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Team of the WeekPage 3

Neptune FootballPage 5

Lacey's Tyrell SmithPage 6

Feature on

Pt. Boro's Chuckie

KrohnPage 8-9

Lakewood's Tyrice

Beverette 1

Boys Soccer:

5 Reasons to

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Asbury Park

Football Seeking

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Feature on

Pt. Boro's Chuckie

KrohnPage 8-9

Lakewood's Tyrice

BeverettePage 1 1

Boys Soccer:

5 Reasons to

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Asbury Park

Football Seeking

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KrohnPage 8-9

Lakewood's Tyrice

BeverettePage 1 1

Boys Soccer:

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Football Seeking

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WEEK-1 WEEK-2Ocean Township Red Bank Catholic

WEEK-3Jackson Memorial - 42-10 win over Toms River North

WEEK-4

The National Guard Team of the Week

for Week Four is Central Regional, which

bounced back from its first

loss of the season to

hand Brick its first

Class B South loss

with a 35-20 victory.

The Golden Eagles

were led by a record-

setting effort from

senior running back

Kalyph Hardy, who

exploded for a school-

record 417 yards

rushing on 37 carries and

scored five touchdowns,

including a 95-yard run.

Hardy's total is the second-highest

single-game performance in Shore

Conference history, only three yards shy

of the record of 420 set by current Denver

Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno

for Middletown South against Neptune

in 2004.

Hardy's performance helped

the Golden Eagles continue

their best start in years.

One season after finishing

1-9, they are 3-1 and tied for

first place in the

division in the loss

column with three other

teams. Central is

gunning for its first

division title since 1994.

Sgt. John Naame of the New Jersey National Guard

presents the team of the Week Football to Jackson

Memorial’s Head Coach Walt Krystopik & team

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Head coach Mark Ciccotelli and senior fullback/linebacker

Jazzmar Clax may have been on their old field at Freehold where

they shared plenty of championship memories, but their new team

had a message for them in a meeting with the Colonials in Week

Four.

You're one of us now, and we've got your back.

Senior quarterback Jaheem Woods ran for 149 yards and two

touchdowns on 15 carries and also threw for 149 yards and a

touchdown to help Neptune roll to a 31-6 victory over Freehold

(2-2, 2-1) in a Class B North game. The week leading up to the

game had been filled with drama as it marked the first meeting

between the two teams since Ciccotelli and Clax both came over

to Neptune in the offseason after being part of a Freehold team

that won last year's NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III title. The

Scarlet Fliers (3-1, 2-1), ranked No. 5 in the All Shore Media Top

10, bolted out to a 25-0 lead with a dominant first half and

did not look back, while the defense limited the Colonials to

94 total yards.

"We put them right here (points to heart),'' Woods said,

referring to Ciccotelli and Clax. "They're with us now, so

we had to come out and play as hard as we could for them.

We couldn't let them take a loss on this field, knowing that

(Clax) came from there and they would've never let

him live it down. I'm glad we got this win for

Jazzmar and coach Ciccotelli, and now it's time

to move on.''

"There was a lot of animosity, and

everyone was anxious for the game,''

said Clax, who missed the season

opener because Freehold challenged

his transfer eligibility with the

NJSIAA on the grounds of

athletic advantage before the

NJSIAA ruled in Clax's favor.

"To be able to come here and do what we

did, it's definitely a great feeling. There was so

much that was going on and

so many things that

were said

outside the lines of

the football field

that I'm just

glad

it's come to an end, and we can

move on to the next game.''

Neptune set the tone with an

impressive first half in which it

outgained Freehold 245 to

minus-17 in yards and limited

the Colonials to one first down

while scoring on its first four

possessions. The Scarlet Fliers

took the opening kickoff and

drove 67 yards in five plays,

highlighted by a 40-yard run by

Woods, who capped the drive

with a four-yard burst up the middle for a 6-0 lead.

Freehold answered when senior Dayshawn Perry

returned the ensuing kickoff to Neptune's 22-yard line,

but Woods killed all the momentum when he

intercepted a pass in the end zone by Freehold

quarterback Kevin Smith on the first play to snuff out

the threat. The Scarlet Fliers then embarked on an

11-play, 80-yard drive that ended with Clax

bulldozing up the middle for a 2-yard

touchdown and an eventual 13-0 lead

with 3:50 left in the first quarter.

Woods hit senior wideout

Casey Beauford for a 21-yard

gain and junior wideout

Geoff Fairbanks for a 26-

yard gain to highlight

the drive.

"They (the Freehold

crowd) were already

on Jazz as soon as we

came out, but we took

their crowd out of it

with the first score,

stopped them, and then

punched it in

again,''

Woods said.

Senior linebacker David

Gutzmore hit fullback Jahree

Whiting for a six-yard loss to cause

another three-and-out on Freehold's

next possession. Six plays later,

Woods scored from four yards out

to make it 19-0 with 11:14 left in

the second quarter. The defense then

forced another three-and-out, and

on the first play of Neptune's next

drive, Woods found Fairbanks

streaking behind the defense for a

39-yard touchdown pass and a commanding 25-0 lead. Fairbanks

finished with three catches for 84 yards in the win.

