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Wall Prevails over Middletown South in Contentious Semifinal Matchup

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By Michael Ward

successfully fought off a challenge from Middletown North. It will be the second title game this year for the Shore Conference squad, which won the first Dowd Cup in program history back on Feb. 16.

Middletown South looked to be in good shape early on against Wall when Gavin Gulash found the back of the net and gave his team a 1-0 lead.

Wall countered with its own offensive ace however, just 28 seconds later, as Shane Haviland tied the game up.

The scoring continued for Wall in the final minute of the opening period with ZachTarantino sliding the puck between the goaltender's legs. That score gave Wall a lead that it would make last in its second win this year over Middletown South.

A year full of historic moments for 10th-seeded Wall reached a new level on Wednesday after a 7-3 victory over third-seeded Middletown South in the semifinal round of the Public B Tournament at Codey Arena.

The win sends Wall to its first-ever state championship game, where it will play the Glen Rock, who

"When we played them the first time, we knew that Middletown South just didn't have their best game, so when we came out tonight, we knew we had to come out as hard as we could," said Tarantino, who finished with two goals. "We got the lead in the first period and from then on, we just wanted to keep it.

"I'm usually not a goal scorer, but I was today when I needed to be and it felt great to do it in such a big game," he continued.

Photos by Mike Ward Haviland came through with another goal off an assist from Tarantino to start the scoring in the second period and gave Wall some breathing room.

The score followed a two-minute melee, where Middletown South hit the post once and had a rebound fall in front of the net before Wall's Larry Hooper cleared the puck.

Logan Beattie made 14 saves in the second period and stopped one shot from his backside to kept Wall out ahead. The sophomore finished with 34 stops. Middletown South's DJ McKay was able to get one in midway through the period, but Tarantino scored his second goal of the game with 22 seconds left to make it 4-2.

Hooper then came out and wasted no time putting Wall on the board in the third period, burying a shot just 19 seconds in. The score led to a change for Middletown South, which switched goaltenders and put in backup Adam Bloodgood.

Gulash scored his second goal of the game to bring some life to the Middletown South bench with 14 minutes left in the game, but the Eagles were not able to add another tally down the stretch.

Haviland put the game out of reach in the final two minutes with a pair of goals for Wall, which is now one win away from its first ever state title. The senior finished the game with four goals and two assists for the Shore Conference squad.

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The season for the Ranney Boys’ Basketball Team was a good one.

The team boasted an impressive 22-4 season record, but unfortunately fell short as they entered the playoffs. Within the quarterfinal round, Ranney was knocked out by Roselle Catholic with a score of 69-44.

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Anthony Velazquez scored a game-high 18 points for Long Branch. Tyree Morris put up 10 points.

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With 8 seniors to replace next year’s team has some work to do but Coach George is optimistic with the younger wrestlers having success as the two middle schools that feed into Long Branch both finished undefeated. As coach George looking to reload not who finishedsaid, with a“We 28 -5are record at 160 pounds and finished 6th in wants the rebuild”.

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With 8 seniors to replace next year’s team has some work to do but Coach George is optimistic with the younger wrestlers having success as the two middle schools that feed into Long Branch both finished undefeated. As coach George said, “We are looking to reload not rebuild”. Coach George wants to give a special thanks to his assistant coaches in Joe Keagle, John Jasio, and Doug Cornell as coach George missed considerable time this season while having a hip replaced.”Their contribution was tremendous and I thank them for all of their efforts”.

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THIRD QUARTER BLITZ BY ST. ROSE LEADS TO 25-POINT ROUT OF SAINT JOHN VIANNEY IN SHORE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT FINAL

By Mike Ready

Kim Evans the ball inside while forcing Evans to defend the perimeter with her ability to knock down the 3-pointer. With Evans forced to defend the perimeter, this allowed the quick-footed Thomas to get to the rim off the dribble.

“We fronted her (Evans) on the post and we did a great job with their girls trying to pass the ball high-low into her,” Whalen said. “She (Evans) had to guard the perimeter shot so when she comes out to guard that Lucy’s got a really good first step and was able to put the ball on the ground, get to the rim and make things happen for us. Listen, Lucy’s a star. Lucy’s a very good player; she did a very good job.”

