jersey sporting news 9-24-2012

Jersey Sporting News • September 25 - October 9

By Hayley HamiltonI’ll admit that on the first day of

my internship I was a little nervous.I’d never seen much of live sport andmy experience with the sports sec-tion of any publication was similar-ly sparse. But I was enthusiastic tounderstand the intricacies of runninga newspaper and within a few hoursI found myself relaxing and reallyenjoying the experience.

Back home in England I am aboutto enter my third and final year as anundergraduate, where I’m studyingEnglish Literature. I’m a member ofthe editing team at my universitynewspaper and I was excited to seehow an American sports newspaper

is run. From my first day I accompanied

JSN owner Fran Attardi to businessmeetings with clients, deliveringinvoices and learning about the net-work relationships upon which anybusiness is built. As the internshipcontinued I assisted Fran withadministration tasks in the office andenjoyed hands-on training in photog-raphy and photojournalism duringhigh school sporting events.

I was impressed by JSN’s numberof long-term clients, their commit-ment to high standards in print,online publications as well as theirpersonal interactions with customers

and athletes. It was refreshing to seea side to journalism that I had barelyexplored and I really began to appre-ciate the artistry of sport through alense.

By the end of the internship, theatmosphere of the games was get-ting somewhat addictive. I was sadto leave before seeing the effects ofseasonal change on the culture ofsport in play, spectatorship andreportage. Overall the internship waschallenging and rewarding and I hopeto see more of JSN in the future.

By Eric BraunHOWELL- Coming off an impressive 2011campaign which saw the Howell boys’ soc-cer team finish with a 14-4-1 record, theRebels had high expectations coming intothis season. With the decision of four keyplayers to play travel soccer instead of com-peting with their fellow classmates at thehigh school varsity level, this year’s teamhas not wavered from their goal of gettingback to the NJSIAA playoffs and is off to a3-1 start.

When the US Soccer Federation adopted a10-month schedule that started in Septemberand finishes up with playoffs in July, theannouncement meant that many of the area'spremier players would have to decidebetween playing for the Academy or for their

high schools.It looked like Howell may be take an early

hit when the Academy players left, but com-ing off a 2-1 defeat to East Brunswick in theCentral Jersey Group IV semifinals last year,the Rebels are loaded again this season withexceptional midfield leadership. This leader-ship has lead Howell to early season winsover CBA, Colts Neck and MiddletownNorth. Tom Cafiero and Brian Campfieldhave led the way for the Rebels this seasonwith excellent ball control and veteran lead-ership.

Howell currently sits in second place inthe division and looks to make a midseasonpush toward the division title and anotherhigh seed in the NJSIAA playoffs.

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Rebels Poised For Another Title RunPHOTO: FRAN ATTARDIHayley Hamilton

PHOTO: ERIC BRAUNChris Marino (8) controls the ball for Howell.

Lacey’s Vircillo Gets250th Game Win


By Michael RogersLou Vircillo, Head Coach of football at

Lacey High School added to his amazingwin total this week as the Lacey footballteam who is ranked fifth in the ShoreConference easily defeated Toms River Eastby the score of 42 -14. Last week Vircillobecame only the third coach in ShoreConference history to record 250 victories.With this week’s win, his overall record isnow 251-112-3. Along the way he has alsowon 12 division titles and four NJSIAASectional Titles. “If your fortunate enoughto be successful and crazy enough to stayin this game as long as I have you canreach goals like this one,” said CoachVircillo upon reaching this milestone. Thegame which added to Vircillo’s win totaloccurred when the Lions defeated TomsRiver North by the score of 37 - 20. Senior

wide receiver Bill Bedford scored threetouchdowns while quarterback Tom Kellycompleted 9 of 15 passes for 113 yards andrunning back Kyle Spatz ran 14 times for76 yards in the win.