Freehold showed signs of life when it took the opening kickoff

of the second half and drove 64 yards in eight plays, scoring on a

24-yard touchdown run up the middle by Whiting to cut the lead

to 25-6 with 7:26 left in the third quarter. Neptune quickly

deflated any thoughts of a comeback when junior Myles Martin

exploded up the middle for a 90-yard touchdown return on the

ensuing kickoff to boost the lead back to 31-6.

After the game, Ciccotelli was greeted warmly by several

Freehold fans and parents as well as former star quarterback Nick

Tyson, who is now a running back at The College of New Jersey.

While Ciccotelli tried not to make a big deal about it during the

week, it certainly felt strange dressing in a different locker room

and standing on a different sideline from the program that he took

to two Central Jersey Group III titles in the last three years after

the school had never won one since the inception of the playoff

system in 1974. Freehold head coach Dave Ellis is his former

defensive coordinator, and several members of his former staff

are assistants under Ellis.

"I downplayed that a little bit, but it wasn't easy,'' Ciccotelli

said. "You show up here, and there's a lot of great memories on

this field, and you see all the former players and families here.

This is a great community, great kids and a great coaching staff.

As happy as I am for our kids today and our staff, I'm upset for

those guys. I'm upset for their coaches and their kids like

Dayshawn Perry, Jahree (Whiting) and the guys we won a

championship with.''

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Lacey’s Tyrel l Smith is one of New Jersey 's top

Class of 2012 footbal l recrui ts and has possibly

transformed himself into one of the nat ion 's best a t

offensive and defensive tackle for coach Lou

Virci l lo 's Lions.

In 2010, Smith was a good footbal l player with the

potent ia l to be a s tar once he raised the bar a bi t .

After an intense workout regimen, Smith has gone

from 6-foot-5, 315 pounds to a sol id 6-foot-5.5, 295

pounds.

"I 'm s t ronger mental ly and physical ly, ’’ Smith

said. “I t r immed down, and I am in bet ter shape. I

have a bet ter knowledge of the sport of footbal l and

have more of a vis ion.

"As a junior I was going with the f low. This year I

am dominat ing the ent i re game and whoever I face. I

consider myself a beast on the f ie ld . ’’

Smith, who

current ly has

scholarship offers

from Tulane,

Marshal l and

UMass, has a l l the

tools to be a

standout offensive

or defensive

l ineman at the

col legiate level .

Smith has a lso

gained interest f rom

NC State , North

Carol ina, Central

Flor ida, Rutgers ,

UConn, Penn State ,

Temple, Boston

College, and

Florida.

“Tyrel l (Smith) has

real ly turned the

tables and has

become the

dominat ing player

that I knew he could

be,’’ Virci l lo said.

“All the schools are

coming in now and

seeking his f i lm.

Central Flor ida just

contacted us today and wants to see

more of him. All I asked him to do was

work hard and everything would work

out in his favor, and he bought into that .

Things are s tar t ing to heat up for him

more and more. Things are s tar t ing to

real ly work out in his favor now from

working hard."

As an offensive l ineman, Smith now

seems to have the “seek and destroy”

at t i tude that is a necessi ty for a l l great

offensive l inemen, something he lacked

a year ago.

When former Plainf ie ld High School

and Univers i ty of Virginia All-American

and current Jacksonvi l le Jaguars

offensive tackle Eugene Monroe was

asked "How do you feel about Smith?"

af ter watching the senior ’s f i lm from

Lacey’s f i rs t

game this season

on YouTube, he

had this to say:

"You can te l l he is a bi t

rough. He dominates a t this

level because of his s ize and

strength. He moves wel l and

shows desire and aggression,

which is something you can ' t

real ly coach – that ' s in the

heart . He plays too high r ight

now. He can dominate a bi t

more, but he has a lot of

ta lent , sor t of l ike myself

when I was back in high

school ."

As a defender, Smith has

superb quickness and pad

level for a player his s ize . He

ut i l izes his arms and la teral

speed wel l to hunt down bal l

carr iers and to get his hands

on quarterbacks for sacks.

“He is pret ty good and has a

lot of ta lent ,” said Kade

Weston, a former defensive

tackle for Red Bank

Regional , the Univers i ty of

Georgia and the

New England

Patr iots .

“I think that he is

a good defensive

l ineman but would

be a bet ter

offensive l ineman

at the col lege

level .”

So what s ide of

the bal l would

Smith l ike to play

on?

"I l ike defense

more because I

l ike to hi t and

ut i l ize my hands,"

said Smith, who in

the f i rs t four

games of the

season has already

accumulated f ive sacks. "My favori te professional

player is former New York Giant Michael Strahan

because I 've a lways been a Giants fan and I l iked the

way he played. He is a funny guy and so am I . I

a lways wanted to play on the defensive l ine l ike

him."

Smith is a good-natured player who always seems

to be in a good mood, unt i l he faces opposing teams

on the gr idiron.

