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By Ted KaiserJERSEY SHORE— The ShoreConference had three teams win statechampionships in football in 2011 andthe number one team wasn’t even oneof them. It just goes to show just howtalented the teams were in the ShoreConference. Red Bank Catholic (RBC)started the season as the number oneranked team in the Shore Conferenceand went 10-1 with their only loss com-ing 30-23 to state powerhouseDelbarton. The Caseys earned premiervictories over Neptune andRumson/Fair Haven (RFH). Runningback John DiStefano rushed for 1531yards and 23 touchdowns on the season.

RFH followed up their 2010 CentralJersey Group II championship with a10-1 season that ended with a rematchdefeat to Matawan in the final this year.The Huskies lost to the Bulldogs in theregular season avenging their 2010 titlegame loss with a 13-7 victory. Neptuneregrouped from an opening night loss toRBC and went on for an impressive 11-1 record. The Fliers captured the CentralJersey Group III championship 47-28over Steinert. Junior Myles Martinscored the go-ahead touchdown givingHead Coach Mark Ciccotelli his second

straight sectional crown after winningin 2010 at Freehold Boro. AsburyPark’s Islam Joshua rushed for twofourth quarter touchdowns as theBishops defeated Florence 42-18 to winthe Central Jersey Group I champi-onship. It’s the fourth title in five yearsfor Asbury Park after missing the play-offs last year. The team has now won 12

straight playoff games, the eighthlongest streak in New Jersey history. Inthe Central Jersey Group IV final,Sayreville topped Manalapan 23-11.

Southern Regional (8-2) won theClass A South Division which wastheir first outright divisional title inschool history. Wall won the Class CCentral Division by defeating rivalManasquan by the score of 16-6.Barnegat finished their season beatingPinelands 63-0 and winning the Class BSouth Division.

There were also many individualachievements this season. BothManalapan’s John Sieczkowski andCentral’s Kalyph Hardy rushed for over2000 yards. Hardy piled up 2050 yardsand 28 touchdowns. Colts Neck run-ning back Victor Scalici set a schoolrecord by tallying 2,143 all- purposeyards and 19 rushing touchdowns.Howell quarterback Ryan Daviesbecame the first Shore Conference play-er to pass for over 3,000 yards finishingwith 3060 yards and 32 touchdownpasses. Howell receiver Brandon Yaegelfinished with 89 catches for 1,254 yards(both believed to be records) and 15touchdown catches.

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By Ted KaiserJERSEY SHORE—Freehold Borobecame only the sec-ond Shore Conferenceteam to repeat as statechampions in fieldhockey joining elitepower ShoreRegional. TheColonials earned a 3-2 victory over WallTownship in the 2010Group III final.Freehold Boro overcame a 2-0 halftimedeficit while senior star Emily Woldscored all three goals including thegame-winner in overtime. This past2011 season, The Colonials took theGroup III championship with a 5-1victory over Moorestown. Wold scored50 goals in her senior season and willattend the University of North

Carolina next fall. She scored a crucialgame-winning goal in the North II,Group III final against Warren Hills tolead her team to a 3-2 victory.

It wouldn’t be field hockey seasonwithout a Shore Regional champi-onship. Led by Coach NancyWilliams (798 career wins) and a verytalented roster, the Blue Devils fin-

ished with an impressive 24-1 record.They won their 41st straight divisiontitle, back-to-back Shore ConferenceTournament crowns, a state sectionaltitle and the overall Group I title.Shore boasted a lineup featuring twoAll-American's in Aileen Johnson andHannah Barrecca. Johnson was theleading scorer in New Jersey andscored 61 goals. Both Johnson andBarrecca will attend Duke Universitynext season. Goaltender ShannonJohnson and Monmouth University-bound senior Alyssa Ercolino also hadoutstanding seasons.

Freehold Township captured theirfirst ever sectional title in field hockeywith a win in the Central Jersey GroupIV bracket. They also won their firstoutright Class A North Division title.Jenna DeMarinis and Sydney Weisswere key players for the Patriots.

Shore Fie ld Hockey as seen in JSN’sNoverember 8 issue.

Page 4 Jersey Sporting News • June 19 - July 10Shore Conference Boys’ Soccer Season Recap

Shore Girls’ Soccer GoesFor Four Sectional Titles

By Pat RalphThis past boys’ soccer season in the Shore

Conference proved to be a great one, consistingof some of the best talent and teams in NewJersey. Considering how amazing this boys’ soc-cer season was, fans are excited and optimisticfor another great season next fall. When recap-ping this past season, one cannot start anywhereelse than with the record-setting squad fromChristian Brothers Academy (CBA) in Lincroft.

One of the strongest soccer programs in theGarden State, the Colts produced one of thegreatest soccer teams ever in the history of NewJersey high school boys’ soccer. The Colts went21-0 on the season, winning the Class A Northdivision title, the Shore Conference champi-onship and the Non-Public A State champi-onship to complete a perfect season. The seasonstarted with a 1-0 win at home against Delbartonand it finished with a thrilling 1-0 overtime vic-tory over Delbarton in the state championship atThe College of New Jersey. It was the first Non-Public A state championship for the Colts since2002, as the 2011 squad, led entirely by seniors,cemented itself as the greatest ever in CBA soc-cer and Shore Conference boys’ soccer history.

The Colts finished first in the Garden Stateand fourth in the country, fulfilling their early-season goal of a Non-Public A State

Championship. The Colts produced sevenDivision I college-bound players from thissquad, highlighted by University of Virginia-bound midfielder Scott Thomsen. Despite hav-ing to fight through tough injuries during theregular season, Thomsen scored the game-win-ning goal in overtime against Delbarton in thestate championship.

