to wash away any chance of a late-game rally, the Holbrook 14-year-old All-Stars still had some thunder left in their bats to produce a pair of seventh-inning runs to escape with a dramatic 8-7 come-from-behind win over Toms River East National in a District 18 tournament game.
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Belmar Five enjoys another successful run
International runners rule the day
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer
      More than 2,800 runners registered and 2,354 of them finished the Belmar Five Johnny Cobb Memorial Run on Saturday. Kenyan Abraham Ngetich crossed the finish line in 24:15.6, just under 2 seconds ahead of Genna Tufu, of Ethiopia, in the men's race. In the women's division, Buzunesh Deba, also an Ethiopian, came in first with a time of 27:36.
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Bonjavanni motivated by European tour
Ex-Rebel played for USA lacrosse
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      The uniform colors were similar to high school: dark blue shorts and white top. When Howell's Anthony Bonjavanni first put them on, he thought back to his lacrosse days at Howell High School. Then he saw the letters on the front - USA - and it was no longer high school.
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Sports Shorts
      Rutgers redshirt sophomore Catherine Whetstone was one of 21 student-athletes recognized by the Big East Conference as winners of the 2007-08 Scholar Athlete Sport Excellence Award, which recognizes academic and athletic achievement as well as community service.
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