This week Lacey was tied with TomsRiver East at halftime at 14 apiece butcame out with an explosive second halfscoring 28 straight points for the 42 - 14win. After halftime Kelly finished off a 86-yard drive with a two- yard touchdown runmaking the score 21- 14. After allowingthe Raiders to drive to their two- yard line,the Lions defense stepped up and denied ascore. Spatz then finished off a 91 yardnine play drive with a three- yard touch-down run. Spatz finished the game with204 total yards and three touchdowns. “Weconverted some of our mistakes and playedperfectly in the second half, “said Spatz.Lacey will try and keep its undefeated sea-son (3 - 0) and add another win to CoachVircillo’s total when they host Toms RiverSouth in their next game.

PHOTO: DAN MAZZALacey defeated Toms River East forthe coach’s 250th win.

By David R. Gentile, MDTrigger finger or flexor tenosynovitis is

a common source of finger pain and dis-comfort. Patients who have trigger fingersoften complain of pain in the palm of thehand at the base of the affected finger,which is aggravated when they try to makea tight fist. Patients often report that thepain also radiates up to the first knuckle ofthe involved finger. Sometimes peoplewill experience locking of the finger in abent position, popping of the finger whenthe finger is moved, or a finger that can’tbe fully bent.

Trigger fingers can involve multiple dig-its and may occur after an episode of repet-itive forceful use of the hand or followingcarpal tunnel surgery. Many individualsare unable to identify a specific event thatpreceded the onset of symptoms and itoccurs more frequently in females and indi-viduals who have inflammatory conditions,

diabetes andthyroid dysfunc-tion.

The tendonsthat flex the fin-gers are heldclose to thebones of thefingers by aseries of loopsthat form asheath that pre-vent the tendonfrom bowstringing or gapping away fromthe bone. This arrangement of the tendonand tendon sheath allows a small amountof tendon movement to be translated into agreater degree of bending of the finger. Thecondition occurs because there is swellingof the tendon or the lining of the tendoncalled synovium. Repetitive activity caus-es the tendon sheath to hypertrophy. Whenthe tendon and tendon sheath becomesinflamed, there is not enough room for thetendon to glide through the tendon sheatheasily. The swollen tendon moves out ofthe tendon sheath as the finger is bent andlocks being unable to slide back into thesheath.

Treatment initially involves a course ofconservative care including activity modifi-cation with avoidance of forceful grippingor repetitive activities that cause the fingerto lock, splinting, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicine if the patient isable to take these kinds of medications, andone or two cortisone injections along thetendon. Some patients may not respond tothis conservative treatment or after a periodof relief have recurrence of their symptomsand may need to consider surgical alterna-tives.

The most common surgery for triggerfingers is performed on an outpatient basisas a same day surgery under local anesthe-sia. A small incision is made in the palmand a portion of the tendon sheath isopened. During the procedure, the patientis asked to open and close the fingers toensure that the release has been completeand the tendon glides without catching orlocking. Following surgery, patients areplaced in a soft dressing and instructed notto use the hand forcefully until the suturesare removed. Most patients benefit fromoccupational therapy to restore functionand alleviate pain and they typically returnto full, unrestricted activity two to fourweeks following surgery.

Trigger Fingers

Chris topher D.Johnson, MD, FACS


By Eric BraunLONG BRANCH- Coming off a frustrating 5-5 season in2011, the Green Wave from Long Branch High Schoolhave gotten back to their tradition of ground and pound.The Wave has rushed out to a 2-0 record with wins overManasquan and Monmouth, relying mostly on the legs ofJosil Jackson and the arm of Avery Griffin.

Long Branch took a hit during their final pre-seasongame when senior tailback Dwight Clark went down witha broken left ankle. Clark is expected back by midseasonbut Coach Dan George needs to keep his team focused andmoving forward to get back to Class B North dominanceand be eligible for the NJSIAA tournament. CoachGeorge also lost senior tight- end and linebacker Dominic Mincieli when he suffered a knee injury in the spring, butMincieli should be back in the first couple weeks of the

season.Minus the injuries, the Green Wave is in prime posi-

tion to challenge Neptune, Wall and Ocean in the ShoreConference B North division. Top to bottom this is thetoughest division in the Shore Conference. Coach Georgewill look to get additional contributions from juniorShabazz Shuler and seniors Curtis Gunther and TreySmith at wide outs. On defense, the Wave will look forChris Pappayluo and senior safeties Corey Morris andBrett Roach to shutdown opposing offenses.

