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C Central Burning

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A North Burning

Questions

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A Central/B Central

Burning Questions

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A South Burning

Questions

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Shore Conference

Burning Questions

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B North Burning

Questions

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B South Burning

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Stumpy's Corner

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Is this Wall’s year?

The Crimson Knights stuck several of their currentseniors into the starting lineup during their sophomoreseason in hopes of peaking this year. Led byquarterback Steve Cluley, lineman Matt Pisarcik andtight end Derek Gardner, the Crimson Knights have thetalent to win their first division crown since 2007.

To do so, the defense will have to be moreproductive offensively against high-caliber teams.They won seven straight last season by blowing out agroup of teams that was primarily .500 or below, butstruggled to score against tough defenses likeMiddletown South, Manasquan and Lacey. Cluley willalso have to find a new No. 1 target after thegraduation of explosive wideout Kyle Janeczek.

The running game sputtered at times last season,forcing Wall to become one-dimensional behindCluley. If the Crimson Knights can find some balance

this season, they have a legitimate shot to win adivision title and make a run at their first NJSIAACentral Jersey Group III crown since 2002.

Can Manasquan return to the top in

Central Jersey Group II?

Manasquan is the defending division champion, andjust like last season, its Thanksgiving game with Wallcould once again decide the title. For the Warriors,though, the goal is always to play 12 games.

Now under new head coach Jay Price, a formerassistant, the Warriors should be right in the hunt tounseat Rumson-Fair Haven as the CJ II champion afterlosing to Matawan in last year’s semifinals. A crucialfactor could be the play of senior quarterback TylerSaito, who is coming off an elbow injury from baseballthat has lingered through the summer. Saito was erraticas a junior, forcing the Warriors to rely heavily on

now-graduated tailback Tariq Turner.

If Saito can turn the passing game into a strength,the Warriors should have good balance with KodieMcNamara and others returning the backfield. Theinjury bug has also hit them hard in the preseason andearly in the regular season in the last two years, so thatis something they hope to avoid. Given what they havereturning, the Warriors have a legitimate shot to add totheir Shore Conference-record 11 sectional titles ifeverything comes together.

Will Point Boro vault back intocontention?

After a turbulent year in which head coach CalvinThompson resigned in the middle of the season, thePanthers enter under new coach Sean Henry with somestability after Henry took over midway through 2010.

The Panthers have had poor starts in each of the pasttwo seasons, so getting out of the gate strong iscritical. With seniors John Dunbar and Chuckie Krohnin the backfield, the Panthers have potential to boostthe offense this season. Henry is a triple optiondisciple of former Point Boro offensive coordinatorWalt Currie, now the highly successful coach at BrickMemorial, so an offseason with Henry can only helpthe Panthers be more dynamic this season.

What about the rest of the division?

Jackson Liberty showed its capability to surprise lastseason when it stunned Wall early on, but the Lionscould not stay in the division race until the end. Theyhave to replace most of their skill players offensively,but do have a good building block on defense in seniordefensive tackle Remy Martin.

Monsignor Donovan is coming off a 2-8 season inwhich it struggled to put up points against qualityopponents after being one of the Shore’s most prolificoffenses in 2009. The Griffins will have to find a wayto score on the Manasquans, Walls and Point Boros ofthe world or they will be looking up in the standingsagain.

Legendary coach Warren Wolf retired after oneseason at Lakewood in which he led the Piners to a 3-7record after helping them break a 33-game losingstreak. New head coach L.J. Clark, a former assistant,inherits a team that lost stars like Da’Quan Kenneyand 1,000-yard rusher Ahmier Dupree to graduationbut still has some quality pieces in junior quarterbackTyrice Beverette and an offensive line with experience.

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Can defending champion Manalapan

withstand heavy graduation losses?

The Braves won their first outright division titlesince 1996 last season, then watched nearly their entirelineup graduate, including Rutgers freshmanquarterback Mike Bimonte and the All Shore MediaOffensive Player of the Year, running back JoshFirkser.

However, the cupboard is not completely bare by anymeans. The Braves return talented linebackers JohnSieczkowski and Alex McPherson and a potentialstandout two-way lineman in junior John Appice. Plus,the Firkser well is not dry yet, as junior AnthonyFirkser showed star potential as a wide receiver as asophomore. Plus, there’s always the theory that thereare plenty more talented players who were just stuckbehind senior standouts last year.

This program has become established enough that itcannot be discounted in its bid to repeat despite themajor losses.

Can Howell find enough defense to go

with its high-scoring offense?

Senior quarterback Ryan Davies set the ShoreConference single-season record for passing yards andtouchdowns last season, yet it only resulted in a 6-4campaign, albeit one that did include a state playoff berth.

Where Howell struggled was stopping opposing

running games that were able to limit the Rebels’ timeof possession on offense and score at will.Manalapan’s Josh Firsker scored 10 touchdowns in twowins over Howell, while Middletown South and EastBrunswick also controlled the clock with their runninggames in victories over the Rebels.

Perhaps the Howell offense will be so prolific that itwon’t matter, but it’s hard to win games deep into theseason if you can’t stop the run. The Rebels have somesize up front on defense and some good athletes, so it’sjust a matter of executing the gameplan.

Will Middletown South continue i ts

incredible run?

