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Wall Baseball Reaches Championship Game

By Michael Rogers The Wall baseball team finished the season with a 22 win and 6-loss record.

The Crimson Knights also reached the finals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III Championship game against Northern Burlington. Wall lost a tough but close game by the score of 4 to 3.

WALL’S #22 1ST BASEMAN GIRFORD To reach the championPhoto By: Francine Attardi ship Wall defeated Hamilton West in the semi finals by the score of 6 to 3. The Crimson the sixth inning for the 4 to 3 victory.

Knights built a 6 to 0 lead after four Wall had opportunities to score when innings over the Hornets who were they loaded the bases in the second inthe third seed. Dan Wondrack got the ning, but Northern Burlington pitcher scoring going with a two run double in Matt Gakeler got a key strike out to the first inning then Jack Gifford fol- end the threat and the inning. In the lowed that up with a two out two run next inning, Wall had runners on first single in the third inning. Luke Malone, and third base with one out and tried a senior left-hander, pitched 5 1/2 in- to steal second base, but the runner nings while only giving up 5 hits and was thrown out. Wall was able to score his record improves to 8 wins and only when Dan Wondrack singled to score a run and tie the score. Wall could have 3 losses on the season. taken the lead in the fifth inning when Wall moved on to the NJSIAA Central Tim Willey hit a double then moved Jersey Group III final against North- to third on a ground out, but after a ern Burlington who has a 22 win and strike out and a groundout he was left 4-loss record this season. Wall had stranded at third base. plenty of opportunity throughout the game as they put base runners on Head coach Todd Schmitt said, "It base in every inning and they left the wasn't one single thing, we just didn't bases loaded twice. In the game they get the big hit in any inning." Wall left nine runners on base and seven which concludes its’ successful season runners in scoring positions. All of the with a fantastic 22 win and 6 loss reCrimson Knights’ missed opportunities cord after making it to the first appearended up hurting them as Northern ance in a state sectional final since the Burlington broke a tie in the bottom of 2008 Group III Championship game.

Purple Roses Finish with 19 Wins

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By Kevin Davis

The St. Rose varsity baseball team had its NJSIAA Tournament run ended prematurely with a 9-2 loss to ninthseeded Roselle Catholic in the NonPublic South B quarterfinals in Wall on Wednesday, May 29.

The Purple Roses, who earned their section’s top seed and with it a bye to the quarterfinals, were unable to solve Roselle Catholic starter Ryan Sheekey.

The Lions senior pitched a five-hitter, striking out 12 while walking a pair.

St. Rose’s Joey Delacruz was seemingly the only Purple Rose who could solve Sheekey, connecting for three doubles in the losing cause.

“To be knocked out of the tournament this early isn’t representative of all the hard work and sacrifice that every one

of our boys put into the season,” St. Rose coach Mike Condon said. “I'm sure our boys would gladly trade in a few of our 19 wins to be playing in the next round of the tournament.”

The setback punctuated a rough May for the Purple Roses, who carried an undefeated record into the month before falling 2-0 in a pitchers’ duel at Red Bank Catholic on May 4, the start of a three-game losing streak, which also included a round of 16 loss to Manalapan in the Monmouth County Tournament. The Purple Roses seemed to regain their previous form after the tough week, but again ran into a hot pitcher -- this time Jackson Liberty junior Danny Serreino -- who outdueled senior St. Rose ace Brad Currao, 1-0, to put an abrupt end to the Roses’ Shore Conference Tournament run.

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Seraphs End Season With Loss To TR East In SCT Semifinals

By Sean Simmons

Mater Dei Prep’s Jackie Nash fanned six batters and gave up only three hits to help lead the 15th-seeded Seraphs to a stunning 2-1 victory over the second-seeded Wall Crimson Knights in a Shore Conference Tournament Round of 16 game at Wall High School on May 27th.

The Crimson Knights wasted no time jumping out to an early 1-0 lead on a first-pitch, leadoff homer by Sydney Canessa during the bottom of the first inning. The only other hits allowed by Nash were to Canessa, who doubled with two outs in the bottom of the third and Katie Wingle, who hit a single with two outs in the bottom of the fourth.

During the top of the second inning, Nash and Erin Batz each smacked RBI doubles for the Seraphs to make the final score 2-1.