"I have a good personal i ty, ’’ Smith said. “I smile

24-7. People don ' t understand how I do i t . I see

playing footbal l as a business during the game.

Before and af ter is something different . ’’

A wel l- rounded athlete , Smith is a lso a member of

the school’s t rack and basketbal l teams.

"I throw the shot put , but I 'm actual ly going to t ry

and run the 100 meters this year," he s ta ted jokingly.

Smith is just as impressive in c lassroom as he is

on the gr idiron and hardwood, carrying a grade-

point average in the range of 3 .1 on a 4 .0 scale .

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tanding and watching as hisPoint Boro football

teammates ran through theirfinal tune-up for the 2011 seasonduring a scrimmage againstCarteret, senior ChuckieKrohn broke downcrying right on thesideline.

Krohn had torn his ACL and par t

of the meniscus in la te June when

he planted wrong and heard a

sickening pop in his lef t knee during

a game at a basketbal l team camp at

Rutgers . He had done physical

therapy on i t and regained a

reasonable range of motion,

postponing surgery in the hope that

some way his senior footbal l season

could be salvaged. However, with his

surgery set for Sept . 14, the real izat ion

that everything he had worked for was

not going to happen came crashing down

the night of Sept . 1 .

"When (the injury)happened, it wascrushing,'' he said."I've been waiting formy senior year offootball my whole life.That night againstCarteret, it hit me. Mywhole team came upto me and washugging me.''

As the date of his surgery loomed closer, Krohn

began ta lking about his predicament with good fr iend

Carly Purdy, a Point Boro gir ls soccer player who is

deal ing with an ACL injury of her own. Purdy

informed him that she was going to t ry and play with

a damaged knee without having surgery because she

did not want to miss her senior season.

"She said she was going to wai t a couple of weeks and

play on i t , and I was l ike, 'Are you crazy? ' ' ' Krohn said.

"Then I was l ike, 'My God, am I going to look l ike a gir l

now that I 'm not playing on i t? ' In the back of my head, I

was l ike, 'Her doctor is not going to le t her do that . ' ' '

Regardless , Purdy had planted a seed. The hel l

with i t , he thought . He wasn ' t going to ever be a

senior in high school again. He was going to

f ind a way to play.

"It just got in myhead, ' ' he said. "It 'smy senior season, andfootbal l is the thing Iam the mostpassionate about inthis world.''

Barely two weeks before his scheduled

surgery, the surgeon 's off ice cal led to ask

if he had any las t -minute quest ions

regarding the procedure.

"I was l ike, 'Yeah, about that . . . , ' ' Krohn

said. "I told them, ' I th ink I 'm going to

hold off on that for a couple of months. ' '

Krohn then had to make a ser ious

lobbying effor t to his doctor and his

mother to a l low him to s tep out on the

f ie ld this fa l l . Playing with a torn

ACL, there would be more pressure

placed on his medial col la teral

l igament (MCL) and his poster ior

cruciate l igament (PCL), which

could possibly rupture . After

playing quarterback and

running back in Point Boro 's

opt ion offense las t year, Krohn

said he would move to t ight end

in order to play this season.

"I sold my doctor on the pi tch

that I wasn ' t going to be tackled or

making open f ie ld cuts very much at t ight

end, ' ' he said. "I would mainly just be

blocking.

"If I feel any kind of crack, pop or

pain, the doctor is pul l ing the plug.

The worst outcome out of this is that

when I 'm 45 years old, I wil l have

pain and ar thr i t is in my knee. I 'm

wil l ing to deal with that

because I just love footbal l so

much, and you only get a

chance to be a senior once. ' '

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He st i l l had to convince his mother, who didn ' t want to have to watch the

ent i re season through a crack in the f ingers on the hands covering her face

in worry. He somehow was able to pul l i t off .

"My mom was bugging out , ' ' Krohn said. "I just told her that this is my

favori te thing in the world, so please just give me the chance to play. ' '

Krohn ant ic ipated the general react ion from others when they found out

that he was going to t ry and play the season with a torn ACL. He also knows

that he is jeopardizing his chances of la tching on with a Divis ion III footbal l

program and cont inuing his career.

"You get some people that are just l ike, 'You are crazy for what you ' re

doing. You have the res t of your l i fe , ' ' ' Krohn said. "Other people come up

to me and say that this is l iving for the moment , and I might not play

competi t ive sports ever again, so there 's no reason why I shouldn ' t go out

and give i t a shot . ' '

Only days before Point Boro was set to take on Manasquan in i ts season

opener, the kid with the torn ACL walked on to the pract ice f ie ld to the

wonder of his teammates .

"I had a big brace on, but that was one of the greatest feel ings I 've ever

had, ' ' Krohn said.

"When he came back, we cal led out a l l the other phonies who weren ' t

working hard but said they loved footbal l so much, ' ' sa id senior quarterback

John Dunbar. "How can you complain about

bumps and bruises when you see that? We were

so f i red up to see him come back. ' '

Even though Krohn was medical ly

cleared to play in the opener, he had not

par t ic ipated in the minimum of s ix

pract ices required by NJSIAA rule , so he

could not play in the Manasquan game.