By Brian DanemanThe Howell Rebels might have known they were in

for a rough night at the swamp when they were calledfor a delay of game penalty before the game even start-ed. The penalty was rightfully called because theRebels did not enter the field until well after 7pm leav-ing the home team to wait on the sidelines.

The game was riddled with penalties on both sides ofthe ball. Nineteen penalties were called to be exact andfive were on just the first series. But otherwise, it wasa well-played game. Howell’s passing efforts actuallylooked quite sharp on their first two possessions withsix completions and four first downs. On their thirdpossession, the relentless Eagle defensive line sackedRebel quarterback Connor McGlynn at the Rebels ownthree- yard line. In doing so, they knocked him out ofthe game and into an awaiting ambulance with a pos-sible neck or shoulder injury.

From this point late in the first quarter MiddletownSouth began to soar behind the power running of JakeRipnick scoring on three subsequent drives. Ripnickran for 157 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries.The Eagles took advantage of the loss of the Howellquarterback and pressured his substitute Aaron Trimblefor the rest of the night leading to five sacks and twointerceptions; one by junior Andrew Wisialko for sixyards and one later in the second half by speedsterElijah Smith for a 60- yard touchdown return. TheSouth defense was tenacious all night and gave theoffense great field position on every series.

The offense led by Ripnick and quarterback Kyle

Bray moved the ball well throughout the game relyingheavy on the run but also sprinkling in a few passesto shake things up. Bray’s throws were accurate espe-cially the 25- yard bullet he threw to junior wide outTaylor Hendrickson late in the second quarter for thethird score of the game. The two connected on four

passes for the entire game. The South offensive anddefensive lines controlled the line of scrimmage foralmost the entire game and helped to earn the lopsidedvictory.

The Rebels did manage to score a touchdown late inthe fourth quarter on a 24- yard throw from Trimble to

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PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIJake Ripnick (15) puts Middletown South up 21-0 in the first half of the game.


LITTLE SILVER – Sickles Market’s Wineand Cheese Tasting Fundraiser to BenefitHoliday Express will be held in the SicklesMarket greenhouse, Little Silver, NewJersey, on Friday, November 2, 7-10 p.m.Sickles Market will dress up its greenhousein magical holiday style, serve its award-winning gourmet foods, artisanal cheesesand pour premium wines. The event -which is denim casual - will offer liveentertainment by some of the best talentfrom the Holiday Express band; a silentauction brimming with rare, collectiblewines hand selected from our area’s topwine collectors; and a live auction thatincludes the hugely popular and totallyunique Wine Crawls – progressive tours ofsome of the Jersey Shore’s best privatewine cellars. Plus so many more wine andfood-centric surprises! Last year’s sold-outevent was attended by 300 guests andraised over $120,000 for Holiday Express.Tickets are $125. Sponsorships are alsoavailable. To reserve tickets or make asponsorship please call Tori Sickles at732.741.9563. Or,purchase online at holi-dayexpress.org

"Bob and Leslie Sickles are about as gen-erous with their time and resources as anypeople we know,” said Tim McLoone,founder of Holiday Express. “This eventserves as a great kick-off to our season andalso provides needed resources to help us‘bring the gift of human kindness’ to the

people most in need duringthe Holiday season."

Founded in 1993 by TimMcLoone, Holiday Expressis a grass roots, non?sectari-an, registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization.Comprised of more than600 volunteers – includingover 70 professional musi-cians – Holiday Expressdelivers music, food, gifts,financial support and friend-ship to adults andchildrenwho are physically andmentally disabled, livingwith AIDS or homeless, aswell as the isolated elderlyand others in need of the giftofhuman kindness duringthe holiday season and throughout the year.

“We are thrilled to once again help raisefunds for Holiday Express,” said BobSickles, third generation owner. “The lastevent raised a record $120,000 and we hopeto raise even more this year. We salute themission of Holiday Express and share itsvalues of genuinely caring for our neigh-bors in need,” explained Sickles.