ST. ROSE’S #25 LUCY THOMAS Photo by Tom Smith WEST LONG BRANCH – Making its third appearance in the Shore Conference Tournament final in three years, the third time was the charm for St. Rose. The fifth-seeded Purple Roses blew the Lancers out the gym in the second half, leading to a 56-31 whipping of third-seeded Saint John Vianney (22-4) Saturday night at the Ocean First Bank Center at Monmouth University.

The margin of victory is the largest in a SCT final since Saint John Vianney beat Red Bank by 40 points in 1994 and first SCT win for Joe Whalen in his fifth season as St. Rose head coach.

“I think a lot of people wanted this job, although not a lot of people applied for it,” said Whalen – a long-time boys basketball coach who won a state title as head coach at Long Branch and coached under Bobby Hurley at St. Anthony’s and Kevin Boyle at then St. Patrick’s. “I really wanted the job.

I’ve been fighting people off since I took it, and that’s OK; I’m not a quitter.”

ST. ROSE’S #10 MILKAYLA MARHAM Photo by Tom Smith It was St. Rose’s first Shore Conference Tournament title since 2012 and fourth in program history and broke a two-game losing streak to Manasquan in the SCT final. They beat long-time nemesis Manasquan in overtime in the SCT semifinals to advance, killing two birds with one stone.

long-time Shore Conference juggernaut at the end of three quarters.

“I loved the matchups, we do it by committee,” Whalen said. “Everybody can shoot, everybody can dribble, and everybody’s allowed to, until they miss.”

Senior forward Alex Pendergrass – a Manhattan University signee – came off the bench to provide the spark St. Rose needed, scoring her only five points of the game to jump start the 15-0 run. She scored on two consecutive put-backs including a three-point play on her second one that she set up with a blocked shot at the other end.

The third quarter started innocently enough with senior Mikayla Markham getting two right off the bat followed by a Courtney Dobrzynski 3-pointer to pull the Lancers to within 24-21 two minutes into the third quarter.

“Alex is the X factor for us,” Whalen said. “She comes in with energy. You don’t want to go to your bench and turn the ball over and miss shots. We go to our bench and we’re lifted a lot of times and that’s what she gives us; she gives us a lot.”

However, behind exceptional defensive play by St. Rose holding the Lancers to 1-of-10 shooting from the field in the quarter while shooting 7-of12 (58.3%) from the field themselves, St. Rose closed out the quarter outscoring Saint John Vianney, 15-0, to take a shocking 39-21 lead over the

Markham – a Columbia University commit – followed Pendergrass’s outburst with two buckets before Louro scored the final six points of the run, including a three-pointer and a fadeaway jumper off an offensive rebound as the third quarter buzz-

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Trailing 10-9 after one quarter, then 14-13 midway through the second quarter, junior forward Elizabeth Marsicano’s first of three 3-pointers put St. Rose (24-4) up for good,16-14, before senior Jenn Louro’s bucket with 25 seconds left in the half gave the Purple Roses a three-point cushion at the half, 22-19.

Louro finished with seven points in the half, while junior forward Lucy Thomas – a Monmouth University commit – added a team-high eight points and three rebounds in the half.

Thomas’s play was pivotal in the first half at both ends of the floor. She denied Seton Hall signee

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DARA MABREY AND SCOTTIE LEWIS

2017 KERWIN AWARD WINNERS The recipients of the 44th annual Margaret M. and James J. Kerwin Awards are Dara Mabrey of Manasquan and Scottie Lewis of Ranney.

The Kerwin Family has chosen Dara Mabrey of Manasquan as the outstanding female basketball player this season. “Mabrey has a great overall skill set and excellent court sense. Her opponents are forced to try to contain her, but she has the ability to find the open

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St. Joseph’s-bound Marsicano opened the fourth quarter with a three to make it an 18-0 run before Dobrzynski stopped the bleeding with a three of her own.

All told, the Purple Roses outscored the Lancers, 34-12, in the second half holding them to a 15 percent field goal percentage (4-25) for the half and 22 percent for the game.

