Splitting the defense
     Shore Regional High School forward Mike Pierara (middle) tries to elude a pair of Red Bank Regional defenders during his team's game on Sept. 13. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Ocean Twp., RFH among local week-one football winners
BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent
      On a week that was full of surprises, with the Shore's two top-ranked teams being upset (and convincingly), only two of the local high school football teams were able post season-opening victories.
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Big Brown wins $500K Monmouth Stakes
      An eager crowd packed Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport on Saturday to watch Big Brown compete in his final tune-up before the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, and as he did just over a month ago in the Haskell Invitational, Big Brown delivered.
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Rutgers football drops to 0-2 following blowout defeat
Teel suffers through another lackluster performance in 44-12 loss
BY DAN NEWMAN Sports Editor
      Many of the Rutgers faithful may have thought the football team's season-opening 24-7 loss to Fresno State was merely an aberration. After the Scarlet Knights' most recent game, those on the bandwagon may want to think twice about riding on a vehicle with quickly deflating tires.
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