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Welcome to the Maryland Football Coaches Association On behalf of the MFCA, I would personally like to welcome you to the new MFCA Website! Our main goal is to promote Football in the state of Maryland. Our association is made up of 121 schools and over 1000 coaches. Please take a look around our new [...]
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2010 Combine Results
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The Maryland Football Coaches Association will hold its 20th annual combine on Sunday April 25 at North County High School. ( Rain or Shine) On Line Registration: Deadline for On Line Registration: April 15th Cost: Member Schools $20 — Non-Member School $30 Surfaces: Turf , Bermuda Surfaces and Grass On Line [...]
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The Top 50 Schools from the 2009 combine based on the total points of its athletes Gwynn Park 16900 Westlake High School 16450 Linganore High School 14675 Eleanor Roosevelt High School 13560 Bowie High School 11560 Suitland High School 11150 Baltimore Polytechnic 10285 Bladensburg High School 9935 Maurice McDonough High School 9495 Calvert Hall College [...]
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Top Defensive Backs Corey Williams Gwynn Park High School Julian Blair Westlake High School Blake Countess Gilman School Derrick Joseph Maurice McDonough High School Navassa Brown Franklin High School Nick Marth Linganore High School Trevon Wilks Calvert Hall College High School Isaiah Fulton Friendly High School Cornelius McDonald Eleanor Roosevelt High School Travis Thomas Bowie [...]
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2009 Combine Top 400 Skill Offense & Defense Players: These players will be invited to the NATS Elite Combine on May17. Coaches will be notified by email or fax. Listed by Top Scores Conner Crowell North Point High School LB 2035 Julian Blair Westlake High School CB 1830 Kendall Jefferson Westlake High School WR 1775 [...]
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The Top Rated QB’s David Wood Hereford High School QB Jesse Heon Urbana High School QB Jermaine Quattlebaum Largo High School QB Wyatt Neal Hereford High School QB Edward Robinson Atholton High School QB Adam LaFleur Patterson Mill High School QB Leon Patterson Overlea High School QB Edwin Miller Northwest High School QB Joshua Bordner [...]
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2009 Combine’s Top Linebackers Michael Brown Frederick Douglass High School – Upper Marlboro LB Nikc Buecker Westminster High School LB Josh Gibbs Bladensburg High School LB Marvin White Parkville High School LB Dylan Acab Baltimore Polytechnic LB Boris Gamazaychikov Centennial High School LB Matt White Bohemia Manor High School LB Seth Kraham Tuscarora High School [...]
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2009 Combine Top Rated Running Backs Antoine Johnson Eleanor Roosevelt High School RB Willie Williams Hereford High School RB Richard Aiyegoro Eleanor Roosevelt High School RB DeSean Jamar Ford Westlake High School RB Bobby Stup Governor Thomas Johnson High School RB Keith Brown Suitland High School RB Dontrewell Kelley Suitland High School RB Zach Zwinak [...]
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2009 Combine Top Lineman Mac Stephen Frederick High School OL 6-3 238 Kyle Tucker Linganore High School OL 6-2 250 Carson Ingle Our Lady Of Good Counsel High School DL 5-11.5 200 Percy Addo Springbrook High School DL 6-0 178 Rodney Johnson North County High School OL 6-4 400 Hussam Ouri Broadneck High School DL [...]
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2009 Combine Vertical Jump Top 25 Ronald Darby Potomac High School RB 37.8 400 Kwabena Asante James Hubert Blake High School RB 37.4 395 Tiras Jordan Westlake High School WR 37.0 390 Willie Williams Hereford High School RB 36.4 375 Derrick Joseph Maurice McDonough High School CB 35.9 350 Tyrek Cheeseboro Milford Mill Academy WR [...]
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2009 Combine Pro Agility Top 25 Jamal Merritt Sherwood High School CB 4.01 400 Conner Crowell Westlake High School LB 4.01 400 Willie Williams Hereford High School RB 4.07 390 Aaron Kirk-Nichols Westlake High School WR 4.12 375 Antoine Johnson Eleanor Roosevelt High School RB 4.18 350 Kendall Jefferson Westlake High School WR 4.18 350 [...]
