Shore Sports Network Football Top 10, 12/3/13
I feel like this could be the calm before the storm, as the final Shore Sports Network Top 10 after this weekend’s state finals could potentially be dramatically different. Top-ranked Red Bank Catholic...
View ArticleShore Sports Network Football Players of the Week, 12/3/13
Week 12 *All selections are made by managing editor Scott Stump except for Fans’ choice, which is from the voting in the weekly poll. Fans’ choice: 1. Middletown South RB Jeremy Concepcion - 49% of the...
View ArticleFootball State Finals Preview
After failing to crown any state champions for the first time since 1985 last season, the Shore Conference is back to flexing its muscles with at least two teams guaranteed to be the last ones standing...
View ArticleAddition of Sclafani Helps Take Brick to the Brink of State Title
When Toms River North star quarterback Carmen Sclafani transferred to Brick this past summer, it was the type of move that could have either driven a talented team to new heights or blown it apart....
View ArticleAnswering the Question: Colts Neck's Christian Sanchez
As Colts Neck entered this season having to replace the most prolific single-season passer in school history, head coach Greg LaCava honestly had no idea who would be the Cougars’ new quarterback. “I...
View ArticleManalapan Defense Out for Redemption
It’s one of the most frustrating and powerless feelings in football, and Manalapan experienced it during the worst possible time last season. The Braves were desperately trying to get the ball back in...
View ArticleBulldog Band-Aid: RFH's Thomas Martello
Last season, All-Shore linebacker Travis Clark was the headliner on Rumson-Fair Haven’s defense, and entering this year it was Rutgers-bound defensive end Donald Bedell. Quietly doing his job in the...
View ArticleThe Evolution: Barnegat's Swift Rise to Becoming a State Title Contender
Before any Barnegat player had ever gained a yard or made a tackle, Rob Davis was envisioning a day like this coming Saturday. “I’m a dreamer, and it was my ultimate dream to go to a state championship...
View ArticleShore and Point Beach Ready for Round Two
With each passing day leading up to Saturday’s Central Jersey Group I final, Point Beach head coach John Wagner gives his team another example of a squad that lost badly in the regular season and came...
View ArticleShore State Finalists: 7 Kickers, 7 Dreams
Every kicker does it at some point during practice. “State championship on the line, three…two…one,’’ said Shore Regional junior kicker Jake Monteiro. “You hit the longball that wins it and run around...
View ArticleState Championship Scoreboard
Scores, details and updates from state final action. Tweets by @Scott_Stump // Saturday Central Jersey Group IV At The College of New Jersey (1) Brick vs. (3) Colts Neck, 4 p.m. Central Jersey Group...
View ArticlePoint Beach's Joe Wegrzyniak is the Week Twelve Klee's Bar & Grill/Ocean...
Klee's Bar & Grill/Ocean Trophies Player of the Game: Point Beach Running Back/Linebacker Joe Wegrzyniak Continue reading…
View ArticleTrue Believers: Point Beach Wins First State Title [AUDIO]
Click here for a photo gallery by Bill Normile EWING – There was plenty John Wagner could have said to his team in the week leading up to Point Beach's first sectional final appearance in 31 years,...
View ArticleReturn to Glory: Brick Wins First State Title Since 1994
*Click here for a photo gallery by Bill Normile* EWING - At a program where tradition is everything, Brick paid the ultimate tribute to its championship teams of the past with a fourth-quarter drive...
View ArticleBarnegat's Best Season Ever Ends at the Hands of Delsea
By Art Gordon – Shore Sports Network contributor GLASSBORO - The Delsea football program has won 11 sectional titles and appeared in 14 state championship games while the Barnegat program has been in...
View ArticlePurple Reign: Rumson Stops Weequahic for CJ-II Title
UNION – In preparing to face undefeated Weequahic in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II final, Rumson-Fair Haven heard and read all about the Indians' staggering team statistics. The numbers were...
View ArticleBitter Pill: Manalapan Falls to Hunterdon Central in CJ-V Title Game
PISCATAWAY – Manalapan made no secret about its intentions for the 2013 season. After falling in the sectional final in each of the past two seasons, it was state title or bust for the Braves, who...
View ArticleBrick's Carmen Sclafani is the Week Twelve Klee's Bar & Grill/Ocean Trophies...
Klee's Bar & Grill/Ocean Trophies Player of the Game: Brick Quarterback Carmen Sclafani Continue reading…
View ArticleFootball: Linemen Peter Righi, Ryan Wetzel, Tim O'Hara Commit to FCS Programs
*Updated 3 p.m. on 12/10/13 Three of the Shore Conference's top offensive linemen, Rumson-Fair Haven senior Peter Righi, Red Bank Catholic senior Tim O'Hara and Colts Neck senior Ryan Wetzel, are...
View ArticleAll-Shore Football Teams Coming Friday
Shore Sports Network will unveil our 2013 Shore Conference football All-Shore teams on Friday along with our season-ending awards and our final top 10 rankings. Be sure to check back on Friday to see...
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