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O c e a n C o u n ty A l l - S ta r B i o s Name: Connor Cunningham

Name: Brandon Jecas

School: Jackson Memorial

School: Barnegat

Position: Attack

Highlights: Along with teammates Tyler Moss and Joe Ciaurro, Jecas is part of the first group of Barnegat players to be selected to play in the SCLCA All-Star Game.

Highlights: Cunningham was selected first-team All-Shore by the coaches and will participate in the SCLCA All-Star Game for the second straight season.

He also was named the Class A South Player of the Year by the coaches and was selected as a U.S. Lacrosse All-American. Cunningham finished his brilliant career with 117 goals and 77 assists and was named the Jaguars’ MVP after helping them reach their second straight Shore Conference Tournament final and repeat as Class A South champions. He will continue his career at Montclair State University.

Name: Nick Wolf School: Jackson Memorial Position: Attack

Highlights: Part of one of the most explosive offensive duos in the Shore Conference with teammate Connor Cunningham, Wolf was named first-team All-Shore for the second straight season by the coaches and also earned U.S. Lacrosse All-American honors.

Position: Attack

Jecas was voted second-team All-Class A Central by the coaches.

Name: Niki Moran School: Brick Memorial Highlights: A two-year varsity player, Moran finished the season with 38 goals and 14 assists.

Position: Attack

Moran, who is going to college at East Carolina, was named honorable mention All-Class A South by the coaches.

Name: Ryan Jackson School: Jackson Liberty

Wolf is Jackson Memorial’s all-time points leader with 205 on 114 goals and 91 assists. He will continue his career at Roanoke College after playing in his second SCLCA All-Star Game.

Highlights: Jackson led the Lions with 25 goals this season and finished his career with 40 goals, 13 assists and 131 groundballs.

Name: Kyle Jernack

Name: Austin Letts

School: Toms River South

School: Jackson Memorial

Position: Attack

Highlights: One of Ocean County’s top offensive players, this is Jernack’s second selection to the SCLCA All-Star Game after earning first-team All-Class A South honors by the coaches.

Position: Attack

Jackson will be attending Lynchburg College in the fall.

Highlights: Letts was named second-team All-Class A South by the coaches to earn All-Division honors for the second straight season.

Position: Midfield

He finished his career with 73 goals and 24 assists. This spring, he had 26 goals and 17 assists to help Jackson Memorial reach the Shore Conference Tournament final for the second straight season and repeat as Class A South champions.

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O c e a n C o u n ty A l l - S ta r B i o s Name: James Egleston

Name: Jon Morgan

School: Brick

School: Jackson Liberty

Position: Midfield

Highlights: The Green Dragons’ midfielder and face-off specialist won 62 percent of his face-offs this season and finished with 22 goals and 14 assists.

Egleston was named honorable mention All-Shore and first-team All-Class A South by the coaches. He will continue his career at Albright College.

Highlights: One of four Lions selected to the SCLCA All-Star Game, Morgan finished his career with 26 goals, 12 assists and 139 groundballs.

Position: Midfield

He will be attending West Virginia University in the fall.

Name: Casey Joffe School: Toms River East

Name: Brendan Dowd School: Brick Position: Midfield

Highlights: One of four Green Dragons to be selected to the SCLCA All-Star Game, Dowd was a second-team All-Shore selection by the coaches.

Dowd also earned first-team All-Class A South honors from the coaches. This is also his second appearance in the SCLCA All-Star Game.

Name: Tyler Moss School: Barnegat

Highlights: Joffe set the Raiders’ single-season record for face-off percentage this season by winning 77.3 of his face-offs and also is the program’s all-time leader in groundballs.

Position: Midfield

A three-year varsity player, he has a career face-off average of more than 60 percent. A team captain, he was selected second-team All-Shore as a specialist by the coaches and was also named first-team All-Class A South. He will continue his lacrosse career at Arcadia University.

Name: Ken Gottshall School: Toms River East

Highlights: Gottshall had 43 forced turnovers this season to rank second on the team and averaged 55 percent on face-offs for his career.

Position: Midfield

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Highlights: One of three Barnegat players representing the program in the SCLCA AllStar Game for the first time, Moss was a strong two-way player for the Bengals this season.

A two-year captain, he was selected second-team All-Class A South by the coaches.