It is very hard to beat the same team three times during a season, but that is exactly what the second-seeded Seraphs did when they hosted the seventh-seeded St. Rose Purple Roses in the Non-Public South B quarterfinals on May 29th and came away with an impressive 11-1 victory.

Larisa Chiesa turned in a stellar performance for the Seraphs by going 5-for-5 with two triples and three RBI’s and Nash fired a three-hitter with four strikeouts.

During the bottom of the sixth, Nash drew a walk with one out and then Batz, who went 2-for-3 hit a two-out single to right field and Audrianna Miller, who also went 2-for-3 followed with an RBI single to left field, which plated Jamie Luminoso, who was running for Nash to make the final score 5-4.

“I couldn’t be more proud of my girls and they played with a lot of heart,” Mater Dei Prep head coach Jeanne Dickinson said.

“It is hard for the seniors to lose their final game on their home field.”

On June 1st, the Seraphs traveled to Toms River East to face the third-seeded Raiders in the SCT semifinals and ended up losing 6-0 to end their season with an impressive 24-4 record. Highlights from the Seraphs season include going unbeaten in Class B Central, defeating Freehold Township, 3-1 in the final of the Monmouth County Tournament White Division and beating Red Bank Catholic, 3-2.

“It has been a very fun year for me to coach,” Dickinson said.

After defeating the seventh-seeded Howell Rebels, 5-0 in the SCT quarterfinals at Howell High School on May 30th, the Seraphs hosted third-seeded Sacred Heart on May 31st in the Non-Public South B semifinals and ended up losing a 5-4 heartbreaker.

Sacred Heart took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first and then Mater Dei Prep rallied back with three runs in the bottom of the first with the big hits in the inning being two-out RBI singles by Maggie Klatt and Batz to give the Seraphs a 3-1 lead.

The Lady Lions then exploded for four runs in the top of the third to regain the lead at 5-3.

MATER DEI’S #22 JACKIE NASH Photo By: Francine Attardi

SJV Softball

By Jim Hintelmann HOLMDEL - St. John Vianney’s softball team received a major scare Friday when it held on to Glouceser Catholic, 5-4, in an NJSIAA South Jersey Non-Public A semifinal game.

The Lady Lancers, however, appeared back in form Saturday by scoring an efficient 5-0 shutout over A Central rival Raritan, Saturday, in a Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinal game. SJV will play host to Middletown South, Monday, in a semifinal game.

“We were a little bit flat Friday,” said SJV coach Kim Lomberdi, “It may have been a lack of concentration, but we played real well today, I’m happy with way we have been hitting.”

Winning pitcher Katie Beriont started off a bit slow allowing base runners in each of the first four innings, but she settled down and retired the final 12 Raritan batters of the game. “Once we got untracked offensively, we settled down,” said Beriont, who scattered five hits, fanned eight and walked just one batter She also helped her own cxause with a double, two singles and a run scored. “I felt better when I got deep into the Raritan lineup,” said Beriont. “I just changed my pitch sequence. I didn’t throw many fastballs.”

SJV (23-1), whose lone loss was a 1-0 extra inning setback to Livingston in an early season game, took a 1-0 kad in the second inning when Beriont doubled leading off and Erica Krumbino followed with an RBI single.

Raritan’s best opportunity came in the second inning when Nicole Coppolino and Lindsey Carver singled with none out,

SJV’S CATCHER Photo By: Kenneth Cook but a pop-up on an attempted sacrfice bunt and two infield outs ended the threat.

SJV added a run in the fourth inning when Claire Steffaneli was safe on an error and was doubled home by Ashley Ventura.The Lady Lancers wrapped it up with three runs in the sixth inning off losing pitcher Emily Schaeffer. Beriont and Krumbino singled and Stefanelli followed with an RBI single.

Ventrua and Marlene Bevilcqua followed with run-scoring singles. SJV will play Paul VI of Haddonfield Tuesday at Brick Memorial in an NJSIAA South Jersey Non-Public A title game. Raritan closed out a 22-10 season, but coach Aado Kommedant was pleased with his team’s performance.”We have only three seniors,” he said.”We’ve been fighters all season.”

SJV’S #3 AMANDA DURHAM Photo By: Kenneth Cook

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Another 20-win Season for Jackson Memorial

By Kevin Davis

The Jackson Memorial varsity baseball team fell a game short of reaching the Shore Conference Tournament finals, losing 6-3 to Toms River North in the semifinal round at Count Basie Park in Red Bank on May 30.