Louro – a UMass-Lowell signee – was selected as the game’s Most Valuable Player after scoring 13 points (5-of-5 from the field including two 3-pointers) and a game-high eight rebounds and three assists. Thomas finished with a game-high 15 points, seven rebounds, three assists and three steals while Marsicano added 11 points and Markham eight. Ellen Stoll chipped in with two points, four boards and three steals in 31 minutes.

MANASQUAN’S #10 DARA MABREY Photos by Tom Smith

“They’re a good team, we just came out ready to play,” Louro said. “Lucy did a great job in the first half on Kimi.

We knew at halftime we were up so we weren’t going to let them come back. We knew we needed to pull away right now and we got to keep going. In the third quarter when I was subbed out of the game and Alex came in she was a spark for us and I knew then, this is it, we’re going on a run and we weren’t letting them come back.”

“This win means everything to us,” Whalen said. “It means a lot to us, it means a lot to the program.”

shot, drive to the basket or pass it off to her teammates,” says family spokesperson Peggy Kerwin Fleischer.

She also plays exceptional defense and is quick to force the turnover. She is the third Margaret M. Kerwin Award winner from Manasquan. The previous winners were her sisters, Michaela and Marina, both high school All Americans and Notre Dame standouts. Dara is a junior at Manasquan.

The outstanding male basketball player selected is Scottie Lewis from Ranney. “Lewis is a great all around player. He is an excellent shooter, outstanding passer, fights for rebounds, blocks shots and is a fine defensive player,” according to Fleischer. “Perhaps most importantly, Scottie has extraordinary on-court leadership. He’s an unselfish player who involves everyone on the court. He has used his athletic talent to bring out the best in each of his teammates as Ranney has rolled through a tough schedule moving toward the state tournament.”

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Alyssa Wilson of Donovan Catholic Captures Shot Put Record

By Michael Ward

Records amongst athletes at a specific school or conference aren’t broken often but do occur on occasion. It’s extremely rare that an athlete goes above and beyond and can claim a national record of their own.

For Alyssa Wilson of Donovan Catholic, she just became one of the few who can.

Wilson, a highly decorated track and field member of Donovan’s track and field team, set a new national indoor record in

shot put, by logging a throw of 57 feet and 5.5 inches at New York’s Armory on February 28.

“I was a little shaky in the beginning, but I wanted to end my season strong before the New Balance Nationals and get a good throw in,” Wilson told ArmoryTrack. com. “I’m extremely excited that I was able to break the national record. I’ve been going after that record the whole season, and it’s kind of like a weight off my shoulders.”

Her throw earned her a gold medal at the Eastern State Championships and surpassed the previous record of 56 feet and 7.5 inches set by Raven Saunders of South Carolina in 2014. During the Championships, her throw was far ahead of any other competitors, with the closest athlete being within 11 feet.

DONOVAN CATHOLIC’S ALYSSA WILSON NOW HOLDS THE RECORD FOR SHOT PUT THROW

The UCLA-bound Wilson will be wrapping up her high school career at the New Balance Nationals, which will take place back at the Armory March 10-12.

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MANCHESTER’S L.J. ROBINSON FINISHES STELLAR CAREER AS 1000-POINT SCORER

By Mike Ready

MANCHESTER – A year ago senior swingman L.J. Robinson took a back seat to two of the Shore Conference’s best all-around players, Jordan Torney and Shavar Reynolds, but still managed to average 16 points a game and be selected to the Asbury Park Press All-Class B South first team.

He watched as both his senior teammates surpassed the 1000-point plateau last season and celebrated their milestone knowing his day would come.

That day came on February 3 of this year when he scored a game-high 25 points in leading the Hawks to a 57-43 win over Barnegat pushing his career point-total to 1,014 points. He became the first Shore Conference player to surpass the 1000-point career mark this season.

Showing his versatility, Robinson added seven rebounds, four assists and two steals to his point total in the win to the delight of his home crowd.

With Torney and Reynolds both gone to graduation this season, along with center Israel Almestica – who finished second in the Shore with 14.1 rebounds a year ago – Robinson and senior forward Alex Lunn were the lone returning players this season with starting experience or who saw any real time on the court a year ago.

It was a challenge the 6-foot-5 southpaw embraced and Robinson responded with a monster senior year, averaging 19.8 points, six rebounds, 2.9 assists, 2.3 steals and one block per game while being consistently double and triple teamed.