Gottshall will continue his career at Centenary College.

Name: Ryan Cavallo

Name: Connor Brown

School: Brick Memorial

School: Jackson Memorial

Position: Midfield

Highlights: A three-year varsity starter, Cavallo was a standout two-way player who had 12 goals, six assists and 91 groundballs this season.

Cavallo is headed to Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in the fall.

Highlights: Brown was a defensive standout for Ocean County’s top team, helping the Jaguars return to the Shore Conference Tournament final and finish No. 2 in the Shore.

Position: Midfield

A defensive midfielder with great feet, Brown helped an inexperienced defense become a strong complement to the Jaguars’ high-scoring offense.

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O c e a n C o u n ty A l l - S ta r B i o s Name:Justin Sieburt

Name: Nick Tiso

School:Brick

School: Jackson Liberty

Position: Defense

Position: Defense

Highlights: A four-year varsity starter as a defenseman and long pole midfielder, Sieburt made school history by becoming the first member of the Green Dragons to be named firstteam All-Shore by the coaches this season.

He also was the first junior to be named a team captain at Brick, and he won the Green Dragons’ award as their top defender for the last three years. He also earned first-team AllClass A South honors this season. Sieburt will continue his career at Wesley College.

Highlights: Tiso was named second-team All-Class A South this season and finished his career with 157 groundballs.

He will be attending Florida Tech in the fall.

Name: Randy Royle School: Jackson Memorial Position: Defense

Name: Kevin Kastner School: Brick Memorial Position: Defense

Highlights: A four-year varsity player, Kastner recovered from a season-ending knee injury in his first game as a junior to earn first-team All-Class A South honors from the coaches as a senior.

He finished with 88 groundballs this season and also was named honorable mention AllShore by the coaches. He will be attending Virginia Tech in the fall.

Name: Joe Ciaurro School: Barnegat Position: Defense

Highlights: Part of the inaugural group of Barnegat players to participate in the SCLCA All-Star Game, Ciaurro earned honorable mention All-Class A Central honors from the coaches.

Highlights: Also a standout wrestler, Royle earned honorable mention All-Class A South honors from the coaches this season.

Royle started and played in every game of his four-year varsity career. He will continue his lacrosse career at Montclair State University.

Name: Brian Murphy School: Brick Position:Defense

Highlights: An honorable mention All-Class A South selection by the coaches, Murphy led the Green Dragons in turnovers forced with 68 as a senior. Get rid of "and 117 as a junior.''

Murphy also won the Ocean County Athletic Directors Sportsmanship Award and the Ocean County Superintendents’ Scholarship, Leadership and Service Award this season. He also won Brick’s Coaches Award. A four-year varsity player, he was also a captain on the football and ice hockey teams as a senior.

Name: Drew Lamela School: Brick Memorial Position: Goalie

Highlights: A four-year varsity starter, Lamela is a four-time All-Class A South selection and was named second-team All-Shore this season by the coaches.

He had a 61 percent save percentage and 256 total saves. After finishing with more than 900 saves in his career, he will play at Montclair State University. This is his second selection to the SCLCA All-Star Game.

Name: Max Leidenheimer School: Jackson Liberty Position: Goalie

Highlights: Playing in his second SCLCA All-Star Game, Leidenheimer was named second-team All-Class A South this year by the coaches and earned honorable mention AllShore honors.

He had a 68.4 save percentage this season and 67.2 for his career, which also included 517 total saves. Leidenheimer will play for Pace University next season.

Name: Greg Hirtes School: Toms River North Position: Specialist

Highlights: A four-year varsity starter and two-year captain for the Mariners, he was named the team’s MVP this spring.

He led the Mariners in groundballs and also had a team-high 47 forced turnovers. The coaches voted him second-team All-Class A South. Hirtes will continue his career at Brookdale Community College.

Name: Mitchell Hall School: Monsignor Donovan Position: Specialist

Highlights: One of the top specialists and defenders in the Shore Conference, Hall was selected first-team All-Shore by the coaches.

Hall was also a first-team All-Class A Central pick by the coaches. Also a guard on the basketball team, Hall will continue his lacrosse career at Sacred Heart University.

