Athletic Rams eye state berth
BY RICHARD JEROME
Staff Writer
     The South River High School boys basketball team looks forward to the season with a clear goal — to make the state tournament, which the Rams missed by one game last year before finishing 9-13.
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Old Bridge ready to defend title
Rutter, Capra back
to lead Knights
this season
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA
Staff Writer
     The Old Bridge High School girls basketball team will defend its Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division crown this season with a lineup filled with newcomers.
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SJV ice hockey team off to a flying start
Lancers expected
to be among Shore’s elite teams
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA
Staff Writer
     Balanced scoring and defense are the key strengths of the St. John Vianney High School ice hockey team, and the Lancers have had plenty of both in getting off to a 2-0 start.
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E.B. boys should be an improved team
     Coming off a 10-12 campaign, the East Brunswick High School boys basketball team has a strong nucleus of six returning letterman entering the Dec. 19 season opener against J.P. Stevens.
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Sports Shorts
     Registration is being accepted for the Old Bridge winter ice hockey youth instructional program, sponsored by the township Department of Parks, Recreation & Social Services.
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O.B. team off to a 1-1 start
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA
Staff Writer
     After coming out flat in its season-opener against Toms River South, the Old Bridge High School ice hockey team rebounded with a 5-2 triumph over Summit in the first round of the Cron Tournament in Cranford.
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O’Reilly leads UNC
to another national title
     East Brunswick’s Heather O’Reilly may have missed out on playing for the United States in the women’s World Cup due to a broken left leg, but she certainly knows how to put an exclamation point on a recovery.
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Brookdale women enter season very optimistic
BY TIM MORRIS
Staff Writer
     With only two players returning, the 2003-04 Brookdale Commu-nity College women’s basketball team will have a new look.
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Sports Shorts
     Monroe Township’s U9 travel basketball team opened their Central Jersey League play with a 34-9 victory over the East Brunswick Grizzlies. Monroe’s strong defensive play created 21 steals, 39 rebounds and two blocked shots.
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