Potential abounds for local baseball
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer
      Sunday's warm weather served as the perfect prelude to another exciting high school baseball season, one that has several local teams feeling good about their chances to capture some hardware. No local team enters the spring with higher aspirations than the Monmouth Regional High School Falcons, who return a host of players from last year's 14-10 team.
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     CHRIS KELLY staff Red Bank Catholic's Emily Rooney hands off the baton to April Saverese during the 4x1600 meter race at the Colts Neck Relays held at Colts Neck High School on April 13.
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MU Hawks perched for another run at NEC title
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer
      As they look to regain their status as the top women's lacrosse team in the Northeast Conference, the Monmouth University Hawks clearly still have some improving to do. That's not to say that head coach Kelly Van Zile's team hasn't shown glimpses of championship potential through its first 10 games however.
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     ERIC SUCAR staff Johnny Wright, Shore Regional High School, West Long Branch, competes in a relay race during the annual Husky Relays held at Matawan Regional High School in Aberdeen on April 11.
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Hawks t&f athletes shine at three meets
      Monmouth University's men's and women's track and field teams spread themselves out over the weekend. The Hawks competed at three meets on Saturday, with impressive results at all three. At the University of Virginia Invitational in Charlottesville, junior Larry Lundy (Friendsville, Pa.) won the hammer throw in an NCAA-qualifying mark of 186-11.
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