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Shore Conference Girls Soccer Looks To Score More Hardware In 2015

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By Eric Braun - Staff Writer

ummer runs, summer ball skills, summer training…check! Laces are tightening up, the cardio and off-season workouts are all but done, and the only thing left to do is to wait for that openingday whistle. Coming off another impressive run for the Shore Conference teams in the NJSIAA tournament, only Holmdel was able to bring the Group championship hardware home when the Hornets beat Ramapo, 1-0, in the Group II championship game. Shore Regional and Colts Neck also made runs to the finals before losing 2-0 in the Group I final and 4-0 in the Group III final, respectively. Shore Conference powers Red Bank Catholic, St. Rose, Mater Dei, Wall and Howell each made deep runs into the tournament but fell short of their championship goal.

Holmdel captured its

first NJSIAA title, and did so with a valiant team effort.

Going up against the 10thranked team in New Jersey, the entire Hornets roster contributed in the win.

Ultimately, the difference was the first-half goal by Gabby Bair, who connected on a direct kick from 25 yards out for the game’s lone goal as the Hornets held off a powerful Ramapo attack.

Holmdel’s Gabriella Bair

Holmdel will once again be knocking on the Group II championship door this year with the majority of their starting lineup back. Bair (27 goals and 12 assists as a junior) returns for her senior season along with Rebecca Stanziale (5 goals and 6 assists), sisters Abbey and Kailey Flynn (combined 5 goals and 16 assists), and should be able to build. on their offensive production with another year under their belts.

Defensively, the Hornets are led by another pair of sisters in Maggie and Casey Matthijs, but will have to get used to another voice behind them after the graduation of keeper Helen Burleigh.

Bonner and Katie Stephens to pick up the production left behind by graduating senior Samantha McDonough. Combined last season, Bonner and Stephens joined McDonough among the team’s top scorers with a combined 16 goals and 9 assists.

Returning to the offensive fray for Shore Regional will be younger sister Devon McDonough (5 goals and 3 assists), Sophie Haurits (5 goals and 3 assists), Jessica Egan (4 goals) and Lauren Britton (4 goals and 1 assist). The late season returns of both Devon McDonough and Haurits from earlyseason injuries provided the offensive power alongside Samantha McDonough.

Colts Neck, another Shore Conference team that

found success in 2014, returns top conference goal-scorer in

Shore Regional

got turned away in the Group I championship by Kinnelon, but it was one of the best turnarounds in Shore’s girls soccer program.

Coming off a 2013 in which they went a respectable 9-8-4, the Blue Devils catapulted to an impressive 18-6-1 in 2014 and along the way captured the Central Jersey Group I championship 2-0 over Metuchen and a NJSIAA Group I semifinal 3-0 win over Audubon.

The Blue Devils will be looking for a third straight run to the NJSIAA Group final but will have to look for offensive production from Shannon

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Frankie Tagliaferri, a Penn State commit and US U-17 National pool player. The reigning Player of the Year, Tagliaferri returns as an offensive threat, as well as bringing her veteran leadership heading into her junior year. Entering the Shore Conference Tournament as the No. 1 seed, Colts Neck lost the SCT final to Wall, 1-0, while playing without Tagliaferri, who was honoring a U.S. National commitment. Colts Neck bounced back to capture a Central Jersey Group III championship win over Wall, 2-0, before falling to four-time group champion Northern Highlands and ending a 20-3 season.

Along with the presence of Tagliaferri, coach Doug Phillips returns a potent offense that includes Ali Russo and Bridgette King, both of whom gained valuable big-game experience last season and also accounted for a goal each in the CJ III final against Wall.

Wall Township is the reigning

Shore Conference Tournament Champion and will once again be a team that creates headlines as a team to watch in 2015. The Crimson Knights returned the majority of their SCT championship run but will have to replace four significant players in Abigayle Musto, Danielle Gardner, Heather Arbachesky and Christie Cancro – all of whom graduated this past spring.

The core four had been with the varsity program for all four years of their high school

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came out in full force in 2014. The Knights ended their run with a record of 20-4 and their first SCT Championship since 1998.

Coach Mike Juska loses the leadership and vision of Musto and Cancro in the midfield, and replacing their presence in the middle will be one of his challenges this season. Defensively, the loss of Gardner as a sweeper and vocal leader leaves another void. The Knights, however, do return a veteran group led by junior keeper Alex Panasuk, and midfielders Dari Lyons and Amy Paternoster.