The defending Shore Conference Tournament champions and recent mainstays in the tournament finals, Jackson was hopeful to rebound from its surprising 2-0 loss to Brick Memorial on May 29 that knocked the Jaguars out of NJSIAA Central IV contention. Instead, they fell behind 4-0 to last year’s SCT runners-up before

plating their first run in the fifth inning on a Jordan Burst RBI double. But their effort to chip away was quickly neutralized by TR North starting pitcher Karl Blum, who got that run back and added another when he blasted a two-run home run to extend the lead to 6-1.

With their tournament hopes dwindling, the Jaguars finally got the Duke-bound Blum on the ropes in the seventh inning. Two run-scoring extra-base hits – an RBI triple from Burst and a Mike Petrizzo RBI double – cut the lead to 6-3 and chased the future Blue Devil from the mound, one out

shy of a complete game. Blum was relieved by junior Steve Slagmolen who recorded the final out without incident to avert a Jackson comeback, keeping the Jaguars out of the SCT finals for the first time since 2008. It was the second time this season that TR North was responsible for Jackson’s tournament ouster, the previous a 2-0 win over the Jaguars in the Ocean County Tournament final.

“Blum pitched a really good game,” Jackson Memorial coach Frank Malta said after the game. “We created a lot of opportunities for ourselves but couldn’t cash in. It was a disappoint-

JAX MEMORIAL’S #10 JOE DEMAIO Photo By: Francine Attardi

ing end to the season.”

Despite their near misses in tournament play, Jackson was incredibly successful in the Shore Conference regular season, winning Class A South with a 14-0 division record.

They finished the year with a 23-5 overall record.

“We got off to a very good start, really executing and playing well,” Malta said. “I think the latter third of the season, for whatever reason, we weren’t playing as well – weren’t executing as well. We made it difficult for ourselves.”

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The Cougar Lax Wrap Up

sidelined due to an injury. The Cougar’s goaltending position fell on the shoulders of freshman phenom, Andrew Halmi.

With Halmi’s stellar play the Cougars won their first Shore Conference tourney game

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The Cougars came off a fantastic 2012 season and captured the title of Co-A North Champions. After finishing 11- 6 they expected 2013 to be even better. The Cougars indeed succeeded. They capped off the year at 12-7 and advanced in both the Shore Conference Tournament and the State Tournament. Led by their core of veteran leaders, the Cougars surged to a 7-3 start including two overtime victories. During the second half of the season, starting goalie Dustin Thugut was

along with their first State playoff game.

The Cougars 12 wins were fueled offensively by scoring machines Rob Halmi and John Miller on attack. Colts Neck will miss all of their seniors who have helped anchor the team over the past few seasons.

Although the Cougars did not yield a title

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this year, their record improved and they are poised to bounce back next year and continue to grow as a program. Coach Rosenberg always says, “Leave no doubt,” and the Cougars plan to leave nothing to question after next season.

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Raritan Softball Reaches Group II Final

By Michael Rogers

The Raritan girls’ softball team is having a super season with 22 win and 9-loss record and they had an 11 game winning streak along the way. After a victory against Toms River North (7 to 6) the Rockets will move on to face St. John Vianney, who is the number one seed in the next round of the Shore Conference Tournament.

In the Rockets’ first round game against Toms River North, pitcher Bethany Budner allowed only one earned run and got the win in two innings of relief pitching as Raritan defeated Toms River North by the score of 7 to 6 in the first round of the Shore Conference Tournament. On offense, Nicole Coppolino went 2 for 3 with a home run and 4 runs batted in while Emily Schaeffer also hit a

home run and had 2 runs batted in.

The Rockets trailed 6 to 2 going into the sixth inning, but scored six runs to grab the lead and victory over the number nine seed.

came up against a tough pitcher and lost by the score of 1 to 0. Raritan faced pitcher Lauren Fischer from Robbinsville who threw a no hitter against the seventh seeded Rockets.

Raritan’s only threat came in the third inning when after a walk and a stolen base and an error in the infield the Rockets had runners on first and second base. Fischer got out of the jam and the inning without giving up a run as he struck out the next Raritan batter.