The Eagles have reached the state finals in nine ofthe last 10 seasons, which is a remarkable run givensome of the talent they lost to graduation over theyears. This season’s group is relatively unheralded andunder the radar, but has what it takes to make a run atthe division title and its customary spot in the CentralJersey Group III championship game.

Middletown South has lost three straight CJ IIIfinals with teams that have received more preseasonattention than this one, so it would only be fitting ifthis group was the one to get over the hump. TheEagles graduated nearly all of their skill players, so itwill be up to senior quarterback Howie Brey to leadthe newcomers and build a productive unit. While thisprogram and its coaching staff have earned the benefitof the doubt when it comes to overcoming graduation

losses, thismight betheir biggestchallenge innearly adecade.

Whatabout therest ofthedivision?

MiddletownNorth andFreeholdTownship will need to find a way to score more pointsagainst quality teams if they are going to surprise.Freehold Township battled defensively but took awhileto absorb the triple option under new head coach MikeD’Antonio before looking better toward the end of theseason.

Marlboro had its best season in years, going 4-6, butnearly the entire starting lineup has graduated. It willbe up to the Mustangs to show they are building aprogram and that last year was not a blip on the radar.

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Will Rumson-Fair Haven seize the

division title?

The Bulldogs are coming off their first NJSIAAsectional title in program history after stunningMatawan in Central Jersey Group II, but finishedsecond behind the Huskies in the divisional racelast season. While Matawan lost a ton of firepowerto graduation, Rumson returns a defense that couldbe among the Shore Conference’s best and looks tomake the Bulldogs the Class A Central favorite.

Matawan may again be Rumson’s main obstaclebecause the Huskies do return some talented skillplayers in sophomore quarterback Kashaun Barnesand senior running back Cassius Williams. Theyalso will have transfer Larry Alston III, a 6-foot-2,220-pound athlete who can play multiple positions.Plus, the Huskies will have no shortage ofmotivation for that game.

Rumson may have to rely on its defense early onwhile the newcomers on offense get acclimated, sothe time to get the Bulldogs may be early in theseason. “The Battle of Ridge Road’’ at rival RedBank Regional on Sept. 24 followed by a gameagainst Matawan looks to be the definitive stretchfor the Bulldogs, but don’t overlook an Oct. 21 datewith a Raritan team that always plays Rumsontough.

Can Red Bank Regional return to glory?

The Bucs have worked hard to pull themselves outof the abyss after going 3-27 from 2006-2008,improving to 4-6 last season under head coach Nick

Giglio and beating Long Branch on Thanksgivingfor the first time since 2003.

The current junior class has developed buzz sinceit was at the youth levels and now the payoff maycome in a run at a division title. Junior defensiveend Garrett Sickels projects to be one of the toprecruits in the Northeast and probably the nation bythe time he is a senior, while Dillon Stambaugh ledthe team in tackles at linebacker as a sophomorelast season.

Senior Tyheem Crawford and senior fullback PatQuinn are offensive weapons along with theversatile Tajhi Tomaino. This team will not flyunder the radar coming into the season, so it will beinteresting to see if the Bucs are ready to handle theincreased attention and expectations. I still thinkthey might be a year away from becoming a Top 10team, but they have the talent to do it this season.

Can Matawan reload after heavygraduation losses?

The Huskies lost some of the best players inrecent program history in Jared Allison, McArthurUnderwood, Andre Hodge, John Faccas, Keith Beatyand more from a core of talent that took them totwo straight Central Jersey Group II finals.

They return Barnes, Williams and more, but willhave to fortify the defense with the newcomers anddepend more heavily on Barnes and Williams topick up the offense. The talent is there. It’s justabout how quickly they can gain experience andexecute consistently. Offensive coordinator CharlieRogers has also returned to coaching in the Pop

Warner ranks, so there looks be an adjustment inthat area as well.

What about the rest of the division?

As always, Raritan has sleeper potential becauseof its coaching and propensity to overachieve, butthe Rockets lost a lot of talent and size up front tograduation. Just about all of the skill players arenew, but running back Steven Winetsky is one tokeep an eye on after he ended last year with somestrong performances.

Holmdel has installed a Howell-style no-huddle,pass-heavy spread attack to take advantage ofsophomore quarterback Mike Muh, so if anything,the Hornets should be entertaining to watch. St.John Vianney has a new head coach in formerHolmdel coach Andy Carlstrom, whose teams bringa hard-nosed brand of football. The Lancers aredefinitely one of the bigger wildcards in thedivision.

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Who is the favorite to win the division title?

With defending champion Shore Regional

graduating nearly its entire starting lineup from a

team that finished 11-1, this division seems fairly up

for grabs. I would make Asbury Park the slight

favorite because of the weapons it returns on offense

and the addition of the Conover twins, Amir and

Armond, who transferred to Asbury Park from

Lakewood in 2010.

The Conovers didn’t play football last season

because they were not eligible, but are two more

weapons as running backs and receivers to

complement senior wideout Tahj Hammary. The

twins starred on the basketball team that won the

Group I title this past winter and are solid all-around

athletes. The Blue Bishops have to find a

replacement for their top offensive weapon from last

year, graduated quarterback Jayvon Britt, but have

the type of speed and explosiveness to be a tough

team to slow down in this division. Plus, they have

the motivation of missing the playoffs last year after

winning three straight Central Jersey Group I titles.

