Trio of local girls teams capture tourney titles
RBC, RFH prepare for showdown on Tuesday
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer
      It certainly was a festive holiday break for three of the area's top girls basketball teams. The Red Bank Catholic, Rumson-Fair Haven and Monmouth Regional girls all entered tournaments over the holiday break, with all three teams claiming team titles,
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Red Bank boys look to start trophy collection
Bucs get to 6-0 with Buc Classic win
BY VIN RAPOLLA Staff Writer
      Facing some high expectations coming into this season, the Red Bank Regional boys basketball team is certainly living up to the hype. The Bucs have raced out of the gates this winter, putting together a 6-0 start that includes the team's first Buc Holiday Classic tournament title since 2003.
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      The Bayshore Jammers U12 boys basketball team is holding tryouts for the spring season. Players must be born after Sept. 1, 1994. Tryouts will be held at the Tab Ramos Sports Center on Blair Road in Aberdeen. Tryout dates are Jan. 9, 16 and 23 from 6-8 p.m.
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Rutgers' historic year puts program in spotlight
Coach knows, with success comes heightened expectations
BY MIKE McDONALD Staff Writer
      When the Rutgers University football team (11-2) beat Kansas State (7-6) by the final score of 37-10 on Dec. 28 in the Texas Bowl, it marked the end to one of the most illustrious seasons in school history. The win was the school's first-ever bowl victory and validated the notion that the Scarlet Knights' program has reached a level few thought was possible.
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Good starts in indoor track for Cox, Nembhard
      The Seton Hall Games were the starting line for the 2006-07 indoor track and field season for two of the state's elite sprinters - Monmouth Regional's Chris Cox and Ocean Township's Georgina Nembhard. A the two-day meet, held in the Sheila and Richard Regan Field House on the campus of Seton Hall University on Dec.
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