6-7-17 Issue - 11 Volume IX Shore Sports Network Journal

June 7, 2017 Volume-IX Issue-11

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WIN A 6-PACK OF TICKETS TO AN UPCOMING BLUECLAWS GAME

By Kevin Williams - Shore Sports Network Director

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he Shore Sports Network is giving a way 6-packs of BlueCla ws tickets all season long and it’s easy to win. Simply answer the BlueCla ws trivia question below at:

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Larsen, Nyisztor Lead TR North Past RBC to Win SCT Crown

By Matt Manley - Senior Staff Writer

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or four innings of the Shore Conference Tournament championship game against Red Bank Catholic on Sunday night at FirstEnergy Park, Toms River North junior right-hander Craig Larsen was on course to reach the ultimate individual accomplishment for a pitcher. hen the zero in the RBC hit column turned to a one and Larsen turned his attention to making sure the run column stayed a zero.

Larsen pitched a three-hit shutout after retiring the first 12 batters in order and senior teammate Mike Nyisztor provided the thunder with a solo home run in the third to lead Toms River North to a 5-0 win over the Caseys for the program’s second Shore Conference Tournament title in the last five years and third overall.

“It was definitely awesome winning two (Ocean County Tournaments) in my career, but winning the Shore Conference Tournament is special,” Nyisztor said. “Southern just won the (South Jersey Group IV) section, so there are a lot of teams that had success this year that are in this tournament. It feels good to be the team that came out on top of this one.”

Heading to the bottom of the fifth inning Sunday, Larsen had not allowed a baserunner. He lost his perfect game bid when RBC senior second baseman Aidan Supp hammered a doubled to the wall down the left-field line, but bounced back to retire the next three Caseys in order.

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“It’s all about the zero in the run column,” Larsen said. “It’s not really about the zero in the hit column or pitching a perfect game. It’s all about the runs.

“You it’s going on, but you don’t really care about it as much as the runs and the score.”

RBC threatened again in the sixth when sophomore David Glancy and senior first baseman Mike Veit both singled and senior shortstop Aaron Ahn beat out a potential inning-ending double-play ball to put runners on the corners with two out. Larsen then goaded senior third baseman Anthony DeRosa into an inning-ending fielder’s choice ground out to shortstop.

Larsen then set down the Caseys in order in the seventh to set off the celebration. He threw 83 pitches on the night, struck out three Caseys and did not issue a walk or a hit batter. Larsen also went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double off the left-field wall.

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“Why did we give him the ball? He earned is,” Toms River North coach Andy Pagano said of Larsen, who was one of two primary options to start the game for Toms River North, along with fellow junior Brendan Mullins. “He’s been one of our best all year. He’s a kid who we know is going to leave everything he has out on the field. The defense loves to play behind him because he throws strikes.”

Larsen wrapped up his junior season 6-2 on the mound with a 2.32 ERA after pitching mostly in spot duty last year. He finished first on the staff in innings (48 1/3), second in strikeouts (40) and tied for first in wins.

“This is what we all expected from him,” Nyisztor said. “Growing up, we knew he was always one of the better players around. This year, I think he really showed what he could do and how good he could be.”

Toms River North opened the scoring in the first inning on a shallow sacrifice fly by senior left fielder Ian Mindas, but the fireworks came an inning later. With two out in the top of the third, Nyisztor jumped on an inside

fastball by RBC sophomore starter Vin Bianchi and launched it inside the left-field foul pole and over the fence for a solo home run.

harder, so to see the kid have success in a game like this, you just feel great for him.”

The blast was Nyisztor’s second of the season and part of a 3-for-4 game at the plate for the senior shortstop.

The Mariners added three more runs in the fifth against Bianchi, who lasted 4 1/3 innings while suffering the first loss (3-1) of a successful sophomore season. Larsen helped his cause by lacing a double off the left-field wall, moved to third on an errant throw-down by catcher Brian Sheehy and scored when junior Alex Klalo lined an RBI single into center field with the RBC infield drawn in.

“It was honestly pretty awesome,” Nyisztor said. “All day, I’ve just been thinking about this game. I was thinking about the last two years and I don’t think I even got a hit here (at FirstEnergy Park). I was just trying to focus on getting a hit and thank God (Bianchi) just threw one in on me and I was able to turn on it.”

