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State Wrestling Championship Predictions

By Josh Lashley With the tremendous amount of talent and depth spread out across all 14 weight classes at the NJSIAA State Wrestling Championships, which take place from Friday, March 8 through Sunday, March 10 in Atlantic City, breaking down a variety of scenarios that may occur from 106 pounds to 285 on paper would be a considerably large task.

Below are concise predictions of the winners in each weight class. Please note that these picks were made before the completion of the Regional Tournaments, so the wrestlers mentioned may not compete in the States for any of a number of reasons.

Here are the predictions: 106: Nick Suriano (Bergen Catholic): Suriano is one of the top wrestlers in this weight in the country, and he's just a freshman. Mike Russo from Jackson Liberty is amongst the top contenders.

fourth State title. Gary Dinmore of Hunterdon Central, who lost to Ashnault in the State finals at 126 last year, could give him another tough match.

145: BJ Clagon (Toms River South): Clagon gets the nod in a highly awaited weight which also features TJ Miller (Camden Catholic) and Troy Heilman (South Plainfield).

152: Chad Walsh (Camden Catholic): Walsh gets the call in a weight that features many standouts from South Jersey.

160: Dillon Artigliere (Roxbury): A wellbalanced weight class which also features Jon Schleifer from East Brunswick).

170: Jadaen Bernstein (Voorhees): Another evenly matched weight, 170 also includes Ethan Ramos (Hawthorne).

113: Luis Gonzalez (Don Bosco): After placing fourth last season at this weight, Gonzalez is having an outstanding season. Kevin Corrigan from Toms River South was the fifth place finisher at 113 in 2012 and should be a major factor this weekend.

182: Johnny Sebastian (Bergen Catholic): A state champ at 160 last season, Sebastian is on a role.

Nick Zak (Jackson Liberty) placed sixth at 170 in 2012 and could be a major force at the States.

120: Brenden Calas (Seton Hall): This is one of many weights with several high-caliber athlete's competing for a State title. Calas, a junior, is already a two-time State champ.

195: Razohnn Gross (Don Bosco): Gross is looking to repeat as a champ in this weight.

Matt Moore from Brick Memorial, who placed seventh at 195 last year could be a factor.

126: Corey Stasenko (South Plainfield): Stasenko is the pick in razor close weight class.

220: Bryan Dobzanski (Delsea): Dobzanski appears to have a lot of momentum this winter. His road to the title won't be easy with wrestlers such as Mauro Correnti (Holy Cross) in this weight.

132: Jason Estevez (Livingston): South Plainfield's Scott DelVecchio is the defending State champ in this weight, so it would be a mild upset.

138: Anthony Ashnault (South Plainfield): The amazing Ashnault is looking for that ever so rare

Photo By: Alex Stamoutsos TOMS RIVER SOUTH’S BJ CLAGON

285: John Appice (Manalapan): Appice was the seventh place finisher here last season. There's an ample amount of talent from Central and South Jersey in this weight.

Photo By: Francine Attardi CBA’S ERIC BESZHADA

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RBC Captures SCT Crown

By Jim Hintelmann RED BANK It was a week to remember for Red Bank Catholic girls basketball coach, Joe Montano, as he achieved two major goals in a seven day period.

Last Saturday, RBC outlasted Point Pleasant Boro, 50-46, at the Monmouth University Activities Center to win its sixth Shore Conference girls basketball championship.

Just seven days later, Montano picked up his 500th girls basketball coaching victory after RBC defeated Holy Cross of Delran, 51-37, in an NJSIAA Non-Public A quarterfinal game.

Montano was hard put to select any one special moment in his 22 years as head girls basketball coach of the Caseys. In that time he's won a pair of NJSIAA Tournament of Champions titles along with five Non-Public A state championships and six Shore Conference titles.

"I had so many good kids, and good coaches that I've worked with," said Montano. "It's an honor to be with them The Tournamnt of Champions and Shore Conference titles were all big."

In the win over Point Boro, RBC had brilliant individual effort by Kelly Hughes, who lit up the RBC defense for 28 points.

RBC had another outstanding player to contend with 5-4 point guard, Allia Butts, a junior who was almost unstoppable with her speed, shooting and passing ability. She finished with 23 points and received a prolonged ovation for the RBC crowd after she was removed from the game in the final minute.

"They were great players," said Montano. "I think we did a good job guarding both kids and we made them earn their points. I wasn't disappointed with the way we guarded them at all.The bottom line was that we won."

RBC used three-point goal accuracy to defeat Point Boro and win its first SC title since 2007. RBC hit seven from long range, three from both Alex Alfano and Carolin Corcoran.

clinched it with another free throw.

"This was a tremendous win for our kids," said Montano."To win in that envioroment at Monmouth University and have the opportunity to be Shore Conference champions made me proud of them.

They really worked hard to become a good team and be good players."

Against Holy Cross (17-11), RBC seemed to have a letdown, making just three three-pointers and shooting about 20 percent from the floor, but RBC did a great job on the boards with offensive rebounds.

RBC jumped out to a 14-6 lead after the first quarter, but Holy Cross came back and closed the deficit to 23-20 with two minuites left in the half. Baskets by Alfano and Fallon, though, made it a seven point game at the half.

Holy Cross got as close as 39-34 early in the final quarter before RBC finally pulled away.

Montano's first coaching win came in 1990 when RBC beat Middletown North, 52-43. Ironically, North's coach was Ed Jones, a former RBC coach, who won his 400th varsity game in January.

RBC had a 45-37 lead midway in the final quarter, but Hughes led a Point Boro combeack that saw the Panthers shave the deficit to 47-46 with a few minutes left.

Point Boto got the ball back off an RBC turnover, but Hughes was called for a pushing off foul and Mary Beth Caveraly hit two foul shots for a 49-46 advantage. Point Boro had a chance for a tie but RBC's Grace Fallon blocked a Hughes three-point attempt and Caverly

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Eagles Come Up Short In Semi's

By Michael Rogers The Middletown South girls’ basketball team is having a great season with a 22 win and 4 loss record and they have been playing super basketball all season long. They entered the semi finals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III game against a Neptune team that was looking to make their sixth straight trip to the finals of the Group III Sectional.

Middletown played tough the whole game but came up short on the scoreboard by the score of 53 to 48.

