Trying to make the big play
     East Brunswick's Frank Granito throws to first base as he falls backward during a sophomore division American Legion baseball game against North Brunswick in East Brunswick.
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Shopton Lakes a runaway winner in Skip Away Stakes
Racing community gears up for Sunday's Haskell Invitational
      Maggi Moss's Shopton Lane took charge out of the gate and never looked back, scoring by two and a half lengths in the $70,000 Skip Away Stakes at Monmouth Park Saturday. Shopton Lane stopped the timer in 1:44 1/5 for the mile and a sixteenth over a fast track and paid $7.80, $5 and $4.40 across the board as third choice in the field of five.
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Sports Shorts
      The Rutgers women's crew program announced the hiring of Heather Putnam as first varsity assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, head coach Max Borghard announced. Putnam coached the Scarlet Knights freshmen and novice squads from 2002-06.
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