That doesn ' t mean that he wasn ' t a par t

of the game in spir i t . On Sept . 8 , the

night before the Panthers welcomed

Manasquan to Al Saner Field, each of

the seniors s tood up at a team gather ing

and addressed their teammates .

"Chuckie got up las t , ' ' sa id Point Boro

head coach Sean Henry. "By t ime I went up

to close the meet ing, I was in tears . He

talked passionately about f ight ing to come

back. You don ' t hear kids being cleared

with a torn ACL and coming back to

play. ' '

Krohn spoke about watching former

Manasquan s tar Mike Mele run through

the Panthers back when Krohn watched

with his f r iends as a s ixth-grader, and

how they vowed that things would be

different their senior year. He had

waited his whole l i fe for a game that

he now had to watch from the

sidel ines , but he knew the team would

go out and give everything i t had.

"A lot of kids came up to me af terward and said

they were near tears , ' ' Krohn said.

Point Boro ended up losing 46-28 to Manasquan,

but fought back from a 26-7 half t ime def ici t to

make i t a game down the s t re tch. A week la ter,

Krohn returned to the f ie ld in a 30-20 win over

Holmdel , playing at t ight end and a handful of

plays on defense. I t wasn ' t l ike las t year, when

Krohn was one of Point Boro 's top offensive

players and combined with Dunbar for a 1-2 punch that f requent ly found the

end zone. Point Boro 's f lexbone opt ion offense doesn ' t regular ly use a t ight

end, but has some sets featur ing that posi t ion, so Krohn was able to get

regular breaks during the game.

"I t ' s kind of a bummer, but a t the

same t ime, I 'm happy to be out

there , ' ' Krohn said. "I went f rom

last year when I was running,

throwing, taking hi ts and scoring

touchdowns, to this season, where I

have to accept my role . I know what

i t ' s l ike to be out there a t 100

percent , but I would rather be out

there without showing my ful l

potent ia l than not be out there a t

al l . ' '

"To be honest , he did a great job, ' '

Henry said. "You wouldn ' t even

know what happened besides seeing

the knee brace. ' '

Before the Holmdel game, Krohn

walked out to midfield as a captain,

leaving teammates and fans

al ternately marvel ing and nervous

that i t was real ly happening.

Regardless of what t ranspires going

forward, he can say that he at least

was able to play in one game as a

senior - one more game than anyone

would have ever thought .

"Knowing that kid got that game, i t made the ent i re night worth i t , ' '

Henry said. "He was in so much pain at the end because he is s t i l l get t ing

into shape, but seeing him smil ing and seeing him with his teammates

made the ent i re night worth i t . ' '

I t ' s c lear that i t wi l l take a lot . to pul l him off the f ie ld the res t of the

season.

"What more inspirat ion could you possibly need than seeing him out

there? ' ' Henry said.

A preseason that ended with Krohn in tears has t ransformed into a

regular season where Krohn's guts iness or madness , depending on

your view, has others get t ing choked up.

" O the r t han w inn ing , w h ich i s my f avo r i t e t h ing , I l ove be ing a

l eade r, ' ' K r ohn s a id . " I l ove hav ing 50 guys l ook a t you , s ay ing ,

' You ' r e t he one w e ' r e go ing t o depend on . ' A s s oon a s my

teammate s s aw me coming back , I s a id , ' I ' m go ing t o pu t i t a l l on

the f i e l d f o r you guys . ' I j u s t l ove f oo tba l l , and I l ove F r iday

n igh t s unde r t he l i gh t s .

"I had to do i t .

You don't getthis t ime back."

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Lakewood junior quarterback Tyrice Beverette has been astandout in football for some time now.

As a youth he was a member of two Asbury Park Pop Warnerteams that traveled to Florida to compete for the chance to play inthe Pop Warner version of the Super Bowl.

"I went as a Pee Wee and then as a Junior Midget," said Beverette,who lined up at quarterback, running back and linebacker for theBishops. "We won it all (the National Championship) as Pee Wees(2007) and then we lost the following year as the Junior Midgets(2008) in the finals."

Those years are all considered fond memories for Beverette.

"Those were fun years for me playing as ayouth, and now it is more serious for me,"said Beverette, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound juniordefensive back/quarterback for Lakewood.

Upon reaching high school, Beverette foundhimself as the starting quarterback on a youngand struggling team midway through the 2009season and has held the starting spot eversince.

"It's been hard but a blessing because I feelit has made me a strong person as a whole,’’Beverette said. “ I've been a leader for thisteam from Day One and have never turnedmy back on the program or anyone involvedin our program.’’

Beverette is a sensational athlete who notonly starts at quarterback for the Piners, butalso plays on all the special teams and roamsthe field as a free safety. He is a tough, smartand disciplined player who has an impressivearm as a passer and possesses quick andelusive moves as a runner. As a safety hebreaks on the ball well and seems to have aknack for placing himself in the right positionto make big plays.