To reach the match up against Neptune, Middletown South defeated Hightstown by the score of 71 to 25 in the first round. Jackie Dluhi had an all around great game scoring 15 points and grabbing 4 rebounds while also dishing out 5 assists. In the quarterfinals the Lady Eagles faced a tough North Burlington team, but earned a trip to the semi finals with a 55 to 39 victory. In the game, Stephanie Karcz led the way in scoring with 12 points and she also grabbed 5 rebounds. Dluhi added 11 points and also pulled down 10 rebounds to help the lady Eagles to victory.

Photo By: Kenneth Cook MIDDLETOWN SOUTH’S #22 OLIVIA LISKANTZ

In the semi finals, Middletown South took on a talented Neptune team (21 wins and 5 losses) who was looking

to return to the finals of Group III for the sixth year in a row, The Lady Eagles fought hard for the whole game and only trailed at halftime by the score of 25 to 21. After falling behind by as many as 11 points in the third quarter, Middletown South used a strong fourth quarter comeback but came up a few points short in defeat. Karcz led Middletown South in scoring with 17 points while Dluhi added 12 points.

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LAKEWOOD RETURNS TO GLORY DAYS, WINS SHORE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

By Mike Ready

WEST LONG BRANCH – Number one seed Lakewood ended a 22-year drought with a 39-33 victory over second-seeded Point Beach Saturday, at Monmouth University’s Multipurpose Activity Center.

Lakewood’s last Shore Conference Tournament championship was 1991 when head coach Randy Holmes was a star guard on that championship team. Holmes, an all-state, all-shore, 1900-point career scorer for that Lakewood team, found a lucky charm hidden away in his dresser drawer Saturday morning before the game.

“I was going through my drawers this morning and I found an old graphic tshirt with a team photo of Lakewood’s 1991 Shore Conference Tournament championship team,” said Holmes, who wore the t-shirt for the first time Saturday underneath his white dress shirt. “It was in a plastic bag making a lot of noise on the bottom of the pile.

“I pulled it out and there it was; I figured it might be a good luck charm.”

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The game itself was not poetry in action, as both teams struggled to hit from the field in this low scoring contest. Pt. Beach shot a dismal 27.3 percent from the field, while Lakewood wasn’t much better, hitting on 36.6 percent of its shots from the field for the game. Pt. Beach didn’t help itself either, shooting 38.5 percent from the line.

Pt. Beach was making its fourth appearance in SCT finals, and have come home empty handed each time.

While the Lakewood’s offense was less then spectacular, their defense, was spectacular. They were relentless in its pursuit of the ball, registering nine steals and 14-forced turnovers for the game.

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“Defensively, they were really good.

They were really good the last time we played them and they were really good today,” Point Beach head coach Nick Catania said. “27 percent shooting is a credit to them; they did a great job defensively today.”

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“This is not my most talented team, but as a group, I’d say this is my best team, “Holmes said. They bought into what I was trying to get across to them, especially on the defensive end.

They’re unselfish players that live and die for defense, it showed today.”

The Garnet Gulls were up by one, 7-6 after the first quarter, and held a 12-8 lead at 3:45 of the second, before Lakewood went on a 9-0 run to take a 17-12 halftime lead. During the last two minutes of the run, 6’4” senior, Erick Davis, hit a long two-point shot , fed senior forward, Jared Craddox, for an easy lay-up and nailed a three-point bomb with 32 seconds remaining in the half. Davis has been an invaluable bench player for the Piners

all season long.

Lakewood was up by four after three quarters, as senior guard, Tyrice Beverette, hit for five of the eleven points in the quarter. Beverette, who is number one in his class academically, and has accepted a scholarship to play safety for Stony Brook next fall, is the team’s undisputed leader on and off the court. In another tremendous allaround game, he scored 10 points, grabbed five boards, dished out three assists, had five steals and added one block.

As strange as this game was, you never felt Pt. Beach was in it, here they were down by only three, 34-31 after a Matt Farrell corner-three bounced around the rim before going in, with 51.9 seconds remaining.

Davis then had mental lapse, taking an ill-advised three-point shot from the corner instead of running down the clock. Farrell picked up the bouncing rebound off the Davis miss, and drove to the basket before Davis made amends blocking Farrell’s shot. Craddox grabbed the rebound before getting fouled, hitting both free throws with 39.1 seconds left to extend the lead to five. Craddox finished with eight points, four rebounds and two steals.

The Gulls again got to within three on Riley Calzonetti’s rebound and put-back with 14 seconds left, before fouling Beverette on the inbound pass.

Beverette calmly sank both free throws, and Patrick Kineavy then turned the ball over, ending any hope of pulling off a miraculous win.

Holmes was overwhelmed, “As a coach this win feels great, being a leader of a group of young men, giving them a blueprint and having them follow it, I’m just so very excited about the whole thing. I’m happy for the guys; happy for the players because they deserve it.”

Sophomore forward, Maurice Diawara, had a monster game, including six straight points at the end of the third and start of the fourth quarters.

Diawara ended with 10 points, five board, three assists, a block and a steal.

Unsung hero, Ben Watson, a 6-foot-7, 300-pound junior center, was an animal in the middle of the Lakewood defense, grabbing a game-high 11 rebounds and consistently clogging the lanes. Watson does it all, defending, rebounding and blocking shots. He makes it all happen defensively, permitting the Piners to play defense the way they do.

Matt Farrell led the Gulls with 12 points and six rebounds.

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Strong 2nd Half Lifts TR North

By Ted Kaiser

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ly Stansbury, led the team with 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to collect another double-double. Kyle Carrington also chipped in 11 points and seven boards.

Last Friday, TR North’s state playoff run came to an end at the hands on top seeded Atlantic City. The Vikings fed off turnovers and built a doubledigit halftime lead en route to a 5636 win. Stansbury led the Mariners in his final game as a senior with 18 points, eight rebounds, and four blocks.

"We tried to simulate Atlantic City’s (full court) pressure in practice," explained head coach Rory Caswell.

"But you can't. It was a physical game, and we couldn't really do anything about it."

TOMS RIVER— The Toms River North boys’ basketball team (25-4) faced a 10-point deficit at halftime of their South Jersey Group IV quarterfinal game last Wednesday. But the Mariners didn’t panic and erased the entire deficit in the third quarter. They took the lead for good on the final point of the 8:59 game for 103 a 57-56 vicTheGuide12_196 12/14/12 AM Page tory over Eastern. Guard, Damien Singleton, knocked down the front end of a pair of free throws with three seconds remaining in the game. He TheGuide12_196 12/14/12 8:59 AMAMPage finished with 12 points, six rebounds, TheGuide12_196 12/14/12 8:59 Page103 103 and six assists. Senior forward, Sol-

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It was a strong season for TR North basketball. The team won the WOBM Christmas Tournament by beating perennial power CBA in the final. The title came after losing to Jackson Memorial in the previous year’s WOBM final.

