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the defensive end. This game plan by Kukoda, who seems to be pushing all the right buttons lately, jumpstarted a Manasquan team that raced out to a 11-2 first quarter and forced several St. Rose turnovers. The Purple Roses are a team built on great ball handling and distribution off set pieces. Mabrey afterwards said, “we concentrated on defense and once we took away their play and passing lanes it created turnover opportunities for us that we capitalized on.”
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From there the Warriors created numerous fast break opportunities on offense that had Mabrey finishing with 18 points, junior Courtney Hagaman with 20 points and senior Sam Sullivan with 11 points. Maybe the most unsung hero of this high powered Manasquan club is freshman point guard Stella Clark who has earned the respect of her fellow players and coaches for her hard work no matter who she is playing. Kukoda stated, “Stella brings a level of energy to the court that not everyone has the ability to bring, when she comes off the bench it reenergizes the rest of the team and everyone feeds off of her.”
West Long Branch- The Manasquan Warriors girls’ basketball team are Champions once again. Having been to the Shore Conference Tournament several times since 1983, most recently in 2012, the Warriors found that magic touch and defeated St. Rose 61-41 at Monmouth University. This night the Warriors were not going to leave the walls of Monmouth University without the coveted Shore Conference Tournament Championship trophy. Coming into the season the Manasquan basketball program led by second year head coach Lisa Kukoda had a balanced and experienced group of players, and with the addition of Marina Mabrey back into the Manasquan program the Warriors have become once again the team to beat at the Shore.
With the win and high energy of the Warriors, Mabrey has been able to look at her critics with a smile lately. She noted that a lot of people have been waiting for her arrival to destroy team chemistry and sink the season for Manasquan. It has not only improved the Warriors season but the chemistry and energy every night is through the roof. Mabrey
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Star point guard Matt Farrell led the way with 20 points. Farrell also committed last week to Notre Dame where he will begin his college basketball career next fall. Dominique Uhl, another Division I-bound senior headed to Iowa, was held quiet by the Blue Devils defense. Fortunately for the Gulls, a pair of less heralded seniors stepped up when they needed it. Forward Noah Yates chipped in 19 points and center Jeff Bryant scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half.
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POINT PLEASANT BEACH— For the second straight season, the Point Beach basketball team won the Central Jersey Group I sectional title. The Garnet Gulls (28-2) repeated their 2013 feat with a 67-61 victory over Shore Conference foe Shore Regional. The Blue Devils held a four-point lead at halftime, but Point Beach stormed back with a third quarter rally that gave them the lead for good. The Gulls iced the game late by going 13-for-13 from the foul line in the fourth quarter.
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Lady Lancers win Non Public A South Title By Michael Rogers
Jackson - The St. John Vianney girls’ basketball team continued their playoff success by winning the NJSIAA non-public South A title with a 58 to 47 victory over Gloucester Catholic. The Lady Lancers who were the number two seed now have a 24 win and 4 loss record and will move on to play Immaculate Heart Academy in the non-public A final.
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Head coach Dawn Karpell used a “drive and kick out” offense in the second half that seemed to open up the scoring for the Lady Lancers as they took a 3 point lead (24 to 21) into the third quarter before going on a 25 to 11 run. The Lady Rams did not give up and went on a 15 to 0 run of
their own in the fourth quarter cutting the St. John Vianney lead to just 2 points before Kelly Campbell gave the Lady Lancers a four point lead on a drive to the basket. She finished with 20 points in the game. Jackie Gallagher was also scoring as she hit five 3 pointers on her way to scoring 19 points in the game. When St. John Vianney went inside for scoring it was Freshman Kimi Evans who stepped up and finished with 15 points while filling in for Katie Beriont who couldn’t play due to a knee injury. Karpell was proud of her freshman (Evans) and said, “She played poised tonight, maybe because she is a freshman and didn’t know any better.”