The Colts also produced seven All-Shore firstteam members, as well as the Shore ConferencePlayer of the Year in midfielder ChrisThorsheim. Thorsheim will be continuing hissoccer career in the fall at Bucknell University.

Besides the Colts, another team that had aphenomenal season were the Hornets ofHolmdel. Holmdel went 21-4 on the season,winning the Class A Central division title andfinishing second in the Shore Conference toCBA. The Hornets advanced to the ShoreConference final, only to lose to the Colts 4-0at Neptune. Determined to repeat as Group IIstate champions, Holmdel advanced through thetournament to the final against Bernards, but fellshort by a score of 1-0.

Despite falling short of repeating as statechamps, Holmdel produced three All-Shore firstteam members and Head Coach John Nacarlowas the named Coach of the Year. With a strong

group of rising seniors that are ready to lead theHornets in the fall of 2012, Holmdel is confi-dent and determined that they will return to theGroup II state championship.

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By Ted KaiserJERSEY SHORE — Four ShoreConference teams won sectional titles inthe 2011 girls’ soccer season. Red BankCatholic (RBC), Matawan and Mater Deieach captured a sectional championship.RBC was able to make it to the overallNon-Public A finals where they lost 2-1to Pingry. Bri Reed scored the lone goalfor the Caseys. RBC went 17-3-2 overall,as MacKenzie Cowley led the team with24 goals and four assists. Olivia DeFeliceadded two goals and 10 assists. GoalieSarah Mark made 90 saves.

In the Non Public B division, MaterDei (9-12-1) made its first appearence ina state final and upset Wardlaw Hartsridgeby the score of 3-0. Freshman LindseyFlorio led the Seraphs in scoring with 10goals and 10 assists. Florio scored allthree goals against Wardlaw Hartsridge.

Matawan (13-9-1) won the CentralJersey Group III sectional title with a 1-0win over Freehold Boro in the final.

Rebecca Labinger led the Huskies in scoring with 12 goals and six assists.Goalie Karen David made 175 saves.

Two other Shore Conference schoolsreach sectional finals. In Central JerseyGroup IV, Marlboro (11-9-1) made it tothe final before losing to Montgomery.Jessica McFadden led the team in scoringwith 10 goals. Keeper Ally Weinbergrecorded 184 saves on the season

In Central Jersey Group II, ShoreRegional made the final before losing totop seed Governor Livingston. ChelseaHenderson led the team with 13goals and seven assists andClaudia LaMarca scored 12 goalsand four assists for the season.

In the Shore ConferenceTournament, third seededFreehold Township topped fifthseeded Wall Township 1-0 in thefinal. Remarkably, the Patriotsdid not allow a goal in the entiretournament.

By Dr. Brian M. TorpeyCalcium deposits in the rota-

tor cuff muscle are a commonphenomenon seen by shouldersurgeons who treat individualswho experience sharp pain,usually on the outside of theshoulder. The patient will

notice that they have pain withrepetitive overhead motions orsometimes they’ll feel a grind-ing or a popping sensation inthe shoulder, which is com-monly described as a “stabbing“ type of pain rather than anache. This pain can frequently

interrupt sleep as well as theability to lift the arm overheadfirst thing in the morning.

Fortunately, a shoulder sur-geon can easily diagnose calcif-ic tendonitis. X-ray can con-firm the diagnosis and an MRIwill tell how inflamed the rota-tor cuff is in the area where thecalcium deposit has formed.Treatment is very well receivedusing conservative measures.This includes oral medicines,an icing program and gentlephysical therapy (depending onthe patient). If these treatmentoptions are not successful,patients, very frequently,respond to injections. On rareoccasions, an arthroscopic pro-cedure is necessary to remove apersistent piece of calcium. Ifyou are experiencing the abovesymptoms, you should consultyour orthopaedic surgeon for anevaluation.

Calcific Tendonitis or CalciumDeposits in the Rotator Cuff Muscle

Dr. Torpey


OCEAN - ACE Gymnastics continued itswinning ways recently when members oftheir USAIGC team competed at the NewJersey state championships held at theWildwood Convention Center. ACE,which is located on Sunset Avenue inOcean, has been producing champions foralmost 20 years in both their USAG andJOGA programs. This was the club's firstyear as a member of USAIGC, which is anationally recognized competitive gym-nastics program. The club's inauguralUSAIGC team consisted of 16 gymnastscompeting over three different skill levels(Copper, Bronze & Silver). Under thedirection of Head Coaches Leah Cariddo(Copper & Bronze teams) Jason Garciaand Danielle Ferguson (Silver team), theteams performed very well during the reg-ular season. The Copper level team wonfirst place at most of the meets theyattended.

Expectations were high going into thestate championship meet, which was heldover Memorial Day weekend in Wildwoodand the gymnasts rose to those expecta-tions. The Copper Level team, consistingof Mary Rosivack, Abby Andersen, AnyaGloster and Kira Newbert, placed fifthoverall. Mary Rosivack, 9, of Neptune,

was the State Champion on floor exercisewith a score of 9.425. Abby Andersen,10, of Wall, took third place on vaultwith a score of 9.3 while Anya Gloster, 7,of Wall, captured sixth place all-around inthe Junior A Division and Kira Newbert

placed third all-around in the Junior BDivision.

Both of the Bronze level gymnasts,Emma Nagy, 9, and Anna Turning, 10,turned in impressive performances aswell. Turning scored a 9.15 on the floor

exercise while Nagy turned in an impres-sive 9.2 on both the vault & floor exer-cise.

