The HOWELL Times
Vol. 21 - No. 27
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December 9, 2023
Photo courtesy Todd Briggs The Freehold Township High School girls cross country team’s top seven runners celebrate the Patriots’ NJSIAA Group IV state championship. From left to right are junior Sophia Briggs, freshman Natalie Briggs, sophomore Caroline Cox, senior Ava Biemuller, senior Heather Feinstein, senior Emma Zawatski and junior Leah Rutledge. By Chris Christopher FREEHOLD – It was a season chock full of championships for the Freehold Township High School girls cross country team. There was a Monmouth County championship.
There was a Shore Conference championship. There was a NJ State Interscholastic Athletic Association Central Jersey Group IV championship. And there was a Group IV state championship. (Cross Country - See Page 2)
By Alyssa Riccardi HOWELL – The Middle School South Girls Soccer Team scored big time this year, as they ended the season as Monmouth County Soccer Champions. The team and their coach were honored at the November Howell Board of Education meeting for all their hard work and dedication they put into the successful season. “This year’s team is truly, in the 30 years of coaching, my most amazing team I have ever coached,” said Coach Kristanne Leggio, who is also a Computer Teacher at Middle School South. Leggio has been coaching in Howell Township for over 25 years, and for the past seven years has been coaching the girls team. “8th Grade Girls Soccer is not where I thought I was going to end up, when I went for my coaching license,” Leggio said. “But every year, I get a new crop of girls. 8th grade is a little bit different because I don’t get to watch them grow. They’re with the 6th and 7th grade team, then they come to me. I get about three to four weeks with them and that’s about it.” “It’s a grueling three or four weeks. We play 10 games and we’re done. Some weeks we have three games, some weeks there’s four,” Leggio added. This year, the 8th grade soccer team not only won the Monmouth County Soccer Championship, but they achieved an undefeated season. “They were successful for 12 soccer games; 10 regular season games, one play-off game, and one Championship game,” Leggio said. (Soccer - See Page 3)
Farm Honors Longtime Donor With Equestrian Center
By Alyssa Riccardi WALL – A local community farm is honoring one of its ongoing donors by opening an equestrian center in his name. Dr. Robert H. Harris passed away on April 30, 2017. He and his wife, Mary Ellen, originally founded the Golden Dome Foundation with a goal to help charities and non-profit groups with special
causes close to the doctor’s heart. One ongoing recipient, the Allaire Community Farm in Wall, received more than $2 million in donations. The foundation wants to help the farm accomplish its goal of becoming financially self-sustaining, created to help people with special needs, veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders, teens dealing
with mental health issues and families coping with cancer. The 25-acre farm is home to rescued horses, goats, pigs, donkeys and other animals. To honor its appreciation of the Golden Dome Foundation, the farm is now preparing to cut the ribbon on the “Dr. Robert H. Harris Equestrian Center.” (Donor - See Page 3)
Photo courtesy Golden Dome Foundation The Golden Dome Foundation helps animal charities.
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