South River comes up short on the court
     PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Left: South River's Jenise Ogle drives to the basket during the Jan. 28 game at home against Mother Seton High School. Right: South River's Julie Witkowski defends Mother Seton's Bianca Jeanty as she drives the baseline during South River's 56-34 loss. Ogle finished with a team-high 15 points, followed by Witkowski's 11. The Rams' record dropped to 1-16 on the season. The team's next game is tonight at Cardinal McCarrick High School, South Amboy.
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Sayreville hoops looking forward to postseason
Boys squad makes state playoffs for first time since 2004
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer
      The Sayreville High School boys basketball team seems to have bounced back from a 2-4 lull thanks to successive victories against South Plainfield and West Windsor North. The Bombers, 13-5 overall, opened the season by winning eight of their first nine games before hitting a slump that culminated with a loss to Monroe on Martin Luther King Day.
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Rutgers roundup
      Rutgers freshman guard Mike Coburn has been named the Big East ConferenceMen'sBasketballRookie of theWeek for his play inwins overNo. 18Villanova and No. 13 Pittsburgh. Coburn averaged 20.0 points and 4.0 assists in the victories, as RU defeated ranked teams back-to-back for the second time in programhistory.
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Monmouth University roundup
      After almost the entire team competed at the Great Dane Classic on Friday night, Monmouth University'swomen's track and field team sent a small group of athletes to compete at Saturday's Princeton Relays. Kelly Dantley placed in three events, including a fifth-place finish in the high jump (5-1) and a sixth-place finish in the shot put with her throw of 37-10¾.
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Sports Shorts
      Embrace Kids Foundation will honor Rutgers women's basketball coach C. Vivian StringerApril 17 at a gala reception and dinner auction at 6:30 p.m. at the Pines Manor in Edison. The event, organized by the New Jersey nonprofit, is to raise funds for pediatric sickle cell.
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Fish On
Area fishing gets hot during coldest time of year
RON NUZZOLO
      The action this week has been red hot. The Garden State is producing some of the best winter fishing in years. With water temperatures staying steady offshore, party boats are filling coolers with a mixed bounty of fish. The Jamaica II fromBrielle did just that. Capt. Steve and Capt. Ryan fished another solid week on their 12-hour offshore wreck trips.
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