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2009 Combine Top 25 Power Ball Throw Mac Stephen Frederick High School OL 42.5 400 Julian Blair Westlake High School CB 40.5 390 Damian Williams Parkside High School DL 40.0 380 Kendall Jefferson Westlake High School WR 40.0 380 Antoine Johnson Eleanor Roosevelt High School RB 39.5 350 Kyle Tucker Linganore High School OL 39.5 [...]
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2009 Combine Top 24 40′s Richard Aiyegoro Eleanor Roosevelt High School RB 4.44 Cornelius McDonald Eleanor Roosevelt High School CB 4.45 DeSean Jamar Ford Westlake High School RB 4.47 Corey Williams Gwynn Park High School DB 4.51 Ronald Darby Potomac High School RB 4.51 Justin Brooks Maurice McDonough High School RB 4.52 Denzel Bowlding Old [...]
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2009 Combine Bench Press Top 25 Kyle Tucker Linganore High School DL 51 100 Hussam Ouri Broadneck High School DL 40 85 Brandon Williams Fairmont Heights High School DL 37 80 Daniel Yarborough Calvert Hall College High School DL 30 75 Aaron Coles Potomac High School DL 30 75 Kevin Saylor Linganore High School TE [...]
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2009 Combine Top 25 Sparq Results Conner Crowell Westlake High School LB 121.02 Julian Blair Westlake High School CB 111.39 Willie Williams Hereford High School RB 107.64 Kendall Jefferson Westlake High School WR 103.08 Antoine Johnson Eleanor Roosevelt High School RB 102.93 Richard Aiyegoro Eleanor Roosevelt High School RB 95.85 Blake Countess Gilman School CB [...]
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By James A. McCray IIIPrince George’s County, Content ManagerFriday night’s candlelight vigil on the Suitland High School football field to mourn the passing of head football coach David “Nick” Lynch was far from a sad moment. As put by his son David Lynch Jr. in speaking to the hundreds upon hundreds of supporters that attended, [...]
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USA Football, the sport’s national governing body on youth and amateur levels, announced today that former NFL All-Star kick returner and running back BRIAN MITCHELL has joined the independent non-profit’s 18-member board of directors. USA Football conducts more than 100 football events annually offering education for coaches and game officials, skill development for players and [...]
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by Chris NaquinDigitalSports Richmond Thomas Dale’s fantastic season ends in the state Group AAA boys soccer semifinals. The Knights were defeated by Northern Virginia powerhouse, Robinson High School 1-0 in Friday night’s first semifinal matchup at Westfield High School. Robinson forward Alex Makcumbi scored the winning goal for the Rams with fifteen minutes left in [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor*Photos provided by the Mui family* Already a world traveler with a resume that would shame a 40-year-old, Oak Hill Academy eighth-grader Michelle Mui still couldn’t help but be excited when she learned that she had been selected to work at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in August. “I [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor Every week I’ll be bringing you the four categories below while also trying to add some new categories as I go along. Just click on each section to check it out. PLAYER OF THE WEEK (OVERALL AND DIVISIONAL) TOP 10 GAMES TO WATCH College [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor With Friday’s slate of games already washed out (unless you count Brick Memorial in Florida), let’s take a look at what we’ve learned from the first three days of the season, including Opening Day, in which I (and many others I’m sure) sat in a downpour waving at [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor With basketball out of my system and the baseball season set to kick off five days from now, let’s get to some of the questions facing the Shore Conference scene this season. During the next five days, I will be rolling out features and divisional previews to try [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor Considering all of the players who have been attracting hordes of recruiting mail on the football side thanks to their prestigious Stumpy Awards, I figured I might as well give a lift to the boys basketball community as well. Now that you’re done laughing, let’s get to the numerous [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor For the first time outside of football, the Stumpy Awards have branched out, spreading like a virus and changing lives for a good 10 to 15 minutes in the basketball community. Everything is broken up into different categories to click on, with some quick-hit items in between. I [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor*Note* The Stumpy Awards will be released on Thursday after coverage of the Senior All-Star game.* The Shore Conference is loaded with young talent, so after saying goodbye to Player of the Year Kristina Danella, who had a brilliant career at Red Bank Catholic, this list is going to [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor*Note* The Stumpy Awards will be released on Thursday after coverage of the Senior All-Star game.