Nyisztor wrapped up his senior campaign with a statistical line that was every bit as good as his All-Shore performance last year, and then some. Nyisztor improved his batting average by 10 points (.448 to .458), his onbase percentage by nearly 50 (.518 to .564) and his slugging percentage by 135 points (.552 to .687). He also drove in three more runs, went from six doubles to 11 and one home run to two. In his last high school game before he heads to play at Rutgers, Nyisztor flashed a little bit of everything: he laid down a bunt for a base hit, handled all four balls hit his way – including one that took a wicked hop – a showed off legitimate home run power that he has added since last year.

After a bunt single by Nyisztor and a walk by junior first baseman Jared Bellissimo, senior third baseman Austin Feigin capped the scoring with a single between shortstop and third base that chased home Klalo and Nyisztor.

Junior Blaise Panzini was solid in relief for RBC, allowing two hits and no walks while striking out three in 2 2/3 scoreless innings.

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He also stamped himself as a winner at Toms River North, leading both the basketball and baseball teams to a combined six championships (three basketball division titles, two baseball county tournaments and a Shore Conference title), with the Mariners basketball team achieving unprecedented success over the last three years. He eclipsed the 1,000-point mark in basketball for his career and finished with 89 hits in baseball.

“Mike Nyisztor is a kid that no one in the state of New Jersey is going to outwork,” Pagano said. “The kid leaves night games and goes to the gym. He leaves school and goes right to the cage. Nobody works

Sr. Mike Nyisztor

Toms River North came through with another strong finish to a season with its win on Sunday in Lakewood. The Mariners have endured some early-season struggles in Bellissimo each of the last two years, only to rally to win the Ocean County Tournament in both years and the Shore Conference Tournament this year. The Mariners also finished strong back in 2013, when they won the Shore Conference Tournament in longtime coach Ted Schelmay’s final season before passing the baton to Pagano.

“It’s nice to win in April, but teams that peak early usually fizzle late,” Pagano said. “A couple years ago, our offense was so hot early in the year and down the stretch, we fizzled. This year, I think it took us a while to get going and it took us a while to get hitting. We didn’t sting the ball most of the year, but we got hits in big spots and the pitching really came around.”

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Baseball U Looking To Keep The Streak Alive

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The MLB Draft has al ways been a special day for Baseball U and to know that these players represented Baseball U is a grea t feeling.

aseball U has had a remarkable streak in the Major League Baseball Draft. The organization considered one of the top travel programs in the country is looking to keep a streak alive that is quite impressive.

Interested players should fill out a Prospective Player form a s t h e p r o c e s s f o r s e l e c t i n g t h i s y e a r s 2 0 1 7 Pe r f e c t G a m e WWBA World Championship Prospect team is well under way.

Please visit our site to fill out a Prospective Player form.

The past 5 MLB Drafts the Baseball U organiza tion has had a player selected in the 1st round. This streak started in 2012 h a v i n g t w o p l a y e r s s e l e c t e d i n Pa t L i g h t ( R e d S o x ) a n d K e o n Barnum (White Sox). In 2013 Colin Moran (Marlins) was taken and in 2014, Mike Pa pi (Indians). 2015 sa w the po wer ba t of Chris Sha w (Giants) and in 2016 the organization had another two picks selected in the first round with Alex Kirilloff (Twins) and Justin Dunn (Mets).

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Minnesota Twins

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Justin Dunn

NY Mets

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Joey Rose

Arizona Diamondbacks

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The team also had a first round pick in 2009 where it sa w Steven Ma tz (Mets) taken out of high school.

AJ Bogucki

Washington Na tionals

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Max Kranick

Pittsburgh Pira tes

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Jesse Adams

Cincinna ti Reds

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Ma tthew Vogel

Tampa Bay Rays

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In all 87 alumni ha ve been drafted since 2007 tha t wore the Baseball U uniform.

This year U of MD Shortstop Kevin Smith has a chance to go in the first round.

The U Alum was part of the 2013 Baseball U Prospect team in Jupiter. Alread y from tha t team, 5 players were taken out of high school in the MLB Draft including 1st round selection in last year's draft, Alex Kirilloff.