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Jersey Sporting News • September 25 - October 9 Page 9 Jersey Sporting News • September 25 - October 9

By Eric BraunMANALAPAN — After a disap-pointing finish to their 2011campaign where the ManalapanBraves football team lost toSayreville 23-11, this yearsgroup is poised at another run atthe Central Jersey Group IVtitle. Going into last yearsfinal, it looked like the champi-onship was Manalapan’s to winafter top seeded SouthBrunswick lost leaving theBraves to go up againstSayreville, but the Braves fellshort of their goal.

Hungry to finish the jobthey started; senior captainsJohn Appice, Mike Isabella,Alex Salzman and AnthonyFirkser look to have Manalapanright on track with a perfect 2-0record and outscoring their oppo-nents along the way by a 60-6margin. After losing the ShoreConference’s leading rusher inJohn Sieczkowski to graduationlast year, the Braves offense hasturned to the air with quarterbackIsabella and wide out Firkserleading the way. Isabella went aperfect 10-for-10 last gameagainst Freehold Township toimprove his passing perform-ance on the year to 18-for-25,while Firkser continues hisdomination of opposing defensestwo back-to-back touchdownperformances.

For the first time since2002, the Braves have started outthe season 2-0 in which theywent 7-3. This year’s Braves are

looking to continue their win-ning ways by taking care of theirClass A North division andreturn back to the NJSIAA titlegame and come home victoriousthis time. With the win over theJaguars, Manalapan now leadsthe all-time series 13-12-1.

The Braves look to remainperfect in the next couple ofweeks with games againstMiddletown North, South, ColtsNeck and East Brunswick. Toremain one of the elite teams atthe Shore and in New Jersey,Manalapan will look to continuetheir offensive dominance anddefensive line play. The offensehas been getting most of theheadlines and rightfully so, butthe defense has been shuttingdown opposing running andpassing games and yielding onlysix early points against Jacksonto start the season.

By Michael RogersNancy Williams has

been coaching field hock-ey at Shore Regional for43 seasons and this pastweek she recorded her800th victory with a 4 - 0win over Lawrenceville.After registering twomore wins this past weekCoach Williams’ overallrecord is now 802-66-55.She has also won 42straight consecutiveConference Champion-ships, 13 ShoreConference Champion-ships and 17 StateChampionships including lastseason’s NJSIAA Group IState Title. This year’s team isoff to an undefeated 5 win sea-son having outscored theiropponents by over 30 goals.“After a while you look at thegames and it’s all about theplayers and not the milestone.This means so much because

it’s about them,” saidWilliams.

This year’s team is also cur-rently ranked number one inthe Shore Conference andnumber four in the state. TheBlue Devil’s defense is led bygoalie Shannon Johnson whois undefeated this season andhas career statistics of 44

shutouts and 333 saves afterbeing named a 1st-team All-Shore selection last season.Also helping the tough Shoredefense are Katie Atkins andMichaela Curtis. On offense,the Blue Devils are led byCarol Middough who hasscored six goals and six assiststhis season and Grace Santi

who has scored four goals andfive assists. Jessica Welch hasscored eight goals and CarlyRosati has also added fourgoals for her team.

After a game againstKeyport, Shore will have a big

game against Rumson/FairHaven who is off to a 3 -1 startto this season. Shore defeatedthe Bulldogs in the ShoreConference Tournament semi-finals last season by the scoreof 8- 0.

By Ted KaiserThe 2012 season has started off well for the

Wall girls’ soccer team. The Crimson Knightshave won five of their first six matches,outscoring their opponents 24-4 during thatspan.

The Crimson Knights have been led offen-sively by senior Casey Zalewski and sopho-more Heather Arbachesky. Both forwards haveindividually outscored Wall’s opposition withfive goals apiece. Zalewski also leads the teamwith six assists. Midfielder Ariana DeBlasio isnot far behind either, notching four goals.

That has been more than enough supportfor senior goalkeeper Madi Mitchell, whobegan the season by conceding just one goal inher side’s first four matches and only four in theteam’s first six while compiling 22 saves.