TR South LAX Makes State Semis

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RARITAN’S # 24 BETHANY BUDER Photo By: Francine Attardi

Raritan also has been having success in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II State Tournament as they reached the finals against Robbinsville and in a very hard fought game the Rockets

The Rockets will try and put this tough loss behind them as they prepare for their next game against the number one seed in St John Vianney as it is who the Rockets play in the next round of the Shore Conference Tournament.

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TR SOUTH’S #6 SHEALYN CROWLEY Photo By: Francine Attardi

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In the quarterfinals, TR South edged out 12th seeded Seneca by a score of 14-13 in double overtime. Senior Macy Scott, who has committed to Rutgers for college, scored a game-high eight goals in helping the Indians advance.

However, Moorestown was able to shut Scott down in the semifinals leaving her with 266 career goals, two shy of tying the school record. They held her scoreless in an 18-2 win to end TR South’s seeason.

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The state tournament began with some offensive fireworks. The Indians put 39 shots on goal and 15 of them found the back of the net as they downed Kingsway by a score of 15-8. The 13th seeded Dragons (5-12) overall trailed 10-4 at halftime and never threatened in the second half. Scott tallied a game-high six goals and broke the school record with 100 goals on the season. They also received a lot of offense from Abby Pollioni who scored four times. Laura Kurzynowski added three goals and Noelle Shirey chipped in twice. Goaltender Mariam Ahmed made six saves in net.

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Shore Baseball Reaches Group I Final

By Michael Rogers

When this baseball season began the Shore Regional team got off to a rough start. A combination of some key injuries and some tough losses to good competition left the Blue Devils’ with a 1 win and 10-loss record to start the season. Since then the Blue Devil's have gotten healthy and started playing better and went on a nine game winning streak and won 10 of their last 11 games reaching the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I Final.

The Blue Devils’ were eligible to play in the state tournament due to a rule change that allows teams with a below .500 record to still qualify for the tournament. Shore has made the best out of their opportunity by upsetting some teams and reaching the finals of the Group I Championship.

To reach the semifinals of the Group I bracket the Blue Devils’ won eight games in a row and earned the chance to play New Egypt (19-7) in the semi finals.

In the game against New Egypt the score was tied 1 to 1 in the sixth inning when, with two outs, Clayton Coffey and James Kelly drew walks. Andrew Schultz hit a single to drive in Coffey with the go ahead run. Matt Cosentino followed with another single scoring Kelly; then both Schultz and Cosentino scored on wild pitches making the score 5 to 1 in the victory. Chris Vaccaro pitched the entire game to pick up the win on the mound and Mike Blaney hit a home run in the second inning for the Blue Devils’ other run.

In the game against Middlesex High School (24-4) in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I Fi-

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SHORE’S # 34 MIKE BLANEY Photo By: Francine Attardi

nal the Blue Devils’ were looking to win their ninth game in a row and head coach Pat O'Niell said, "We we're trying to keep the kids confident because we knew we had the talent to play with them." Shore went up against Tom Marcincyzk on the mound for Middlesex and he will be pitching for Rutgers next season on a partial scholarship and has an

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SHORE’S # 20 TJ SEMPKOWSKI Photo By: Francine Attardi

0.80 earned run average and Shore could only get three hits against the tough left hander. The Blue Jays defeated the Blue Devils’ by the score of 4 to 0 with Mike Blaney pitching well for the Blue Devils’, but losing his first decision in his last 5 starts.

Coach O'Niell is extremely proud of this year’s team and how they never

gave up and just continued working and continued playing all season long regardless of the circumstances. He said, "We play in a very hard division day in and day out and that helps improve our team. This teams great effort and constant practice and improving was finally rewarded as the season went on they got to see the results of their hard work."

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RUMSON FAIR HAVEN BOYS LACROSSE CAPTURE FIRST EVER STATE SECTIONAL TITLE

By Mike Ready RUMSON - The Rumson Fair Haven boy’s lacrosse team had a number of attainable goals in their sights as the season got under way in the beginning of April.

They accomplished the first one May 15, beating Southern Regional 14-5, for a Shore Conference record, threeconsecutive Shore Conference Tournament Championships.

On Saturday, in weather more conducive to football than lacrosse, the No.19 Bulldogs (18-2) won the South Jersey Group 1 State Sectional title with a 10-6 victory over No.18 Bernards (19-5), held in the wind, cold and rain of Rumson’s Borden Stadium. It was the

Bulldogs first-ever state sectional title for this very successful program.