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HUSKIES CAPTURE FIRST CENTRAL JERSEY GROUP II TITLE By Eric Braun
Matawan - What better way for your seniors to go out then to win the school’s first ever NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III Championship game in your home gym. The Huskies did just that leading from the opening tip and cruising to a 67-54 win over Rumson Fair Haven in front of a sold-out crowd. Matawan entered as the number one seeded team, which gave them the home-court advantage that truly played a part in the contest. The gymnasium was packed and hour before tip-off in a standing room only, hot and loud environment. Rumson withstood the early crowd noise and on court action, as Matawan nailed four three-pointers to start the game and ended the first quarter with a 1412 lead.
After the game coach Tom Stead said he told the team before the game, “you earned the right to be here tonight, i cannot help you anymore, you have to go earn it…I am going to yell, I am going to be intense, but you know what, I have to let you have fun and play.” The speech seemed to work as the Huskies even in warm-ups came out loose and full of intensity. The teams battled and it looked like Rumson was going to capitalize on the Huskies double technical before the half, which brought them to within two. All the momentum was steering towards the Bulldogs but that was quickly erased when the student section for Matawan took over and amped up the energy and noise level. This along with the Huskies guard play from Jason Dunne and Joe Pis-
cpo carried Matawan to an impressive win over Rumson Fair Haven. Dunne and Piscopo combined for 19 of the teams 22 fourth quarter points. Piscopo afterwards added, “I can’t believe how this feels, it is surreal.” Matawan went on to the next round of the NJSIAA Championships where their season ended with an 82-60 loss to a high-power Camden squad on Thursday night. Stead has resurrected a Huskies program that laid dormant for too many years and has now built a foundation for the younger players to carry forward. Asked after the loss to Camden about this year’s squad, per quotes from the Asbury Park Press, “Our kids battled. I’m so proud of them. They won Central Jersey and MAWAWAN’s #24 they took it as far as they could this SI-14019-NJS-OTR:si-njsport Photo By: Eric3/10/14 Braun 12:09 PM season. They left it all on the floor.” E AT
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Purple Roses Win Title In O.T. By Michael Rogers
Jackson - The St. Rose girls’ basketball team won a thrilling 78 to 74 overtime game to capture the NJSIAA non-public South Championship over Gill St. Bernard. The Purple Roses now have a 27 win and 3 loss record this season and with the victory will now move on to play Morris Catholic (25 wins and 1 loss) who defeated Immaculate Conception by the score of 58 to 48. Kat Phipps made two free throws with 19 seconds left in the overtime giving St. Rose the lead for good. The Purple Roses led by as many as 13 points in the fourth in the fourth quarter before the Knights went on a 20 to 7 run and tied the score sending the game into overtime. Phipps was confident that she
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would make the pressure free throws and said, “we practice free throws everyday and I felt pretty good shooting them.” She finished with a team high 19 points in the game. St. Rose pounded the offensive rebounds in the first half leading to numerous second chance baskets on their way to a 36 to 27 halftime lead with Sarah Kurtz scoring 11 of her 13 points in the first half. In the second half, the Knights fought back behind Taylor Rooks who scored a game high 27 points and her basket sent the game into overtime. Second year coach Joe Whalen was proud of his team and said, “our girls proved how good they are. We put ourselves in the annals of some of the great teams here at St Rose.”
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Farrell and Pt Beach are Kings of the Shore Conference By Eric Braun
West Long Branch- After a tremendous four year career at Point Pleasant Beach High School, Senior Pete Farrell can finally hold up the elusive Shore Conference To u r n a m e n t Championship and leave the program he has helped rebuild as the number one team at the Shore. After dismantling perenn i a l p o w er in Christian Brothers Academy by a score of 49-41 in front of a sell-out crowd at Monmouth University. Farrell helped lead the Gulls to their first ever Shore Conference Tournament title in school history with 25 points on the night. Coming in as the top seeded team in the Tournament, the Gulls new this wasn’t going to be an easy contest. CBA entered with sixteen Shore Conference Titles and playing dominating basketball as of late. The Gulls countered with an impressive resume of their own having entered the contest with no losses to any Shore Conference teams this season. Farrell put the Gulls ahead for good at the end of the third period when he bur-
ied a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give Point Beach a 33-29 lead. The Gulls continued the momentum late into the fourth quarter when they went on a 9-3 to extend their lead to 42-32 with two minutes remaining. Coach Nick Catania when asked about Farrell’s shot “Farrell hit a big three from the top of the key when they lost him a little bit at the end of the third quarter, I felt good about the momentum going into the fourth quarter. The kids were fired up and continued their momentum in the fourth.” Coming off a SCT finals loss to Lakewood last season and the school’s first sectional a n d state titles in boys’ basketball last season, the Gulls and Farrell were determined to continue what they started. They accomplished just that winning the SCT, division, sectional and group titles again this season. The Gulls fell just short of the Tournament of Champions run with a loss to Pitman 47-36 on Wednesday night. Before the game coach Catania shared that Farrell will be attending Notre Dame next fall.