Over the summer, the Lakewood Board of Education hired formerLakewood football and basketball player LJ Clark as the school’snew head football coach to succeed the efforts put forth bylegendary coach Warren Wolf, who retired after 52 seasons as ahead coach, 51 of them at Brick, following a 3-7 season with thePiners in 2010. Wolf helped Lakewood break a 33-game losingstreak in the process.

As a freshman in 2009, Beverette showed promise on both sidesof the ball and was even better as a sophomore in 2010, throwingfor 1,000 yards along with 10 scores, two rushing touchdowns and73 tackles on defense for the Piners.

"I learned a lot from coach Wolf during his one year here withus,’’ Beverette said. “Things like dealing with adversity andeveryday life – he made us believers and gave us vision. We becamea team that played through the four quarters."

In Week Two of this season, Lakewood defeated MonsignorDonovan 28-12, providing Clark with his first win as the head

coach after suffering a 7-0 defeat to Holmdel in the season opener.

"I feel that we should be 3-0,’’ Beverette said. “We should havebeaten Holmdel. I feel we are a better team than them. We made upfor it the following week when we beat Monsignor Donovan.’’

Beverette was sensational in the win over the Griffins, runningfor two touchdowns, throwing for two more, picking off threepasses on defense and making 11 tackles.

"It felt good to get coach his first win, but my job is to make surehe gets many more,’’ he said.

The Piners’ current record stands at 1-2 following a loss to apowerful Wall Township team and a bye in Week Four.

"Week in-and-out we go into games as theunderdog,’’ Beverette said. “It feels good toprove everybody wrong, and we're going to doa lot of that this year and onward with coachClark being the head coach."

Beverette hopes it adds up to a long-soughttrip to the state playoffs, where Lakewood hasnot been since 2002.

“My goals include leading my team to theplayoffs before I leave,’’ he said. “Lakewoodhasn't been in the playoffs in a while, and I wantto show my teammates what it feels like to getthere."

Beverette carries a grade-point average in the3.45 range (4.0 scale) and has many of thenation’s top football programs showing interestin his skills.

"Grades are so important to me because I'velearned from other people’s mistakes,"Beverette said. "I've seen so much talent go towaste because of poor grades being the issue. Irefuse to let that happen to me."

His favorite classes on his current schedulejust happen to be his hardest classes, math and science.

"Algebra II and Chemistry are my favorite classes, and for somereason I seem to get the best grades in those classes,’’ he said. “Theyare my hardest classes. I just love facing challenges. I've alwaysbeen that way.’’

Beverette is bound to have college recruiters scratching theirheads upon them evaluating his film. Reason being, he is a superbathlete with the ball in his hands and a premier player as adefensive-back.

Which side of the ball does he prefer?

"I prefer defense over offense because I like delivering hitsinstead of receiving them," he said.

He has colleges such as Rutgers, UCLA, Wisconsin, Notre Dame,and others interested in his football skills - but that's not the onlysport that has drawn the attention of college recruiters.

He is also a standout basketball player for the Piners as a guard,

and has yet todecide which pathhe will be pursuingat the collegiatelevel.

"I prefer playingwhichever sportprovides me withthe bestopportunity at thecollegiate level,’’he said. “Whetherit's football orbasketball, it doesn't really matter as long as I earn a scholarship.My heart and desire is in both sports.’’

When asked to describe himself and what differentiates him fromother athletes, he had the following to say:

"I'm a serious guy in the classroom, and I'm a hard worker. I liketo have fun and joke around a lot with my friends, but when it's timeto be serious, then Tyrice Beverette becomes serious and focused.’’

Beverette has two coaches of who are quite aware of TyriceBeverette the athlete, Tyrice Beverette the student and TyriceBeverette the person. Both whom seem to have the same perceptionof him as a whole.

“Right off the bat, Tyrice is a natural born leader,’’ Clark said. “Heis a very savvy and intelligent player and person. He doeseverything you ask him to. He never comes off the field and hasnever complained since I've known him. If I asked Tyrice to parkmy car during the game he would do it - that's the type of player andyoung man he is."

“Tyrice is a natural born leader,’’ said Piners basketball coachRandy Holmes, echoing Clark’s sentiments verbatim. “He hasqualities you can't teach. I feel that Tyrice is just as good as abasketball player as he is a football player and that is extremely rareto have those qualities. He is better as a person as he is an athlete.That speaks volumes of his character as a whole."

Beverette is currently one of the Shore Conference’s "ElitePlayers" for the Class of 2013 and has enough skills to be one ofNew Jersey's top players, if not the nation.

"I think I can be the best player in the area if I continue to workhard – there's not a question in my mind," said Beverette, whosedream schools consist of Notre Dame, Oregon, Georgia, Ohio State,and Florida.

"Those are all schools that I would love to play for at thecollegiate level.’’

“I feel that Tyrice can play on any team in the state,’’ Clark said.“That is how confident I am in him. I feel he is one of the top fiveplayers in the Shore right now.’’

"But who am I?’’ he added with a smirk. “I’m just his coach –that’s for you to decide.’’

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C o n t i n u e d o n n e x t p a g e

October is upon us and that usuallymeans that the level of play getsratcheted up and things begin to getinteresting, but this season beganwith such an air of inevitability thathas only grown stronger now thatChristian Brothers Academy hasstarted 7-0 with a 26-1 goaldifferential.