The Crimson Knights’ five victories havecome at the expense of Red Bank (7-0), Ocean(2-1), Long Branch (7-0), and Matawan (6-0)and most recently Manasquan in 2-1 win onsenior night on Sept. 21. The senior night vic-tory came on the heels of Wall’s only defeat, a2-0 setback on Sept. 20 at the hands of aFreehold Borough side that eliminated theCrimson Knights on penalty kicks in theCentral Jersey Group IV semifinals last year.

Appropriately, both Wall goals againstManasquan were scored by seniors: the first byZalewski with an assist from Arbachesky andthe eventual game winner by DeBlasio off across from fellow senior Colleen Knier, whoearned her fifth assist. “We have five seniors:goalie Madi Mitchell, defender Emily Savacool,center midfielder and co-captain ArianaDeBlasio, outside midfielder and co-captainColleen Knier and forward Casey Zalewski. Allare starters and key contributors to the team,”said Wall Head Coach Jaimie Silva.

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIWall’s Paige Jacob (2) kicks the ballbefore her Ocean opponent can get to it.

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIShore’s Kat ie Atkens (22) controls the ball.

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIMorgan Jones (5) fights for possession of the ball.

PHOTO: ERIC BRAUNThe Manalapan football team opens the game by breaking through a banner.

Nancy Williams Continues Her Winning Ways Braves Chopping Through Competition

Wall Soccer OffTo Strong Start Structure Important To Success On And Off The Field

By Mike CelliWe have throughout the year

examined elements needed tosucceed on and off the field;structure is an important ele-ment for success. Here are twoelements regarding a player'sstatus on the roster. A playerwill not receive an accrued sea-son towards free agency for anyleague year in which the playeris under contract to his club andfails to report to that club atleast 30 days prior to the first

regular seasongame. This isan importantconsiderationfor a playerwho has playedfewer than four accrued seasonswhich is the minimum numberof accrued seasons to achieveunrestricted free agency. Anunsigned restricted free agentcan be placed on his club's ros-ter exempt list if he does notsign a new contract and report to

camp at least the daybefore the clubs sec-ond pre-seasongame. If he signsand reports after thatdate he will lose one

or more weeks of regular seasonpay depending on how late hesigns and reports.

A club may fine any playerwho is under contract andreports late to training camp forthe 2012pre-season a maximumof $30,000.00 per day. If the

player signed the contract as anunrestricted free agent, the play-er can also be fined an addition-al one week’s regular seasonsalary for each pre-season gamemissed and may also be subjectto forfeiture of bonuses if hisholdout lasts more than fourdays. Understanding structureand knowing the rules in theclassroom, on the field or inbusiness is important to suc-cess. Stay focused with atten-tion to detail.


By Jim HintelmannRUMSON – Rumson/FairHaven (RFH) head footballcoach Shane Fallon will acceptFriday night's key 27-6 Class ACentral win over Holmdel, buthe admits that there is still somework to do despite the score. "It'snice to come away 3-0," saidFallon, "but I'm more concernedthat we didn't execute the way weneeded to. Penalties andturnovers hurt us and we weresloppy in spots. There is roomfor improvement and we willhave to have a good week ofpractice”.

Fortunately for RFH, quarter-back Danny Roberto had a solidgame, completing 12 of 16 pass-es for 180 yards and three touch-downs. "He made some key pass-es for us when we needed them,"said Fallon, who earned his200th coaching victory the pre-vious week in a win over St.John Vianney. But it wasHolmdel that dominated theearly going as they took a 6-0lead in the first quarter afterrecovering an RFH fumble at the

Bulldog 44-yard line.Quarterback Robbie Cantelli

passed and ran the Hornets downto the 16 yard line when hethrew a touchdown pass to JeffHarris, who made a nice catch inthe end zone, but the pass wentwide. RFH finally settled downand took control of the game inthe second quarter with threequick touchdowns. The firstcame after a 10- play, 62 yarddrive following the kickoff. Thedrive was helped by a roughingthe kicker penalty which gaveRFH a first down on theHolmdel 46- yard line.