Additional Teams to keep an eye on

this season will be perennial powers Red Bank Catholic, St. Rose, Freehold Boro, Freehold Township and Toms River North. Teams with something to prove after big graduation losses will be Brick Memorial, Howell, Central and Mater Dei.

Golden Cleat Watch: Frankie Taliaferri (Colts Neck), Nicole Whitley (Freehold Township), Lindsay Hernandez (Brick Memorial), Gabby Bair (Holmdel), Shannon Bonner (Shore), Rebecca Hamilton (Howell), Casey Palmer (Brick) and Dasey DiElmo (Pinelands) Games to watch: Colts Neck vs Wall (Sept. 10), Red Bank Catholic vs Shore (Sept. 15), Freehold Township vs Howell (Sept. 28), Brick Memorial vs Jackson Memorial (Sept. 26) and all Shore Conference Tournament games that are tentatively slated to start on Oct. 21.

RBC’s Olivia Lucia

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Shore Conference Schools Preparing For the Seaso n

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o r f o u r S h or e Con f er en ce s ch oo ls th e f oo tb a ll s ea s on kicks o ff in ju s t 1 9 d a ys .

Those schools (Southern, Central, Toms River South and Donovan Catholic) have all chosen to begin their ninegame regular season schedule on Sept. 4. Playing in what is called “Week Zero” gets you one or two bye weeks during the season depending on whether or not you play a Thanksgiving Week game, which Pinelands and Donovan Catholic both do. Of course, it also means you have to be ready to play a game that counts before Labor Day, so you can be sure the coaching staffs are treating every practice and scrimmage with a greater sense of urgency than might be the case if they were starting a week later.

Here’s a look at the two early openers on Friday, September 4: CENTRAL at SOUTHERN

he Golden Eagles went 8-3 overall in 2014 under secondyear head coach Willie Jacobs and surprised everyone by sharing the Class B South title with Barnegat while also winning their first state playoff game in 20 years.

Central’s championship season was fueled by junior running back/linebacker Mike Bickford, who rushed for a school-record 2,052 yards and 25 touchdowns while compiling 65 tackles and an interception on defense. Also back is senior quarterback Mike Miserendino, who ran for 693 yards and 7 touchdowns and passed for another 8 TDs while making 66 tackles from his linebacker position.

Senior lineman Darius Marrow returns after earning AllDivision honors last fall, although Central lost several outstanding linemen to graduation. Despite that, they clearly will be one of the favorites in the division.

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around. Senior David Calderon is back at quarterback and will be the key to the Griffins’ option attack. Among his top running backs will be seniors Alex Rosario and Dezmund Hunter, 6-foot-5 senior Taylor McShea is an impressive target when Calderon takes to the air. Dillon Paprota and Zach Crosio will help anchor the offensive line and should be among the Griffins’ top defensive players as well.

Giancarlo Stigliano has a strong leg as both the kicker and punter.

Southern finished 5-5 last year and lost a pair of Class A South Alloffensive Division linemen in Pat Ferraro and Clay Robinson.

However, senior Pat Walker leads a stable of athletic running backs and is coming off a season in which he rushed for 643 yards In Brian Wilkinson’s second season as and scored 11 head coach, Pinelands improved from one touchdowns while to two wins and lost five others by eight earning All-Division points or less. The Wildcats’ defense was honors as a linebacker, especially impressive, but gone are two Southern’s Pat Walker where he made 60 outstanding linemen in Joe Puggi and tackles. Sophomore Joe Dave DeFeo, along with leading rusher Miele is back after leading the Rams with 80 tackles and 4 Jaylin Roman. Juniors David Fairl and Kyle Hreha will sacks, and battling for the starting quarterback job are handle the bulk of the carries in Pinelands’ double-tight, juniors Jackson Donahower and Sam Camaratta. In his double-wing formation and will run behind a big offensive 18th season at Southern and 42nd overall, Hall of Famer line anchored by All-Division senior Max Schnepp and Chuck Donohue Sr. has a team that is athletic and boasts Cam Winter. All four of those players will be counted on some speed, but is smaller up front than Rams teams of the to lead the defense as well. past.

DONOVAN CATHOLIC at PINELANDS

The Griffins are officially coming off an 0-10 campaign, as their season-opening win over Pinelands was later nullified because they used an ineligible player.

Donovan lost their last two games by a combined six points, and you can bet veteran coach Dan Duddy is pointing to the season opener as a way to turn things

Pinelands-Donovan, 2014

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he Holmdel boys soccer team opened its preseason at the Toms River Kick-Off Classic with its usual high expectations, even with a lineup full of new faces.