"We had a lot of the same players from last year and they felt how it was to lose last year and we kind of remembered that," Caswell said.

TR North also made a nice run in the Shore Conference Tournament. The Mariners reached the SCT semifinals where they lost to eventual champion Lakewood.

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Hughes Sets Record, Panthers Advance

By Ted Kaiser POINT PLEASANT— Entering her senior season, Point Boro guard, Kelly Hughes, was within striking distance of the Shore Conference career points record in girls’ basketball.

In order to break Shore Regional’s Patty Delehanty’s record of 2,534 career points, Hughes would have to keep her scoring average up near 20 points or more per game and have her Point Boro squad advance far in both the Shore Conference Tournament and state tournament to play in enough games. Hughes and the Panthers accomplished both and she broke the 35-year old record in the Central Jersey Group II quarterfinals last week.

Photo By: Kenneth Cook POINT BORO’S #23 KELLY HUGHES

“It’s a great honor for Kelly. It shows hard work does pay off,” says head coach, David Drew. “She’s the type of girl that five out of six days will be out there getting up 100 threepoint shots and 100 foul shots after practice even if we already did that during practice.”

The Boston College-bound star poured in 28 points as top seeded Point Boro routed 9th seeded Hillside 85-58 to advance. Kerry Malleck added 18 points and Kelly’s sister Lauren Hughes chipped in with 16. Both Hughes’ sisters hit four three-pointers.

Lindsey Havens scored 14 points. The Panthers opened up the game in the second quarter after holding a three point lead after one. Their offense poured in more than 20 points in every quarter after the first.

On Friday, Point Boro defeated Holmdel 66-56 behind 28 points from Hughes. Lauren Hughes scored 16 and Kerry Malleck had 13. The Panthers advanced to the CJ Group II Final where they will host Rumson-Fair Haven at 6pm on Tuesday evening.

“Rumson is a rivalry. It’s one of those games that can go either way,” explains Coach Drew. “I feel like we’re playing pretty well right now. We have three or four girls in double digits the last two games so that’s always a good sign that the team is playing well.”

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The New STD

Unless you're living in a convent, you probably worry about sexually transmitted diseases. And, frankly, you should. HPV can lead to cervical cancer; herpes is with you for life.

But gonorrhea? Really?

"Most of my friends don't think about it, and if we do, we're just glad it's treatable," says Amanda, a 26-yearold in New York City.

The Old Cures Aren't Working Sure, conventional wisdom says that doctors can easily cure gonorrhea with antibiotics--good news for the 300,000 people a year in the United States who get it, especially women: Although gonorrhea typically clears up on its own eventually, if it goes untreated it can leave us with pelvic inflammatory disease or infertility.

But here's the scary part: We may not be able to treat it anymore. The bacterium that causes gonorrhea, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, is very crafty, says Gail Bolan, M.D., director of the CDC's Division of STD Prevention. It mutates quickly and has grown resistant to every class of antibiotics used to treat it since the meds first became available in the 1940s. In 2007, doctors turned to cephalosporins, their last antibiotic hope.

Soon enough, cases resistant to some cephalosporins started popping up in Europe and Asia, says Manjula Lusti-Narasimhan, M.D., a scientist at WHO headquarters in Geneva. This January, researchers announced in The Journal of the American Medical Association that almost 7 percent of the gonorrhea cases they studied in one Canadian clinic were resistant to cefixime, a widely used cephalosporin.

It's Hitting Close to Home So, should we be worried? The CDC isn't aware of any cephalosporinresistant infections on U.S. soil, but "it's only a matter of time" until one shows up, Dr. Bolan says. Truth is, it might already be here, but just hasn't been reported to the CDC yet.

Scarier still, women often don't develop gonorrhea symptoms. When we do, the signs seem like stuff we deal with all the time, such as bleeding between periods or vaginal discharge. And then there's pharyngeal (throat) gonorrhea, which you can get from performing oral sex. Its symptoms are even subtler--it feels like a regular sore throat--but left untreated, it can enter the bloodstream and lead to skin lesions and even arthritis. Follow oral sex with vaginal sex and you could become infected at both sites!

Here's What You Must Know First, if you're hooking up, both you and your guy should get tested. (The CDC says annually for those with new or multiple partners.) If you're diagnosed, your doc will figure out which drug or combo of drugs might work. But isn't prevention better? Um, yes! So for both vaginal and oral sex, use a condom. Every.

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Wall Hoops Earns State Win

By Kevin Davis

WALL TOWNSHIP— The Wall boys’ basketball team had its run in the NJSIAA Central, Group 3 bracket ended on Thursday night, February 28 when the eighth-seeded Crimson Knights were stifled by top-seeded Colts Neck, 60-35, in the sectional quarterfinals.

Despite double-digit scoring efforts from sophomore guard and leading scorer, Trent Mitchell, and senior forward, Kevin Waters, who scored 12 and 10 respectively, and nine points from sophomore guard, Ryan Janeczek, Wall was unable to contend with the top seeded Cougars beyond the first half. Colts Neck built upon its eight-point halftime lead by outscoring the visitors 14-5 in the third quarter and dashing any hopes of a comeback with a 22-14 fourth quarter.

Photo By: Francine Attardi WALL’S #0 BRENDAN BARCAS

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Neptune Reaches Sixth Straight Final

By Michael Rogers

The Neptune girls basketball team is going back to the NJSIAA Group III finals for the sixth season in a row after they defeated Middletown South (20 wins and 4 losses) by the score of 53 to 48.

Neptune reached the semi finals by defeating Wall by the score of 70 to 51 in the first round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III tournament.

In the game Iyonna Crenshaw led the way in scoring with 18 points, while Ivy Harrington scored 18 points as well. After leading by two points at halftime, Neptune continued to wear

down the Wall team to earn the hard fought victory. Marajiah Bacon scored 10 points while Desiree Moss added 16 points for Neptune.

In the quarterfinals, Neptune was in command from start to finish and earned a 68 to 35 victory. Bacon’s 25 points led the way in scoring while Harrington added 20 points and Crenshaw scored 13 points.