Roberto connected with SamShaud on a 41-yard strike andthen threw a four-yard touch-down pass to John Ryan, but thepoint after missed; leaving thescore tied 6-6.

The Bulldogs came right backhowever and scored with 3:48left in the half when Roberto hitShaud with a 30-yard scoringstrike after Michael Clarke hadset it up with a 30-yard puntreturn.

"The safety was playing 15 yardsoff the receiver and we were ableto work the hitch pattern a fewtimes,” said Roberto. "We have agood chemistry between me andthe receivers. They are young butthey get to the right spots andthey are doing the job."

RFH’s Addison Nitto set upthe next touchdown a minutelater when he recovered aHolmdel fumble at the Hornet27- yard line Three minutes later,sophomore Charles Volkerscored on an eight-yard run upthe middle. "Volker is only asophomore," said Fallon. "Hedid a nice job stepping up forus." The Bulldogs finished thescoring in the fourth quarterwhen Roberto hit tight endHenry Rosenberg with a 16-yardscoring play to close out a nine-play 80-yard drive.

RFH is back in action Fridaynight when they take on RidgeRoad rival Red Bank Regional. Itis Red Bank's home game, but itwill be played at Count BasieField.

RFH Beats Holmdel 27-6

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIRFH quarterback Danny Roberto (3) jumps to throw apass.

The Reasons AFootball Team Is UpsetBy Jim Garrett

The reasons are not physical. Thereasons are totally mental. You winwith a confident mental attitude onevery play during the game. You winwhen you play the game with a pos-itive mental approach during everypractice prior to game day. A lack ofdetermination during every meeting,every position drill and in everyteam function will prevent you andyour team from avoiding a loss to ateam who lacks the team skills towin your game. Lack of a completemental commitment will allow youropponent to make plays they shouldnot be able to make during everysegment of the game on offense,defense, and most importantly onspecial teams play.

You cannot win as a team or as aplayer unless you win the battle ofmind over matter. Your mind com-pels your body to function with suc-cess. Your practice week should beconducted with a strong mentaldetermination to win the game chal-lenges on each and every down dur-ing the game. You cannot establishthis needed determination when youand your team participate in thedown by down sequence of thegame. Teams that win play the gameeach and every day in practice.Winning team’s habits are estab-lished in each phase of the practicesegment. Each practice play must beexecuted at the same speed of thegame. Your mental make-up duringeach practice must be the same men-tal responses you would employ ongame day in every play. Upsets arealways mental when you and yourteammates allow a team to upset youby not practicing at game speed allweek in practice. Tough mentalteams never allow a weaker team tohave any chance to win the game.


By Eric BraunBRICK — Coming into this season, theBrick Memorial girls’ soccer team had alot to prove after last season’s disappoint-ing 5-12-2 record and a first round 5-0loss to East Brunswick in the CentralJersey Group IV tournament. CoachBilly Caruso took his lumps last yearwith an extremely young varsity crewthat included nine freshmen. The goodpart for Brick Memorial this season isthat those nine freshmen all played off-season travel ball together for theNational Champions Twin County RealMagic.

“Their experience with the Real Magicthis summer is definitely going to helpus a ton. The girls playing that quality ofcompetition and winning is great for theiroverall play and confidence. But the reali-ty is when they put on the green and goldBrick Memorial jersey they are still ateam that won only five games last sea-son. Winning a national club champi-onship is awesome but we need to provethat it will benefit us on the high school

field,” said Caruso.So far the Lady Mustangs have done

just that in running out to a record of 4-1and a recent defeat of top ranked and pre-viously undefeated Toms River North 1-0. With the win Brick Memorial sitsalone in second place in Class A Northright behind Jackson Memorial who beatMemorial 3-0 earlier on. Coach Caruso’splayers have outscored their opponents 10- 4 in five games so far, with freshmanDana Fontana (2 goals,) seniors MarieMoore (3 goals/1 assist) and Allie Reber(2 goals) leading the way on offense.