Can Shore Regional still make a run at it?

Definitely, given the Blue Devils’ track record of

success under head coach Mark Costantino. They

have to replace a host of talented all-around players,

but in a division without a powerhouse team, they

may still have enough to hang another banner if the

newcomers can get up to speed quickly.

The Blue Devils still have players like running

back/linebacker Nick Grigos, running back/defensive

back Stefanos Kousaris and tight end/defensive end

Jake Armstrong to build around. The key will be

offense because it’s hard to recover from losing a

pair of 1,000-yard rushers (Pat Maggio and Mark

Coleman) and a star quarterback (Evan Ruane) to

graduation and keep the production at a similar level.

However, if the offense can just find a way to do

enough, the defense should keep this team in the

hunt.

What are Keyport’s chances to win itsfirst division title since 2003?

The Red Raiders certainly could be in the mix as

well despite losing 1,000-yard rusher Jordan

Edmonds to graduation along with star two-way

lineman Greg Velasco. This team can pound the ball

on the ground in its Wing-T attack with Richie Smith

and Lamair Hill. However, it has to do enough in the

passing game to keep opponents honest because it’s

hard to be that one-dimensional and win games deep

into the season.

The Red Raiders are always a physical team up

front on both sides of the ball. It comes down to their

offensive line being able to execute against top

opponents to move the chains and control the clock.

What aboutthe rest ofthe division?

With AsburyPark, ShoreRegional andKeyport being a

clear hierarchy,the rest of thedivision is wideopen. Mater DeiPrep made stridesin 2010 underfirst-year headcoach SteveSciarappa, theschool’s principal,but did losenumerous qualityplayers to graduation. This is the year the Seraphsare out to prove that they are truly building aprogram that can be competitive on a regular basis,and they have some pieces on offense to do it.

Point Beach enters as a relative unknown, but onewith optimism considering the pedigree of new headcoach John Wagner. He had a long run of success atRoselle High School from 1981-2005, including nineplayoff appearances and two NJSIAA titles.Keansburg can only go up after a rough 0-10 seasonin which it was outscored 422-48, but with someexperienced returners, the Titans have the ability toget back on the right track under veteran coach BrianKmak.

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Can Brick Memorial stay on top?

The Mustangs have taken their program to lofty

heights, having reached three straight Central

Jersey Group IV championship games, but this

season may be their biggest challenge considering

how much talent was lost to graduation.

They had one of the Shore’s top defenses and its

top defensive player, defensive lineman Will

Wowkanyn, but will have to replace their top

defensive linemen, linebackers and defensive backs.

In addition, two-year starting quarterback Mike

DiGuilmi is gone along with running back Jihaad

Howard and two-way lineman Russ Clayton. They

also took a big hit on special teams with the

graduation of kicker Jordan Loiodice, one of the

Shore’s best.

There are some ingredients to keep the winning

going for the defending Class A South champions,

primarily junior fullback Anthony Miller and senior

slotbacks Vincenzo Diodato and Jarred Eccles. If

head coach Walt Currie can find a quarterback to do

a solid job in his triple option system, this team can

keep the wins coming. There also may be more

pressure on the offense in the early going because

the defense lost so much that it’s hard to ask that

unit to almost single-handedly win games like it did

at times last season.

Is Toms River North ready to rejoin the

Shore’s elite?

The Mariners had become a regular Top 10 team

under head coach Chip LaBarca Jr. before taking a

step back last season in finishing 7-3 and out of the

state playoffs. They were right there, however, in

the hunt for the division title, and also nearly

knocked off

Class A

North

champion

Manalapan,

so it’s not

like it was

a major

dropoff.

With

quarterback

Scott

Buxbaum

and a host

of fast

receivers,

this year ’s

team looks

to be more

versatile

than last season’s squad, where quarterback Demetri

Davis was pretty much the whole show. They get a

chance to show their turnaround immediately when

they face a Howell team that blitzed them 48-17 in

last year ’s season opener. The Mariners always

seem to be solid defensively, so if they can find a

way to muster more offense against quality

opponents, they can vault right back into a top-five

team in the Shore.

Is a young Southern team ready to

contend?

The Rams have a junior class that was outstanding

at the lower levels, and many of them saw varsity

time as sophomores. Now the question is whether

they can go from complementary to impact players

this season and push Southern back into the

conversation for a division title. The Rams have

only won one division crown in their history, and

that was in 1972.

To do so, they will need to produce more

offensively against top division contenders. The

Rams only scored a combined 13 points in losses to

Brick Memorial, Toms River East and Toms River

North last season, so they will have to do better in

that area to vault ahead of those teams in the race

for the crown.

What about the rest of the division?

Much like Southern, Toms River East has to findconsistent offense this season. Teams ganged up onrunning back Mario Steriti last season in theRaiders’ run-heavy attack, so other weapons have toemerge behind Steriti this season to help themreturn to the postseason.

The darkhorse in this division is JacksonMemorial, which has a new head coach in formerdefensive coordinator Walt Krystopik. The Jaguarshave some ingredients to be better offensively,notably senior running back Brandon Winston. Agood start is key for this team, which has struggledout of the gate in recent seasons as it tries to regaina spot in the state playoffs that used to be taken forgranted.