In the semi final game against Middletown South, Neptune was in a different situation as they were seen as an underdog to a powerful Middletown South team. Neptune showed that they were up to the task and defeated the Lady Eagles by the score of 53 to 48. Moss led Neptune in scoring with 16 points while Bacon added 15 points. Neptune led at halftime by the score of 25 to 21 then used a 15 to 8 third quarter to take control of the game and build their lead to 40 to 29.

This will be Neptune’s sixth straight trip to the finals of Group III and will face a tough team in Hopewell Valley of Freehold Boro in the final.

Wall’s inability to overcome a halftime deficit against Colts Neck was in sharp contrast to its first round performance against ninth-seeded Somerville. Trailing by the narrowest of halftime margins at 21-20, the Crimson Knights changed their fortunes with a 15-2 third quarter that would buoy them to a 42-32 win. Janeczek led Wall in scoring with 13, while Waters had a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Sophomore, Brendan Barcas, filled the stat sheet with eight points, a team-high six assists, and four steals.

The win was Wall’s first state playoff victory in seven years and its’ first at home in more than a decade.

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ST. JOHN VIANNEY WINS FIRST HANDCHEN CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

By Mike Ready LINCROFT – An exuberant St. John Vianney (19-1-3) hockey team took home its first-ever Handchen Cup Championship trophy Saturday night at the Red Bank Armory, with a hard fought 4-1 victory, over a determined St. Rose squad (10-10-1). The win was the Lancers first post-season championship of any kind, since it won the 1999-2000 Van Cott Cup. St John Vianney (SJV), ranked No.9 in the state and No.2 in the Shore, came into the tournament seeded No.2, and proved to be worthy of its seeding, scoring 10 goals, while only giving up two in its three tournament wins. St. Rose was seeded No.4.

Fourth-year

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Scanapicco was ecstatic after the game. “Our kids fought hard, the game was physical and hotly contested. The St. Rose kids really worked hard, my goalie made it stand up.”

His goalie, sophomore, James Ellis, was outstanding from start-to-finish.

Ellis turned back 26 shots, including a crucial save during a 5-on-3 man disadvantage, with SJV holding a precarious 2-0 lead at 2:39 of the second period.

“Jimmy’s been a wall back there for us, probably one of the top reasons we are where we are. He allowed only two goals in three games during the tournament, you can’t ask for much more than that to put us in position to win.”

Scanapicco said.

Senior captain, David Delseni (16 G, 10 A, 26 TP), scored the first of his two goals at 4:36 of the first period. Delseni picked up a loose puck to the left of St. Rose goalie Andrew Terracciano, skated past him, spun and fired a shot, beating Terracciano to his left.

Photo By: Francine Attardi SJV’S #24 TIM GRELATT

Sophomore center, Matt Kidney (22 G, 15 A, 37 TP), made it 2-0 a minute later when freshman forward, Sam Zietara, found him parked in front of the goal with a perfect pass from behind the net and Kidney converted, easily beating the goalie. Senior forward, Ian Bowne, also assisted on the play.

The Lancers defense was outstanding

the entire game, stopping St. Rose on six power-play opportunities, including the game defining 5-on-3 man disadvantage at the end of the first period.

Scanapicco has seen this all season long. “Up and down my roster just about everyone knows where to be and what to do in short-handed situations. I’m comfortable with whoever I put out there. Juniors, Drew Fisher (2 G, 18 A, 20 TP) and Tim Gelatt (5 G, 17A, 22 TP), are the anchors back there, either both or one of them are on the ice at all times, we don’t make a move without them. They eat a lot of minutes for us.”

The second period was scoreless with St. Rose on a power play, when Kidney picked up loose puck at center ice and skated passed the blue line before being ridden off the puck. Tim Gelatt located the puck and immediately found sophomore forward, Mike Gelatt (17 G, 19 A, 36 TP), all alone in front of the net and he poked it in with 19 seconds remaining for a short-handed goal and 3-0 lead.

Twenty-five seconds into the third period, St. Rose senior forward, J.P. O’Malley, rifled a blistering shot from just inside the blue line that beat Ellis, high and to his left.

Delseni put the game to bed with his second goal of the night at the 3:24 mark of the third period. Junior forward, Joe Porretta (11 G, 11 A, 22

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After the game, Scanapicco’s thoughts already had turned to the upcoming state tournament. “I’m a little disappointed with the number (seed) that we got and I really think with the record we have and what we’ve accomplished this year, we deserve a little better. But at the end of the day you’ve got to go through the best anyway, whether we do it early or late, it doesn’t matter to us.”

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have gotten back to their tradition of ground and pound. tion to challenge Neptune, Wall and Ocean in the Shore The Wave has rushed out to a 2-0 record with wins over Conference B North division. Top to bottom this is the Manasquan and Monmouth, relying mostly on the legs of toughest division in the Shore Conference. Coach George 3/5/13 - 3/18/13 • Jersey Sporting News Page 11 will look to get additional contributions from junior Josil Jackson and the arm of Avery Griffin.

Long Branch took a hit during their final pre-season Shabazz Shuler and seniors Curtis Gunther and Trey took full advantage of the opportugame when senior tailback Dwight Clark went down with Smith at wide outs. On defense, the Wave will look for nity and steadily extended their lead a broken left Rogers ankle. Clark is expected back by midseason Chris Pappayluo and senior safeties Corey Morris and By Michael through the first three quarters. but Coach Dangirls’ George needs toteam keep his teamafocused andvictory Brettover Roach to shutdown The Holmdel basketball end64 to 31 North Plainfield.opposing offenses. moving get an back Class B North dominance ed their forward season to with 18towin and 9 Holmdel got 20 points from Carduci and Leading the way was the sophomore, and be eligible for the NJSIAA tournament.

Coach PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDI loss record. Unfortunately for the Hor- she also added 6 steals and 5 assists.