“This means a great deal to us,” junior midfielder Chris Hubler said. “It’s a first in school history, that’s amazing. We played really well today at both ends of the field. We possessed the ball, valued the ball, looked for the right shot and didn’t force anything; everyone played great.”

“We are on a mission this year, to win the Shore Conference Tournament and then win the states,” senior attacker Michael Clarke added. “We knew we could do it. We just had to put our mind to it and work hard. After that loss to Jackson (on April 8), it made us work even harder.”

Clarke got the Bulldogs on the board early in the contest whipping a shot past the goalie from about ten yards out at 10:06 of the first period. Hubler followed two and a half minutes later with an unassisted goal to hand the Bulldogs a quick 2-0 lead.

Rumson dominated the first quarter with crisp passing, moving the ball around and holding possession for long periods of time, while looking for the play to develop.

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At 5:01 of the first, senior goalie Dylan Rotherford made a nice stop and found junior JT Jennings with an outlet pass about twenty yards downfield. Jennings took the pass and rushed the length of the field all the way for a score and a 3-0 lead. Rotherford again had a hand in a score

as he made another terrific save and immediately found senior middie Michael Villane, who passed to Clarke stationed in front of the goal for the score.

The Bulldogs added another score to open the second quarter on a goal by Dylan’s brother, Hunter Rotherford to make it 5-0, before Bernards came to life and scored the final three goals of the half to make it a 5-3 game. Griffin Connor scored twice and Robert Schaufler once as the Mountaineers seized the momentum at the half.

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But Rumson’s big-game experience proved to be the difference as the Bulldogs came out for the second half smoking, scoring three-straight goals for a 8-3 lead at 4:37 of the third quarter. Rotchford scored his second straight at 9:44, junior Chris Sutphen put one in the net a minute later and Clarke scored on a beautiful spin move at 4:37, as the Bulldogs took control of the game.

“That was the difference maker,” said Bulldog head coach Reid Jackson. “We went into the locker room after the second quarter and calmed down. We knew this was our field and we knew what we had to do and we just went out there and did it.”

After a Bernards goal right before the end of the third quarter, the two teams traded goals with Clarke and junior attacker Dom Padula scoring for Rumson

and Connor, picking up his third and fourth goals of the game for Bernards and a 10-6 final.

Rotchford had 11 saves for the game and was rock solid in goal all day for the Bulldogs, making one big save after another.

“Dylan Rotchford was unbelievable for us today,” Jackson said. “Not only was he great between the pipes today but his outlet passes, everything was just so heads up.”

Clarke finished with four goals and an assist, while Hubler had a goal and two assists.

The Bulldogs will be gunning for another first on Wednesday when they travel to Livingston for the State Group 1 Championship against North Jersey Group 1 Champ Mountain Lakes (155), the No.11 ranked team in the state.

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Del Dal Pra Retiring From Coaching

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By Michael Rogers

ing an assistant at his Alma Mater (Rumson Fair Haven) for four seasons was at Henry Hudson High School.

In two years as head coach, he was able to take a small group I school to a state final.

After a one year stop at Ocean County College, Dal Pra accepted the head baseball coaching position at Ocean Township High School where in 10 seasons he coached some impresCOACH DEL BAL PRA sive teams. His teams Photo By: Francine Attardi won 4 division titles, 2 county championships, Del Dal Pra has been around baseball for almost his whole life. After 20 years 2 Shore Conference Tournament titles, of coaching the current Athletic Direc- and 2 Sectional State titles. He also tor at Red Bank Regional is retiring from coached 11 first-team all shore players the world of coaching baseball. He will in his 10 seasons. For the last 2 seastill be the Athletic Director for Red Bank sons, Dal Pra has coached at Red Bank Regional, but his main concentration Regional and even though he enjoys will be his three sons who are 7,8, and being around the game of baseball it 11 years old and all three boys are very is time for his next challenge. He said, involved with sports. Dal Pra does not "It's been fun and I have learned a lot want to miss a minute on his children about baseball and myself. Baseball going through one of the greatest times has always been my passion but family is more important and my boys will of a child’s life. only be this age once and I don't want Dal Pra played his high school baseball to miss any of their growing up". at Rumson Fair Haven under legendary coach Hal Lorme and as a player and captain of the 1984 team, the Bulldogs won a title in the 1984 season. In college he played football and baseball for William Patterson and then Rowan.

