RU men looking to bounce back from difficult season
Hoops team placed last in Big East a year ago
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer
      Any college basketball team that finishes 11-20 knows that it needs to make some big changes, and the Rutgers men's squad is no different. With six freshmen and a transfer on this year's team, coach Fred Hill feels he has the pieces to make the turnaround happen.
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     SCOTT FRIEDMAN Woodbridge quarterback Johnny Mayi heads upfield as the North Brunswick Township H.S. Raiders visited the Woodbridge Barrons in the last regular game of the season Friday. North Brunswick won 28-11.
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Rutgers women hope to go further than ever
Freshmen's contributions will be critical to success of basketball program
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer
      The expectations for the Rutgers women's basketball program have always been tremendous. And coming off a 27-7 season that ended with a trip to the Elite Eight, and with three starters returning mixed in with a slew of newcomers, the Scarlet Knights may be able to climb to a whole new level.
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Bulldogs clinch first playoff bid in 2 years
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer
      With a pair of back-to-back lopsided victories, the Metuchen High School football team played its way into the Central Jersey Group I playoffs for the first time since the 2006 season. The No. 7 seeded Bulldogs team will take on No. 2 Shore Regional at 7 p.m. Nov. 14.
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Monmouth U. men's soccer clinches NEC tourney spot
BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent
      The Monmouth University men's soccer team clinched a berth in the 2008 Northeast Conference Tournament on Friday when they played Quinnipiac to a scoreless draw in Hamden. They then went one step further on Sunday, defeating Central Connecticut State, 2- 1 in double overtime, to clinch the regula...
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     SCOTT FRIEDMAN North Brunswick's Ricky Harris is wrestled to the ground by Woodbridge's Deshawn Knight at Friday's game, the last football game of the regular season.
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Anglers are sticking to basics
Fish On • RON NUZZOLO
      Striped bass continue to hang around the Garden State from Sandy Hook to Barnegat Light. Massive schools of sand eels and small baitfish continue to thrive off the surf, and anglers are sticking to basics. Jigging and trolling should continue to produce bass right into December.
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NJSIAA Central Sectional Cross-Country Championships
      Championships were held at Thompson Park, Monroe Township on Nov. 9th
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Sports Shorts
      Raritan Bay Cougars played the Franklin Warriors at Monroe. The Cougars defeated the Warriors, 28-6, to advance to the Central Jersey Championship game Sunday, Nov. 2. Jordan Fetterman led off the scoring with a 25-yard touchdown run, Minkah Fitzpatrick scored twice and Michael Friedman scored o...
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NJSIAA North II Sectional Cross-Country Championships
      Championships were held at Warinanco Park on Nov. 8th
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