Robinson was the go-to guy on a team in transition with many underclassmen in supporting

MANCHESTER’S LJ ROBINSON roles and as good as Robinson was this season, it wasn’t enough for this young team to qualify for the Shore Conference Tournament. However, the Hawks (10-15, 7-7) did make the cut in the NJSIAA playoffs as a 15th seed.

In the NJSIAA South Jersey Group II first round, the Hawks were matched up with No. 2 seed Haddonfield (23-5, 15-1) – ranked No.1 in the Colonial Conference – and hung tough with the Haddons before falling, 60-52. In what turned out to be Robinson’s final game of his high school career, he played like a man possessed, scoring a game-high 26 points with eight rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block.

Following the Barnegat game when he scored his 1000th point, Robinson went on a scoring jag as if to prove his record was no fluke. After scoring just eight points in the game after he set the mark, Robinson averaged 25.6 points in the final six games of his high school career. He finished with 1,176 career points after going off for 162 points in his final seven games of his career, setting his name in stone as one of the all-time Manchester High School basketball greats.

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HOWELL’S ERIC KEOSSEIAN - 220LB

By Michael Ward ATLANTIC CITY – Out of all the contestants who came out to compete for the honor of being crowned champion on a cold weekend in Atlantic City, only two of the Shore Conference’s entrants made it all the way through their trial by fire and capped off their year in the best way possible.

Both Eric Keosseian of Howell, and Jake Benner of Ocean Township, went into their final matches

as underdogs, but both matched the strong intensity they’ve shown all season and continued their momentum to pull out their respective wins.

Gagliano realized the Don Bosco frontrunner prefers using the merkle to subdue his opponents.

Koesseian, who was seeded third in his 220 lb. final matchup with first seed Peter Acciardi of Don Bosco Prep, had a game plan instilled in his head from Howell’s coaching staff and executed to perfection.

The merkle requires the offensive wrestler to attempt to control the other’s upper body while being behind the target.

After reviewing much of Acciardi’s previous matches, Koesseian and Head Coach John

With that critical information in mind, they were able to formulate a plan to quickly counter and put away Acciardi while he attempted to gain the upper hand.

“I knew he’d go for the merkle eventually,” Keosseian said.

Once the plan was put into motion around two minutes into the match, Keosseian was able to maneuver his feet in the correct position, counter the weight to push Acciardi onto his back, and rolled over on top of him for a very sudden pin.

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ment last year and a West Point appointee. “All the hard work in the off-season, all the hard work in the room paid off.”

Keosseian finished the season with a record of 42-2 and capped off a career with a record of 133-27.

If the results of the 220 lb. match seemed unlikely, then the final few minutes of the 132 lb. match would have been close to impossible.

Lagging in points against a seasoned opponent, Gerard Angelo of Bergen Catholic, Ocean Township’s Jake Benner needed some kind of opening to at least make the match close.

With a 6-2 deficit looming after two rounds, Benner finally got his opportunity.

Benner quickly sprung on top of Angelo with the longest pancake seen all tournament at Boardwalk Hall.

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“I thought at some point, he had to be pinned,” Benner said.

jury timeout ended up breaking the close call.

“My greatest fear was he got out of bounds, got a restart and we had to try and ride him for 30 seconds,” said Head Coach Cip Apicelli.

Although Angelo’s shoulders never touched the mat to qualify as a pin, the five-point pancake was enough to put Benner ahead by one for a dramatic 7-6 victory.

With plenty of time left on the clock, it appeared as if the only option for Angelo to stay in the match was to roll out of bounds or regain some upward mobility. But an in-

The come-from-behind win, combined with his 39-1 season, also earned Benner a Co-Outstanding Wrestler of the Year Award.

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MATER DEI REPEATS IN SHORE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT HOLDING OFF STUBBORN MARLBORO

By Mike Ready

which won in 1980 and 1981 – as the only other programs to win back-to-back titles.

“This is a great feeling,” Mater Dei coach Ben Gamble said.

“I didn’t envision this happening in my first two years here. I was hoping within five years I could win two, but I got the right group of kids and luckily I got two.”