Toms River South can only go up under newcoach Ron Signorino Jr. after registering its firstwinless season since the 1960s. Signorino Jr. builtprolific offenses at places like Monsignor Donovanand Toms River East, so it wouldn’t be surprising tosee him quickly make the Indians difficult todefend.

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2011 FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL BROADCAST SCHEDULE(Games to be broadcast on 105.7FM and 1160/1310AM)

Fri 9/9 Brick Memorial at Brick (7pm)

Fri 9/16 Manchester at Barnegat (7pm)

Fri 9/23 Point Boro at Jackson Liberty (7pm)

Fri 9/30 Toms River North at Toms River South (7pm)

Fri 10/7 Manchester at Central (7pm)

Fri 10/14 Middletown South at Brick Memorial (7pm)

Fri 10/21 Toms River East at Southern (7pm)

Fri 10/28 Middletown North at Toms River East (7pm)

Fri 11/4 Howell at Brick Memorial (7pm)

ADDITIONAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE

(Games to be broadcast on WOBM 1160/1310AM)

Sat 9/10 Howell at Toms River North (7pm)

Sat 10/22 Brick Memorial at Toms River North (7pm)

Thr 11/24 Manaquan at Wall (11am)

NJSIAA Playoff Games = TBD

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ith Preseason

training CamPs now

going into full swing in

mid-august aCross the

shore ConferenCe,

it’s time to take a

look at some of

the Questions,

Players, and more

to watCh for as we

head into the 2011season.

Four teams (Lacey, Rumson-Fair

Haven, Shore Regional, Freehold)

return as defending NJSIAA sectional

champions. Lacey finished as the

Shore’s only undefeated team last year

in seizing the No. 1 spot in the All

Shore Media Top 10 and enters with the

longest current winning streak in the

Shore of 13 games.

The Lions lost a host of outstanding

talent to graduation under veteran head

coach Lou Vircillo, which leads us to our

first question:

who is the Preseason no. 1 teamin the shore ConferenCe?

Unlike last season, when

it looked like Matawan

and Lacey were clearly

the top two teams

heading into the

season, this year is

a lot murkier

because of

graduation losses at

so many top

programs.

There are

numerous teams

that could make a

run at this spot, and

it could be one of

those years where

the No. 1 ranking

changes hands

frequently until the

smoke finally clears in December.

One candidate is a Red Bank

Catholic team that returns almost

everyone from a ferocious

defense that was one of the

Shore Conference’s best last

season. Excluding a 65-34

loss to perennial juggernaut

Bergen Catholic in the state

playoffs, RBC allowed only

8.1 points per game in its

other nine games in an 8-2

season. The Caseys return

arguably the top defensive

line in the Shore, featuring

standouts Joe Coscarelli and

Josh Klecko. They also have

an outstanding linebacking

corps headlined by Chris

Donald and Doug Whitlock.

They will face a daunting

schedule in Class B North

again, and if their offense

can produce against some

rugged opposing defenses

this season, they have a

chance to grab the top spot.

They also have been

realigned into Non-Public Group III in the state

playoffs, meaning they avoid the preseason No. 1

team in the nation, Don Bosco Prep, along with the

other North Jersey juggernauts like Bergen Catholic

and St. Peter’s Prep.

Non-Public Group III is no walk in the park with

Immaculata, Delbarton, St. Joseph-Montvale and

others, but the Caseys at least seem to have a realistic

shot at their first state playoff win since 1998.

Their Thanksgiving

rival, Rumson-Fair

Haven, returns almost its

entire defense from a

team that won the Central

Jersey Group II title and

could make a run at the

top spot as well. Howell

is back with a record-

setting offense led by

senior quarterback Ryan

Davies, but has to find a

way to stop the run and

protect Davies better

against top opponents to

make the leap to No. 1.

Neptune has a host of

talent and a state

championship-winning

head coach, former

Freehold head man Mark

Ciccotelli, but has to

start getting over the hump against top 10 opponents

before anything will be handed to the Scarlet Fliers.

A Wall team with a large group of three-year

starters led by senior

quarterback Steve

Cluley will look

to break

through

and

find a way to beat the likes of

Freehold, Middletown South and

others in the Central Jersey Group III

playoffs. Wall’s main rival,

Manasquan, also is perennially in the

hunt and will try to ascend back to

the top of Central Jersey Group II

under new head coach Jay Price.

Freehold, Matawan and Lacey all

were hit hard by graduation, but they

have proven in the past that they have

the talent to rebound. We’ll see if

they surprise fans who think they

don’t have enough left in the

cupboard to remain among the elite in

the Shore.

There is also another

group of teams capable of

making a run at the top

spot, which leads to the

next question of….

who is the Best team in

Class a south?

Brick Memorial is the

defending champion but

lost numerous stars from

last season’s Central

Jersey Group IV finalists

to graduation. Considering

the Mustangs have reached

three straight CJ IV finals,

they have earned the

benefit of the doubt that

they can reload, but this

may be the tallest order

yet under head coach

Walt Currie considering

the talent, including

ASM Defensive Player of

the Year Will Wowkanyn,

that walked out the door.