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Holmdel - Another championship game and another championship performance by Marina Mabrey. Mabrey scored a team high 30 points in the #2 seed Warriors 68-49 win over #1 seed Holmdel in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II Championships in Holmdel. Using the same game plan as they did against St. Rose in the Shore Conference Tournament, the Warriors came out with an aggressive high defensive pressure, which kept the Hornets off balance all night. Coach Lisa Kukoda once again found the right chemistry and combinations to keep Holmdel’s sharp shooters in Morgan Graziano and Mia Ehling in check. The Warriors got into foul trouble early with both Mabrey and Sam Sullivan picking up two fouls each. Unfazed and trusting her players, Coach Kukoda stuck with the game plan and allowed the
two stars to readjust their games to keep Manasquan in front. With the added play from Eva Hart, Courtney Hagaman and Stella Clark, the Warriors kept the pressure on Holmdel from start to finish. Afterwards Kukoda added, “Hart, Hagaman and Clark always seem to be right there when you need them to make a play or add a spark to this team.” Manasquan which lead comfortably at the half 36-22 broke the game open in the third with a 21-6 run. Mabrey to Hagaman has become a great combination over the past several games and tonight was no different. Every time Mabrey would drive the lane and get stopped, she knew she had Hagaman cutting in for several backdoor finished. Mabrey had high praise for Hagaman and after the game added “she is always moving without the ball, when I drive the lane I know she is moving to the space for the outlet pass, always the team player.”
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MIDDLETOWN SOUTH GIRLS OVERCOME NEPTUNE FOR CENTRAL JERSEY GROUP III TITLE By Mike Ready MIDDLETOWN – Since 2009, Neptune has eliminated Middletown South four times from the state tournament, including losses in both the ‘09 and ’10 Central Jersey Group III finals. But Tuesday night, in front of a standing room only crowd, the No.1 seeded Eagles held on to defeat second seeded Neptune, 38-35, for their first sectional crown since 1979. The trilling win was particularly satisfying for Eagle head coach Tom Brennan, who holds a 295-142 record in 18 seasons at the helm, as he not only won his first sectional title, but won it against his long-time nemesis and thorn in his side, Neptune.
manasquan’s # 24 courtney hagaman Photo By: Eric Braun Manasquan with the win moved on to take on Cedar Creek on Wednesday and came out victorious with a 65-48 win. They moved 1 game closer to a return trip to the Tournament of Championships.
“Before the game we were saying this is not just for us, it’s for Coach Brennan,” junior forward Jill Falvey said. “We wanted it for him, he deserves it. He works harder than anyone does; he gets up at four in the morning to watch film. I feel like by winning this game we proved to him how much we appreciate him as a coach and how hard we want to work for him.”