Princeton University-bound Elijah Barnes gave the Seraphs their first lead of the game, 33-32, on a bucket with one minute left in the third quarter and Cardaci followed with his first points of the game, hitting a 3-pointer to push the lead to 36-32.

Cardaci started the game going 0-for-5 from the field before catching fire. He was 0-for-4 from the field in the first half, including 0-for-3 from three-point land before shooting 5-for6 from the field in the second half including a perfect 3-for-3 from beyond the three-point arc.

“I came off after missing three or four shots and coach Gamble still believed in me,” Cardaci said. “He said just keep shooting, the shots will fall in. Shooters will shoot and I just kept on shooting and started to make them in the second half.”

Marlboro’s Dylan Kaufman, who finished with a team-high 12 points and a game-high 14 rebounds, pulled the Mustangs to within two points, 36-34, with 22 seconds left in the third quarter before the game’s Most Valuable Player, senior Elijah Mitchell, hit a game-changing, 19-foot, stepback jumper at the third-quarter buzzer to put the Seraphs up, 38-34.

Mitchell had a team-high eight points on 4-for-7 shooting in the first half, including three straight buckets and two steals in the second quarter to help the Seraphs match Marlboro point-for-point.

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MATER DEI PREP’S #15 KENNY JONES Photo by Tom Smith WEST LONG BRANCH – Red-hot Marlboro used its ball-handling skills and precision passing to slow down Mater Dei’s fast pace, while hanging close for most the game until the Seraphs eventually wore the sixth-seeded Mustangs (17-6) down and junior Kyle Cardaci came to the rescue.

Cardaci’s team-high 14 points all came in the last nine minutes of the game as the Seraphs outscored the Mustangs, 21-9, during that stretch to turn a nail-biter into a 13-point, 54-41, win in Saturday night’s Shore Conference Tournament final at Monmouth University’s Ocean First Bank Center.

Top-seeded Mater Dei (24-3) now becomes the first team to repeat as Shore Conference champions since Christian Brothers Academy won in 2009 and 2010 — joining Neptune,

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CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY COMES UP SHORT IN NON-PUBLIC SEMIFINAL

By Mike Ready

The meeting between the two Gordon Conference squads will mark the second time in history that they will meet with the NonPublic title on the line.

The Green Wave used three unanswered goals – two of which came on power plays – spanning the end of the second period into the third to break open what was once a tight 2-2 game with five minutes left in the second period.

Delbarton sophomore winger Jack Malone – a Cornell University commit – got the Green Wave on the board first, sending a shot past CBA sophomore goalie Jake Brown – who made 18 saves in the game – for a 1-0 lead with 4:50 to play in the first period.

CBA’S #16 COREY CLIFTON WEST ORANGE – Fifth-seeded and fourth-ranked Christian Brothers Academy was denied its fourth straight trip to the NJSIAA Non-Public final as top-seeded and No. 1 ranked Delbarton (26-1-2) avenged its 4-3 loss to CBA in the 2015 Non-Public final by defeating the Colts, 6-3, in Thursday’s semifinal played at Codey Arena in West Orange.

Delbarton now advances to the Non-Public final for the third year in a row and will face third-seeded and No. 3 ranked Don Bosco – a team CBA defeated, 3-1, earlier in the year – Monday at the Mennen Arena. Delbarton will be making its ninth final appearance in the last 10 years and will be in search of its 10th state title in program history, while Don Bosco is hoping to bring home the program’s first.

However, just under three minutes later, CBA senior Nick Dietrich got enough on a broken stick shot to get it past Delbarton goalie Troy Kobryn – who stopped 21 shots to help secure the win – to tie the game with 1:48 left in the first period.

After the initial period ended up 1-1, Patrick Harrington put the Green Wave up, 2-1, at 6:16 of the second period, but Quinnipiac University-bound senior Corey Clifton answered with one of his own, redirecting a Sam Weber shot from the left point with seven minutes left in the second period to tie the game at 2-2.

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The back-and-forth affair then shifted to Delbarton’s favor after a CBA (16-5-4) penalty produced a Delbarton power-play goal when senior defenseman Hunter Macy whistled an ice-burner through traffic and into the net to give the advantage back to the Green Wave at 4:49 of the middle frame and the teams skating into the break with CBA trailing, 3-2.