Royal Moore. He poured in a gameGeorge also lost senior tight-talented end andPoint linebacker nets, they ran into the very TaraDominic Inman added 16Williams points for the HorDeon (10)attempts to break a tackle high 19 points and filled in the stat Boro team in both the Shore Conference game against Mincieli when he suffered a knee injury in thenets.In spring,their but quarterfinal as he tries to gain yardage. and NJSIAA tournament Ewing (the #5 seed), sheet with eight rebounds and five asMincieli should be back in the first couple weeks of the and couldn't overcome the Hornets had 3 sists. The precocious soph displayed the Panthers (26 wins players in double figwhy Ocean should continue to be a and 2 losses). ures on their way to factor in Shore Conference basketball In the Shore Conference a 55 to 33 victory to next season. Senior, Alex Cirlinecione, Tournament, Holmdel reach the sectional

By Brian Daneman easily advanced in the semi finals. Inman By Ted Kaiser turned in eight points and seven reThe rounds Howell Rebels might have known they were in early reaching led the Hornets with bounds in his final home game for the for asemi roughfinals nightagainst at the swamp when they were called the 17 points while CarSpartans. Chris Seager and Taj Shomo Point Boro. ofIngame the semi duci added 10 points. for a delay penalty before the game even startfinal game, the Hornets Megan Graziano also OCEAN TOWNSHIP— A superb all- each chipped in with seven points. ed. The penalty was rightfully called because the could not match Point added 10 points for around performance by Royal Moore Rebels did not enter the field until well after 7pm leavBoro’s scoring and lost Holmdel. and a near double-double from Alex In the second round, Ocean nearly ing the the home wait on the sidelines. by score team of 70to to completed a stunning comeback bePhoto By: Kenneth was riddled penalties on bothCook sides of 45.The In game that game Victo- with In the sectional semi Cirlincione lifted the gritty Ocean boys’ fore falling 55-54 to 3rd seeded Norththe ball.

Nineteen penalties were #23 calledTARA to beINMAN exact and ria Cardaci scored 13 SJV’S final game against basketball team over Nottingham 57points Point Boro (the # 1 48 in the first round of the Central Jer- ern Burlington. The Spartans trailed by five werewhile on justMorgan the first series. But otherwise, it was Graziano added 10 points. seed), the Hornets remained close the sey Group III playoffs. The 6th seeded 10 points heading to the fourth quarter a well-played game.

Howell’s passing efforts actually whole game and only trailed by two at Spartans (17-10) had exceeded expec- but almost made up the entire deficit. looked quite sharp on their first two possessions with Entering the NJSIAA state tournament, halftime (33 to 31) before losing by the tations this winter by not only reaching Cirlinecione had 16 points, Moore six Hornets completions firstfour downs. theirscore thirdof 66 to 56. Graziano led all the were and the four number seed Onfinal the postseason but earning a home added 14, and Shomo scored 10 as possession, the relentless Eagle defensive line sacked in the Central Jersey Group II bracket. scorers with 23 points while Inman addgame in the opening round. Ocean Ocean’s season came to a close.

The Hornets openedConnor the tournament 20 points Rebel quarterback McGlynnwith at the ed Rebels own for Holmdel.

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three- yard line. In doing so, they knocked him out of the game and into an awaiting ambulance with a possible neck or shoulder injury.

From this point late in the first quarter Middletown South began to soar behind the power running of Jake Ripnick scoring on three subsequent drives. Ripnick ran for 157 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries.

The Eagles took advantage of the loss of the Howell quarterback and pressured his substitute Aaron Trimble for the rest of the night leading to five sacks and two interceptions; one by junior Andrew Wisialko for six yards and one later in the second half by speedster Elijah Smith for a 60- yard touchdown return. The South defense was tenacious all night and gave the offense great field position on every series.

The offense led by Ripnick and quarterback Kyle

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RUMSON - A run of 16 straight points covering parts of the second and third quarters of Friday's NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II semifinal girls basketball game against Manasquan Friday was all RumsonFair Haven Regional needed to score a 43-34 win over the Warriors and

move into the sectional finals Tuesday against Point Pleasant Boro.

50-50 balls then they did. That was a key part of the game."

The two teams had split a pair of regularly scheduled games this season, and Manasquan seemed to have a good chance of winning the rubber game when it scored six straight points to go up, 15-13, with 2:30 left in the first half.

Rumson kept things going in the third quarter by scoring the first nine points to extend the lead to 29-15 before Manasquan's Amanda Hagaman finally snapped the streak with a putback.

Rumson, though, found its scoring touch and scored the final seven points of the half on a putback by Hannah Miller, a trey from Grace Stant and a layup at the buzzer by Sam Sabino for a 20-15 halftime lead.

"We didn't change anything," said Rumson coach George Sourlis. "We didn't shoot the ball well early in the game, but we were able to get some fortunate bounces of the ball and began to take care of a lot more

Manasquan was able to narrow the deficit to seven points a number of times, the last at 33-26 on a layup

by Hagaman, but Rumson scored the next five points to finally put it away, Manasquan's Sam Sullivan opened the game with a three-pointer, but Rumson got the next seven points on jumpers by Hannah Miller and Sabino, and a trey by Stant.

It held the lead until Manasquan scored six in a row to go ahead, 1513. That set up Rumson's 16-point streak.

"Manasquan deserves a lot of credit," said Sourlis. "They lost two great players from a Tournament of Champions team, but still won 20 games playing in what is the strongest division in the state. They should walk out of this gym feeling proud."

Rumson has been on a roll recently, winning eight of its last nine games with the lone loss being a 51-50 overtime setback to Middletown South in the Shore Conference Tournament.

"We didn't have Jess Harvey in that game," said Sourlis. "She is a senior point guard and the catalyst of the team."

Rumson plays at Point Boro Tuesday in the sectonal finals. Point Boro defeated Rumson, 61-52 in the finals of the WOBM Holiday Tournament in December.

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MANASQUAN WINS THRILLER, EARNS TRIP TO CJ GROUP II FINAL

By Mike Ready MANASQUAN - Defending CJ Group II champion Ewing, wasn’t about to go home without a fight, and that’s exactly what they gave the Manasquan Warriors; a down to the wire dog fight, in this thrilling, 77-75 Warrior victory Friday night in Manasquan.

as Manasquan pulled out to a 25-15 first quarter lead.

Manasquan’s lead swelled to 15 points in the second quarter, before the Blue Devils clawed their way back to within eight at the half, thanks to the dynamic guard duo of Trey Lowe (27 pts.) and Isaiah York (22 pts.).

The atmosphere was electric in the sold out Warrior gymnasium from tipoff to the final buzzer, as these two very talented teams put on quite a show for home-team faithful.

The Blue Devils kept their momentum going, as they reeled off eight-straight points at the start of the third quarter to tie the game at 45 with 6:15 in the period. Hobbie and Toole then took things into their own hands, scoring 16 of the Warriors 17 third quarter points to put up by 10, 62-52 after three.