The current Virgina First Baseman Pa vin Smith who was a member of the 2012 Baseball U Prospect team in Jupiter tha t has alread y had 4 players selected in the draft including 2016 NY Mets first rounder Justin Dunn is projected to be one of the top 10 players taken overall.

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Baseball U's 2016 Draft Selections Round

Connor Myers

Chica go Cubs

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Brandon Martorano

Arizona Diamondbacks

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Ben Ruta

Los Angeles of Aneheim Angels

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Robbie Peto

NY Yankees

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Jeff Belge

Boston Red Sox

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Luca Dala tri

Colorodo Rockies

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Teaming Up To Help A True MVP

By Kevin Williams - Shore Sports Network Director

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n just a couple of years, the business community and residents of Spring Lake have come to learn that Peter Grandich is the type of neighbor you want in your town.

Grandich has hosted numerous events at his Trinity Financial Sports and Entertainment Management Company office on Morris Avenue which always include two components…professional athletes and charity. Saturday, June 10th will not be any different but the cause is one that means much to him, so much so that he calls it “one of the most important Meet N Greets ever.”

Appearing Saturday from 2-4pm will be 3-time Stanley Cup champion Ken Daneyko and the NJ Devil himself…the team’s official mascot. The dynamic duo will look forward to meeting fans as each will be given a free personalized autographed from Daneyko who spent his entire 18-year career with the franchise and is affectionately known as “Mr. Devil.” Not only that but fans are invited to bring up to three items which Ken will sign and both he and the NJ Devil will be happy to pose for pictures. There will also be a special free drawing for an autographed Daneyko jersey, mini-helmet, puck and photo for all those who attend Saturday or who visit the office during the month of June.

Saturday’s event has another purpose as it will serve as a fundraiser for Chris J. Nolze, who like Daneyko is a member of Trinity’s Advisory Board. The Toms River High School South and Ocean County College graduate has been battling brain cancer for the past five years and has spent much of that time preparing for and recovering from surgeries.

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However, he has impressed everyone who knows him with his fighting spirit and refusal to let his many challenges deter him from making a positive impact in the lives of others despite dealing with chronic pain. He has created Chris’s Fight For a Cure Foundation so he can assist others which is just another way this selfless young man demonstrates his desire to support those in need.

Nolze’s medical bills continue to grow so on Saturday Grandich will offer more than two dozen sports memorabilia items for sale with 100% of those proceeds going to help Chris and his family. There will be a large selection of autographed Devils, Rangers, Flyers, Giants and Jets items as well as those from other pro athletes. For more information visit www.petergrandich.com/one-week-from-today.

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By Matt Manley - Senior Staff Writer

oments after his Southern Regional baseball team made program history June 2, second-year Southern head coach Keith Cocuzza asked senior second baseman Joey Robertson when he knew the Rams were on their way to winning the program’s first NJSIAA sectional championship in 50 years.

Robertson said it was after the team’s first-round, extrainning win over Vineland, which came three games before Friday’s South Jersey Group IV championship at No. 8 seed Lenape.

While Robertson and his teammates might have started believing more than a week earlier, Cocuzzo was just starting to come to terms with what his team accomplished more than an hour after the program’s biggest win in halfa-century.

Facing a Lenape team that beat an impressive trio of opponents to reach the final, Southern – the No. 11 seed in the bracket – jumped on the Indians with five runs over the first two innings and rode senior pitchers Nick Simone and Zach Fillmore to a 6-2 win over the Indians that clinched the South Jersey Group IV title – Southern’s first sectional championship since winning Central Jersey Group II in 1967.

“It feels really good,” Cocuzza said.

“It’s still sinking in and my phone has been ringing since the game ended with Sr. Joey Robertson

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people calling to congratulate. It’s a great accomplishment for the kids and it was great to see them celebrate. They’re excited and they should be.”

Leading up to Friday’s championship game, Lenape had rolled through Toms River North and Rancocas Valley in the first and semifinals rounds, respectively, and beat No. 1 Eastern, while Southern won two extra-inning games and a two-run game over No. 14 Jackson Memorial. On Friday, however, Southern jumped out to a 5-0 lead thanks, in large part, to a fourrun second inning.