Toms River North returns

armed with a new

quarterback, Scott Buxbaum,

and a fleet of speedy receivers

as well as a potential star tight

end in Toms River South transfer

Jessie Tate. The Mariners were one or two

plays away from winning the A South title last year

and less than a minute away from beating Class A

North champion Manalapan, but those two losses left

them out of the spotlight. They have the talent to

reclaim their place this year and may be the slight

favorite heading into the season.

A Southern team featuring a talented junior class

could be the surprise team of the division. The Rams

are three years removed from the record-setting, 10-

win team led by Penn State’s Glenn

Carson, but this junior

class may have

the

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depth and talent to help them get back there.

The darkhorses are Jackson Memorial, Toms River

East and Toms River South. Jackson and Toms River

South have new head coaches in Walt Krystopik and

Ron Signorino Jr., respectively, while Toms River

East will have to find a way to generate more offense

this season after losing several low-scoring games

last year. Senior Mario Steriti is back and determined

to improve on a tough junior year for the Raiders.

Jackson has a building block in 1,000-yard rusher

Brandon Winston, while Toms River South will force

teams to defend the triple option employed by

Signorino Jr.

sPeaking of running the Ball...

whiCh running BaCks Can make amatt mClain or Josh firkser-style

leaP this season?

Heading into last season, McLainand Firkser were coming off

relatively quiet 1,000-yardseasons for Pinelands andManalapan, respectively. Bothof them exploded for morethan 2,000 yards rushing asseniors, including a ShoreConference-record 2,523 yardsrushing by McLain in only 10games.

That was the first timethe Shore had a pair of2,000-yard rushers in thesame season since currentNFL running backs

Knowshon Moreno andDonald Brown did it in 2004.

While it’s doubtful that featwill be repeated this season,

there are some candidatesto make the leap.

Two of the mainpossibilities areManchester’s Joe

Johnson and Central’sKalyph Hardy. Johnsonrolled up 1,414 yards lastseason, while Hardy ran

for a school-record 1,620during an otherwiseforgettable 1-9 season.They will be the focalpoints of opposingdefenses, so much of it

also comes down to thestrength of their offensivelines and the ability of

their quarterbacks to keepdefenses honest. In a

twisted way, what alsodoesn’t

hurt is having a porous defense ontheir own teams. Pinelands gaveup an average of 29 points pergame last season, so McLain hadto keep coming back on the fieldand running for more yards just tokeep up on the scoreboard.

Players who could make a jumpfrom the shadows to the limelightinclude Jackson Memorial’sBrandon Winston, who was one ofthe more consistent backs lastseason, and Matawan’s CassiusWilliams. With the graduation ofnumerous offensive stars for theHuskies, Williams should getmore carries and rack up moreyards. Also, don’t forget LongBranch junior Dwight Clark, whoalso will get more touches thisseason now that star quarterbackMiles Shuler has graduated.

I also think Asbury Park is going to havean explosive backfield, but there are toomany backs for one of them toindividually rack up a ton of yards.Same goes for Brick Memorial,which spreads it around enough inthe triple option that it’s hardfor one player togenerate massive totalsbut it leads to plentyof wins, which arethe most importantthing.

While there areplenty of excitingrunning backsheading into this season,the real theme I am sensing are teamsthat will be adept at stopping them.

whiCh leads to the nextQuestion of...

who will have the

shore’s Best defense?

This is always a little bit of a

subjective question because of

the different levels of

competition that each team

faces. A team that plays a

more difficult schedule

might not have numbers as

sparkling as a team that

rolled through lesser

competition with only one or

two tough games.

With that said,

two early candidates

that stick out are Red

Bank Catholic and

Rumson-Fair Haven. I

already discussed

RBC’s defensive

potential earlier in

this story, but

Rumson also should

be very tough on

that side of the ball

with nearly its

entire starting

defense returning.

While RBC’s

defensive line will

deservedly receive

plenty of attention,

Rumson’s group

should also be one of the Shore’s best. Senior

tackle Jack Eisenstadt has interest from

Monmouth University, and fellow defensive

lineman Mike Alonzo has interest from

Rhode Island. Another defensive

lineman, Jack Miles, also returns along

with senior Jake Clapp to give the

Bulldogs a deep, experienced and

talented front four.

Rumson did lose star

linebacker Mike Huttner to

graduation but still

returns senior Brian

Truex and junior Travis

Clark in that unit. Senior

Mike Moralle, who has

received Ivy League

interest, returns to

anchor the secondary

along with seniors

Nico Giaimo and Dan

Babiak. This unit was

good enough to

stifle one of the

Shore’s top offenses

in a 13-7 shocker

over Matawan in last

year’s Central Jersey

Group II final and could

be even better this

season.

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Middletown South should never

be discounted as a defensive force

given its track record, and the

Eagles will be led by senior

linebacker Joe Simone. Wall and

Manasquan always seem to

produce solid units as well,

although both struggled at

times last season.

Neptune has the personnel,

including Jaheem Woods, David

Gutzmore and Ikie Calderon, to

become a fast and swarming defense

under new head coach Mark Ciccotelli.

The Scarlet Fliers could be right there with

some of the Shore’s best, and the main key

will be stopping the run because they have

the players who can get to the quarterback

and defend the pass.