His first head-coaching job after be-

league team and Dal Pra would like to see that change. He said, "This is going to be my next passion. The kids in these towns (mine included) need a little league program as that is one of the greatest times of a kids’ growing up."

Something tells me that with Dal Pra's motivation and determination he will get a little league program going in these towns and something else tells me that even though his high school coach-

Dal Pra's first challenge after giving up coaching will be to establish a little league program for the towns that send students to Red Bank Regional. Little Silver, Shrewsbury, Red Bank and the surrounding towns do not have a little

ing days are over I'm sure if they approve little league baseball in his town you will see Dal Pra coaching one or all of his sons’ teams. That would be a great thing as the kids would get all of Dal Pra's baseball wisdom and he himself would still be involved in the game that he loves and that has meant so much to his life. Good Luck Del Dal Pra!

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CBA Wins Golf TOC, RBC Girls Monmouth Park Charity Fund Board of Trustees Announces Election of New Board Member Green Wave Battling Through Injuries Take 2nd

Oceanport: The Monmouth Park distributed to local nonprofit agenCharity Fund Board of Trustees has cies providing these services to resiBy Eric Braun

By Ted Kaiser Coming off a frustrating 5-5 season in season. announced the election of a new dents of Monmouth County.

LONG BRANCHNancy Nicola.

Minus the injuries, the Green board Wave ismember: in prime posi2011, the Green Wave from Long Branch High School JERSEY SHORE— Shore Conference feels good totion endtothe year theNeptune, way we Wall Nancy is a in graduate of Rutgers Unihave gotten back toThe their tradition of ground"Itand pound. challenge and Ocean the Shore was well represented both boys’ and with started.

NumberConference 1," CBA’s Wall said.division.

"This versity with athis B.A.isinthe Political Science B North Top to bottom The Wave has rushedinout to the a 2-0 record wins over girls’ golf Tournament of Champions this on was first we broke 300 allinyear, so Conference.

Manasquan and Monmouth, relying mostly thethe legs oftimetoughest division the Shore George and fromCoach Farleigh Dickenson Uniseason.

CBA won the boys’ title with an imit was a great way to end it." will look to get additional contributions Josil Jackson and the arm of Avery Griffin. versity with from a M.A.junior in Public Managepressive score of took 299, athehitonly teamtheir belowfinal pre-season Shabazz Shuler and seniors Curtis Long Branch during Trey ment.Gunther Nancy and is currently employed 300 on the course at Hopewell Valley GolfwentRumson-Fair game when senior tailback Dwight Clark down with Haven Smithfinished at wide 10th outs. overall On defense,by thethe Wave will lookCounty for Middlesex Board of Jerry wasClark the top golfer forback the byinmidseason Pappayluo senior safeties MorrisHuman and aClub. broken leftWall ankle. is expected SocialCorey Services, Resources the TOC andChris second in Groupand II. John Colts with Dan a score of 70 which was his good but Coach George needs to keep teamEdler focused Brett Roach shutdown offenses.

Department. ledand the way with a 73.toSt. Rose fin-opposing for 5th place overall moving forward to getamong back to individuals.

Class B Northished dominance 11th but took home the Non-Public Howell’s Dawson Jones finished in second and be eligible for the NJSIAA tournament.

Coach PHOTO: was FRANCINE ATTARDI The mission of the Monmouth Park B crown.

Wall Township third in Group place and won the TOC George alsonearly lost senior tightendindividual and linebacker Dominic Deon Williams to break Charity Fundaistackle to raise and distribute III. Among individuals, Monmouth (10)attempts Regioncrown. Jones by ajust one stroke Mincieli whenfell he short suffered knee injury in the spring, but as he tries to gain yardage. funds to nonprofit agencies throughal’s Brendon Gutzler had a strong showing Mincieli should be back in the first couple weeks of the (69). out Monmouth County. These agenin Group II with a second place finish (71). cies provide services for health care, those at risk in the community, and On the girls’ side, Red Bank Catholic sethose in need of special services. nior Taylor Totland was the defending Since the organization's inception in

By Brian Daneman champion, but came in second this year.