The Silver level team also performedvery well and was the 10th place teamoverall out of 22 teams. Hannah Kelly,15, of Ocean was the vault 9.55, bars9.75, floor exercise 9.575, and All-Around champion with a stellar AA scoreof 37.875. Other members of the Silverlevel team included: Janice Chew, third onuneven bars 8.6, fourth on vault 9.1,Nicole Deus, Josie Harrison, fifth onvault 9.15, Alex Monda, KayleighQuinn, Jordyn Silver, Carly Solomon andVictoria Talbot. All members qualified forthe USAIGC Nationals in Fort Lauderdaleand they will be competing June 26-30.

ACE Gymnastics is a family-ownedand operated business that continues toproduce championship caliber gymnastswhile instilling in them the core values of'Attitude, Commitment, Excellence'.According to 9-year-old Mary Rosivack, aUSAIGC gymnast at ACE, "the coacheshere are really nice and they teach us verywell. They are always encouraging us totry new things and learn new skills. Welearn a lot but have lots of fun too".


The ACE Gymnastics USAIGC Copperlevel team won 5th place overall at therecent State Championships held at theWildwood Convention Center. Along withHead Coach Leah Carrido, pictured left toright are Mary Rosivack, A b b y Andersen,Kira Newbert and Anya Gloster.

Mary Ros ivack , 9 , o fNeptune, displays her StateChampionship medals .Mary was the USAIGCState Champion on floorexercise with a score of9 .425 .

Summer Is Here!By Mike Celli

Look around. School is getting out,choices have to be made and the barbequesare starting to fire up. That means it istime to look forward and review the play-book.

Open and meaningful communication isrequired in all that we do on a daily basisin order to produce meaningful accomplish-ments. Information we receive from ourteachers, coaches, friends and family help

us develop new opportunities or help pro-tect us from unexpected actions or changes.On the field, individual players can oftenperform the same function when they seedefense lapses or when they note signifi-cant changes to circumstances. Now thatour daily schedules are changing we need to

adapt our time to keep us sharp and com-petitive and ready for the next season orschool year to begin.

Physical and mental fitness are impor-tant requirements for not only athletes, butalso employees and students. All individu-als regardless of their position must be ontheir toes to make certain that what isbeing done is being done correctly. Doingit correctly is a measurement of excellenceand there is no more important quality toachieve than that.

So use your time wisely over the sum-

mer to sharpen your playbook for yourfuture, whether it is by preparing for thenext school year, your first job or futureposition on the sports team of your choice,study your playbook and execute it suc-cessfully.

Studying the playbook in business,games and school is important because itprepares us for the unexpected. It some-times is referred to as the policy manual ina work situation. Such manuals will typi-

ACE Gymnasts Win State Championships

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By Ted KaiserJERSEY SHORE— The ChristianBrothers Academy ( CBA) boys’ golfteam could not repeat their 2011 firstplace finish in the NJSIAATournament of Champions (TOC),but they did manage a Non-Public Acrown and a second overall finish byshooting a 309, six shots behindBurlington Township. SophomoresVince Palazzolo and Jerry Wall eachshot 75 for the Colts. Senior JimmyDengler shot 79 and junior Ethan Wallshot an 80.

Also in the TOC, St. Rose came inthird in the Non-Public B sectional.Tommy Burns led the way with an 82.J.P. O'Malley shot a 91, Tony Hamillturned in a 92 and Jake Connor shot a93. In Group IV, Howell placed fourthas Dawson Jones shot an 80 and RichJakubowski had an 81.

In the girls’ state championship, itwas Red Bank Catholic (RBC) starTaylor Totland taking home the indi-vidual title at Trump National GolfClub in Colts Neck. She shot a 73 to win by one stroke. Her only birdie on the daycame on the 18th hole, a par-5. “Our team definitely has an advantage because it isour home course,” Totland said a few days before the event. “A lot of us are also mem-bers there so we feel confident and we hope to win.”

RBC finished second as a team. Molly McHugh shot a 96, Clair Rochford finishedat 99 and Taylor Clark came up with a 108. Colts Neck also played well in the TOCand finished eighth. Emily Mills shot an 82 to lead the way for the Cougars.

Jersey Sporting News • June 19 - July 10 Page 7CBA 2nd in Boys’ Golf, Totland Wins Girls’ Crown

Red Bank Catholic star TaylorTotland as seen in JSN’s May 22issue.

cally describe how you are supposed toconduct yourself with regard to relation-ships with co-workers. In colleges it’sreferred to as the student handbook. Insports it’s referred to as your playbook.These illustrations for guidance are nec-essary in all aspects of life. Judging

when to adjust a predetermined gameplan or program can frequently spell thedifference between success and failure.At such times, the aforementioned com-munication becomes very important sothat all players, employees and teammembers know the game plan to follow.

Summer Is Here! Continued from page 6

By Eric BraunLAKEWOOD- Coming into the ShoreConference Tournament (SCT) finals forthe fourth straight season, JacksonMemorial’s Brandon Holup and the rest ofthe Jaguars had some unfinished businessafter last years 2-1 loss to Red BankCatholic (RBC). Holup made his second

straight champi-onship start amemorable oneas he tossed acomplete gameshutout andhelped leadJackson to itssecond title infour years with a7-0 win overToms RiverNorth.

Holup has beenshort on greatgame heroicsthis year, finish-ing off his lastfive starts with

complete game shutouts and finishing hissenior season with a conference high 8-2record and 0.75 ERA. Coming off lastyears heartbreaking loss in the ShoreConference title game where he allowedtwo runs over six innings against RBC,this year he built on last years experience

and pitched a gem allowing only two hitsover seven innings and threw only 69pitches.