I’m also intrigued to see

if Red Bank Regional can

make the leap to an elite

defense behind star

junior defensive end

Garrett Sickels and

junior linebacker

Dillon

Stambaugh.

Many of the

Shore’s top

defenses last

season, like

Freehold, Brick Memorial,

Lacey and Shore Regional,

were hit hard by graduation,

so we’ll see if they can

reload. Toms River East

was quietly one of the

better defenses in the

Shore last year but

didn’t get many

headlines because

its offense

struggled and the

team did not

make the

playoffs, so keep

an eye on the

Raiders. Two

darkhorse

teams to watch

who could

make the leap

into the spotlight

are Colts Neck

and Ocean.

all of the disCussion leads to

the final Question of...

whiCh teams will win state

ChamPionshiPs this fall.This is always tough because it can take time for a

team to come together or get hot, so it’s hard to tell

in August. Just look at Freehold, which was written

off at 0-2 last year and then stormed to 10 straight

wins and the Central Jersey Group III title. Rumson-

Fair Haven was sitting in the

weeds all season before

reaching up and taking out

Matawan in the CJ II

final after losing by 28

points to the Huskies

earlier in the season.

Rumson is the

favorite to repeat as

CJ II champions and

has the ability to

do it behind a

strong

defense. I

think

Asbury Park

has a chance

to reclaim its

Central Jersey

Group I title

after missing

the state

playoffs last

season.

However,

the most

interesting bracket to me

is Central Jersey Group

III. Freehold is the

defending champion, but

lost a ton of talent to

graduation and lost star

linebacker Jazzmar Clax,

who transferred to Neptune,

along with head coach Mark

Ciccotelli, who is also at

Neptune. That makes the

Scarlet Fliers an instant threat

in this bracket, which they

have not won since 1998.

Wall has been building toward

this season for three years behind a

senior class that features a host of

three-year starters. Plus, Middletown

South has made the final in this

bracket in nine of the past 10 seasons,

including three straight, so you can

never count the Eagles out despite

their graduation losses. There is no

clear favorite, so it will be interesting

to see how this plays out.

Brick Memorial has made three

straight Central Jersey Group IV

finals, but this might be the

Mustangs’ biggest

challenge yet given the amount of

talent that graduated. I think Howell

is a real threat in this bracket because

of its prolific passing attack, but the

Rebels are going to have to find

a way to slow down opposing

running games if they are going

to win important games in

November. Also, with defending

champion Sayreville and Rutgers

recruit Delon Stephenson lurking out

there, it might be tough for any Shore

team to stop the Bombers from

repeating.

Finally, Red Bank Catholic has not won

a state title since 1976, but may have a

shot in Non-Public Group III. First, the

Caseys have to prove they can win their

first playoff game in 13 years before they

show they can go all the way, but that

would be a huge step for this program if

they can get to the finish line.

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Will Red Bank Catholic have enough offense

to grab a title?

On paper at least, the Caseys look to have one of

the top defenses in the Shore Conference with

experience and depth up front, at linebacker, and in the

secondary. However, to survive a tough schedule and

grab the B North title after sharing it last year with

Freehold, they have to find ways to consistently put

points on the board against a group of rugged opposing

defenses.

RBC returns senior quarterback Ryan Spahr to run

the show and has top wideout Greg Golden and tight

end Doug Whitlock back to help fill the void left by

playmaking tight end Jack Tabb, who is now at North

Carolina. The Caseys have had a 1,000-yard rusher for

eight straight seasons, but replacing current Harvard

freshman Andrew Casten, a two-time, 1,000-yard back,

still won’t be easy. Finding that next 1,000-yard back

may be the key to their entire season, as they have

been able to produce reliably productive offensive

lines on a yearly basis.

RBC was able to run the ball

even when teams knew it was

coming last year, and without

Casten, it remains to be seen if

the Caseys can continue to do

that. With a year of experience,

Spahr should be able to make

opposing defenses pay more

consistently for loading up the

box by getting the ball

downfield. The receiving corps

needs to raise its level of play

after being somewhat of an

afterthought last season.

Will Neptune finally get

over the hump and win a

championship?

The Scarlet Fliers have not

won a division or state title since

1998, when their current seniors

were toddlers. Still, the expectations are high for this

group. They now have a state champion coach in Mark

Ciccotelli, who led Freehold to a pair of Central Jersey

Group III titles in the last three seasons, beating

Neptune in the playoffs both times.

Following Ciccotelli over from Freehold is senior

Jazzmar Clax, a fullback/linebacker who has multiple

Division I-A offers. Add those two to a returning core

featuring quarterback defensive back Jaheem Woods

and linebacker/running backs David Gutzmore and

Ikie Calderon, and you have a team generating plenty

of buzz.

The Achilles’ heel of the team has been its offensive

line play, as it has struggled to move the ball against

quality defenses in championship-level games. Case in

point was a 14-7 loss to Red Bank Catholic last season

in which its defense was outstanding but the offense

could not muster a drive to put the game away before

RBC won it in the final seconds.

If Neptune can improve up front on both sides of the

ball, this team could finally return to its past glory for

the first time in more than a decade.

Did Freehold lose toomuch to repeat as divisionchampions?

The Colonials won a share of the

B North title and then went on to

capture a state title, but they

watched a lot of talent walk out the

door in addition to their head coach.