NEW FACES AT HOLMDEL

When Brendan Wall came out for the high school team as a freshman in 2013, Hornets coach John Nacarlo considered it a victory that a talented young player chose to play high school soccer over committing to an academy. Two years later, Wall is no longer at Holmdel, and it was not an academy that drew him away.

Wall is enrolling at Ranney School this fall, according to Nacarlo, and will be eligible to play for the Panthers after sitting the required 30 days per NJSIAA transfer rules. The move is a noteworthy one considering one of the top Shore high school players in his class is going from a program that has consistently competed for both Shore Conference and NJSIAA Tournament titles to one that wasn’t even a member of the Shore Conference until the 2013-14 school year.

Ranney went 7-10-1 last year and 6-7-1 within the Class B Central division with much of its production coming from players who will be back in the fold this year. Once eligible, Wall will join fellow junior Shane Keenan – who set team highs in goals (six) and assists (eight) last year – as well as senior James Geraghty and sophomore Marc Greenstein in the lineup. Another offensive weapon is sure to help Ranney blow past its 23 Holmdel’s Tyler Marchiano

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goals scored from a year ago, if not challenge a formidable Shore Regional team at the top of the division.

Holmdel has been a consistent Shore Conference contender over the last five years and a big reason has been because top talent decides to stay in the program. With the exception of Sean Davis back in 2008 and Santo Arena last year, Division Icaliber talent has at the very least come back after playing for an academy and at most has committed to the high school team full time.

Arena will again not be playing high school soccer this year (he played as a freshman in 2013). Coupled with the loss of Wall, that leaves Holmdel with some question marks in the goal-scoring department.

Regardless of what happens up front for the Hornets, they will be strong in the back with senior standout Tyler Marchiano in goal. On top of returning one of the top goalkeepers in the Shore Conference, Holmdel has been strong at sweeper with sophomore Justin McStay, whom Nacarlo expects to be a prototypical sweeper for a program that has been strong at the position over this recent five-year run of success.

Senior Nick Chrystal and junior Hunter Chapman also played key roles last year, and Chapman showed off his goal-scoring ability in Toms River, which could turn out to be key for a Holmdel squad that will again be difficult to score on in 2015.

REBUILDING THE WALL

Like Holmdel, Wall will have to overcome a transfer from the program. Senior Gerardo Medina enrolled at St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark for this coming year, leaving Wall without one of a potential four returning starters it could have brought back this season. The other three potential returning starters include junior midfielder Dan FrischHarmon and seniors Zach Ferry and Connor Fry. Wall’s Dan Frisch-Harmon

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Frisch-Harmon was a highly-regarded defensive center midfielder as a sophomore in 2014, according to his own coaches and opposing coaches. Crimson Knights coach Garry Linstra described Frisch-Harmon as a defensive midfielder with more skill than the superior athletes at the position and more athleticism than the players whose skills rival his. If Wall is going to contend in Class B North, Frisch-Harmon will be the junior leader who helps offset the loss of seven senior starters.

Raritan’s Chris Medina

RARITAN RELOADS AGAIN

Raritan has traditionally performed well at Toms River, and although the Rockets have a lot of roster spots to replace, they looked like a capable team again according to any of the coaches who watched or faced them.

A number of potential returnees will not be playing on this year’s team, but a number of key players from last year are indeed back for Raritan, led by sophomore Louis DiLorenzio, who scored four goals as a freshman.

OCEAN PRIMED FOR BIG YEAR?

On the subject of Class B North, the standout Shore Conference team for those who made the rounds in Toms River was likely Ocean, which is understandable considering the Spartans lost only two starters to graduation and have a host of returnees, led by Monmouth University commit Wadneson Alexis.

TThe Spartans got off to a slow start last year and came up just shy of knocking off top-seeded Toms River South in the Shore Conference Tournament by losing in a round of penalty kicks. An early-season knee injury slowed Alexis, but it did not prevent a breakout by junior Marlhens Nasanes, who will combine with Alexis to form one of the Shore’s most dangerous duos.

Senior goalkeeper Yanni Kavarakas is currently battling back tightness as a result of his summer basketball schedule, but is expected by his coaches to be ready in plenty of time for the start of the season. Once Kavarakas returns, Ocean will have nine returning starters, plus a standout freshman class that could potentially figure into the fold as well.

Fellow sophomore Nick Benoit and senior Chris Medina also return and junior Chad Santopadre had a good weekend in goal for a Raritan team looking to rebound this season.