Both the Jaguars and Mariners were hit-less until the fourth inning when Holupgave up a single to Toms River North’sRon Marinaccio, but Marinaccio wouldget no further than second base on a sacri-fice bunt before Holup got out of trouble.The Jaguars would also get their first hitof the game in the fourth inning whenthey erupted for six hits and five runs inthe bottom of the fourth to chaseMariners starter Nolan Diaz from thegame. Jackson would tack on two more

runs in the bottom of the sixth enroute totheir third title of the season.

There wasn’t enough praise to goaround for the performance Holup orches-trated during the past couple of weeks andthe entire season. Senior shortstop JoeOgren “Holup has been unbelievable thesepast couple of weeks and continues to getbetter with every game,” said senior short-stop Joe Ogren. “Holup has a business-like approach when he takes the ball, nomatter what the situation is, he neverloses sight of his game plan,” comment-ed Head Coach Malta following the win.

Page 8 Jersey Sporting News • June 19 - July 10Jersey Sporting News • June 19 - July 10 Page 9Holup’s 5th Straight Shutout Leads Jaguars To SCT Title

While the Ranney School AthleticDepartment will say a bittersweetfarewell to one of its most successfulvarsity fencers — Thomas Hearne ’12(Holmdel) this spring, it eagerlywelcomes the addition of a new team-

mate — Nicole Vaiani ’16 (Wall) to itsfencing program this fall.

Both members at the Atlantic FencingAcademy, Hearne and Vaiani were recent-ly given the New Jersey Cup, an awardgranted to that fencer with the top sixfinishes in his or her division through-out one season of Senior Open competi-tions. Sponsored by the New JerseyDivision of the US Fencing Association(USFA) and open to all fencers ages 13and up, points earned to receive a NewJersey Cup vary based on the number ofrated fencers a competitor can beat.

Although defending a slim lead forgold at his last competition of theSenior Open on Sunday, May 27,Hearne confidently entered the SeniorMen’s Epee Division, where he tied forfirst. In Vaiani’s first full year compet-ing in the Senior Women’s FoilDivision, she too placed first. Each willreceive engraved crystal obelisks duringa special presentation ceremony at thenext Board Meeting of the New JerseyDivision of the USFA, along with asmall stipend to help defray costs ofattending the Summer NationalChampionships in Anaheim, California.

As they diligently prepare forSummer Nationals, Hearne appears atthe top of a list of 207 Senior MenEpeeists and Vaiani ranks among the top83 Senior Women Foil duelists set tocompete. While this tournament marksHearne’s final event before heading offto fence for Brandeis this fall, theupcoming school year signifies the verybeginning of a successful fencing careerfor Vaiani, who — although with bigshoes to fill — will undoubtedly repre-sent the Panthers with Knowledge,Vision and Honor. “We trust that shewill carry the Ranney torch and ‘sword’in the future,” said Head of SchoolLawrence S. Sykoff Ed.D. “With herskill, we will not only sustain our win-ning ways, but will also inspire manyyounger students to take up this greatsport.”

Nico le Vaiani ’16 (Wall) andThomas Hearne '12 (Holmdel) toreceive the NJ Cup.

Incoming Freshman Nicole VaianiPromises To Fill Void Left By Seniors

Jackson Memorial baseball team celebrates winningthe SCT ti t le. Photo from JSN’s May 22 issue

On the surface, aMixed Martial Arts(MMA) match maybe mistakenly per-ceived as an over-ly-aggressive dis-play of sloppypugilism. Othersmay understand thea t h l e t i c i s mrequired to performin a bout, yet theyare only concernedwith the entertain-ment value of a“cage-fight”. Morethan just a compet-itive contest between two fighters,MMA involves a great amount ofstrategy, game planning andawareness to adapt to suddenchanges.

Here at Shido Martial Arts, weprovide an introductory programthat offers the skills needed inMMA. From being able to use yourhands as a boxer would, to beingcomfortable on your legs to throwkicks to feeling confident enoughto take someone down with yourwrestling, we provide you with theknowledge to defend off of your

back.In addition to the skills and mar-

tial arts theory, our classes aredesigned to help condition thebody for any type of athletics. Wewill work on full body explosive-ness, agility infootwork, balance and endurance.No prior training is required. Aslong as you are willing to come inand train hard; you will find a nicefit in our MMA class. So stop byfor more information and to lookaround the facility. We are lookingforward to train with you!

By Sean SimmonsTOMS RIVER—Senior JoeSerrapica pitched a completegame three-hitter with fourstrikeouts and allowed only twowalks to help lead theManalapan baseball team to animpressive 2-0 win againstHillsborough during the NJSI-AA Group IV final at Toms RiverNorth. Senior left fielder VitoGadaleta blasted a two-run homerun in the bottom of the sixthinning to help Manalapan (18-11) become the third ShoreConference team to capture con-secutive titles joining TomsRiver South and St. Rose. TheBraves have now won a ShoreConference record 12 straight state tournamentgames. “Serrapica pitched a great game for us,”Manalapan Head Coach Brian Boyce said. “Wedidn’t know what he was going to do coming backfrom the injuries. We just knew that we were get-ting a good pitcher back on the mound for us.”

Hillsborough (17-14) had their best scoringchance in the top of the sixth with the basesloaded and only one out. But Serrapica got TylerFerretti to pop up to senior shortstop BrianLamboy and then Lamboy fired the ball to secondbaseman Matt Parke to pick off a Raiders base run-ner for an inning ending double play to keep the

game tied at 0-0. According toBoyce, winning the Group IVtitle this season was more spe-cial for the Braves because noone expected them to do it. Lastyear, the Braves routedWestfield, 29-14 in the GroupIV final and finished the seasonwith a 29-3 record. During thegame against Westfield, theBraves pounded out 32 hits andbelted four home runs.