Quarterback Sterry Codrington and

the versatile Derrick Bender were

tough losses to graduation along

with a standout group of linemen.

Plus, Clax transferred to Neptune to

join Ciccotelli.

Former defensive coordinator

Dave Ellis is the new head coach.

He was a high-level assistant on

two state championship teams, so

he knows what it takes to win it all. The Colonials

have some good young talent, particularly up front, but

it may take a year of adjustment and experience before

they are ready to go for it all again. This team will

play with a chip on its shoulder, you can bet on that.

What about the rest of the division?

Long Branch is a bit of a wildcard in the post-Miles

Shuler era after a disappointing 4-6 season. Junior

running back Dwight Clark is a good building block,

but a host of newcomers up front on both sides of the

ball may signal some growing pains. Chemistry is

huge for the Green Wave after a season in which it was

never able to add up the sum of all its talented parts to

make a cohesive team.

Ocean is a proud program coming off a rare 3-7

season, so expect the Spartans to look to open some

eyes early on and surprise some people. They have a

Division I-caliber running back in senior Greg Moore

and good size up front, and they have something to

prove. Colts Neck lost one nail-biter after another in a

deceiving 2-8 season, so we’ll see if the Cougars can

start closing out wins after a year of experience.

Monmouth has a new coach in Jason Morrell and lost

just about all of its skill players to graduation, so the

Falcons enter as a relative unknown after reaching the

state playoffs for just the second time in school history

last season.

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Can anyone break Lacey’s grip on this

division?

I f anyone is going to make a run at Lacey’s

supremacy af ter a 12-0 season, now would be the

t ime because of the outs tanding senior c lass that

just graduated. Plus , offensive coordinator Craig

Cicardo, the archi tect of a uni t that has helped

the Lions go unbeaten twice s ince 2006, has

taken a job as an assis tant a t The College of New

Jersey.

St i l l , the Lions are a perennial ly tough team

under the only coach they have ever had, Lou

Virci l lo . There is s t i l l p lenty of ta lent , as senior

two-way l ineman Tyrel l Smith has an offer f rom

Tulane and plenty of other interest , and senior

t ight end/defensive end Jordan Powell a lso has

generated Divis ion I-A interest . Senior l ineman

Lex Knapp should also be one of the Shore’s

best .

The main quest ions revolve around the ski l l

posi t ions, mainly quarterback, where Craig

Cicardo Jr. was a three-year s tar ter. There always

seems to be a s tud ta i lback in wai t ing at Lacey,

and I wouldn’t be surpr ised i f the Lions go back

to their more t radi t ional I - formation, smashmouth

at tack rather than the spread shotgun employed

by Cicardo Sr.

Virci l lo a lways has this defense among the

Shore’s best , so i t comes down to how product ive

the offense can become af ter being one of the

Shore’s most explosive uni ts las t season. In a

divis ion that probably won’t have any other Top

10-cal iber teams in the preseason, the Lions s t i l l

look l ike the favori te .

Can Manchester take the next step?

The Hawks made just their second s ta te playoff

appearance in school his tory las t season and have

never won a divis ion t i t le . With senior running

back Joe Johnson, a 1 ,400-yard rusher, back in

the fold, they have a chance to win their f i rs t

s ta te playoff game in his tory and possibly make

a run at Lacey for a t i t le .

The key is senior quarterback Tim Rogers , who

is ta lented enough to make defenses pay for

loading up to s top Johnson. Manchester a lso has

to f ind a way to s top opposing running games,

which hurt them in several big games las t year.

I f you are going to beat Lacey, you have to be

physical up front , so that is the biggest quest ion

mark for the Hawks. Can they match Lacey’s

intensi ty up front on both s ides of the bal l?

This program has been bui lding up to a

moment l ike this under head coach Gerard

O’Donnel l , so now i t jus t remains to be seen i f

they are ready for i t .

Is Brick ready to get back to justplaying footbal l again?

After a l l the drama of the post-Warren Wolf

era and then Brick deciding not to re-hire Patr ick

Dowling as coach af ter two seasons, Brick

graduate Rob Dahl is now the Green Dragons

coach. The hope is that one of the Shore’s more

venerable program can get back to being relevant

again in the Shore landscape and worry more

about what is happening on the f ie ld rather than

off of i t .

Dahl has some bui lding blocks in quarterback

Brandon Kieslor, ful lback/ t ight end Tom Winters

and junior running back Doug Cuccinel lo , the

last of whom had some huge games as a

sophomore. Dahl plans to instal l the spread

shotgun offense he employed as the offensive

coordinator a t Jackson Memorial . Consider ing

Brick was shut out three t imes and held to seven

or less points on two other occasions, generat ing

more offense is the clear pr ior i ty.

What about the rest of the divis ion?

Barnegat has the arguably the divis ion’s top

player in Purdue-bound t ight end/ l inebacker Ryan

Morris , and Wake Forest basebal l recrui t Mark

McCoy succeeds record-set t ing Nick

SanGiacomo, a three-year s tar ter, as the team’s

star t ing quarterback. The Bengals cer ta inly have

some talent and weapons, but l ine play on both

sides of the bal l wil l ul t imately determine i f they

can make a run at their f i rs t divis ion t i t le in

program his tory.