When asked about the emotions ofknocking off a tough division foe inToms River North, Coach Caruso added,“It was a huge win for us, I believe emo-tion is the reason we beat Toms RiverNorth. I was very excited about how hardthe girls played, we didn't play great soc-cer but I don't think you can against ateam that is that talented. TraditionallyToms River North has owned us, so forus to beat a quality team gives the girl’s

the belief that they canplay with anyone.”

Coming up for theLady Mustangs are threeimportant conferencegames against TomsRiver South, Lacey andcross-town rival BrickTownship. If BrickMemorial wants to makean early statement in theShore Conference andNJSIAA projected seed-ing, this coming week isthe time to build off theirwin over Toms RiverNorth.

On Saturday, Septem-ber 29th as part of theboys’ and girls’ varsitydouble-header againstBrick Township, BrickMemorial will be running a fundraiser forthe Wounded Warriors Project at BrickMemorial High School. All proceeds

from the gate and bake sale as well as anydonations received will go directly to theProject.

PHOTO: ERIC BRAUNJustine Magiofico (23) keeps the ball away from heropponent.

Mustangs Off And Running


By Michael RogersJunior Mike Basile is off to a great start this

season. After scoring five touchdowns lastweek in a 36 - 21 victory over MiddletownNorth, Basile scored four touchdowns thisweek helping the sixth ranked BrickMemorial football team to a 37 - 7 victoryover rival Jackson Memorial. The Mustangsare 3 - 0 and 2 - 0 in the Class A SouthDivision.

Basile scored all kinds of ways last week:making two touchdown catches, two runningtouchdowns and an interception returned for atouchdown. This week he hauled in touch-down passes of 13, 28 and 77 yards fromquarterback Ryan Cieplinski and also scoredon a 13- yard run. Even though he did notscore on defense this week he still had a biginfluence as he registered three sacks of thequarterback.

Once Brick Memorial was ahead 27 – 0,Jackson Memorial (1 – 2) got on the score-board when quarterback Charlie Lambana ledthe Jaguars on a 70- yard drive in seven playsand Khani Glover scored on a one- yardtouchdown run. Head Coach Walt Currieexpected the tough battle his team got but alsoexpects a big season out of Basile. “We felt itwas going to be an intense and physical gameand it was. The kid (Basile) is a great kid anda hard worker. When one of your best playersis also one of your hardest workers it’s alwaysa good thing,” said Currie. Brick Memorialwill try and keep their record perfect nextweek when they play a home game againstToms River East.

Brick Memorial’s Basile Off To Great Start

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By Mike RogersRED BANK – Red Bank Catholic(RBC) (3-0, 2-0), currently ranked11th in the state, seemed to be in theright place at the right time all nighttaking advantage of everything theLancers (1-2, 0-2) handed them. Thatresulted in a 45-14 Class A Centralvictory Friday night at Count BasieField.

The two teams traded fumbles ontheir first two possessions beforeRBC forced a Saint John Vianney(SJV) punt from deep in their ownterritory. RBC took over at their 47-yard line and went on an eight- playscoring drive. Frank Olmo ran it infrom the eight on third and four for a7-0 Casey lead with 2:45 remainingin the first quarter.

SJV stormed right back, embarkingon a 10 play scoring drive, highlight-ed by quarterback Billy DeMato’sseven-yard scoring strike to SteveCallari on a second and goal from theseven. DeMato was six for seven and70 yards on the drive. The Lancerscelebration was short- lived. On theensuing kickoff, Casey kick returnerJames Taylor, who also had a big sec-ond- half interception, broke free upthe middle, found an opening downthe sidelines and raced 83 yardsuntouched for the score. PatToomey’s extra point made it 14-7.

Tom Wagner fumbled the following kickoff at the16-yard line, with Frank Olmo recovering the ballfor RBC. Four plays later, Pat Toomey booted a

perfect 38-yard field goal increasing the lead to 17-7.DeMato immediately drove his team inside the

RBC red zone, when on third-and-three, ChrisWhitlock intercepted Demato’s pass and bolted 84yards untouched up the side lines culminating in a

24-7 lead. The Lancers pulled to within 10 points late in the half.DeMato connected with Collari on a48-yard bomb to the one yard line andon the next play, DeMato bullied hisway into the end zone for the scorewith 3:36 remaining in the half. RBCthen marched down the field asToomey used the clock to perfection.With four seconds showing, Toomeyhit Brian Vaughan for a game- definingtouchdown and a 31-14 halftime lead.