Manalapan advanced to theNJSIAA Group IV final bydefeating the Cherokee Chiefsin a Group IV semifinal gameby the score of 13-3 in sixinnings. The Braves were ledby Lamboy who went 3-for-5

with two doubles, junior third baseman BillyMoed who went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and tworuns scored and Gadaleta who had a double and alsowalked three times.

Also turning in solid performances for theBraves were senior centerfielder Ryan Ranieriwho walked four times and junior catcher MikeKnauf who drew three walks and forced in tworuns.“The kids worked very hard and we really cametogether as a team,” Boyce said. “Ranieri reallyprovided a spark for us and our expectations fornext season will be high.”


Mixed Martial Arts involves a great amountof s t ra tegy, game planning and awarenessto adapt to sudden changes.

Mixed Martial Arts More Than EntertainmentManalapan Repeats As Group IV Champs

PHOTO: SEAN SIMMONSManalapan p i tcher JoeSerrapica led his team to a 2-0 win over Hil lsborough.

By Josh LashleyA large percentage of the high

school wrestling talent acrossthe country resides in NewJersey-and within the GardenState an ample amount of stand-out wrestlers compete in theShore Conference.

The 2011-2012 season wasno exception:

• On an individual level, pairof NJSIAA State championsfrom the Shore Conference werecrowned with BJ Clagon (TomsRiver South, 138 lbs.) andDallas Winston (JacksonMemorial, 182 lbs.) earningtitles. Clagon, a junior wassimply dominant as he cappedoff a 41-0 season with a firstperiod pin over SouthPlainfield’s Tyler Hunt in theState finals. Hunt entered thematch with a 43-0 record.Winston, a tenacious senior,capped off an outstanding careerby earning a state crown with a4-3 triumph over previouslyundefeated Tevin Shaw(Piscataway) in the finals.

• Ken Theobold (Toms RiverSouth, 145 lbs.) and Lex Knapp( L a c e yTownship, 220lbs.) each placedsecond at theState Tourna-ment. Theobold, asenior, upsetdefending Statechamp TJMiller (CamdenCath-olic) inthe semifinalround to earn aplace in thefinals. Knapp,also a senior,fought his waythrough a pairof overtimematches en routeto a final roundappearance.

• Other local student-athlete’swho had memorable StateTournaments by finishing in thetop eight in their respectiveweight classes include Zach

Hertling (third, 120 lbs., OceanTownship, freshman), Brian

H a m a n n(fourth, 126lbs., JacksonMemorial, jun-ior), KevinCorrigan (fifth,113 lbs., TomsRiver South,junior), RichLewis (fifth,132 lbs., TomsRiver East, jun-ior), HaydenHrymack (fifth,195 lbs.,C h r i s t i a nBrothers Academy, senior),Joe Ghione(sixth, 106 lbs.,B r i c k

Memorial, sophomore), JesseMeaney (sixth, ManchesterRegional, 132 lbs., senior), VinFavia (sixth, Christian BrothersAcademy, 160 lbs., senior),Nick Zak (sixth, Jackson

Liberty, 170 lbs., junior), JohnAppice (seventh, Manalapan,285 lbs., junior), ColtonBigelow (seventh, OceanTownship, 220 lbs., senior),Matt Moore (seventh, BrickMemorial, 195 lbs., junior)and Jalen Ramos (eighth,Central Regional, 126 lbs.,senior).

• In a major moment for theprogram, Raritan won its firstever NJSIAA team champi-onship when they edged SouthJersey powerhouse Delsea, 30-28, in the State Group IIChampionship match.

• Brick Memorial won theShore Conference Tournamentwith a 30-28 win over Howell.The Mustangs also advanced tothe State Group IV finals beforelosing a narrow 29-27 match toPhillipsburg.

• Ocean Township advancedto the State Group III champi-onship round before losing athree-point (30-27) match toSouth Plainfield.

By Ted KaiserJERSEY SHORE— The Manasquan girls’basketball team earned some revengeagainst St. Rose in the Tournament ofChampions (TOC). The Purple Rosesdefeated the Warriors a few weeks earlier towin the Shore Conference Tournament(SCT), but Manasquan (31-2) advanced tothe TOC Final with a 56-50 victory in therematch. Freshman Marina Mabrey andsophomore Katelynn Flaherty scored 41 ofthe team’s 56 points as senior star

Michaela Mabrey took on a distributor’srole. Michaela, who will attend NotreDame and is a McDonald’s All-American,came up big in the TOC Final with 26points. Flaherty added a game-high 27points in the winning effort.

St. Rose won the SCT championshipwith a 65-56 win over Manasquan. Theyfinished with a 29-2 record. The Roseswere led by senior center Samantha Clarkwho will attend Fordham University. The

senior guard trio of Kasey Chambers,Morgan Barry and Diana Malanga compli-mented Clark’s interior presence.

Jackson Memorial won the Group IVchampionship to also advance to the TOC.Stephanie Mason had 26 points andHannah Missry scored 17 to lead theJaguars to a 57-56 overtime win overRancocas Valley in the Central JerseyGroup IV sectional final. Missry drained113 three-pointers for the year and will join

St. Rose’s Clark at Fordham. The 26-winsfor the season were the most in school his-tory.

Individually, Point Boro junior guardKelly Hughes led the Shore Conference inscoring with an average of 23.3 points pergame. The Panthers won a sectional titlebefore losing to Shabazz in the Group IIbracket.