1946, over $8,700,000 has been The Howell Rebels might have known they were Totland lostinby one stroke to her future colfor a rough night at the swamp when they lege wereteammate, called Alice Chen of Montgomfor a delay of game penalty before the gameery. even startBoth golfers will attend Furman with ed. The penalty was rightfully called because the Totland headed there this fall and Chen, Rebels did not enter the field until well aftera 7pm leavjunior, joining her in the fall of 2014. ing the home team to wait on the sidelines.

Totland shot even par (72) for the second The game was riddled with penalties on both ofColts Neck’s Emily Mills shot a placesides finish. the ball. Nineteen penalties were called to be andsixth and Rumson Fair-Haven’s 77exact to finish five were on just the first series. But otherwise, it was shot an 80. RBC also finished Katie Veasey The 5/21 - 6/4 issue had two photos that were mis credited. The phoa well-played game. Howell’s passing efforts actually second as a team with Taylor Totland’s sislooked quite sharp on their first two possessions with to on page 9 of the Rumson-Fair Haven girls lacrosse SCT was taken ter Nicole shooting the next best score of RBC’S GIRL’S GOLF six completions and four first downs. On82 their third for the Caseys.

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Blum Powers Mariners into SCT Final

By Ted Kaiser

TR NORTH’S #32 KARL BLUM Photo By: Francine Attardi

fending champion Jaguars in large part due to Blum’s efforts.

“We lost to Jackson Memorial three times last year and in the Shore Conference Tournament Final so we want to get them back,” said Blum before the season started.

He made sure that his words rang true for a second time this season (TR North defeated Jackson Memorial in the Ocean County Tournament two weeks earlier). The senior tossed 6 2/3 innings before junior Steve Slagmolen came on to get the last batter for the save. Blum hit a two-run home run in the 5th inning. Sophomore shortstop Carmen Sclafani doubled home two runs and first baseman Anthony Ferlise had three hits with a pair of RBIs. The win over Jackson Memorial was preceded by the Mariners ousting 4th seeded crosstown rival Toms River South 6-4 in the quarterfinals. They also defeated Central Regional 5-3 in the Round of 16. TR North was set to take on 7th seeded Jackson Liberty in the SCT Final on Monday at First Energy Park in Lakewood.

Liberty Tops CBA to Reach SCT Final

By Ted Kaiser

RED BANK— The Jackson Liberty baseball team flew under the radar for most of the season despite an 18-8 record. The 7th seeded Lions are officially noticed now after they defeated 3rd seeded CBA by a score of 3-1 to reach the Shore Conference Tournament final. Of course, Jackson Liberty was already gaining plenty of attention after they upset 2nd seed Red Bank Catholic in the quarterfinals last week. That 5-4 victory followed up a 1-0 nail-biting win over 10th seed St. Rose that together propelled the Lions in the semifinals versus CBA.

Liberty struck first with two runs in the top of the second inning. The first scored on an error, then Jordan Mundell knocked in one of his two RBIs with a single. Mundell picked up his second RBI in the top of the fourth for a 3-0 lead. CBA scratched across a run in the 5th, but Jackson starter Dan Serreino worked around major trouble despite the Colts getting 11 hits in the game, nine charged to him. Senior Tyler Pallante came on in relief in the 7th and earned the save despite giving up two hits to start the inning.

Pallante got CBA slugger Joe Dudek to pop out then recorded Continued on page 16

RED BANK— At a time when they needed a clutch performance from their senior pitcher and slugger, the Toms River North baseball team got exactly what they needed. Duke University-bound Karl Blum earned the win and hit a home run while fighting off cramps on a steamy Thursday afternoon as the Mariners beat Jackson Memorial 6-3 to advance to the Shore Conference Tournament Final. TR North, the 5th seed, ousted TR NORTH’S #14 ANTHONY FERLISE the top seed and dePhoto By: Francine Attardi

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CBA Rowing Captures National Championship By: Pat Ralph

When one initially thinks of Christian Brothers Academy athletics, the illustrious basketball, baseball, and running programs immediately come to mind. However, over the last few years, the recently established CBA rowing program is making a name for itself in Lincroft as a force to be reckoned with on the national level.

This season, the Colts reached new heights of success that have people talking about as CBA ROWING the new powerhouse athletic program to come from the all- Weihs, Ted Fortier, and Michael boys Catholic high school.