The Caseys controlled the game inthe second half with their potent run-ning game. Larry Redaelli returnedfrom a game one ankle injury to rushfor 160 yards, with 97 yards coming inthe second half. Redaelli’s return, alsoallowed Jessie Flaherty and MichaelCordova to contribute more on defenseand each scored touchdowns in the sec-ond half. Cordova scampered aroundleft -end for a three- yard score, cap-ping a 14-play drive increasing the leadto 38-14. Flaherty scored on a bruisingsix-yard run, breaking two tackles onhis way into the end zone to close- outthe scoring.

Head coach Jim Portela waspleased with his team’s effort. “Weplayed very hard, and when you playhard, good things happen,” saidPortella. “We’re a little banged up now.

We played four sophomores on defense. Weshowed a lot of character. Our young guys steppedup and our older guys accepted their roles. We grewas a team tonight.”


Opportunistic RBC Rolls Over SJV

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIRed Bank Catholic’s John Sullivan (6) gains yards on a run.


By Mike ReadyCOLTS NECK – Freehold Twp. cameinto Thursday’s game at Colts Neckundefeated (4-0), ranked 11th in thestate, third in the Shore Conferenceand riding a ton of momentum. But allthe hype meant nothing to the ColtsNeck Cougars (2-1-1), as they defend-ed their home field, defeating thePatriot’s in a hard fought and veryentertaining 2-1 victory.

Colts Neck stunned the crowd at the4:15 mark, when a pass by MichaelJelinsky found Joe Martinho just out-side the goalie box. Martinho convert-ed the pass, finding the back post witha perfect shot to right of the goalie fora 1-0 lead. With Freehold Twp. reel-ing from playing behind for the firsttime this season, the Cougars contin-ued to pressure the Patriot defense,keeping ball possession in their offen-sive zone with accurate passing andrelentless hustle.

With the boisterous home teamcrowd voicing their support, theCougars really gave them somethingto cheer about in the 16th minute.Martinho boomed a perfectly placedcorner kick, finding a streaking ScottHalpern in front of the goalie box.Halpern controlled the pass and boot-ed a rocket shot into the upper far cor-ner of the net, just out of reach of thegoalkeeper for a surprising 2-0 ColtsNeck advantage.

Colts Neck goalie David Reingoldmade the save of the game in the 26thminute. Head Coach Art Collier wasimpressed, “That one save was agame changer, if he hadn’t made that

save, we’d have been looking at a dif-ferent result,” said Reingold. As thesecond half began with Colts Neck up2-0, you could sense Freehold’surgency. The Patriots came out flying,bombarding Reingold with shot-after- shot until they finally brokethrough at the 60:40 mark.

Senior attacker Nick Costello gotFreehold Twp. on the board, beatingReingold to his right, cutting thedeficit to 2-1 with just under 20 min-utes to play. The Cougars held on forthe win, thanks to some excellentdefensive play from Michael Jelinsky

and Brian Keusch.Collier agreed. “Theydid a great job, theyfaced an awful lot ofpressure in front of thegoal in the second half and they stoodup to it,” explained Collier.

Collier also praised a number of hisother players. “Halpern organizeseverything for us, he sees the wholefield, and he’s our field general.Junior Dom Ricci had the best gameI’ve seen him play; he did a reallygood job at the top. He played big,maintained possession and didn’t give

it away. And for Joe Martino, he’s themost improved player on the team; hisgoal was a nasty little shot. He has agreat knack for stripping the ball andfinding space. We got the job done; tobe honest with you I don’t thinkthere’s much difference between usand them. The team worked very, veryhard for this win; they all stepped up,”said Collier.

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIScott Halpern (5) beats his opponent to the ball.

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIColts Neck’s Chris Tonelli (17) fights to keep the ballaway from a South player.

Colts Neck Edges Freehold Twp. In Class A North Showdown

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