New Jersey Has Its Share of Top Wrestling Talent

Manasquan Wins TOC Basketball Final Over St. Rose


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By Ted KaiserJERSEY SHORE— A champi-onship ice hockey season seemed farfetched when Middletown South wasstruggling in December. But every-thing changed on January 9th whenthe Eagles defeated Christian broth-ers Academy (CBA) for the first timein school history. The 4-3 victoryseemed to instill confidence that setthe team on a path for a 17-gameunbeaten streak that saw them winthe Handchen Cup and reach thePublic A semifinals.

South rolled through the rest ofthe regular season and danced theirway to the Handchen Cup final

where they battled Brick Townshipto a 4-4 tie after regulation and over-time. There is no shootout rule sothe two squads shared the champi-onship.

The momentum carried right intothe Public A tournament for the fifthseeded Eagles who shutout 28th seedMount Olive 6-0 in round one andthen dispatched fellow ShoreConference member Marlboro by ascore of 6-1 in the second round.Five different players scored forSouth against the Mustangs includ-ing Tyler Ralph (two goals, oneassist), Zach England, Wes Friberg,

Nick Malvasi and Chris Connor.Goaltender Trevor Ralph made 17saves in net, one game after theshutout of Mount Olive. Southmade it all the way to the semifinalsbefore bowing out.

Rumson/Fair Haven (RFH) wasthe second seeded team in the DowdCup tournament, but cruised to a 6-1 victory over Marlboro in thechampionship. The Bulldogs openedup a close 2-1 game with four goalsin the third period. Gary Cali had ahat trick and goaltender DominicPadula made 22 saves in net.


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By Sean SimmonsTOMS RIVER—After knocking offHammonton, 2-1 in a 13-inning thrillerduring an NJSIAA Group III semifinalgame, the Freehold baseball team was hop-ing for the momentum to carry over whenthey faced Cranford in the NJSIAA GroupIII final at Toms River South’s Ken FrankBaseball Stadium trying to win their firststate group championship. But the Cougars(22-4) had other ideas and came away witha 4-1 victory behind a brilliant pitchingperformance from Ryan Williamson, whotossed a complete game two-hitter withnine strikeouts.

The Colonials (18-13) only hits were aleadoff double by senior catcher KyleMogilski in the bottom of the second and aone-out single in the bottom of the seventhby senior infielder Ed Zaleski. “Cranford isthe Toms River South of Union County,”Freehold Head Coach Jon Block said. “They

are a top notch program and they playednearly flawless baseball.” Cranford jumpedout to an early 1-0 lead in the top of thefirst inning on an infield out by AndrewDiFrancisco.

The Cougars increased their lead to 2-0 inthe top of the fourth inning when ChrisFolinusz smashed the first of his twohomeruns onto the gymnasium roof in cen-terfield. Cranford took a 3-0 lead in the topof the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly to leftfield by Sean Feeney.

The Colonials rallied back in the bottomof the fifth inning. Designated hitter CodyReilly drew a leadoff walk and advanced tothird base on a throwing error on a bunt byZaleski. Reilly then scored on an RBIgroundout by junior outfielder Jason Lundyto cut the deficit to 3-1.

The Cougars roared back when Folinuszcrushed a homer over the fence in left fieldin the top of the sixth inning to make the

final score 4-1. Freehold had an excellentscoring opportunity in the bottom of theseventh inning. But with runners on firstand third base with only one out,Williamson fanned the last two batters toend the game.

Junior Jake Yanez tossed a completegame four hitter for the Colonials strikingout two batters and allowing only onewalk. “The type of competition that wesaw in the Shore Conference really helpedus throughout the state tournament,” Blocksaid. “The game against Hammonton wasone of the better games that I have seen andwe got a taste of what it takes to win a stategroup championship.” The Colonials willhave some holes to fill, but with the one-two pitching punch of lefties MichaelBolton and Yanez along with Lundy com-ing back, the future looks bright for nextseason.

Freehold Falls To Cranford In Group III Final

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIAt bat for Freehold Boro isEdZalesk i (27) .

JERSEY SHORE— The ChristianBrothers Academy (CBA) cross countryteam finished first in the Nike CrossCountry Nationals in Portland, Oregonthis past fall. They were ranked numberone in the country. CBA stormed throughNew Jersey in winning the Meet ofChampions as well.. The Colts had atotal time of 1:20:58, more than twominutes better than second place DonBosco. Four CBA runners finishedamong the top 11 including seniorGeorge Kelly, sophomore MikeMcClemens, junior Jack Boyle and jun-ior Billy Bragg.

The Rumson/Fair Haven (RFH) girls’cross country team finished in first placeto win the NJSIAA Meet of Champions.The girls scored 126 points to hold off

defending champion Hillsborough and Mount St. Dominic, both with 142points. The girls cross country teambecame the first team from RFH to wina state championship against all sixgroups in the state including the non-public schools and prep schools.

Junior Rachel Christ led the team, fin-ishing in ninth place with a personalrecord of 18:35, breaking her own RFHschool record. Senior Shannon McCarthyran a personal best time of 19:33 to fin-ish in 34th place and Michaella Irvine ranin 19:38 to finish in 40th place.Freshman Hannah Anderson held on togive RFH a fourth runner under 20 min-utes (19:48) and junior Isabella Maitasealed the deal as the fifth runner with afurious finish (20:28). Sophomore

Courtney Howley (20:36) and senior Molly Hellman (21:13) completed theteam. The team finished for a combinedaverage of 19:36.40, another RFH schoolrecord.

During the spring track season, severalindividual records continued to fall.Neptune senior Ajee Wilson broke herown state record in the girls’ 800 meters.She will attend Florida State next fall.Southern Regional’s Chelsea Vaughnwon the pole vault in the Meet ofChampions. Red Bank Catholic’sLindsey Bellaran won the 800 meters.Toms River South’s Chris Marco shat-tered the Meet of Champions record inthe boys’ 1,600 meter. Jack Boyle ofCBA won the 3,200 meters.