In a game where No.2 seed Manasquan led by as many 15 points, 33-18 at the six minute mark of the second quarter, Ewing had whittled it down to one, 73-72 with 34.3 seconds remaining in the game. Senior guard, J.R. Hobbie, then sank 4-for-4 from the foul line in between a missed Ewing three-point attempt, and huge Tommy Toole rebound and outlet pass to seal the game for the Warriors.

Hobbie’s heroic’s capped off a remarkable 32 point (4-three’s), six rebound night that jettisoned the No.2 seed Warriors into Monday’s CJ Group II Championship against familiar foe, No.1 seed Lakewood (25-2).

Manasquan fell to the Piners in last year’s CJ Group II semifinal.

But Walsh and Hobbie on their last hurrah as seniors weren’t about to let this game and their high school careers get away from them. In the final 5:10 of the fourth quarter, they combined for 14 of Manasquan’s 15 points, to lead the Warriors to the win, and another shot at the CJ Group II crown.

Head coach, Drew Bilodeau, is looking forward to the matchup, “We played them four times last year and won once. They beat us in the semifinals last year, but it’s a different team we’ll face this year. We’ll be ready, we’ll have two good days of practice, and hopefully Jack (junior point guard JackFay) will be ready.”

“We don’t want our senior season to end, we had high expectations before the Point Beach loss, but we still have a chance for a state championship,” said Hobbie.

Walsh had a gigantic all-around game finishing with 22 points, 18 rebounds, six assists and six blocked shots. There were times in this game where he was without a doubt, unstoppable.

Fay was injured in the opening minute when he fell hard, going for a loose ball, and had to leave the game. In his absence, junior guard, Tommy Toole, stepped up and performed brilliantly, scoring 17 points, dishing out 12 assists, forcing five steals and grabbing four boards.

Senior guard, Chris Keane, fighting nagging injuries, played gallantly, chipping in five points, five rebounds, and a lot of toughness. Senior guard, Sean Yerks, added senior leadership on the court after Fay’s injury.

“Tommy played really, really well for us tonight,” Bilodeau said. “He stepped up and did a heck of a job for us. The last three games, Tommy Toole has played outstanding basketball for us.”

“This team is gutsy; they fight like hell to the very end, Bilodeau said. “The leadership has been outstanding all year with Hobbie, Walsh, Fay and Toole. But let’s not forget seniors, Sean Yerks and Chris Keane, they’ve been tremendous for us and I can’t say enough about what Ryan Jensen has done for us as a freshman.”

Senior center, Jimmy Walsh, the second member of Manasquan’s twoheaded monster, got the Warriors off to a flying start, as Manasquan came roaring out of gate on fire. Walsh scored six of their first nine points, and finished with twelve first quarter points

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The Shore Regional boys’ basketball team has had a terrific season with a record of 20 wins and 5 losses. The Blue Devil’s had a chance to reach the finals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II if they could defeat a tough Point Beach (24 wins and 3 losses) team. The Blue devil’s fought hard, but came up short losing by the score of 60 to 47.

In the semi final game against the highly ranked Gulls and a trip to the finals of the Central Jersey Group II bracket on the line, the Blue Devil’s came out and played super basketball and were tied at halftime by the score of 29 apiece. Point beach outscored Shore in the third quarter by the score of 13 to 4 and took a 42 to 33 lead into the fourth quarter. The Blue Devil’s fought until the end, but came up short losing by the score of 60 to 47.

Pillari led the Blue Devil’s in scoring with 16 points while Byrne added 14 points. First year coach, Dave Emory, was proud of the way his team played and even though he has a solid core of talented players returning for next year he said, “We surprised a lot of teams this season and even our selves at times, but these five seniors will be hard to replace. They have set the bar high for future teams to reach farther than this year’s team did”.

In reaching the semi finals, Shore first defeated Florence easily by the score of 62 to 35. The Blue Devil’s led from start to finish with Jack Byrne leading the way in scoring with 14 points, while Dan Pillari added 13 points.

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In their quarterfinal game, the Blue Devil’s needed double overtime, but overcame a tough team from Piscataway Tech winning by the score of 41 to 40. Pillari led Shore in scoring with 13 points, while Bloodgood scored 9

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An Emotional Ending: Brick Township vs. Wall Township DOWD CUP FINAL

By Jason M. Ross - RBR Intern

RED BANK — In the highly anticipated Dowd Cup final between the number one seeded Brick Township Dragons and the number two-seeded Wall Township Crimson Knights, all eyes were on Thomas Panico. Panico, a Division 1 commit to UMass-Lowell, has been a top player all season for the Crimson Knights and a key reason why they made it to the finals. But it wasn’t Panico’s play that made the Dragons’ players nervous. Thea Gail Juezan, a Brick Township student and hockey aficionado, had passed away this year, and her loss acted as the fuel for their team. The Dragons were coming off a 6-0 victory and knew that they needed to win this game for Thea. The immense crowd was filled with students; amongst them was a sign that read, “Win it for Thea.” The game started with a great goal for senior forward, Brian Lange, who took advantage of a Panico mistake on defense. From there the intensity was high and the physicality picked up. Shortly into the second period, a power play goal by Wall netted the game at 1. The game was back and forth, Finally in a soon to be eventful second period, Panico scored.

From that moment on, Panico made

it 2-2, the Brick defense tightened up.

Both goaltenders were tested heavily in the second, Troy Klahre, Wall, and Jake Lampiasi, Brick, stood strong and only allowed two goals each. Wall came out in the third on a mission, with fire in their eyes they scored a quick one. But it was eventually breakaways that decided the fate of the Crimson Knights, where Brick’s David Kearns took advantage and rocketed a shot for yet another early goal in the third.

Now down 5-3 in the third, Wall attempted one last push and succeeded!

The score was 5-4 when Wall pulled Klahre for an extra attacker. It turns out that their effort was futile when Brick scored two consecutive empty netters.

The Brick Township victory was lead by Brian Lange’s two goals, but overall the team was lead by fuelled passion for Juezan. After a brief celebration, the Dragons huddled around the face off dot in their own zone, and raised a pair of angel wings with the letters T.G.J. posted in them. A brief moment of silence was followed by an eruption of cheer and emotion. After an intense season, the number one Brick Township Dragons had come out on top 7-4.