A SOUTH AT A GLANCE

Beyond the fact that it’s a preseason tournament, the weekend in Toms River is a limited glimpse at the upcoming season because only about a third of the Shore Conference participates. The one exception within the entire scope of the Shore is Class A South, which once again had 100 percent attendance from its teams in Toms River.

Toms River South is the defending champion in a division that again appears to be pretty even. While it seems like there might not be a dominant team, there was a similar sentiment last year, and Toms River South ended up earning the top seed in the Shore Conference Tournament.

The Indians will have a host of starters to replace from last year’s team, but they were a deep roster last year that expects to Ocean’s Marlhens Nasanes

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p r e s e a s o n Continued from page 11 be able to turn last year’s depth into this year’s starting lineup, according to coach Ed Leibe. Senior Cameron Geerinck was the second-leading scorer on the team last year, and fellow senior Mike Tapp was a key piece on a standout back line, so both seniors will carry a leadership role into this season.

Jackson Memorial made a late push for first place with a strong second half of the season last year. With nine starters back from that team, the Jaguars could be the favorite as practice begins. Coach Steve Bado called junior forward Mike Schoener the “fastest kid in the school,” noteworthy for a school with such a good football program. Schoener also has scoring ability, as he showed with nine goals last year as a sophomore.

With two more top scorers Andrew Jozwicki and Joey Stoltenberg also back as seniors and some defenseplus-size combination of seniors Joe Mamola and Nick Schlageter, Jackson Memorial has a diverse roster that also offers experience. The Jaguars did not have their full squad for the weekend, but managed a good performance Saturday against Ramapo.

Toms River North was without standout senior Joey Hertgen for the weekend as he recovers from a stress fracture in his foot. Coach Joe Mahon said Hertgen was just cleared to play at the end of last week and would likely return to action in approximately two weeks, which would line him up to be ready for the opener in September.

Mahon also said that he was expecting close to 100 players trying out for the team, and although varsity roles are still up in the air with more than half of a starting lineup to replace, he expects to have a versatile, deep roster with so much talent from which to draw.

The unofficial “biggest team” over the weekend was Brick Memorial, which boasts a back-line of sixfooters. Senior Alex Fernandez stands at 6-foot-5 and will play in the center of the defense, which will be a vital part of the Mustangs side with the loss of Kevin Simek and Bryan Malerba, who graduated with a combined 32 goals during last season alone. Brick Memorial also had some starters away for the weekend, but senior Ed Seaman, junior Jake DeGennaro and sophomore James McCombs are candidates to pick up some of the offense.

Lacey returns a pair of standouts seniors in Robert Biele and George Gartner who will look to carry a Lions team that ran hot-and-cold last year. There was some sentiment that Toms River East might be in a rebuilding year after some key losses from an up-anddown season of its own, but Alex Matos is a returnee who should make an impact in A South. The Raiders were competitive over the weekend against solid competition.

Southern struggled over the weekend, but the Rams were not at full strength either. Senior Kyle Montesano was the leading goal-scorer as a junior, touching the net nine times last year.

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help ease the transition.

Youssef Abdelaziz and Nate Wiley both look like capable scorers and coach Rob Bechtloff has been impressed with junior Cory Casten in the early going as well. Central also adds Manchester transfer and senior midfielder Jake Dufner to the fold.

NEW COACHES, EARLY IMPRESSIONS

The eighth Class A South team is also one of the Shore Conference teams playing under new head coaches. Firstyear head coach and former Donovan Catholic junior varsity coach Tom Vrazzitta has injected some energy into the Brick program, which will try to overcome the loss of 14 seniors and climb out of the bottom of the A South standings.

REPPING A NORTH

Class A North’s only representative over the weekend was Middletown North, which is in the process of replacing seven starters while also bringing back a handful of impact players. Junior Ryan Harmon enjoyed a breakout year as a sophomore and Scott Wiegel is back in goal after an early-season injury ended a promising year. Coach Fred Napoli also said he will have sophomore Liam McGregor will play this season after electing to play Academy soccer last year.

Central’s Shane Cranstoun

Former Brick coach Ken Lynch is now an assistant for Ken Oliver at Donovan Catholic and is essentially replacing the coach who replaced him. Lynch has also served as an assistant for the Donovan Catholic basketball team, so the Griffins are familiar territory for Lynch.

