Getting ready to make the play
      Allentown's Michael Gomba (No. 3) beats the throw to Matawan's Rich Vitaliano (No. 2) to take second base during an NJSIAA second-round playoff game, which Allentown won 5-4. The Redbirds played Somerville in a sectional semifinal game on Tuesday.
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Brookdale softball second in country
Blues fall in national tourney final
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      What Bo Scannapieco wanted his Brookdale Community College women's softball team to take away from the 2008 season was their resourcefulness. "I think we did a great job," he said. "We fought back in midseason to get back to where we were.
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Sports Shorts
      The Manalapan Flamethrowers U11 travel baseball team had an impressive showing this weekend in the Marlboro Memorial Day tournament. The Flamethrowers, who won two of three games to earn a playoff berth, were two outs away from reaching the championship game before allowing a walk-off grand slam to the Holmdel Hornets in the bottom of the sixth inning.
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