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By Jim Hintelmann WEST LONG BRANCH ¬ A good reason forSean the success of the Neptune boys’ basBy Simmons ketball program over the years has been an Inexplosive a game up thattempo featured moreOverlooked, see-saws offense. than a playground, though, was the factthe that10-seeded the Scarlet MidFliers dletown North strong Lions on traveled Nepare historically defensetoand that tune on February 26th for a first-round was on display in Friday’s Shore NJSIAA Central Jersey Groupgame III playoff Conference championship with game against the seventh-seeded ScarColts Neck. let Fliers.

Shutting down a potent Colts Neck offense, the Scarlet Fliers outlasted the Cody Thompson poured in 14crowd pointsat Cougars, 37-33, before a sellout and was an impressive 5-of-6 from the Monmouth University. “This has been charity stripe to help lead the Lions to a great series with them,” said Neptune hard fought 52-49 win over the defendHead Coach Ken O’Donnell. “It wasn’t ing Groupgame, III champion Fliersto theCJ prettiest but weScarlet were able avenging a 62-51 nondivisional loss to force them out of their zone. We played the Scarlet Fliers on December 21st at great defense.”

Neptune.

The Lions was are at theitsdefending Neptune’s defense best in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV when cham-it final two minutes of the game pion, but were moved down to Group III made three key stops to prevent Colts Neck from tying the score. The first came after Colts Neck had scored five straight points on a three-pointer by Brandon Federici and a drive from Lucas Lalima to narrow the deficit to 33-31.

With two minutes remaining, the Cougars got the ball again, but Neptune’s Keith Kirkwood stole the ball and scored with 1:48 left to make it 35-31.Colts Neck’s Tim Vengalis dropped in two foul shots to make it a two-point game again, but Neptune’s Ikie Calderon missed the first of a one-and- one to give Colts Neck another chance, but once again they turned the ball over.

Jaheem Woods of Neptune was fouled but he, too, missed the first of a one-andone with 30 seconds to go, giving Colts Neck one more opportunity.

this season.

The Lions roared out to a 13-9 lead during the first quarter, but the Scarlet Fliers went into the locker room at halftime with a 25-24 lead after a putback at the buzzer by Lamar Ford, who finished with 11 points.

Consecutive 3-pointers by Brian Esser (eight points) gave the Lions a 45-37 lead with just under a minute left in the third quarter.

Neptune started off the fourth quarter The Culinary Education Center is open with an 8-0 run to regain the lead at to Monmouth County high school stu47-45, but Middletown North closed out dents in their junior and senior year the game on a 7-2 run with the highlight of high school. Each student receives being a go-ahead 3-pointer by Thomphigh school credit, and at the same son with 50 seconds left, which gave the time can receive up to 15.5 college Lions a 50-49 lead. credits. The Culinary Education Center Two free ERIC throws

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Lions looking forward to the for State the High School Division Culinary Arts were Will Boman and Mike Barber, who classrooms providing yearlong experieach finished 12 points.

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seconds and the ball was passed to Hunter During CJ paint, Group quarterfinals Wysockithe in the butIIIgood defense by on February 28th, the Lions traveled to Kirkwood resulted in a miss with Fuguan Woodbridge for a showdown with the McDonald grabbing the rebound. “We second-seeded Barrons. were going to go for either a three or get the ball to Hunter in the box,” said Colts Thompson scored a game-high 22 Neck Head Coach Lou Piccola. “I thought points to help lead the Lions to an impressive 79-69 win.

The Lions fell to No. 3 seed Northern Burlington by the score of 52-48 in the CJ Group III semifinals on March 2nd to end their season with a 16-12 record.

Thompson led the Lions with 21 points.

computer lab and distance learning capability. Our students participate in local, state, and national food competitions.

At the CEC the students operate two dining rooms, The Mandolin Dining Room, and the Windows of the Culinary Education Center Dining Room.

Our facility is open to the public for lunch and dinner. Breakfast can be served for private parties arranged in advance.

The students also operate our retail bakery that sells cakes, pastries, breads, and seasonal confectionery delights.

A jump shot by Neptune’s Shakeem Richardson (14 points) closed the gap to 45-39 heading into the fourth quarter.

The Lions raced out to a 23-8 lead during the first quarter and that was the difference in the game. The biggest highlight for the Lions during the first quarter was a halfcourt bomb by Thompson that beat the buzzer.

Also turning in a solid performance for the Lions was Barber, who knocked down six 3-pointers for 18 points.

Photo By: Francine Attardi MIDDLETOWN NORTH’S #2 CODY THOMPSON

Asbury Park, New Jersey –-February 22, 2013- The Culinary Education Center of Monmouth County is a collaborative effort between Brookdale community College and the Monmouth County Vocational School District. The school is located at 101 Drury Lane, Asbury Park, NJ 07712. 732-988-3299

The CEC seeks to foster individuality, creativity, and open mindedness in the application of theoretical and practical food preparation skills. The CEC believes that the investment of time and effort in the selection of quality ingredients and attention to skillful preparation contribute directly to the quality and the essence of the final product.

ences for over 100 secondary students. fouled but it Neptune’s Jaheem Woods (4) flies to the basket for two wasn’t called. Education points.

The Culinary Center ColThis Division was a offers an Associate of lege very physical game,Science but both left hit 22.7 percent. Both teams had one long Science in Applied in teams Culinary everything on thealso floor.”

Arts.

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That made his second of the year. He was a key playwho have many years of experience in it 15-11.

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Group III champion football team last in the third quarter, 23-20, on a trey by fall. “I want to make it three rings now,” Calderon which started a 7-1 run by the you are interested in attending the said Calderon, in looking ahead to the IfFliers.

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Groups are Head Coach for boys’ basketball. was 4 for 25. Overall Neptune shot 25 welcomed to visit the CEC for lunch or percent from the floor while Colts Neck dinner. For more information please call 732-988-3299.

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Colts Rolling Through Into State Tournament

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By Pat Ralph Having spent most of the 2012-2013 season as the #2 hockey team in both the Gordon Conference and the New Jersey Ice Hockey Top 20 rankings, the Christian Brothers Academy Colts hockey team has finally broken through as the #1 team in the Garden State heading into the NJSIAA NonPublic State Tournament. And it might have to do with the fact that the Colts have not lost in over two months.

It is fair to say that CBA is the hottest team on the ice right now in New Jersey. Since their last loss on January 2nd at home to the Ironmen of Don Bosco Prep, the blue and white squad from Lincroft has posted an incredible 15-0-1 record, comparable to the Chicago Blackhawks’ red-hot 18-0-3 start they are off to right now in the NHL. The Colts’ only tie has come against the Green Wave of Delbarton, which was a 5-5 draw back on January 12th.

