Retro RFH Basketball Slam Dunkin’

RFH Boys Basketball of the 1970s Photo/George Day
RFH Boys Basketball of the 1970s
Photo/George Day

A slam dunk of a reprise to honor the RFH Boys Basketball season … Go Bulldogs!

Yes, it’s basketball season. And there’s some championship kind of playing going on with the RFH Boys Basketball team, as usual.

And while some things never change, including family names still involved in the sport at RFH, there are also many changes — like uniforms and, of course, the audience.

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Monmouth U. Scientists: New Invasive Marine Life Species Has Come to Jersey Beaches

Student and faculty researchers at Monmouth University have recorded the first confirmation of the anemone species Actinia equina, also known as the beadlet anemone, on North American shores, including Monmouth County beaches.

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Prosecutor: State Police Seeks Witnesses in Fatal Parkway Hit-and-Run

From NJ State Police …

NJ State Police detectives are seeking the public’s assistance to determine the cause of a Friday fatal hit-and-run motor vehicle crash in Middletown on the Garden State Parkway.

The crash background …

On Friday, Feb. 14, at 5:58 p.m., a Honda Pilot was traveling southbound on the Garden State Parkway express lanes near milepost 112.8. While the vehicle was in motion, its front-seat passenger got out of the vehicle and was struck by multiple unknown vehicles that failed to stop at the scene.

As a result of the crash, that passenger, Jose Cerda-Estevez, 33, of Plainfield, was killed.

Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or the events prior to or following the crash is asked to contact Troop “D” Holmdel Station – Detective Bureau at 732-441-4500 ext. 7417. Anonymous tips are welcome.

Retro RFH Class Prez Stuff

It’s the stuff … ing presidents are made of — or something like that.

In honor of Presidents Day, we’re honed in on presidents of the class kind — not country. And there have been many class presidents at RFH, some of whom have stuck out like beacons of, well, zaniness. Call them fearless fun leaders.

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In Memoriam: Longtime Area Sports Journalist, Native Red Banker, RBC Grad, Jim Hintelmann, 86

Longtime area sports writer, native Red Bank resident and Red Bank Catholic High School (RBC) graduate, Jim Hintelmann, passed away peacefully on Feb. 7. He was 86.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Winter Travel Advisory

The Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction schedule remains status quo this week, with work scheduled from the usual 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., through Friday, including today, Presidents Day, weather permitting.

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Old News: Valentine’s Day Sweet, Sour and Doughy

A Valentine’s Day reprise from last year …

Call it Valentine’s sustenance. Since Cupid’s arrow was first slung back in the dark ages, there have been hard hits, softer ones and total misses since. But there’s always been a little bit of sweet, sour and downright doughy satiation for the Valentine’s Day palate, with a little kooky sprinkled on top.

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Retro RFH Twirly Halftime Show Directors

The usual chatter about the Super Bowl halftime is always incessant. It’s still going on all over social media. And much like the seemingly nonstop beat, beat, beat of the music, those memories of the steady ol’ high school marching band rhythm drone on in the minds of retro thinkers.

So, we march to the beat and remember those RFH halftime shows of yesteryear. The memories are all about the high school band and a timeless show that hasn’t seen its football field stage or basketball court in decades.

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