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The Eagles defense held Neptune to just 35 points after the Fliers had scored 93 points in their quarterfinal win against Woodbridge and 78 points in Friday’s semifinal win versus Wall as well as making a whopping 10 steals on the night. Neptune took a 21-17 halftime lead after going on a 12-0 run spanning the last minute of the first quarter and the first four minutes of the second. The Fliers held the Eagles to five points in the second quarter, while scoring the final four points for the lead. “We got that nice 12-3 lead by pushing the ball up-court and taking the early shot,” Brennan said. “So at halftime we said we’ve played to different games already; the slow-down game and the speed-up game and the speed-up game is the one we’re most comfortable with so we went with that. Any rebounds we got we wanted to get out and run.” Karcz had seven points in the first half, including a huge 3-pointer to thwart Neptune’s 12-0 run and stall the momentum the Fliers were running on. Neptune senior forward Lorena Hubbard led with seven firsthalf points, scoring her 1000th career point with 42 seconds remaining in the first quarter. The DI prospect added six rebounds and two blocks in the half.
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“I’ve been in this game four times,” Brennan said, “All were losses to Neptune; it’s nice to exercise the ghost. I don’t know if it means more beating Neptune, but if you were writing a book I guess that’s how it’s got to go down. There’s a lot of history over there, so when you beat a team like that you know you’ve really done something really special.” Brennan, known for his hard-nosed man-to-man defense, gradually made the switch to the unfamiliar 1-2-2 zone defense about two weeks ago with this game in mind, feeling it would give his team a better chance at neutralizing Neptune’s explosiveness off the dribble. Then, this week, Brennan made a game altering change, moving sophomore guard Stephanie Karcz from up top of the zone to the elbow in exchange for senior guard Christiana Rutkowski. We were really nervous at first with the change,” Karcz said. “It was a totally different thing for us, but we practiced it and got everything done we needed to, and obviously it worked with all the steals we got and the baskets we got off the steals.” “I had to stay positive and have faith in the strategy,” Rutkowski said, who garnered five steals, all in the second half. “I kept thinking to myself to just work hard and good things will happen. Coach Brennan has taught me so much about basketball; he’s taught me what it means to be a teammate and be there for someone, which is what our defense is all about.”
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Both moves paid off as the players bought into Brennan’s scheme, continually frustrating the Fliers offense while keeping them off balance all night.
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MIDDLETOWN SOUTH GIRLS OVERCOME NEPTUNE FOR CENTRAL JERSEY GROUP III TITLE Continued from page 7 The Eagles pulled back in front, 24-23, at 5:01 of the third quarter after an Olivia Liskowitz bucket followed a Haley Dalonzo mid-range jumper. Karcz’ free throw made it 25-23, and from there, Rutkowski took over. Junior Angela DeBartolome rebounded and threw a perfect full-court strike to Rutkowski, who was fouled as she drove the basket. At the line for two shots, she calmly sank both to put the Eagles up by four, 27-23. On the ensuing play, Rutkowski got the steal at midcourt and was again fouled as she approached the hoop; missing the first and getting all net on the second. After a Neptune turn over, DeBartolme grabbed a Rutkowski miss and found her alone in the corner just inside 3-point arch and she nailed it with 20 seconds left in the third to put the Eagles up 30-23. Neptune then pushed the ball up court only to find Rutkowski in their path, who again made the steal and put up a shot at the buzzer that bounced off the rim. The Eagles ended the third quarter up 30-23 after holding the Fliers to two points and scoring the final 10 points of the quarter. “I can’t speak enough about that kid (Rutkowski),” Brennan said. “She’s been a varsity player for four years, three as a starter, and no one deserves this more than her. She gives everything and not just on the basketball court; she’s just a great human being.” The Fliers then reeled off eight-straight points to start the fourth quarter, punctuated by Marajiah Bacon’s
