RBR football returns 11 starters from '07
Bucs open against Vianney Friday night
BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent
      After taking their lumps in a tough 2-8 season a year ago, the Red Bank Regional Bucs have every right to be excited about the prospects of this season. And fourth-year head coach Jeff Mauro is doing nothing to stifle that emotion; in fact he's encouraging it.
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In some ways, RFH football starting from scratch
Bulldogs graduated many from last year's 9-3 squad
BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent
      Rumson-Fair Haven head football coach Shane Fallon is one of the more renowned straight-shooters in the Shore Conference's coaching ranks.
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Sports Shorts
      Monmouth goalie Melissa Katz stopped all but one for the Hawks field hockey team (0-4) as they lost an overtime match, 1-0, with the West Chester Rams (2-1) on Sunday afternoon at So Sweet A Cat Field.
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Mon. Regional faces grid brutal schedule in '08
Golden Falcons return 10 starters from 5-5 squad a year ago
BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent
      Sal Spampanato is not going to sugarcoat his football team's chances this fall. With his Monmouth Regional squad facing what is unquestionably one of the most challenging schedules in the Shore Conference this season, the head coach knows that his team will need to perform at a very high level to exceed last year's solid 5-5 showing.
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Big Brown heads nomination list for Monmouth Stakes
      Kentucky Derby and Haskell Invitationalw inner Big Brown tops a list of 35 nominations for the Monmouth Stakes, a mile-and-an-eighth turf test to be contested at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Trained by Richard Dutrow Jr.
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Ocean Twp. football to face grueling slate of games
Spartans were 5-5 a season ago, face Manasquan in opener
BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent
      When Don Klein took over as head coach of the Ocean Township football team last summer, he unquestionably faced an uphill battle. Armed with a relatively young team, and a short time to get to know it, Klein entered his first season as the Spartan coach not really knowing what to expect.
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Seniors should help Portela in first year at RBC helm
Caseys football squad opens season next week at Long Branch
BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent
      When Frank Edgerly left Red Bank Catholic last month to take become the new recruiting director at Rutgers University, he left behind a program that he helped groom into one of the very best in the Shore. Now, it's up to the staff he left behind, most notably new head coach Jim Portela, to pick up right where Edgerly left off.
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