Central is coming off a one-win season but has

Divis ion I-A prospect Kalyph Hardy, a 1 ,600-

yard rusher, re turning. That a lone should mean

some improvement in the win column. Perhaps no

team took a bigger hi t f rom graduat ion,

product ion-wise, than Pinelands. They lost

running back Matt McLain, who set the Shore

Conference record with 2,523 yards rushing, and

playmaking wideout Jake Hartman, so they wil l

be s tar t ing over offensively.

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There’snothingmore fun than trying to f igure out thestoryl ines of an upcoming ShoreConference footbal l season.

The preseason brings hype for some teams, backlash

against that hype from other areas, speculation about

players and coaches, and intrigue concerning the

newcomers. Everyone wants to be the first to say they

knew a certain team would have a breakout season

after being under the radar, and the dream of a state

championship is still real for every team.

Much of the buzz starts from watching scrimmages,

even though most teams are vanilla offensively

because they don’t want to tip their hands to opposing

coaches scouting in the stands. It’s a chance to see

that player you heard about but hadn’t seen in person

yet, or the newcomer that everyone is talking about.

It also usually gives fans something to argue about

later in the season if two teams that scrimmaged end

up undefeated or win state championships by season’s

end. Even though the game doesn’t count, players and

fans will crow about winning the scrimmage when

both teams go on to a lot of success and are battling

for high rankings in the Shore Conference.

With that said, here are some scrimmages you will

want to check out in the coming weeks as we get

ready for the 2011 Shore

Conference football

season.

Monday, Aug. 22

Toms River North at

Lacey, 10 a.m.

A traditional scrimmage

between two Ocean

County powers, this is a

chance to get a look at

Lacey after it lost nearly

its entire lineup to

graduation following a

12-0 season.

Tuesday, Aug. 23

Red Bank Catholic at Matawan, 10 a.m.

Two teams that built up a nice rivalry before

realignment took them off one another’s schedule go

at it. RBC has designs on the No. 1 ranking in the

Shore, while this is a good look at the next

wave of talent at Matawan after heavy

graduation losses.

Rumson-FH, St. Peter’s Prep, East Orange at

Middletown South, 4 p.m.

This was a great scrimmage last year and

a great opportunity to get a look at four

very good teams in one place. Rumson is

the defending Central Jersey Group II

champion, Middletown South has made nine state

finals in the last 10 years, St. Peter’s is a perennial

state power and East Orange is a perennial public

school power from North Jersey.

Friday, Aug. 26

Asbury Park at Point Boro, 10 a.m.

This is a quad scrimmage with two other teams, but

it’s a chance to see how Group I Asbury Park stacks

up against some bigger

schools and a perennial

Group II playoff team

in Point Boro.

Red Bank Regional

at Shore Regional ,

10 a.m .

A good chance to see

an up-and-coming Red

Bank team and star

junior Garrett Sickles

as well as the new-look

Blue Devils after the

graduation of most of

their lineup from an

11-1 team.

Sayrevi l le at Neptune, 10 a.m.

The Scarlet Fliers take on defending Central Jersey

Group IV champion Sayreville, which features

explosive Rutgers recruit Delon Stephenson. This will

be a great test to see how physical Neptune is up front

and how its skill players stack up against Stephenson

and Co.

Howell at Matawan, 10 a.m.

Howell’s high-f lying passing at tack meets the

explosive running at tack of Matawan in a

scr immage that a lways seems to feature some big

plays by each s ide.

Ocean at Brick Memorial , 5 p .m.

A good chance to get a look at Brick Memorial’s

new squad after graduation losses and also get a

glimpse at talented Ocean running back Greg Moore.

Saturday, Aug. 27

Wall at Manchester, 10 a.m.

A loaded Wall team travels to a Manchester team

that features 1,400-yard rusher Joe Johnson.

Freehold, Monmouth at Raritan, 10 a.m.

This is a chance to see how Freehold stacks up after

losing its head coach to Neptune and a host of talent

to graduation on the heels of its second state

championship in three seasons. Raritan also could be a

darkhorse in Class A Central, and Monmouth is a new-

look team with a new head coach in Jason Morrell.

Tuesday, Aug. 30

Lacey at Southern, 11 a.m.

A Lacey team coming off an unbeaten season takes

on a Southern team with a strong junior class that will

look to make noise in A South.

Thursday, Sept. 1

Manasquan at Red Bank Catholic, 4 p.m.

Manasquan usually shows nothing in scrimmages,

but it’s a good chance to see how physical each team

is up front because that is usually a signature of a

successful squad at both of these schools.

Piscataway at Middletown South, 6 p.m.

Two public school heavyweights knock heads. This is

always a good opportunity to see how Middletown

South does against Piscataway’s speed on offense.

Rumson-FH at Wall , 6 p .m.

Two teams with state championship and division

title aspirations will face off in a game scrimmage.

TR East at Manalapan, 6 p .m.

Two solid programs square off. Plus it’s a look at

Manalapan after the Braves lost nearly their entire

lineup to graduation.

Friday, Sept . 2

Neptune at Toms River North, 5 p.m.

Two teams that have the capability of being in the

top five in the Shore and making a run at division

titles square off in a game scrimmage.

Manchester's Tim Rogers

Red Bank's Pat Quinn

TRN’s Chris Hunter

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