“We haven’t jumped on top of too many teams this year,” Cocuzza said. “We’ve been either falling behind or playing in tight games where we’re up one or two runs. And against Lenape, with the teams they’ve been beating, it never felt like we had a comfortable lead. I went to watch them against Rancocas Valley (on Wednesday). I got there five minutes late and it was already 7-0.”

The Rams jumped on top in the top of the first on a sacrifice fly by junior Marcos Matias, then opened up a five-run lead with their four-run second. Senior Zach Oddo singled home a run to make it 2-0 and sophomore Cole Markley knocked in the third Southern run with an RBI fielder’s choice ground out. Senior Noah Brown followed with a two-run single to stretch the lead to 5-0.

Jake Topolski answered with a two-run single to pull Lenape within 5-2 in the bottom of the fifth before Robertson came through with an RBI single in the top of the fourth – a hit that turned out to the the last run-scoring play of the game.

Simone was not the most dominant version of himself Friday and he put a combined six batters on base via walks (three) and hit batters (three), but he held a potent Lenape lineup to two hits – both singles – over his 4 1/3 innings of work.

After Simone reached the 83-pitch mark with one out in the fifth, Cucozza turned to Fillmore for the third straight game to close out a tournament win. Fillmore allowed three singles during his 2 2/3 innings, but did not give up a walk and struck out three in keeping Lenape off the board.

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Sr. Z a c h F i l l m o r e

By Scott Stump - Shore Sports network Contributor

“We knew (Neptune) was a dangerous team coming in,” Allentown head coach Brian Nice said. “We knew we were going to have to play well. They battled. They definitely belonged here.”

eptune entered this season’s state tournament as an afterthought and exited it on June 2 with widespread respect after the greatest run by a Scarlet Fliers baseball team in nearly 100 years came to a wild end.

The game appeared to be over in the bottom of the eighth inning when Winston smacked a single to center field with two outs and courtesy runner Brandon Gaul seemingly scored the winning run from second base to trigger a dogpile celebration.

However, Neptune senior reliever Aedan Martin had the presence of mind to notice that Gaul missed the plate when he leaped over it in celebration. He quickly signaled to an assistant coach, who had Neptune catcher Devon Furges step on home plate in an appeal play.

The umpire

The 14th-seeded Scarlet Fliers nearly sent a shockwave across New Jersey by giving the state’s top-ranked public school team and undefeated ace Jordan Winston all they could handle in a 4-3 loss in 10 innings to Allentown in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III championship game.

“They just have an amazing heart, this team,” third-year Neptune coach Kevin Frederick said. “I can’t say enough about them. I just hope that they’re proud of themselves and they don’t feel like they failed us or anything like that because I just told them, ‘You guys made me so proud.’ They battled.”

It marked Allentown’s first sectional title since winning Group II in 2008, while denying Neptune its first state baseball title since Babe Ruth was in his heyday for the Yankees in 1923.

Neptune (10-13) came back from a three-run deficit in the sixth inning and then was shocked back to life by a call by the umpire after a wild sequence in the eighth inning after it looked like the Redbirds (24-2) walked off with a win.

signaled Gaul out to end the eighth inning and keep the score tied at three.

Second baseman Chris Reeder allowed Allentown to finally put the Scarlet Fliers away with a two-out, gamewinning RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Designated hitter Matt Coiante reached on an error to start the inning, went to second on a sacrifice bunt and then scored two batters later on Reeder’s second hit of the game.

Sr. Dylan Taliaferro

“You just thought you lost, and then you see that happen and it’s a whole new life,” said Neptune senior pitcher Dylan Taliaferro.

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Cocuzza’s eyes to the respect his team had earned from the coaches in the area in a short time.

“Nick and Zach did a nice job of getting ahead and mixing their pitches,” Cocuzza said. “The big thing, though, was our defense.

They (Lenape) hit some balls hard and our guys made all the plays.”

“Seeing us get that number three seed in the OCT kind of opened my eyes,” Cocuzza said.

“We knew we were pretty good, but I think we had an underdog mentality and we felt like we had to go out and earn respect. When other coaches started noticing, I think it made me realize that maybe we were better than even I thought we were.”