Delbarton senior Mark Benemerito made it a two-goal game at the 8:14 mark of the third, taking a puck down the ice and using his speed to attack the net and score pushing the lead to 4-2. Jalen Kaplan then created even more breathing room for Delbarton with a power-play goal with 3:56 left in regulation.

Sophomore Garrett Silverman scored late for the Colts, sending his third of the season past Kobryn on a CBA power play with 1:46 remaining but Andrew Bosland scored into an empty net for the 6-3 final.

CBA’S GOALIE #29 JAKE BROWN Photo by Tom Smith

CBA will now graduate 10 senior mainstays from this year’s team including Weber, Clifton, Derek Contessa, Tim Grable, Dietrich, John Cernero, John D’Aniello, and Will Egbert.

CBA’S #4 SAM WEBER

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JSN would like to congratulate all NLI signees. We at JSN are very proud of all the students, academically and athletically, in the Shore Conference.

Julian Kislin - Northeastern - Hockey Kiersten Reszkowski - Stony Brook - Soccer Alyssa Reszkowski - Seton Hall - Soccer Nicole Sasso - Marist - Soccer Angela DeCicco - Iona - Soccer Adrian Barajas - Fairleigh Dickinson - Soccer Anthony Lotti - University of Pennsylvania - Football

Billy Kubarewicz - Kutztown University Cross Country and Track & Field Brennan Davis - Belmont Abbey College - Volleyball

Maddie Musico - Montclair University - Soccer

Kate Siciliano - Rider University - Soccer

Gene Scott - Monmouth University - Football Sean Larkin - Assumption - Football Dan Frisch-Harmon - Monmouth University - Soccer Mike Andrejco - Bryant - Football)

Juwan Mitchell - Lincoln University

Hunter Narozniak - NJIT - Lacrosse

Thomas Boyle - St. Bonaventure - Soccer Thomas Holdorf - Seton Hall - Baseball Alyssa Lezamiz - Gannon University - Gymnastics Nick Eccleston - Wagner - Football Mike Belka - Salem Int’l University - Baseball Dan Chisuano - Kean - Baseball Tori Tiefenthaler - TCNJ - Field Hockey Gabriella Arancio - TCNJ - Field Hockey Kailey Gouveia - Johnson & Wales - Field Hockey Samantha Gabriele - Centenary College - Softball Kaleigh Rudic - TCNJ - Soccer

Teaghan Darling Caldwell University Soccer Aaron McLaughlin - Rutgers University - Baseball

Denis Corbin East Stroudsburg Football

Send us your NLI photos and we will put your scholar athlete into a upcoming issue. Send photo and information to jsnattardi@msn.com

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Mater Dei Prep Names New Girls Cross Country Head Coach MIDDLETOWN — Continuing the growth of women’s sports at Mater Dei Prep (MDP), the school is pleased to announce the appointment of Christine Altland as girls cross country head coach.

“We could not have found a better head coach than Christine Altland for our girls cross country team,” said Lance Bennett, Mater Dei Prep athletic director.

“Christine's expertise, coupled with her passion to serve our student-athletes will make for an exciting experience for our participants.”

Since 2016, Altland has been head coach of the MDP girls varsity track and field team. Prior to that, she spent three years as the head coach for both the boys and girls varsity cross country and track and field teams at Cardinal McCarrick High School in South Amboy. Altland attended Monmouth University where she excelled in track and cross country. In 2016 she was named Middlesex County Girls Coach of the Year.

Both appointments were made to build on the recent successes of the MDP cross country and track and field programs. As director, Tursi will be responsible for the day-to-day activities for both programs, while ensuring their continued long-term growth.

“I'm thrilled to work with Mike Tursi who has been part of the Mater Dei Prep family for years now,” said Altland. “Together we're going to have remarkable programs.”

Tursi will remain head coach of the boys track and field and cross country teams.

For more information about the Mater Dei Prep cross country program, or about other programs the school offers, please call 732.671.9100 or visit materdeiprep.org.

“I'm extremely honored to be named the head coach for the girls cross country team here at Mater Dei Prep,” said Altland. “It's going to be great for the program moving forward and the transition into the track seasons.”

