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UNION — Recent Point Boro grad Jeff Keffer said when he arrived on the Kean University campus last Friday for practice for the annual North South All-Star Football Game, it was clear his South team had come ready to play.

While their counterparts from the North practiced in T-shirts and shorts, Keffer and his teammates went right into pads to get ready for Monday’s contest.

Keffer focused most of ...

POINT PLEASANT — Tuesday’s game between the Point Pleasant Merchants and the Howell Spartans marked the third day in a row the locals were in action, and their fourth game in that stretch [see related story].

And while the skies threatened to deliver a downpour that would derail the contest, the brief shower that arrived wasn’t enough to stop play, and the Merchants rolled to a 5-2 victory.

The ...

HOWELL — It took a few extra pitches, but the U-9 North Wall Little League team still got a chance to celebrate on Tuesday night.

What looked to be a game-ending double play was overturned and, Riley Maypother had to throw a few more pitches before the North Wall team got the third and final out.

A ball was hit back toward the mound and Maypother fielded it before firing ...

BELMAR — Blake Hamilton was barking out directions and a lot of the younger guys were listening.

Hamilton, who honed his game at Monmouth University, was now helping some younger Hawks that suit up for Sterns Trailer in the Verizon Fios Jersey Shore Basketball League.

His intensity and ability to score helped guide Sterns Trailer to a 137-122 victory over Royal Bank Canada on Tuesday night at the McCann Activities ...