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M o n m o u t h C o u n ty A l l - S ta r B i o s Name: Jack Curran

Name: Anthony Kurda

School: Rumson-FH

School: Marlboro

Position: Attack

Highlights: The Villanova recruit was selected first-team All-Shore and named the Class A Central Player of the Year by the coaches while leading the Bulldogs to their second straight Shore Conference Tournament title. A US Lacrosse All-American, Curran finished with 57 goals and 27 assists as a senior and also had 42 groundballs to help Rumson finish unbeaten against Shore Conference competition and join Christian Brothers Academy as the only other program to win consecutive SCT titles.

Highlights: One of the top offensive players in Class A North, this is Kurda’s first selection to the SCLCA All-Star Game. He was a second-team All-Class A North pick as a specialist by the coaches. Kurda has set every offensive school record for the Mustangs, and this season he had 30 goals and 17 assists while winning 73 percent of his faceoffs. He also had 144 career groundballs.

Position: Attack

Name: Nick Scherzinger School: Shore Regional

Name: Donny Finn School: Christian Brothers Academy Position: Attack

Highlights: One of the Shore Conference’s most explosive offensive players, Finn finished with 55 goals and 57 assists for the Colts on his way to earning first-team All-Shore honors and Class A North Player of the Year from the coaches.

Highlights: Part of the founding group of the three-year-old Shore Regional program, Scherzinger was a solid offensive player in Class A Central. He and teammate Gary Dietrich are the first Blue Devils players to ever be selected for the all-star game.

Position: Attack

Name: Dylan Quinn

Finn finished his brilliant four-year varsity career with 144 goals and 147 assists for 291 points, which ranks second in CBA history behind the great Tommy Duerr. Finn was also named a US Lacrosse All-American and will continue his career at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

Highlights: Another top offensive player from Class A Central, Quinn has earned his first selection to the SCLCA All-Star Game. He also was named to the All-Class A Central second team by the coaches.

Name: Kevin Loveland

Name: Doug Whitlock

School: Colts Neck

School: Red Bank Catholic

Position: Attack

Highlights: Loveland finished with 33 goals, 18 assists and 32 groundballs this season for the Cougars. For his career, he tallied 70 goals, 36 assists and 36 groundballs. He will be attending Cabrini College.

Loveland was also named first-team All-Class A North by the coaches.

School: St. John Vianney Position: Attack

Highlights: One of the top all-around players in the Shore, Whitlock finished with 31 goals, three assists and 85 groundballs for the Caseys to earn first-team All-Shore and firstteam All-Class A North honors from the coaches.

Position: Midfielder

Whitlock earned second-team All-Shore honors from the coaches as a sophomore. Also, a football standout as a linebacker/tight end, he is headed to the U.S. Naval Academy to play Division I football.

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M o n m o u t h C o u n ty A l l - S ta r B i o s Name: Alex Roth

Name: Dan Babiak

School: Christian Brothers Academy

School: Rumson-Fair Haven

Position: Midfield

Highlights: Babiak finished the season with 21 goals and 12 assists along with 41 groundballs for the two-time Shore Conference Tournament champions. He was named firstteam All-Shore and first-team All-Class A Central by the coaches.

Highlights: A second-team All-Shore selection by the coaches, Roth was a great two-way player who finished the season with 16 goals and 13 assists. For his career, he had 31 goals and 18 assists, and this season he helped the Colts reach the Shore Conference Tournament semifinals.

Roth was also named to the Class A North first team by the coaches. This is his second selection to the SCLCA All-Star Game.

Name: James Bodeker School: Howell Position: Midfield

Highlights: A second-team All-Shore selection and a first-team All-Class A North pick by the coaches, Bodeker was also given Howell’s award as the team’s defensive Most Valuable Player.

He finished with 28 groundballs and 29 takeaways and plans on walking on the team at Wagner College in the fall.

Name: Craig Rant School: Ocean Township Position: Midfield

Highlights: A standout two-way player, Rant was an All-Class A North second-team pick by the coaches, and this is his first selection to the SCLCA All-Star Game.

Position: Midfield

Babiak’s clutch goal with 30 seconds remaining broke a tie and gave Rumson a 9-8 win over Jackson Memorial in the SCT championship game.

Name: Ryan McCausland School: Rumson-Fair Haven Highlights: Another key player on the Shore Conference’s No. 1 team, McCausland finished with 20 goals and 13 assists along with 37 groundballs and 12 takeaways.