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“He’s a gritty winner,” Gamble said of Mitchell. “He’s a college ball player.

I’m not saying he’s a Division I player.

But he’s been with me for three years and has won over 70 games. He’s probably lost nine or ten games (in his career). And you have these colleges that are still trying to evaluate (him).

You can’t evaluate winning.”

“I come into games to play hard and do everything that we need for our team to win,” Mitchell said. “If we need rebounds, I got it. If we need defense, I got it.”

Junior Yasin Pretlow and Cardaci opened the fourth quarter with backto-back three’s to forge a 10-point lead, 44-34, but Kaufman hit for two and senior sharp-shooter Ryan LaRocca nailed a 3-pointer to get back the Mustangs to within five, 44-39, with 4:35 remaining in the game.

MVP - MATER DEI PREP’S ELIJAH MITCHELL Photo by Mike Ready

Following a Mater Dei time out, Cardaci silenced the Marlboro faithful with his third three-pointer of the night and after Marlboro’s sixth-man, Brian Levine, made it 47-39 with 2:25 left on the clock, Cardaci grabbed an offensive rebound and his putback pushed the lead back to eight, 49-41, with 1:44 remaining.

“That was a big shot (by Cardaci) after the time out, a big shot after the time out to give us some room there,” Gamble said. “At the time it looked like their (Marlboro’s) legs were gone. As the game went on we were able to wear them down.”

Altland was recently recognized for her track and cross country achievements with induction into Raritan High School’s Hall of Fame. She also works in the admissions department at Mater Dei Prep.

Longtime cross country and track and field coach Mike Tursi has been named Director of Cross Country Operations.

MATER DEI REPEATS

MATER DEI PREP NEW GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY COACH CHRISTINE ALTLAND

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The Seraphs emptied their bench playing all 13 players while Marlboro had only six players in its rotation and late in the game it was obvious fatigue was playing a role in Marlboro’s ability to stay with Mater Dei. With the score 49-41 and time running out on the Mustangs, Kaufman missed two free

throws before a pretty back-door hoop by Pretlow made it 51-41, and Cardaci’s threepoint play with a minute to play closed out the scoring handing the Seraphs a hard fought 54-41 victory.

Mitchell finished with 12 points, two rebounds and three steals while Barnes added seven points and seven boards. Pretlow finished with a team-high nine rebounds, three assists, two steals and nine points for a terrific all-around game. Junior point guard Kenny Jones had a game-high five assists to go with his five points.

LaRocca finished with 11 and Daniel Weiss had 10 for the Mustangs.

“I couldn’t have done it without my team,” Cardaci said. “It was a good feeling.”

“It’s a great feeling and the team, they did a great job,” Gamble said. “It was a total team effort. I think I played everybody on my bench. There’s nothing given, we earned everything we got.”

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Middletown North Falters After Bold Run to Semifinals

By Michael Ward

then found the net twice against Chatham, scoring the game-tying goal in the third period and then the game-winner in overtime.

Junior Brad Heuer came up with a heroic effort of his own in the quarterfinals and scored his second goal against Point Pleasant Boro in the third period to send the game into extra time. Sophomore John Hallard and junior Justin Skelly each buried a shot when the game moved to a shootout and senior Anthony Manfredi stopped all four of Point Pleasant Boro's attempts to secure the win.

The run finally came to an end in the state semifinals though against Glen Rock. The

Lions did their best to hang with Glen Rock, but Middletown North was unable to pull off another comeback in its final game of an unforgettable postseason.

"Glen Rock is a really good team and I know our guys don't feel like we gave them our best, but you can't be disappointed with the season we had; only one team gets to celebrate at the end of the year," said Clemente. "I'm really proud of these guys and this is the most proud I've ever been of a team that didn't win a state championship. The seniors set a new tone for Middletown North hockey and it's up to the younger kids to continue that next season."

Photos by Mike Ward After losing some of its best players in program history to graduation, 13th-seeded Middletown North came back this season and found a way to make a surprising run in the state tournament before falling to top-seeded Glen Rock, 4-1, on Wednesday in the semifinal round of the Public B Tournament at Codey Arena.

The Shore Conference squad came back to win in overtime in the second round against Chatham and then pulled off a win in a shootout against Point Pleasant Boro to advance to the state semifinals for the third year in a row and the fourth time in program history.