Fillmore has not started a game since getting knocked around against Lacey in the Shore Conference Tournament round of 16. Fillmore left that game with pain in his left pitching elbow and did not throw again until before the sectional quarterfinal game against Jackson Memorial.

According to Cocuzza, Fillmore told his coach he felt up to pitching and in that game against the Jaguars, he pitched the final two innings to earn the save.

Southern will look to continue its state tournament march on Tuesday, when the Rams will travel to East Brunswick Tech to play defending Group IV champion Hunterdon Central, which edged Freehold Boro, 2-1, in the Central Jersey Group IV final on Friday.

With that, Southern’s most reliable starter at the beginning of the year – when he raced out to a 5-0 start – became the team’s closer.

“He just needed a little rest,” Cocuzza said. “After about a week off, he felt better and after seeing him in that role against Jackson, we figured the best way to use him was in that closer, late-game role, and he’s done a great job buying in and going right after guys.”

Friday’s historic win might seem like a surprise on paper given that Southern has gone more than a decade without a winning season and drew the No. 11 seed in the bracket, but the Rams have proven on several occasions to be a formidable, senior-heavy team. They won two out of three games against Ocean County Tournament champion and Shore Conference Tournament finalist Toms River North and the one loss to the Mariners was in the Ocean County Tournament final.

Sr. Nolan Watson

Those two regular-season wins over Toms River North and an 8-4 start to the season earned Southern the No. 3 seed in the Ocean County Tournament, which the Rams proved was deserved by reaching the final. It was that seeding that opened

“As hard as it is to win in the state tournament and as random as it can be, I thought we could be in the mix,” Cocuzza said. “To be at this point, I didn’t necessarily expect it, but I thought we had a real shot.

Now we’re here and we’re going to try to keep it going.

That’s one good thing about this group: they are in the moment.”

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six hits before having to come out of the game in the eighth inning when he hit his pitch limit.

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It was deja vu for Allentown, which had a game-winning run erased in the Mercer County Tournament against Nottingham for leaving the dugout too early before ultimately winning the game on the next pitch.

“We knew we were the underdogs so there was nothing to Taliaferro lose,” said.

Unfortunately the Scarlet Fliers couldn’t get anything going in the next two innings against reliever Jimmy Frein (4-1), who pitched four scoreless innings of one-hit ball after surrendering the lead when he came in for Winston with two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the sixth inning.

“That kid is t o u g h , ” Frederick said.

“I kept telling him, the stuff you have is good enough.

You just have to believe that. His ball moves so much, it’s hard to make good contact on it.”

Winston, an Oklahoma State recruit who is the younger brother of former star Jake Manalapan Winston, held the Scarlet Fliers scoreless for 5 2/3 innings before his pitch count necessitated that he leave the game by rule.

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The senior lefty, who entered with a 1.85 ERA, was charged with three runs on three hits while striking out eight, walking four and hitting three batters on 100 pitches.

Taliaferro had a stellar game of his own, tossing 7 1/3 innings, striking out seven, walking none, hitting a batter and allowing one earned run on

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Allentown took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when a pair of runs scored on a slow bouncer that went under the shortstop’s glove, but Taliaferro limited the damage with consecutive strikeouts to strand two runners in scoring position.

Fr. John Gannon

The Redbirds then tacked on a run in the third inning when Coiante, who was 3-for-4 with three runs scored in the win, reached on a single, went to second on a balk, reached third on a pitch in the dirt and then scored on a twoout single by Frank DelGuercio.

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Neptune was running out of time when they finally got something

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going in the sixth. John Gannon and Furges drew a pair of one-out walks and then freshman Rocco Richard was hit by a pitch to load the bases. After Winston got a strikeout for the second out, he had to leave the game because he had reached the 95 pitches he was allowed in the game by NJSIAA rule.

Fein came on in relief, and leadoff hitter Justin Tucker promptly greeted him by lining the first pitch into left field for an RBI single to make it 3-1. Sophomore Sebastian Jno-Baptiste followed with a clutch two-out, two-run single to tie the game and give Neptune new life.

.500 record this season was deceiving because it featured multiple one- and two-run losses to top opponents.

“I just want the kids to play with heart and understand that just because we’re from Neptune doesn’t mean we can’t be a good program,” Frederick said. “We’re gonna be a good program, I’m going to guarantee it. We’re going to be relevant for a while.”