Position: Midfield

He was named to the All-Class A Central second team by the coaches as the Bulldogs finished unbeaten against Shore Conference competition.

Name: Jake Mahoney School: St. Rose

Highlights: This is Mahoney’s first selection to the SCLCA All-Star Game after a solid senior season as a two-way standout for the Purple Roses Position: Midfield

Name: Kevin O’Connor School: Rumson-Fair Haven Highlights: One of five Bulldogs selected to play in the SCLCA All-Star Game, O’Connor was a defensive standout who finished with 32 groundballs for a team that repeated as Shore Conference Tournament champions.

Position: Midfield

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M o n m o u t h C o u n ty A l l - S ta r B i o s Name: Stephen Deiner School: Christian Brothers Academy Highlights: A strong defensive player for the Colts, Deiner also finished with 11 goals and three assists for a team that reached the Shore Conference Tournament semifinals and won the Class A North title.

Position: Midfield

Deiner finished with 18 goals and nine assists for his career.

Name: Mike Stickle School: Red Bank Catholic Highlights: Stickle helped anchor the Caseys’ defense, finishing with 26 groundballs on his way to earning second-team All-Class A North honors from the coaches. This is his first SCLCA All-Star game selection.

Position: Defense

Name: Rob Fano School: St. John Vianney Highlights: The Lancers’ top defensive player, Fano was named honorable mention AllShore by the coaches.

Position: Defense

Fano also earned first-team All-Class A Central honors from the coaches.

Name: Gary Dietrich School: Shore Regional

Highlights: One of the top players to come out of Shore Regional’s program in its three seasons of existence, Dietrich was named honorable mention All-Shore by the coaches.

Position: Defense

He and teammate Nick Scherzinger are the first Blue Devils players to participate in the SCLCA All-Star Game. Dietrich also was named first-team All-Class A Central by the coaches.

Name: Zack Vasilenko School: Manasquan Highlights: Vasilenko earned second-team All-Class A Central honors from the coaches, and this is his first selection to the SCLCA All-Star Game. Vasilenko also was a three-year varsity player for the Warriors’ football team.

Position: Defense

Name: Kodie McNamara School: Manasquan Highlights: Forming a strong defensive tandem with teammate Zack Vasilenko, McNamara was named second-team All-Class A Central by the coaches.

Position: Defense

Also a football standout as a running back/linebacker, McNamara was the Defensive Player of the Year in Class C Central in the fall and will play football at Gettysburg College Name: Artie Tildesley School: Rumson-Fair Haven Highlights: Considered the Shore Conference’s top goalie, Tildesley earned U.S. Lacrosse All-American honors and was named first-team All-Shore by the coaches.

Position: Goalie

The two-year starter helped the Bulldogs repeat as Shore Conference Tournament champions with a .714 save percentage on 269 shots on goal this season.

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M o n m o u t h C o u n ty A l l - S ta r B i o s Name: Christian Trigani

Name: Andrew Figueroa

School: Christian Brothers Academy

School: Neptune

Position: Goalie

Position: Specialist

Highlights: Trigani earned honorable mention All-Shore honors from the coaches this season after finishing with 121 saves and a .555 save percentage for the Colts.

He was selected first-team All-Class A North by the coaches, and finished his career with a goals-against average of 6.45 in 16 games. He also was a recipient of CBA’s Coaches’ Award.

Name: Aidan Preston School: Manasquan Position: Specialist

Highlights: The Warriors’ faceoff specialist is appearing in his first SCLCA All-Star Game.

Highlights: Figueroa has made school history as the first Neptune player ever selected to participate in the SCLCA All-Star Game.

Figueroa was also the punter and played linebacker on the Neptune football team that won its first Central Jersey Group III title since 1998 in the fall.

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“After the Jackson game, it kind of snowballed from there because the kids really started enjoying playing again,’’ Boyce said.

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ometimes the pressure and expectations surrounding playing high school sports can make it seem more like a job than a game.

Of all the times players should remember their playing days fondly, it should be the years on their high school teams when they played alongside friends they have known since they picked up a bat or a ball. Occasionally, even teen-agers need a reminder that playing a kid’s game is fun and not hours of drudgery and disappointment. The perfect example is this season’s Manalapan baseball team, which found its love of the game just in time to do something that will not be forgotten in the annals of Braves’ history.