"It's been a great run and it's definitely something these guys will remember," said Middletown North coach Matt Clemente. "Not a lot was thought of us in the preseason because of no Bob Hampton, Khristian Acosta, Vin Tomasetti or Kevin Tolland and people thought that we were going to be down at the bottom and have five or six wins. So for these kids to pull together and go this far was great."

John Dinnocenzo said throughout the tournament that he wasn't ready for the season to end and did everything in his power to keep the playoff run alive. The senior scored five goals in an 8-6 win in the first round and

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Red Bank Regional Fosters Special Friendships through Unified Sports Special Olympic Program gram, where able bodied kids play side by side with special education children who are intellectually disabled.

“We had been doing this already without the Special Olympic designation in track and bowling. This grant allows us to expand to a basketball program, which we just concluded in February, and to add a soccer program in the fall,” said Dal Pra. “Additionally, as a Special Olympic School, our kids have the opportunity to compete with other UniRBR STUDENT JOHN CLARK, LITTLE SILVER, WAITS FOR THE fied teams in the Shriver Cup which is held BUCS GAME TO BEGIN WITH HIS NEW FRIENDS AND FELLOW in April for basketball in Princeton.”

TEAMMATES HANNAH MCLOONE, LITTLE SILVER AND LAUREN KEALE, SHREWSBURY The winter basketball program included LITTLE SILVER – This past year, Red Bank Regional eight special education students from the (RBR) athletic director Del Dal Pra was able to seschool’s “self-contained” program and 18 regular cure a $3500 grant from the Special Olympics Oreducation students. All were equal participants in ganization to become a Special Olympics Unified the program and all had an equally great time School. The grant subsidizes an instructional aid playing a competitive basketball game every Tuesand special education transportation for this afterday night over the past two months. The name of school activity. According to the Unified Olympic the team, BUCS, is an appropriate acronym for website, “Unified Sports is also an integral part of Buccaneer Unified Club Sports. the Special Olympics Unified Strategy for Schools, which was founded in 2008 and funded through On one afternoon, Diana Santamaria Delgado the U.S. Department of Education to use Special ran up and down the basketball court enthusiOlympics as a way to build inclusion and tolerastically waving her hands for someone to throw ance in schools.” her the ball. Being of a small stature, her peers had shown her how to move under the basket RBR joins over 4300 middle and high schools in and throw the ball from a deep underhand pothe United States which have adopted this prosition. So many times, her throws skimmed the

rim just before bouncing off. Undeterred, she tried again. Other special education players, however, are regularly making baskets from all sides of the court. Their sheer pleasure of achievement is broadcast by their brilliant smiles.

Diana said, “I like to be with the boys and girls and I like running.” RBR instructional aide Anne Brennen said, “The amazing thing was how much better the students have improved in their athletic and social skills.

Dal Pra echoed that sentiment, “All of our kids’ basketball skills have improved tremendously but their social relationships have improved, which was the goal of the whole program. That is the great thing about sports; it tends to bring everyone together.”

injured in his football season and was able to help as an assistant coach.

“I was surprised on how well everyone got along and everyone played together as one team,” said Eulner. The special education kids sit right next to us now at our lunch table. They have become more comfortable with us. We have all became friends.”

Steven Navitsky, a junior who participates, looks forward to the team competing in the Shriver Cup in the spring. He said, “It offers more opportunities for everyone and it brings the whole student body together.”

In addition to the great time everyone is having on the court and the athletic benefit it provides all the participants, the program has also accomplished what its founders set out to do. The students have become friends. Now, where previously they passed one another in the school hallways without any recognition, now they are shouting out hellos and sharing their lunch table.

RBR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DEL DAL PRA ADDRESSES HIS BUCCANEER UNIFIED CLUB SPORTS TEAM

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HOWELL’S JOHN GAGLIANO NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR

By Michael Ward

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ATLANTIC CITY - The fight for supremacy in the Shore Conference is hard and fierce in respect to wrestling. Time after time, the one member of a wrestling organization who plays one of the most important roles in shaping a team is not one of the athletes, but the coach who molds and shapes the direction of a team’s season.

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