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      Sports July 29, 2010  RSS feed

      Russo blast wins title for Holbrook
      BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI
           It is a baseball fantasy so many young players run through their minds: one swing and a hit in the last inning to give their team the victory.
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      Basketball camp has players polishing skills
           Young athletes spent some time recently polishing up their basketball skills at St. Aloysius Church, Bennetts Mill Road, Jackson. Evelyn Maldonado, the founder of D.E. Basketball Skills and Training, said children between the ages of 9 and 18 received instruction in offensive and defensive aspects of the sport.
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      Howell’s Drew enjoyed record-setting season
      Rebels’ baseball standout headed to Felician College
           As good as he was in high school, Howell High School 2010 graduate Ryan Drew believes that his best baseball is still in front of him. The Rebels’ infielder, fresh off a record-setting season in which he batted .423 and helped Howell return to the state tournament after a long absence, will continue his baseball career at Felician College, Rutherford, and he can’t wait.
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            Jackson Renegades girls fast pitch softball is holding tryouts for the 2010-11 season. Age groups: 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U and 18U. Tryout dates are Aug. 15 and Aug. 22 at the Bartley softball fields, New Prospect Road, Jackson. Tryouts: 9 a.m. to noon. Details: Email jacksonrenegadessoftball@yahoo.com or visit www.eteamz.com/jacksonrenegades.
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      Olympian Bhavsar teaches, motivates young gymnasts
           Whenever U.S. Olympics team gymnast Raj Bhavsar visits clubs like Classic Gymnastics in the Morganville section of Marlboro, he knows that the future of his sport is in good hands. “This club is exceptional,” said Bhavsar, who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. “It has everything you need to advance.”
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      Warriors rebuilding for 2010 soccer season
           The New Egypt High School boys soccer team, which is coming off its best season ever at 18-2-1, is looking to continue a winning trend over the last three seasons under Coach Sam Palumbo as returning players continue workouts that began in May and will take the Warriors to the official start of practice on Aug. 21.
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            The Howell Girls Softball League 8U all-star team defeated Cranford, 10-5, to win the Woodbridge Summertime Sizzle Tournament. The weather was hot and the Howell players were hotter; they won the tournament with great defense and outstanding hitting while going 5-0 in tournament play.
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      N.J. bear hunt could be held in December
           New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin has approved a comprehensive black bear management policy that would include the state’s first black bear hunt since 2005 to deal with an overpopulation of bears and problems they are causing, especially in northern parts of the state.
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