Spampanato trying to build winning tradition
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer
      After spending the past 18 years with the Ocean Township football program (including four years as a player, 10 as an assistant coach and four as the head coach), Sal Spampanato decided it was time for a change.
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Blue Devils enter 2007 with a different attitude
BY VIN RAPOLLA Staff Writer
      The Shore Regional Blue Devils would like to forget about last season. After entering the 2006 season as the Shore's Patriot Division favorites, led by a strong-armed senior quarterback in Gary Knoeppel and several veteran players on both sides of the ball, the Blue Devils struggled for much of the year before finishing with a 4-6 record,
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Long Branch team excited about possibilities
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer
      How's this for a motivational tool? Put together a strong enough season to earn a home game in the state playoffs, and you may actually play a home game for the first time in four years. That's what head coach Dan George is telling his Long Branch High School football team as the Green Wave prepares for the launch of the 2007 season.
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Hystericalady leads every step to win Molly Pitcher
      OCEANPORT - Hystericalady provided absolutely no drama in the $300,000 Molly Pitcher Stakes (G2) as she dominated every step of the way to score by six and a quarter lengths at Monmouth Park on Saturday.
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Blues, fluke lingering, while tuna trips cash in
RON NUZZOLO Fish On
      Aboard Captain Dave from Atlantic Highlands, first mate Brett Chamberlain tells me the majority of their charters were for bluefish, and no one was disappointed. Weakfish are long overdue as the harbor is loaded with peanut bunker. There is still a body of fluke to be caught and nicesized fish too. The Hi-Mar charter had a very good catch.
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Gray named preseason third-team All-America
      WEST LONG BRANCH - Monmouth University senior Tom Gray (Middletown) was named to the College Soccer News preseason All-America Third-Team, as the All-America teams were announced on Friday afternoon.
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Sports Shorts
      On Sunday, Sept. 9, the Monmouth County Park System will sponsor the 24th Annual Sprint Triathlon at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park, Ocean Avenue, Long Branch. A Jersey Shore tradition, this race is a half-mile ocean swim, 13-mile bike ride, and 4-mile run.
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