Guadagno won the grand 1500 meter final in a time First off, the Colts captured of 5:00.15, more than three gold at the Stotesbury Cup Re- seconds ahead of the second gatta along the Schuylkill Riv- place finisher. er in Philadelphia, the largest and oldest high school rowing Coached by Scott Belford, the competition in the world. CBA’s CBA squad went undefeated lightweight four boat with cox- at the regatta by winning the swain Maxwell Kellermueller qualifying race with the fastest and rowers Sam Henning, Dan time, along with the semifinal

Following their gold medal performance in the City of Brotherly Love, the CBA Colts captured their second Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) National Championship in three years along the Cooper River in Camden. The same lightweight four boat that captured gold the previous weekend won the national championship with a time of 5:01.45 on the 1500 meter course.

With 300 meters to go, four boats were overlapped but and grand final race. Two oth- CBA passed the others with a 40-strokes-per-minute sprint to er CBA boats made the grand swipe the title. The SRAA Nafinals. The senior four boat, tional Championships is an featuring Mark Steinbrick, Kurt invitational regatta open to Vostal, Scott Londegran and high school crew teams who Neil Hughes with coxswain P.J. are able to qualify in one of DeFelice, and the junior four seven regional regattas. CBA boat, with Jack Smallwood, qualified five boats this season Justin Terek, Dylan Adams, — the junior double, freshman Ryan Hutzley and coxswain eight, junior four and varsity Rick Magliozzi, both finished four, in addition to the lightfifth. weight four.

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RBC Ends Great Season With Losses To RFH

By Michael Rogers There were high expectations for the Red Bank Catholic girls’ lacrosse team going into this season. Lisa Caprioni's team returned many talented players from a team last year that won a sectional title as well as a Shore Conference Tournament title. The Lady Casey's had a talented roster returning this season and they did not disappoint. The Lady Casey's finished with a 20 win and only 3 loss season and even though they came up short on winning another title Red Bank Catholic girls lacrosse had a great season and were ranked in the top 3 all season long.

Bank Catholic, while Emily Schissler added 4 goals. Amanda Casten and Maeve Cowley each scored goals for

The Casey's reached the semi finals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II Championship and took on a familiar opponent in Rumson Fair Haven.

Red Bank Catholic led by 2 goals at halftime before the Bulldogs scored 5 unanswered goals to defeat the Casey's by the RBC’S #13 GRACE FALLON final score of 12 to 9. The Photo By: Kenneth Cook Casey's tried to keep the pressure on in the second half against Rumson goalie Maddie Mullen, but she saved six the Casey's while goalie Sabrina Arbes of the seven shots the Casey’s shot at made 5 saves in goal for the. her. Offensively, Grace Fallon scored 2 goals and had 3 assists for Red In the finals of the Shore Conference

Tournament Red Bank Catholic once again took on Rumson Fair Haven and after another hard fought game came up short on the scoreboard losing to the Bulldogs by the score of 14 to 9. Red Bank Catholic trailed 8 to 6 at halftime but just couldn’t overcome the Bulldogs in the second half. Amanda Casten scored 5 goals and had an assist for Red Bank Catholic while Maeve Cowley, Grace Fallon, Julie Krasutsky, and Emily Schissler each scored a goal for Red Bank Catholic.

The Casey’s finish the season with a 20 win and 3 loss record with all 3 of those losses coming at the hands of Rumson Fair Haven but aside from wanting to win a few of their close losses the Casey’s can be proud of a great season.

Some of the season-ending stats are Grace Fallon scoring 162 points on 63 goals and 99 assists, Meave Cowley scoring113 points on 69 goals and 44 assists, and Amanda Casten scoring 110 points on 93 goals and 17 assists. Goalie Sabrina Arbes finished the season with a 16 and 3 record and made 69 saves on the season.

Liberty Tops CBA to Reach SCT Final Continued from page 14

back-to-back strikeouts. As a freshman, Pallante gave up a three-run game-winning home run to Jackson Memorial’s Matt Meleo in a 7-5 loss that kept the Lions from the SCT Final. So preserving this victory over CBA for a spot in the SCT Final was especially sweet for senior Pallante.

The Shore Conference Tournament final was played on Monday, June 3rd at 8pm at First Energy Park in Lakewood. Jackson Liberty squared off with 5th seeded Toms River North for the championship.

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