pretty fade away across the paint for two and the foul to complete the 3-point play. However, Neptune would have to wait another five minutes before it scored again, as the up and down play by both teams, so prevalent in this game, continued. With the Eagles now facing a 31-30 deficit and not having scored in almost three minutes into the fourth, Rachel Becker tied it at 31-31 with a free throw and Karcz drove inside to sink a floater in the lane to make it 33-31 at 4:55. A series of three steals by Becker, Rutkowski, who drew a foul in the paint and hit both shots, and Liskowitz, combined with three foul shots by Karcz in 57 seconds allowed the Eagles to re-establish a seven-point lead, 38-31, with only 45.1 seconds left in this up and down contest. However, the game was far from over as Desiree Allen’s runner down the lane and a put back by Hubbard, got the Fliers to within three, 38-35, with 21.4 remaining. Hubbard was fouled on the play, missed the free throw and the rebound went off Becker, giving Neptune one last chance at a 3-point shot. Marajiah Bacon’s 3-point attempt was off the rim and Miesha Bacon grabbed the rebound, but in the fury of the moment, Karcz came up with the biggest steal of the night to close out the game and give her coach a long overdue sectional title. “They’ve been resilient all year,” Brennan said. “We’ve been faced with peaks and valleys all year and that’s the phrase we like to use; resilient. It was used a couple
of times tonight by them and that just shows the maturity they have that they recognize how fast you get out of the valleys and how fast you climb the next peak.” Karcz finished with 15 points, eight rebounds, four steals and three assists. Dalonzo added seven points, four rebounds and three assists while Rutkowski netted seven points, one rebound and five steals. Falvey had a tremendous defensive game against Neptune’s two big men, Hubbard and Crenshaw, hauling down seven second-half boards while chipping in two points. Becker ended with five points, one board, a steal and added three points. For Neptune, Hubbard had a game-high 15 rebounds, with three blocked shots and five points. Crenshaw led the Fliers with 12 points, eight rebounds, one block and a steal. The Fliers high-scoring guard, Marajiah Bacon was held to 10 points, seven below her season average of 17 points/game. The Eagles lost in the NJSIAA Group III semifinals in heartbreaking fashion, as they came back from a 21-point first-half deficit to take their first lead of the game since leading 2-0 in the opening minute, with 14.2 seconds remaining. Camden Wilson’s Ciarah Bennett then banked one off the glass to take the lead back, 51-50, with five seconds left, before the Eagles chance at the win fell by the wayside with two missed free throws with 0.2 of a second left.
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COLTS NECK – In 2008-09, the Colts Neck girls won the NJSIAA Group IV title before losing to Saint John Vianney in the finals of the Tournament of Champions. A year later, they won the Central Jersey Group IV title before losing to Eastern in the Group IV semifinals. Watching those games and dreaming of the day she’d be putting up 3-pointers for the Cougars was a young guard about to enter her freshman year of high school at Colts Neck; her name was Jenna Looney. “I used to watch those teams play and think how much I wanted to be like them,” Looney said. “I never thought I’d be able to do it and here I am; it’s a dream come true.” Looney was more than able to do it, as she scored a game-high 22 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had four steals to lead No.3 seeded Colts Neck to a 41-28 win over fifthseeded Hunterdon Central in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV final Monday at Colts Neck.
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Junior point guard Kaitlyn Healy hit one-of-two free throws after she stole the ball and was fouled and senior forward Elissa Moody closed out the Cougars game ending 8-0 run with a layup with 45 seconds remaining.