The Colts are the lone unbeaten team left and the rest of

the Shore Conference field seems to change its colors

every week. Even if there may not be much drama in

crowning a Shore Conference Tournament champion, there

is still plenty to watch during the month of October and

the potential for an entertaining month-and-a-half may

actually be as promising as it's ever been.

5. The Group II Playoffs

Any number of Shore Conference teams have

legitimate aspirations to win NJSIAA sectional

championships, but there is particular intrigue in

Central Jersey Group II. Holmdel, Rumson-Fair Haven

and Shore Regional are all in the race for the No. 1

seed in the section and if that isn't enough, all three

play one another during

the regular season.

Rumson-Fair Haven has

a win over Holmdel, while

Holmdel defeated Shore on

Saturday, leaving the

Bulldogs with the inside

track at the top seed

among Shore Conference

teams and in Class A

Central to boot. Holmdel,

however, will get another

shot at Rumson, while the

Bulldogs still have to get

through Shore before the

Shore Conference

Tournament cutoff on Oct. 17.

The Hornets will attempt to win a second straight

NJSIAA championship, although the defending Group III

champions will attempt to do so in a lower Group. It might

have seemed a long shot that Holmdel could repeat after

losing so much to graduation, but the Hornets have played

well early on and the move to Group II could help the

cause.

In addition to the top three teams, Red Bank remains

close behind and has already shown it can beat Rumson

and play with Holmdel. The Bucs did lose 4-1 to Shore in

their opener, but they have made progress since then and

when they are on, they are dangerous.

4. Small School Showcase

Group IV level schools -

which include CBA - have

dominated the Shore

Conference Tournament

over the last five years,

which is to be expected.

Since 2004, no school

smaller than Group IV has

reached the final and only

Group II Raritan in 2009

even made it to the

semifinals.

While Group IV schools

Freehold Township, Howell,

the three Toms River

schools and Colts Neck

have all emerged as

potential SCT finalists,

there is still a group of

smaller schools that can

threaten the establishment,

so to speak. Holmdel and Rumson look like they can each

be a threat to a team out of A North or A South, and

Freehold Boro is as talented as any team other than CBA.

In the days leading up to the Shore Conference

Tournament and certainly in the days during it, the big-

school-small-school dynamic is an intriguing storyline

because the talent gap is smaller than it has been in the

past. Now, we'll see if the scores reflect that.

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3. The Shore Conference Tournament

As far as the Shore Conference soccer scene goes, there is no better day than round-of-16

Saturday in the Shore Conference Tournament. When there is no standardized testing to get

in the way, there is a game or two starting at 10 a.m. with the rest of them starting at

different times throughout the day, including a possible night game to cap the action.

If you're doing the math, there's the potential to catch four tournament games in one day if

the times fall correctly, and given that the conference is wide open beyond the No. 1 seed,

this year's round-of-16 Saturday could be particularly wild.

Even if CBA disposes of the No. 16 seed, the No. 2 seed could be in for a game on Oct.

22. The No. 15 seed could be a team like Middletown South, Southern, Ocean or maybe

even Wall, and a team of that caliber would not be an easy out for a team like Freehold

Township, Toms River East or Toms River North. There are sure to be some landmines in

the middle of the field and those eight games on that Saturday could provide some major

upsets.

From there, the David-vs.-Goliath stories will begin as CBA gets closer to the

championship and as some other team picks up steam by going on a tournament run. No

team has yet established itself as the clear No. 2 and it seems the team that opposes CBA

will be the one that gets hot, not the one that gets the best seed.

2. How far can CBA go?

The Colts have climbed to No. 6 in the latest ESPN Rise Top 50 and are No. 1 in the state

according to the Newark Star Ledger, and while that carries with it a certain amount of

burden, CBA is operating with a set of expectations all its own on a level of performance

unmatched by any other team as of yet. They have outscored their opponents 26-1 through

seven games and since getting off to a "slow" start with 1-0 and 2-1 wins over Delbarton

and Freehold Township, they have been nothing short of dominant.

With that level of performance and a roster that features no less than four Division I

recruits, anything short of an appearance in the NJSIAA Non-Public A final would be a

disappointment to some degree. St. Joseph-Metuchen knocked off CBA last year and will be

another tough out again in South Jersey Non-Public A, but the Colts feel they owe the

Falcons for last year's shootout loss.

The dream match at this point would feature CBA against defending group champion

Pingry, which is ranked one spot behind CBA in the ESPN Rise rankings. The Colts have

not won a title since 2002 and while ending that drought would be a great accomplishment,

their players have made it clear that they don't just want to win. They want to finish

unbeaten, which has not been done at CBA since the 2000 team went 20-0-2.

And if the Colts stumble along the way...

1. Who will beat CBA?

If CBA does not go all the way this year, then that

means someone will beat them, and if any team beats

them before the NJSIAA Tournament, it will go down as

one of the bigger upsets in Shore Conference history.

