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     PHOTOS BY JEFFGRANIT staff (Top left) Rumson's Paige Armstrong tries to find a way to get around Trenton Central's Torrie Childs during the Tournament of Champions semifinals in Toms River on March 15. (Top right) RFH's Kate Miller battles with Trenton's Jacoby Ford for a loose ball. Above, Armstrong and teammate Kara Abbot are understandably emotional in the final minutes of the game, while at left, Rumson's Miler, Gabbie DePalo (52) and Cadance Green (3) converge on the Tornadoes' Shanay Jackson.
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Sometimes, you've gotta have height
      With everything the Rumson-Fair Haven girls had going for them heading into their NJSIAA Tournament of Champions semifinal game against top-seeded Trenton Central, it was what they were missing that proved to be their demise.
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Brookdale women finish sixth at national tourney
Blues win Sportsmanship Award
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      For the Brookdale Community College women's basketball team, next year has already started. After getting a taste of the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Championships at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, N.Y., last weekend, the Jersey Blues want more.
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Sports Shorts
      The Monmouth Beach School PTA will be hosting its annual three-mile run on May 12 at 9 a.m. The run has been renamed the Shana Wasserman Memorial Run in memory of former 19-year old resident Shana Wasserman, who died tragically in December of bacterial meningitis.
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Lack of offense burns Colts one last time
BY GEORGE ALBANO Staff Writer
      A lack of offensive production finally caught up with the CBA hockey team. And it couldn't have come at a more inopportune time. The Colts, who have had a tough time finding the back of the net all season despite their success, came up short on the offensive end once again in the semifinals of the NJSIAA Non-Public Schools Tournament as they lost to St.
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Brach brothers teammates again at MU
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      When Brett Brach announced that he was going to attend Monmouth University to play baseball, no one was more pleased than his older brother Brad Brach. Brad was already at Monmouth and an established starter for the Hawks.
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Ron Nuzzolo
      Fish On A local boat captain's take on ling and hake Over the winter months you read about fishing reports where anglers were catching ling and hake. I received many inquiries about these creatures. What are they? What do they look like? Are they good to eat? Well I found answers to these questions from one of the best party boat captains on the East Coast. Capt.
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