Neptune, Asbury Park won't play 90-year-old Thanksgiving football game after threat

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ASBURY PARK -- A decades-old rivalry Thanksgiving Day football game between Asbury Park and Neptune high schools that was postponed on Tuesday will not be rescheduled and will end in a forfeit by Neptune.

The game was initially postponed after school officials said they "received a credible, criminal threat that there were individuals who wanted to come in and cause harm to people attending the game."

The Superintendent of Schools in Asbury Park, Lamont Repollet, said the two schools were working together to find a mutually agreeable date to play the game.

The 90th meeting between the two teams was scheduled to be played at 10:30 a.m. at Butch Burno Stadium in Asbury Park.

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1. This is so sad. This is the area I am from, the tradition so long-standing..n/t