Class A North has been too competitive over the years

to expect any team to steamroll through the field, but

CBA did it with a junior-loaded team last year in a field

that was deeper than it is this year. The Colts still have

games remaining against Freehold Township and

Howell, both of which will be home games for CBA,

but those appear to be the only teams capable of picking

off CBA within the division.

Should CBA get to the SCT unbeaten, teams will

practically be lining up for a shot at the juggernaut.

Any game that goes into the final 20 minutes with the

decision in the balance will provide some of the more

intense minutes of the tournament's history and if a

team takes a lead into the final minutes against CBA, especially in the semifinal or final,

the atmosphere is sure to be raucous.

It's possible that CBA simply cleans up and tramples the Shore Conference without a

hitch, and that in itself will be impressive to watch. Still, there is nothing quite like an

upset and just the possibility of catching one of the biggest upsets in the history of the

conference is enough to keep watching. And if it never comes, then we'll all just have to

settle for witnessing perfection.

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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)

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

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The Asbury Park coaching staff had talked about it among themselves

during the week, wondering how the Blue Bishops would react if they faced

their first real adversity of the season in a Class B Central showdown of

unbeatens against Shore Regional at Robert E. Feeney Field in Week Four.

That was the scenario when

Asbury Park trailed by five points

after three quarters in a season in

which it had not even trailed in any

game at the half, let alone with

only one quarter to go. With 4:21

left in the game, head coach Matt

Ardizzone found out what was

beating in the collective chest of

his team when an offense that

struggled all game came up with

one big play when the Blue

Bishops needed it most.

Sophomore quarterback Robert

Barksdale rolled out to his right

and unleashed a bomb that senior

Amir Conover snatched over

defensive back Tyler Vivian at

Shore's 40-yard line and ran the

rest of the way for a 70-yard

touchdown that proved to be the

game-winner in a 14-13 comeback

victory. The win helps Asbury Park

(4-0, 3-0) take a big step toward the

division title and put itself in

position to make a run at the top

seed in the Central Jersey Group I

playoffs, where Shore is the

defending champion.

"They became men tonight,'' Ardizzone said. "We questioned how this

team was going to react if it was losing at any point, but their eyes were wide

open at halftime. There was no bickering, and they were ready to be taught

and correct their mistakes. They showed a ton of character tonight.''

It also doesn't hurt to have explosive players like Conover who can change

the game in an instant on a night when the Blue Bishops could not get out of

their own way on offense. Asbury Park had 48 yards of total offense in the

second half before Conover outdid that on one play.

"We got playmakers, baby, and when it's time to make a play, we'll make a

play,'' Conover said. "I told my coach that we had one-on-one coverage on

the outside. I told him, 'Give me a chance, and I'm going to bring this

football game back to Asbury,' and that's what I did.''

The Shore Conference's No. 1 defense, which

held the defending Class B Central champion

Blue Devils (2-1, 2-1) to 151 total yards, was

able to seal the win when senior Thomond

Hammary intercepted Shore's Brendan Dula on

a fourth-down pass with 1:59 remaining and

Shore out of timeouts.

"We were right in there, but you can't let

them hang around because they're a big-play

team,'' said Shore head coach Mark Costantino.

Asbury Park had taken an 8-0 lead when

senior Armond Conover, Amir's twin brother,

corralled a high snap and scored from two yards

out to cap a 13-play, 56-yard drive with 4:44

left in the first quarter. Barksdale then hit senior

running back Islam Joshua with the two-point

conversion pass.

Shore answered with 13 straight points to

take a 13-8 lead into the locker room. After

sophomore defensive lineman Matt Proto

recovered one of Asbury Park's eight fumbles in

the game at the Blue Bishops' 24-yard line,

senior halfback Stefanos Koursaris scored three

plays later on a 19-yard run to trim the lead to

8-7 on the first play of the second quarter.

Junior Luis Bernardes later blocked a punt to

give Shore the ball at the Blue Bishops' 27-yard

line. On third-and-six, Dula found Koursaris coming out of the backfield on

a wheel route for a 23-yard touchdown pass and a 13-8 lead. However, the

extra point attempt was off the mark, which proved critical later in the game.

Shore also had a missed field goal from 30 yards in the first half.

Neither team was able to really generate much offense in the second half

between Asbury Park's tough front seven against Shore's Wing-T running

game, and Shore doing a nice job of tackling in the open field and

capitalizing on Asbury Park's miscues to put the Blue Bishops in third-and-

long situations.

Asbury Park's

defense made the

most crucial stand

of the night when

Joshua sacked

Dula to force a

three-and-out and

get the offense the

ball back with 4:32

left in the game.

One play later,

Barksdale found

Conover for the

winning play.

"I was so hyped

up when we got

the ball back,'' said

Barksdale, who

was 11-for-22 for

137 yards passing.

"(Conover) is a

good athlete with great hands, and I don't think anybody can jump with him,

so I really liked that match-up.''

That was all it took to put Asbury Park in the driver's seat for the division

title, with Keyport, a team Shore already defeated, looking like the main

obstacle remaining.

"This is a real big win,'' Joshua said. "This is a division championship

game right here.''