By Ted KaiserJERSEY SHORE— For the second year ina row, the Asbury Park boys’ basketballteam reached the Tournament ofChampions. The Blue Bishops becameonly the third Shore Conference team towin consecutive overall state titles. In fact,it was nearly the third Group I title in arow for the Bishops who lost to Universityin the 2009 state final. This year, AsburyPark avenged that loss to University bysending them home with a 79-76 win atRutgers University. Asbury Park held ontoa close lead late in the game thanks tosome clutch free throws by both Amir andArmond Conover. Armond Conover fin-ished with a team-high 21 points and histwin bother Amir added 16. ThommondHammary poured in 20 points.

The Neptune boys’ basketball team fol-lowed up their Shore Conference

Tournament championship withanother strong run the state playoffs.The Scarlet Fliers avenged last sea-son’s sectional final defeat at the handsof Lakewood with a 74-61 win for theCentral Jersey Group III crown. JuniorKeith Kirkwood scored 24 points andsenior Jaheem Woods added 22. Pointguard Ikie Calderon also finished indouble figures with 16 points. TheFliers reached all the way to the GroupIII championship game thanks to a63-46 win over Camden in the groupsemifinals. Kirkwood scored 19 pointswhile Calderon had 14 points and sixassists.

Middletown North had perhaps their bestbasketball season in school history bywinning its first Central Jersey Group IVtitle since 2002. The Lions set a schoolrecord with 25 wins. Along the way, North

had some big wins against ChristianBrothers Academy, Freehold Township andManalapan. Their state playoff run includ-ed victories against Colts Neck (23-4) inthe Central Jersey Group IV finals andJackson Memorial (24-3) in the semifinals.

AP, Neptune, Midd. North Finish Strong in Hoops


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By Ted Kaiser


RBC Girls’ Has Lacrosse Season To Remember

2012 Boys’ Lacrosse Has Super SeasonBy Michael Rogers

The 2012 boy’s lacrosse season was full of excitement,upsets and fantastic performances both individually andby teams. Locally many teams were talented so the balanceamong all of the teams was incredible. The Bulldogs fromRumson/ Fair Haven (RFH) played great lacrosse all sea-son and finished as the number one team in the ShoreConference with a 20 - 2 record on the season that alsoincluded winning the Shore Conference Tournament overthe second best team in the Shore Conference (JacksonMemorial 16-5) by the score of 9 - 8 in the finals.

The Bulldogs started off their season with spectaculargoaltending as Artie Tildesley was great in goal all seasonlong. He made 192 saves on the season on 269 shots andfinished with an unbelievable .714 save percentage.Offensively, Jack Curran led the way with 84 total pointson 57 goals and 27 assists while also grabbing 42 groundballs. Michael Clarke added 63 points on 36 goals and 27assists while grabbing 25 ground balls.

Jackson Memorial also had a super season finishingwith a 16 - 5 record that gave them the number two ranking

in the Shore Conference. The Jaguars scored 247 goals and146 assists as a team and Nick Wolfe led the even balancedscoring with 95 points on 47 goals and 48 assists whileConnor Cunningham added 79 points on 48 goals and 31assists. In goal for the Jaguars Drew Smith made 135 saveson 249 shots and had a .542 save percentage.

The Colts from Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) fin-ished with a 14 - 4 record against a very tough schedule.The Colts finished third in the Shore Conference and wereled by Donnie Finn who scored 58 points on 32 goals and36 assists while Christian Trigani was solid in goal allseason making 47 saves. The Colts made it all the way tothe semifinals of the Shore Conference Tournament beforelosing to Jackson Memorial by the score of 11 -10.

Elsewhere Colts Neck (11 -5), and Red Bank Catholic(18 - 8) had successful seasons. The Caseys were led byChris Whitlock who scored 71 points on 27 goals and 44assists while Cal Whaley added 48 points on 36 goals and12 assists. Doug Whitlock scored 34 points on 31 goalsand three assists but showed why he was vital to the

Caseys grabbing 85ground balls.

Some great personalperformances this sea-son were RFH’s ChrisStuphan and DanBabiak who both addedto the season with 27and 21 goals. Red BankRegional (11- 10 ) gotgreat play from goaliePat Quinn all season ashe made 331 saves andfinished with 11 wins in the net. Holmdel’s (11 -11) JohnTascione was solid in goal all season making 188 savesand earning a .641 save percentage. Mark Sherzer scored75 points (47 goals/ 28 assists) for the Hornet’s offense.Overall this year’s season was exciting and some awesometalent at the sophomore and junior level will continue tokeep the level of play on the rise.

By Michael RogersThis 2012 girls’ lacrosse season in the

Shore Conference belonged to the LadyCasey from Red Bank Catholic (RBC) asthey finished with a 20 - 2 season and wonthe Shore Conference Tournament (SCT), aNJSIAA South Jersey Group II State Titleand reached the South Jersey sectionalsbefore losing to the number three team inthe state in Chatham by the score of 19- 6.Other than that the Caseys were fantasticall season long. They defeated Manasquan,ranked second in the Shore Conference (16-6) in the Shore Conference Tournament bythe score of 10 - 9.

On offense, Grace Fallon led the way allseason scoring 88 points on 36 goals and52 assists while Catherine Luick added 81points on 63 goals and 18 assists. MaeveCowley also added 72 points on 50 goals

and 22 assists. Goalie Rebecca Barille wasawesome in goal all season making 72saves and tallying a 15- 1 record. As a teamRBC scored 320 goals and 160 assists thisseason.