A blowout win over another top 10 team in the state, Middletown South, was followed by an eight-inning upset of yet another top 10 team in Steinert to win the program’s second straight Central Jersey Group IV title. A mercy rule victory over a Cherokee team considered to be in the top five in the state put the Braves into the Group IV final against Hillsborough.

Senior Joe Serrapica pitched a complete-game shutout and senior outfielder Vito Gadaleta hit a tworun homer in the sixth inning in a 2-0 victory that polished off a stunning run for a team left for dead only weeks earlier.

“Everything came together,’’ Boyce said. “I can’t explain how or why, but it did.”

The day before the Brick Memorial game, Boyce wrote “New season starts today,’’ on the board in the locker

notions of paying dues and waiting your turn. In this day and age, if players know they aren’t going to start until their senior year because of more talented players blocking them, they usually bag it in one way or another.

They quit, they transfer, they become team cancers, or they decide to play another sport.

Seniors like Ranieri, Gadaleta and senior pitcher Louis Marotta patiently waited four years for their one chance in the sun, stuck behind All-Shore talents from last year’s senior class. By putting the team above their egos, they were able to be front and center on an epic ride.

“Those guys were patient,’’ Boyce said. “They waited their turn, and they made the most of it when they got their chance.’’

Only two other sets of seniors in Shore Conference history, the Class of 2003 at Toms River South and the Class of 2009 at St. Rose, can say they were part of backto-back Group titles.

“This team could be referenced for the rest of my coaching career,’’ Boyce said. “Things didn’t work out during the regular season, but it shows that the postseason is a whole new ballgame.’

Along with the players, Boyce and his staff also were able to enjoy the ride a little bit more this year. Last season, the Braves were loaded with All-Shore talent, and it was a Group IV title or bust. From the first pitch of the state playoffs, they carried the burden that they had to do something the program had never done.

Manalapan was 12-11 and limping into the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV Tournament, one year after winning the program’s first Group IV title with a team loaded with AllShore talent. This was a much different group featuring a host of varsity newcomers that had started off the year hot and then watched dreams of a Class A North title melt away in the midst of early exits in the Monmouth County and Shore Conference Tournaments.

The day before their opening-round state playoff game against Brick Memorial, rainy weather forced the Braves to have to practice inside. That’s when head coach Brian Boyce and his staff decided to abandon the traditional practice of drills and repetition to remind the players that playing baseball is still as fun as when they first learned the game.

“We just played Wiffle Ball in the gym,’’ Boyce said.

“We were going to hit, but we decided to just have fun with the guys. The kids were diving everywhere and just having a great time. The kids just started having fun again.’’

Senior centerfielder Ryan Ranieri belted a two-run triple that powered a 4-1 win over a good Brick Memorial team to get the ball rolling in their first state playoff game, and then catcher Mike Knauf belted a leadoff homer that sent the Braves on their way to a stunning win over sectional title favorite Jackson Memorial in the

This time it was completely different. It was a bunch of players who nobody expected anything lofty from after the regular season. They could play loose and smell the roses along the way because the pressure was always on the succession of state-ranked opponents they faced.

room. After letting go of a forgettable regular season and realizing that it was time to just play relaxed and value the friendships and camaraderie they had on the team, everything changed.

“The thing that also made this team special is that there was a different hero in every single game,’’ Boyce said.

No one player felt he had to shoulder the entire load.

Whether it was Rainieri’s big hit against Brick Memorial, Knauf’s homer against Jackson Memorial, third baseman Billy Moed making a sensational play to prevent the winning run from scoring in the win over Steinert, or Gadaleta hitting the biggest home run of his life in the final, everyone responded behind experienced stars like Serrapica and senior shortstop Brian Lamboy.

“Last year, when it was over, it was more of a relief,’’ Boyce said.

“This year it was much more emotional.’’

It also was plenty of fun once the players realized that picking up a bat and a glove is not like having to sit behind a desk all day and earn a living. Sometimes it’s nice to be reminded that there are a lot worse things in life than having to go out and play baseball every afternoon, regardless of how the game turns out.

Manalapan remembered that just in time, and now Boyce will smile every time he remembers the 2012 season.

Manalapan’s victory was also a tribute to the old-school

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