That set the stage for the wild finish as Neptune came up just short of its first sectional title since the advent of the state playoff system in the 1970s.

Sr. John Gannon

The future looks bright considering Neptune started two freshmen and three sophomores on Friday, although it will have to replace seniors like Martin, Tucker and Taliaferro. The sub-

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Exercises to Keep You Out of the Doctor’s Office

By Dr. Jason R. Sal eh - Professional Orthopaedic Associates

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o s t t i m e s , o u r a r t i cl e s a r e g e a r e d towards the adolescent athlete. This one is geared towards the parents of the adolescent athlete.

4 Scapular Retractors. These are the muscles that pull your shoulder blades back. They not only help maintain good posture, but they are involved in a host of shoulder problems that often arise with age.

5 Practice Good Posture. Shoulders back, head up straight. There are actually reasons why you should do this (even if the people With repeated use, our body can get a little rusty. In studying who told you to do it didn’t know why). orthopaedic surgery, I have noticed a few parts of the human Good posture is important in preventing body that tend to wear out more quickly than the rest. Here are injuries to the low back, shoulder the exercises that I think everyone should do several times a and neck. week to maximize the chance for functional, pain-free (and surgery-free) aging.

6 Hip Strength. Strengthening the hip flexors, abductors 1 Core Strength. This means your abdominals, your lower back and lateral rotators helps to and your pelvic muscles. They’re involved in almost every maintain good leg movement we do, so keep them strong. Examples of exercises alignment and minimize hip for these muscles are squats, dead lifts, sit ups, back pain. Again, overall great exercises for the extensions and kegels. lower extremity and core include squats, dead lifts, & seated hip flexion against 2 Quadriceps Strength. Quad strength is key in preventing knee resistance. cap pain, a common problem in active adults. Best exercises include leg press, mini-squats and theraband knee extensions with your foot on the floor.

3 Hamstring Flexibility. This is also important in preventing knee cap pain but also in preventing injuries and maintaining good form in exercise. Reach for your toes, keeping a flat back and hold for 30 seconds. The yoga pose of downward- facingdog is also good for increasing hamstring flexibility.

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Jason R. Saleh, MD Shoulder, Sports Medicine, Knee, and Elbow Jason R. Saleh, MD, is a board-eligible orthopaedic surgeon specializing in shoulder surgery and sports medicine. Dr. Saleh treats patients of all ages and activity levels with all conditions of the shoulder, including arthritis, rotator cuff tear, dislocation, and fracture as well as failed previous surgery. He also treats injuries of the knee, including ligament, meniscus, and cartilage damage.

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an y if not all of the current members of t h e D o n o va n C a t h o l i c H i g h S c h o o l baseball team are a ware of Chris Calderone and what they did this past week will insure that future players will remember the Griffins former captain who died tragically in an auto accident in No vember of 2015.

Calderone, who graduated from what was then Monsignor Donovan High School in 2014, was a 20-year old passenger in a horrific crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that also claimed the life of his friend Paul Critelli, a Point Pleasant Beach graduate. A Brick native, Calderone was an outstanding centerfielder for the Griffins who was known for his leadership, bright smile and guitar as he was a part of a band and was planning to pursue a career in music while attending college.

Donovan Catholic wrapped up its season with an alumni game on Saturday as part of senior recognition day and afterwards dedicated a memorial prayer garden around the flag pole at the field on Whitty Road in Toms River. Chris’ parents Lew and Brenda and brother David were on hand for the dedication which was a gift from the seniors on the team and will forever keep his name a part of the baseball program and school itself.

The Calderone Family created a scholarship fund in Chris’ name and last week presented Griffin seniors Alex Jansen, Jared Knoeller and Brooke Sobieski with scholarships during the school’s senior awards program. To fund the memorial award they started a Softball Tournament and Home Run Derby with the 2nd annual scheduled for Saturday, July 1st at the Drum Point Sports Complex in Brick.

Calderone Dedication For information on how you can get involved in the all-day event contact Brenda Calderone at 732-330-6038. Check out their Facebook page under Christopher Calderone Memorial Scholarship Fund for complete details.

Calderone with parents & seniors

Photos by: Glenn Jansen

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