When stars collide
     PHOTSO BY CHRIS KELLY staff At left, Manalapan's Chris Marino, who plays for the Manchester Yankees this summer, fires a pitch to the plate during Sunday's ABCCLAll-Star Game at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood. Above, Manchester's Tim McCann gets set to put the tag on the Jersey Shore Tides' Tom Ambrosole to complete a double play, while below, the Tides' Alex Mautone, of Hazlet, rips a base hit.
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Tides' surge has them ready for the playoffs
     The Jersey Shore Tides are heading into the ABCCL playoffs with a strong regular season finish as they beat the Toms River Black Sox, 9-4, and the Middletown Monarchs, 5-1.
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Dowd puts career on back burner ... for a week
Ninth annual high school all-star game set for Sunday
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer
     Jim Dowd has been keeping his ear peeled to the phone in recent weeks waiting for a call from his agent, Hugh Gorman of Boston, and from the National Hockey League to see where he may be playing next season.
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Ninth Annual Shore Hockey All-Star game
     Monmouth County Roster GOALIES - Matt DeeringSt. John Vianney
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Mid-Monmouth Babe Ruth teams rule state
South Division all-stars repeat as champs
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
     The Mid-Monmouth Babe Ruth League left little doubt who the state's dominant program is.
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