Jersey Blues finding their groove on diamond
Johnson expects big things from young team
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Johnny Johnson used the first 20 games of Brookdale Community College's baseball season like a laboratory experiment. After a trip to Florida and the first games of the Garden State Athletic Conference schedule, the veteran head coach wanted to see what developed on the diamond.
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Scannapieco encouraged by team's progress
Blues finding their form as GSAC begins
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      Bo Scannapieco is a very patient coach.He knows that championship softball teams are not built overnight. So, when his Brookdale Community College women's softball team got off to a less than auspicious start during the annual Southern Trip to South Carolina, he didn't panic.
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Despite loss, Caseys among Shore's elite
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer
      Beyond the typically outstanding pitching of sophomore Brittany O'Donnell, the Red Bank Catholic girls softball team didn't look too good against rival St. John Vianney on Monday. But even after watching her team get two-hit by Diana Sansevera in a 3-0 loss, RBC head coach Tracey Yarosz-Lombardi is not ready to panic.
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Young Bucs hope to win as they mature
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer
      Coming off an 8-11 season, and with just four returning starters, the Red Bank Regional High School baseball team is a bit of an unknown. At least in the eyes of seventh-year head coach Steve DePolo. "We did pretty well in the preseason," the coach said. "Not that it matters really, but we won four out of five games.
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Turning two
     SCOTT PILLING staff Shore Regional's Alissa Francisco turns the double play during the Blue Devils' scrimmage against Allentown in Allentown on March 29.
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Ron Nuzzolo
      Fish On Plenty of fish for fresh and saltwater anglers The freshwater 2007 trout season officially begins in all waters open to public angling on Saturday at 8 a.m. Each spring approximately 570,000 trout are stocked in the state's public waters during the season. Standard production trout average 10.5 inches but range up to 12 inches.
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Sports Shorts
      New Jersey just finished the biggest swim meet of the season recently, the Junior Olympics held at Rutgers University. The Atlantic Club Swim Team's 13- and 14-year-old girls team won the 400 Medley Relay and placed second in the 400 Free Relay. The meet was a three-day swim meet for all Gold and above level swimmers.
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