The Rumson/ Fair Haven (RFH)Bulldogs (15 -5) also played great all sea-son long and got a fantastic personal per-formance from Claire Scarrone who scoredan amazing 119 points on 62 goals and 57assists. She also grabbed 92 ground balls.The Bulldogs reached the Shore ConferenceTournament semifinals before losing toManasquan by the score of 10 - 7. Alsohelping the offense was Bridgette Curranwho scored 50 points on 29 goals and 21assists. In goal, Maddie Mullen made 67saves.

After Manasquan defeated RFH they lostin the finals to RBC but had a great season

(15 -5) finishing fourth in the ShoreConference. Shea Green led the Warriors inscoring with 79 points on 52 goals and 27assists while JoJo Reilly added 61 pointson 43 goals and 18 assists and GretchenFay was right behind her scoring 60 pointson 48 goals and 12 assists. In goal, KellyPetillo made 81 saves.

Shore Regional (15-6) played with thebest teams in the Shore Conference all sea-son long and finished the season rankedthird. They made the semifinals of both theNJSIAA Group I playoffs and the SCT. Abalanced scoring attack for the Blue Devilssaw scoring by Molly Arnette, AlysonChatwek, Chelsea Henderson and ClaudiaLaMarca while goalie Taylor Caldwell wassolid in net all season long.

Colts Neck finished with a 17 -5 seasonand a number six ranking in the Shore

Conference. Theyreached the semifi-nals of the NJSI-ASA playoffs scor-ing 256 goals and114 assists as ateam and they wereled defensively bygoalie TaylorMcDonnell all sea-son as she finishedwith 153 saves and 16 wins. On a balancedscoring attack Kylie Allmerse scored 81points on 54 goals and 27 assists whileErika Kaselman scored 72 points on 52goals and 20 assists. This season’s excite-ment is only a look at what is to comenext season in girls’ lacrosse as many ofthis year’s successful teams were loadedwith young players.

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By Jim HintelmannHOLMDEL -When a soft-ball team finishes a season27-4 including winningdivision, county and NJSI-AA sectional champi-onships, it is usuallyregarded as an outstandingseason. St. John Vianney(SJV) finished their seasonthis way but SJV is not anaverage softball team andthe Lady Lancers haveestablished higher stan-dards. “We just ran out ofgas at the end," said SJVsoftball Coach KimLombardi, now in hereighth season at SJV. TheLady Lancers were uspet byWall in the finals of the ShoreConference Tournament anddropped a 3-0 decision tounbeaten Immaculate HeartAcademy in the finals of theNJSIAA Non-Public ATournament. "We reached ourpeak about two weeks before theend of the season,” Lombardisaid, "and that was the wrongtime."

SJV went into the seasonwith high expectations since ithad seven returning starters fromthe previous year's team thatwent 29-1-1, winning the ACentral Division, MonmouthCounty, Shore Conference andNon-Public A championships."I think that this was the bestdefensive team I ever had atSJV," said Lombardi. "We didn'thave much power, but we had a

line drive style type ofteam and everyone in thelineup could hit and we hadgood speed. We still had agood season, winning threetitles."

The key player for SJVthis year was sophomoreleft-hander Kate Beriont,who went 21-3 this yearwith a 0.80 earned run aver-age. “She really threw wellthis year," said Lombardi."Beriont could throw thefast ball, curve, change upand screwball very well."

The top hitter wascatcher Kristen Solari wholed the team with 47 hits

and a .442 averate.The rest ofthe lineup were outfieldersAmanda Durham (.408), ZoeOtterman (.400), and Kate Baron(.318) shortstop JackieGallagher (.355) and infieldersCailin Winokur, EricaKrumbine and Taylor August.SJV should again be a statepower next year with Beriont,Baron, Krumbine, Durham andGallagher coming back.

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By Ted KaiserJERSEY SHORE— The top girls’ tennis teams in the ShoreConference were two of the best in the state of New Jersey this year.Red Bank Catholic (RBC) and Holmdel ended the season ranked secondand fourth respectively. The Caseys finished with a 17-1 record, theironly loss coming to champion Millburn in the Tournament ofChampions (TOC) final.In the first round of the TOC, RBC dispatched sixth seeded Pennsville

5-0 after beating Pingry to win their group. The first-doubles team ofLeigh Oliver and Emma Giordano were the clinching point with a 6-1,6-0 victory. The second round saw the Caseys edge out Haddonfield 3-2. Junior Jenna Pellegrino overcame a third set deficit to 6-4, 1-6, 6-4and get the clinching victory to send RBC to the TOC final. At firstsingles, Dena Tanenbaum defeated state singles champion Taylor Ng inthree sets, 2-6, 6-2, 6-0. The Caseys earned its second point at seconddoubles, behind Kerrin Clark and Jenna Giordano’s 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 win.Haddonfield was the team that ousted Holmdel in the Group II final.

The Hornets cruised to a 19-2 record in 2011 including a Central JerseyGroup II championship and they defeated Governor Livingston 5-0 forthe crown. Caitlin Yip at first singles, Katie McKay at second singles,Lucy Wang at third singles, Lauren Byrket and Alicia Lai at first dou-bles, and Tiffany Huang and Nandini Krishnaswamy at second doubleseach won their matches. On the boys’ side, Holmdel won another Shore Conference

Tournament championship with a 5-0 victory over Christian BrothersAcademy (CBA). The Hornets did not lose any matchups during theentire tournament. Holmdel also won the Group II state crown, whileCBA lost in the Non-Public A Final. In Ocean County, Toms RiverNorth took home the Ocean County Tournament title.

RBC, Holmdel, CBAStrong in Tennis Seasons


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