Claws sweep Legends, close in on postseason
Lakewood's pitching has team on verge of first league title
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer
     With just 20 games left to play in the second half of the season, the Lakewood BlueClaws appear to be poised to collect their first championship.
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When stars collide
     Above, Jackson's Sean Stimpfel fires a pitch to the plate during the Monmouth-Ocean Senior American Legion All-Star Game at Toms River East High School on Aug. 9. Below, Howell's Mickey Zudonyi follows the flight of the ball after making contact.
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Clippers nip Yankees to claim ABCCL title
     It wasn't easy, but the Freehold Clippers captured their first Atlantic Baseball Confederation Collegiate League (ABCCL) championship on Aug. 6, beating the regular season's top two teams in a pair of playoff series.
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Horton, Coverdale are late-race aces at NES
     NEW EGYPT - Two crafty veterans - Jimmy Horton, of Neshanic Station, in the Modified class and Milford, and Delaware's Greg Coverdale in the touring URC Sprint ranks - used their wiles to pull off 11th-hour heroics at New Egypt Speedway on Saturday, winning their respective feature events.
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Sports Shorts
     New Egypt Baseball announces that Fall Ball 2006 is still accepting applications for the fall baseball league. The league is for boys ages 7-9. All games will be played at the New Egypt Baseball complex, beginning approximately the week of Sept. 9 and ending late October or early November. This is o
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