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The Devils had gone to a 1-3-1 press to start the fourth quarter and the Cougars, with Looney on the bench, were having problems breaking it. Looney picked up her fourth foul at the start of the fourth quarter, and was still on the bench watching the once seemingly insurmountable lead evaporate before her eyes. “I wanted nothing more than to be on the court,” Lonney said. “I kept thinking if we can just keep our cool and do what we normally do, we can get through this.” “I told them to be patient and take care of the ball,” Jansen said. “It’s not going to be one person breaking the press we have to work together and open up some passing lanes.” Elissa Moody grabbed a rebound off a Wilson miss and was fouled on the put-back, hitting one-of-two foul shots to give the Cougars a 33-26 lead at 4:26. That was the first point in over seven minutes for the Cougars, spanning the third and fourth quarters. The Red Devils then drove down court and immediately scored on a Benton layup and the Cougar lead was now
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It’s true that no NJSIAA State champion wrestlers emerged from the Shore Conference at the event held recently at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City for the first time since 2011, but at the same time it’s also true that local student-athlete’s indeed made their presence felt in a big way on the mats at the States. Junior Mike Russo from Jackson Liberty and sophomore Brett Donner from Wall Township placed third in the 120-pound and 160-pound weight classes, respectively. Russo, who advanced to the semifinal round before losing on a tie-breaker to eventual State champ Anthony Cefolo of Hanover Park, finishes his season with a record of 43-2. After losing in the quarterfinals, Donner won four matches in the wrestle-backs and had a season record of 45-3. Wrestlers who placed fifth at the prestigious competition included Sebastian Rivera (sophomore, 106, Christian Brothers Acad-
CBA’s 106 Sebastian Rivera
RBC’s SEAN MCCORD Photo By: Ken Cook emy), Zach Wilhelm (senior, 145, Southern Regional), Nick Costa (senior, 182, Brick Memorial), Mike Oxley (senior, 195, Christian Brothers Academy) and Pat Toal (senior, 285, Raritan). Six place finishers locally were Tyler Poling (senior, 220, Brick Memorial), Tyree Sutton (junior, 195, Keansburg), Joe Schultz (senior, 160, Howell), Kris Lindemann (sophomore, 132, Howell) and Nick DiPierro (senior, 113, Freehold Township). Other athletes who earned top eight honors at the States include Shawn McCord (senior, 220, Red Bank Catholic, seventh), Kyle Wojtaszek (junior, 152, Brick Township, seventh), Alec Donovan (junior, 145, Brick Memorial, seventh), Nick Ottaviano (senior, 126, Colts Neck, seventh), TJ Liquori (senior, 160, Jackson Liberty, eighth) and Gerardo Jorge (senior, 170, Southern Regional, eighth).
3/17/14 - 3/31/14 • Jersey Sporting News
Co-Championship Creates Mixed Emotions for CBA By Ted Kaiser
LINCROFT— Perhaps returning back to campus after the bus ride from Newark changed the feelings of the CBA ice hockey after a crazy result in the NJSIAA Non-Public championship game. The team experienced some disappointment, but not of the usual fashion. The Colts rallied from an early deficit and then battled Morristown-Beard to a 4-4 tie after a 15-minute overtime period. Both teams were declared co-champions. “It’s a shame two teams can battle so hard and be left crying in the end for politically correct purposes. We didn’t lose, we tied and it’s worse than losing,” said CBA coach Ryan Bogan after the game. “It’s like going into battle then retreating. What do you say to your kids? All this hard work and nothing to show for it.” Morristown-Beard (20-5-3) echoed those sentiments about a result that seemingly left no one satisified. Yet there was plenty for CBA (20-4-4) to be proud of in the championship game and the season as a whole. After the opening period, CBA could have mailed it in and accepted a loss. Morristown-Beard held a 4-1 advantage at the first intermission, but CBA responded with determinaton in the second period. “We never stopped battling all season. We dealt with early season injuries lingering through much of January. I think that made our team a much stronger group in the end. Our veteran leadership of Anthony Cusanelli, Billy Antonides, Brendan van Riemsdyk, and Billy Meyer were key to making the come back,” explained coach Bogan. “We settled things down between the first and second period. They spoke how we had to get the next
goal. We knew the game was far from over. We just needed to get back to doing what got us there. All season long our team would get ourselves into trouble when players tried to do too much. The final game was no different. Leadership settled us down, scored a couple big goals early in the second and the battle went 40+ minutes scoreless.” Anthony Cusanelli, Bobby Hampton, and Derek Contessa each scored during a two minute span that tied the game at 4-4. Senior captain Brenden van Riemsdyk was among the senior leaders who kept the team focused at intermission and helped CBA get back into the game. The final 10 minutes of the second period, the third period, and the 15-minute overtime were played to a tense, scoreless standoff. The intensity reached epic levels with each team making spectacular plays on both ends of the ice. CBA goaltender Connor Silverstein, who came on for starter Michael Cernero after the first period, pitched a shutout while making 20 saves.