Asbury Park won three straight CJ I titles before Shore took the crown last

year while the Blue Bishops missed the state playoffs after suffering heavy

graduation losses. There certainly is a chance that Friday night may only be

the first of two meetings this season between the old rivals.

"I told them after the game, 'We'll see you again,''' Costantino said.


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The

beautiful

thing about high school footbal l is that

just when you think you’ve seen a

performance that wi l l never be

duplicated or even approached,

someone comes along and proves

you wrong.

For years, I never thought I would see a

better running back in the Shore

Conference than Middletown South’s

Stephen Pitts, who went on to play

at Penn State and then was drafted

by the San Francisco 49ers. Then

current Denver Broncos running back

Knowshon Moreno came along and

entered my personal pantheon as the

best high school back I have ever

seen in this area, and he did it for the

same school, Middletown South.

I covered the game in 2004 when Moreno

exploded for a Shore Conference-record 420 yards

rushing and 7 touchdowns in a 63-7 romp over

Neptune. That was in the midst of the Eagles’

Shore Conference-record 43-game winning streak,

so Moreno rarely was let off the leash for a full

game because Middletown South was often blowing

opponents’ doors off by the third quarter and Moreno

would be removed.

That day is still the most incredible single-game

performance I have ever witnessed. On the turf at The

Summerfield School in Neptune, Moreno not only was

routinely tearing off runs of 70-plus yards, it was the way

he did it. Hurdling two or three tacklers at a time,

spinning on a dime, exploding past defenders – it was

amazing. He also had a fumble recovery, multiple sacks

and several dazzling punt returns.

I never thought anyone would really

approach that rushing number, but I was

proven wrong in Week Four when

Central Regional senior star Kalyph

Hardy amassed 417 yards rushing and

five touchdowns in a 35-20 win over

Brick. While Hardy isn’t quite on

the level of Moreno, who holds the

state record for career touchdowns,

just being able to put his name in the

same sentence as Moreno is something

Hardy won’t soon forget.

“When I saw that, I didn't even

know that,’’ Hardy said about

being only three yards shy of

Moreno’s record. “That is awesome.’’

It’s not like Hardy is a stranger to the

spotlight, as he finished third in the

state at 160 pounds during wrestling

last winter and led the Shore

Conference with 1,010 yards rushing

through the first four weeks of this

season. He has gotten interest

from Monmouth University, Towson, Rutgers and

others. As a junior, he ran for a school-record

1,620 yards, and he has had two

games of more than 380 yards

rushing in his career, including

the previous school record of

387.

However, for one night he

was up in the realm of a New

Jersey high school football

immortal.

Perhaps more impressively,

Hardy accomplished the feat

on a grass field in the middle of a

thunderstorm that ended up delaying the

game twice because of lightning. He had

295 yards by halftime, including a 95-

yard touchdown, but still had no idea that

the numbers were starting to go into the

stratosphere late in the game.

“No, not even,’’ Hardy said about having

any clue of approaching the Shore

Conference record. “To be honest, I was

just focused. It was (Brick’s)

homecoming game. When you pick

somebody as an opponent for your

homecoming game, that's

saying, ‘This is a game

we're going to win.’ That

got our team mad.’’

A week earlier, Hardy

had rushed for 133 yards in a

16-14 loss to Barnegat in

the same sloppy conditions,

yet roared back to more

than triple that production

in similar weather against a

team that entered the game

alone in first place in Class

B South.

“I can't do anything

without my line,’’ he said.

“I give them so much

credit.’’

“I was more worried about

the numbers on the

scoreboard, but I knew he

was getting up there

considering he had a 95-

yard run in the first half,’’

said Central head coach

Vinnie Casale.

Considering the footing

was terrible and the entire

opposing team was geared up to stop him, Hardy’s

accomplishment is a credit to his talent and the work of

Central’s offensive line. Brick knew what was coming, but

could not stop it in any way. Kind of like Neptune against

Moreno in that game in 2004, which was played in a

slight drizzle on an artificial turf field against a team with

good speed on defense.

Hardy’s accomplishment also puts him on pace to make

a serious run at the Shore Conference single-season

rushing record of 2,523 yards set by Pinelands graduate

Matt McLain just last season in only 10 games. I figured

it might be 20 years or more before another running back

even sniffed McLain’s mark, but Hardy is averaging just

over 250 yards rushing per game through four games.

More importantly, it has led to a 3-1 start for the Golden

Eagles, one season after they finished 1-9. It also has put

them in the mix for the Class B South title.

“To be honest, this is our title,’’ Hardy said. “I’m not

trying to be cocky, but I'm a straightforward kid. This is

Central's year. We’re coming after (divisional foes)

Manchester and Lacey to clinch it.’’

Central winning a division title? That hasn’t happened

since my senior year of high school, way back in 1994,

when current Monsignor Donovan coach Dan Duddy was

at the helm.

It would have sounded far-fetched when the season

started, but so would having a running back make an

assault on the records set by Moreno and McLain. But

that’s the beauty of high school football because as Hardy

has proven, you never know what might happen.

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