Longtime Matawan coach Dave Deegan stepped down at the end of last year and unlike Brick, the Huskies stayed in-house with Deegan assistant Tyler Isaacson. Deegan left on a high note after leading the Huskies to a Class A Central championship. Senior Bronson Dhume will shoulder a good deal of the offensive load while most of a junior-heavy defense returns.

DEFENDING STATE CHAMPS LOADED UP FOR TITLE DEFENSE

Shore Regional is coming off a state sectional championship and could end up being the best team among the Shore Conference field in Toms River. The Blue Devils return most of their scoring from a season ago and although they did not have a complete team over the weekend (39-goal scorer J.T. Kessler was playing sweeper in the final game of the weekend), most of the reviews from other Shore Conference coaches were predictably positive.

B SOUTH FAVORITES?

On the subject of Donovan Catholic, the Griffins might be the favorite in Class B South, although defending division champion Point Boro – which was not at the weekend tournament – will have a lot to say about that. The Griffins are a junior-heavy team, while senior Alec Mapoy impressed Oliver on Saturday against Matawan and Northern Valley Demerest.

Like Brick Memorial, Central lost a slew of scoring with the graduation of its top two scorers – Shore’s J.T. Kessler Blake Czajkowski (25 goals) and Doug Jensen (19 goals) – but has a quality group of juniors and a solid senior leader in Shane Cranstoun to

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Jackson’s Journey to Little League World Series Comes to an End

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t was a close game until the fifth inning when Jackson starting pitcher Sean Slusak came off the mound as he had reached the 85-pitch maximum. Red Land then scored eight runs on two, two-run doubles, a two-run home run and some fielder’s choices. Jackson could not come back from such a barrage.

The loss was Jackson’s second to Red Land in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament who came back strong on Saturday to shut out Maryland 10-0 and meet Red Land in hopes of continuing onto Williamsport and the Little League World Series.

Jackson Little League President Allen A. Goldberg praised the team for representing the league, township and state with “a dignity and class well beyond their years.” In an email, Goldberg singled out manager Evan Glaser and his coaching staff for giving their time to the team “without question or reward” and Glaser for putting the team ahead of his family.

Glaser, meanwhile, said it was “emotional” for his team after their loss but reminded them that in making the mid-Atlantic by winning the state title they did something no other Jackson Little League team “and no one can take that away from you.”

The team, which returned home immediately after the game, will get together for a party before school starts.

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t was 17 summers ago that a Toms River East American Little League team led by then 12-year old Todd Frazier won the Little League World Series.

It was the highlight of an amazing five-year run that saw manager Mike Gaynor take three All-Star teams from the Toms River East Little League all the way to Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

The Jackson Little League team pictured with their state championship banner (Allen A. Goldberg, Jackson Little League)

What often helped them was the tough competition they received right in their own backyard during the District 18 Tournament which began in late June among the 12 little leagues in Ocean County.

Frazier, of course, is now a star with the Cincinnati Reds and much has changed since he was freckle-faced pre-teen but one constant has been the incredible success Ocean County teams have had when it comes to Little

League baseball.

While Toms River East (Windsor Avenue) dominated the 90’s it was the other little league organization which took over after that as the Toms River Little League on Mapletree Road produced New Jersey State champions in 2005, 2010 and again last summer when the group of boys and girl hoisted the championship banner in Berkeley Township which hosted the state tournament.

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Avoiding Shoulder Injuries

By Brian Torpey, MD

he shoulder is a highly mobile joint and therefore very susceptible to injury. There are many ways that the shoulder can be injured during the fall athletic season: repetitive arm motions as in an overhead volleyball serve, falling on an outstretched arm as in a soccer game or dislocations that are commonly associated with the externally rotated position of a football offensive lineman.

exercises should be performed after the athlete breaks a sweat and can include such things as pendulum swings, arm circles and cross-body stretches. Optimally, each stretch should be held for 30 seconds or more.

If you do experience a shoulder injury, an athlete should seek the opinion of a specialty trained orthopaedic surgeon, as a quick diagnosis and treatment plan often leads to a quicker recovery and return to sport.

Fortunately, performing proper warm-up activities, strength training and implementing proper technique can decrease an athlete’s potential for injury.

Strength training utilizing free weights, thera-bands or even your own body weight can increase the stability in and around the shoulder joint. Warm-up

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Undergraduate Degree: Wake Forest University, 1984

Medical Degree: Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1989 Internship: Monmouth Medical Center, 1989-1990 Residency: Monmouth Medical Center, 1990-1994

Fellowship: Sports Medicine and Shoulder Reconstruction, Johns Hopkins University, 1994-1995

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