Since then, the Colts have been dominating their competition in both the regular season and the postseason.

After a strong finish to the regular season, the Colts were awarded the #2 seed in the Gordon Cup Conference Tournament and were determined to win their first conference tournament title since 2010. The Colts opened up the tournament with an easy 12-2 victory at home over St. Peter’s Prep. The Colts set the tone early in the contest with three first period goals, and were led in the game by junior, Anthony Cusanelli’s, hat trick.

Following up their first round victory

over the Marauders, the Colts sent the 15th-ranked Hermits of St. Augustine Prep packing in the quarterfinals by a score of 4-0. Senior, Glenn Florzack, led the way with a pair of goals, along with a 17-save shutout for senior netminder, Chris D’Alessio. In the Gordon Cup Tournament semifinals, the Colts were able to avenge their early season loss to Don Bosco Prep with a 3-2 win over the Ironmen to advance to the conference championship game. The trio of junior Brendan Van Riemsdyk, sophomore Conor Tierney, and freshman Ryan Bogan took care of the scoring for CBA in the game.

Having advanced to the Gordon Cup Conference Tournament final, it would only seem fitting that the Colts would face off for the conference title against their archrivals, the Delbarton Green Wave. Despite coming into the contest as the overwhelming underdogs, CBA knocked off Delbarton 5-2 to win their seventh overall Gordon Cup Conference title and handed the Green Wave their first in-state loss in 66 games, which dates back to February 2010.

The Colts broke the game open in the second period, in which they netted three goals and extended their lead to 4-1 in the contest before closing it out in the third period. Florzack, Van Riemsdyk, sophomore, Brendan Murphy, and seniors, Chris Deatrick and RJ Steer, provided the offense for the Colts in the contest.

Ice Hockey Top 20 this past week. Despite being #1 in the state, the Colts were given the #2 seed behind Delbarton in the NJSIAA Non-Public State Tournament. The Colts opened up play in the state tournament at home this past Wednesday with an easy 9-0 shutout against the Pirates of Seton Hall Prep. The Colts were led by the sophomore, Van Riemsdyk’s, four goals in the game and a 13-save shutout from D’Alessio. Next up for the CBA Colts in the state tournament is home against Morristown-Beard in the quarterfinals on Monday, March 3rd, at the Jersey Sports Arena in Wall. The Colts have one goal in mind as they move forward: to return to the Non-Public State Championship at the Prudential Center and avenge their loss from last season against the Delbarton Green Wave.

Having now won the Gordon Cup Conference title, the Colts were rewarded with the #1 ranking in the New Jersey

Photo By: Francine Attardi CBA’S #9 BILLY ANTONIDESBY

Photo By: Francine Attardi CBA’S #10 GLENN FLORCZAK

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Fri March 29 Good Friday

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19th Annual Alumni Awards Dinner 7:00PM to 11:00PM

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Roses Reach State State Ice Hockey Quarterfinals

Round-up

By Kevin Davis

BELMAR— The St. Rose girls’ basketball team was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Non-Public, South B section of the NJSIAA Tournament in heartbreaking fashion, falling short in a bid to second-seeded Gill St. Bernard’s 63-62 on Friday, March 1.

Following a fairly even first quarter that ended 16-14 in St. Rose’s favor, the Purple Roses took command in the second quarter, outscoring their hosts 21-12 and carrying an 11-point lead into the half. But the number two seed rallied back, negating St. Rose’s second quarter progress with a 2112 third quarter scoring margin in their favor to set the stage for a fourth quarter struggle. The final period opened with the Knights regaining the lead on a Jasmine Sina three-pointer and continued with St. Rose finding an answer for every GSB attempt to pull away. That trend carried into the game’s final seconds when St. Rose junior guard, Cindy Napolitano’s, buzzer-beater was ruled a two-pointer as she stepped on the three-point line, enabling the Knights to avert the upset loss. Sophomore guard, Kat Phipps, led St. Rose with 17 points, one of four Purple Roses in double figures. Sophomore guard, Jess Louro, added 13, while juniors, Sarah Kurtz and Payton

By Ted Kaiser

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Smith, each scored 10. Napolitano had 8.

St. Rose earlier advanced to the quarterfinal round following a 63-42 win over Rutgers Prep on Feb. 27. The Purple Roses used a balanced attack to topple the Argonauts, receiving double-digit scoring efforts from Kurtz and Phipps, who each scored 15, and Louro and Napolitano, who each had 11. Smith was not far behind, adding nine.

JERSEY SHORE— The NJSIAA ice hockey playoffs are in full swing and several Shore Conference teams are having strong showings. Perhaps the most surprising team so far is Red Bank Regional. Despite a sub .500 record entering the postseason, the 25th seeded Bucs have won their first two Public B tournament games and moved to 11-10-1 on the season. Their latest win came Friday by a 3-2 score over 9th seeded Indian Hills. The Bucs built a 2-0 lead as junior, Drue Amato, had a goal and an assist. Indian Hills rallied to tie the game and force overtime, but Red Bank senior, Joe DelSordo, scored the game-winner in the opening seconds. The win came on the heels of a first round upset of 8th seeded Glen Rock. Amato recorded a hat trick to pace the Bucs in that game. They were set to face top seeded Ramsey last Sunday evening.

Rumson-Fair Haven also remained alive in the Public B bracket with a 4-3 win over Tenafly last week. Bren-

dan Ban scored the game-winner in overtime to lift the Bulldogs (15-6-1) to the next round. Wall also made it to the next round of the Public B tournament with an overtime victory.

Sophomore, Jeff Morgan, found the back of the net to give the 12th seeded Crimson Knights (18-6-3) a 6-5 win over Pequannock. Point Boro (156-2) advanced as well with a 5-2 win over Cranford. Chris McDermott had a hat trick and Steven Kovaleski had a pair of goals.

In Public A, Brick Township and Brick Memorial both won first round games. The Green Dragons won 6-3 over Ocean as Tyler Iannarone paced the squad with two goals and an assist. The Mustangs (13-9-2) prevailed 5-2 over Bernards as Austin Dublois recorded a hat trick. Middletown North also won a first round game by a score of 3-2 over Southern Regional. Khristian Acosta scored the game-winning goal and also had two assists.

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