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“I also give Silverstein a lot of credit. He came in a hard situation. Cernero just had bad breaks. We left him hanging out to dry,” explained coach Bogan after seeing his defense improve greatly after a poor first period. The co-championship was CBA’s fifth ice hockey state title and first since 2005. Unfortunately, the result brings up thorny issues of political correctness and player safety that stir up the sports world when these situations happen. “It’s a shame these two teams skated for 60 minutes and we both feel like we’re coming out of this empty-handed,” CBA’s van Riemsdyk said. “Maybe it will sink in in a few weeks and we will appreciate being named co-champions a little more, but right now it sucks.” “It surely took some time to understand the co-champs thing. As coaches we struggled with this outcome much like the players did,” said Bogan. “As the emotions of a hard fought battle settled, we spoke about it and concluded that we were state champions and nothing can change that.” Maybe in time, the 2014 NonPublic state final will be remembered more for the great competition on the ice than the end result.
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The 42nd Annual Vince Lombardi Awards Ceremony By Joe Reyes
LOMBARDI AWARD CEREMONY GUESTS Vince Lombardi was a Hall Of Fame coach who strived for excellence from his players on and off the field. The Rotary Clubs of Monmouth Country enacted the award to honor High School Linemen for their achievements on the field and in the classroom. The qualities needed for each Lombardi applicant are discipline, courage, endurance, desire, ability and lastly performance. Every speaker cited Lombardi during their speeches. Mitch Browning an Assistant Coach at Rutgers University spoke with conviction as he described stories about Lombardi. Browning explained how he tried to emulate his coaching style and how football teaches young men more than how to tackle someone. “Football reveals character. You get knocked down and you get back up. Football teaches you a lot about life and defines a man’s character,” Browning said. Past Lombardi winners attended the event to honor family members and friends who were receiving the award. Andrew Murray JR, a Lombardi winner in 2009, came to honor his younger brother Terrence Murray a captain at Keansburg High School. “Terrence as-
pired to achieve this award just like his older brother. Sports keeps these men grounded and trying hard in school,” said Kim Murray, Terrence and Andrew JR’s mother.
LOMBARDI AWARD Joe Mcauliffe with Tim Wright of the Tampa Bay Bucs The speech of the night was Holmdel’s High School Head Coach Frank Papalia’s about his player Tyler Fischer. Fischer won The John Tuggle awards. This award is given to a player who has overcome a disability or illness and showed great perseverance in overcoming it. Fischer has overcome many heart surgeries that could’ve not only ended his football career, but his life as well.
“Tyler is one of the most special and humble young men you will ever meet,” said Papalia as he told Tyler’s story. Fischer was going to be the starting quarterback for Holmdel before he was rushed to the hospital for open heart surgery. Fischer was sadly unable to play after going to the hospital again for more complications with his heart. Fischer asked to be an assistant coach on the team and his contributions were “immeasurable,” said coach Papalia. Fischer became an inspiration for the team and even designed a few plays. Tim Wright, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tight End ended the night with an inspirational speech about how he recovered from ACL surgery and made his dream a reality by becoming an NFL player. Wright talked about how to become the “ultimate student athlete” by being a great man on and off the field. Wright concluded his speech with the words “Falling down, it’s a crime to not get back up again.” All the applicants will take Wrights words and the message of the Lombardi trophy to heart as they explore the potential of their football careers and their adult lives.
MCVSD STUDENTS SEND HELP TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD In response to the devastation impacting the Philippines out of Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013, the students at the Shared Time Keyport and Hazlet campus donated much needed school supplies and clothes to those affected in the Iloilo area. These items have been donated to LIG Global Foundation to bring the donated items to the Philippines. Items included backpacks, papers, pens, pencils, notebooks, reading books, markers, crayons, and over 600 articles of clothing. Life is Great (LIG) Global Foundation (ligglobal.org) is a non-profit non-government organization based in the USA that strives to bring together medical & non-medical volunteers to provide medical care and relief to those in need all around the world. Ms. Myrna A. Velez, Assistant Principal of Shared Time Schools will be accompanying LIG Global in their mission in July to the Philippines to distribute the school supplies and clothing there, as well as provide guidance to the schools integrating CTE into their academic curriculum.