* In a season where the talent in the Shore Conference was so evenly matched, the selections for the DigitalSports All-Star team featuring the best in the Shore was as hard as ever. Honestly, you [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor The DigitalSports Boys and Girls All-Shore Conference teams will be posted on Wednesday in mid-afternoon along with the inaugural basketball version of the Stumpy Awards, which will have a variety of categories along with the All-County and other teams. I also will try to write season-ending columns [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor *The Shore Coaches’ Association Girls Senior All-Star game is at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19th, at Freehold Township, followed by the boys game at 8 p.m.. Leading up to the game, DigitalSports will feature many of the seniors who will be participating on the boys and girls sides.* [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor When asked about the assignment of facing Shabazz in the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions semifinals at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Ritacco Center, St. John Vianney coach Dawn Karpell smiled and said: “They play just like us.” Now we’ll see who does the running, trapping, chaotic pace [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor Here are the selections made by the Shore Conference coaches for all-conference and all-division. The DigitalSports All-Star teams, including my own all-division teams in addition to first, second and third-team all-conference selections, will be unveiled next week along with a big season-ending wrap-up and inaugural basketball version of [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor Here are the selections made by the Shore Conference coaches for all-conference and all-division. The DigitalSports All-Star teams, including my own all-division teams in addition to first, second and third-team all-conference selections, will be unveiled next week along with a big season-ending wrap-up and inaugural basketball version of the [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor The rosters for the Shore Basketball Coaches’ Association Senior Boys and Girls All-Star games have been announced. They were selected by a committee of coaches on the boys and girls’ sides. DigitalSports will have full coverage of the games and will have features leading up to the event, which [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor In the last few seasons, Rumson-Fair Haven has emerged as the Goliath of the NJSIAA Group II bracket, as the Bulldogs have won two straight overall Group II titles. At 6 p.m. on Thursday at Southern, Rumson will attempt to put itself into position for an impressive fourth [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor After Middletown South‘s 45-33 stunner over Neptune in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III final for the Eagles’ first state sectional title since 1979, the question was posed to several Eagles players. If you can beat Neptune, why couldn’t you just… “Keep it going, you’re right,” said sophomore [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor St. Rose’s boys basketball team already beat one team that many thought it had no shot at taking down in the NJSIAA Non-Public South B playoffs, so why stop there? The Purple Roses stunned one of the state’s top 20 teams, Cardinal McCarrick, which has the state’s leading [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor It will be the clash of the titans at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Sayreville High School when Colts Neck collides with Trenton in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV final in a match-up of two of the state’s top eight teams. Trenton and its senior veterans are looking [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor While the rivalry between Rumson-Fair Haven and Red Bank Catholic is well-established, the Bulldogs and Raritan have also developed a nice little ongoing battle every time they have laced them up in recent seasons. Now an NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II title is on the line at 7 p.m. [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor One team is accustomed to being in this spot and dealing with the pressure, while the other is seeking its first sectional title since 1979. At 8 p.m. on Tuesday at Franklin High School, we will find out if the Shore Conference’s No. 1 team, Neptune, will keep dominating [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor As has been the custom seemingly every year since the mid-1990s (or seemingly the 1880s at this point), if Red Bank Catholic or St. John Vianney‘s girls basketball team wants to keep its respective state playoff and NJSIAA Tournament of Champions hopes alive, it must go through the [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor We’re now only one step away from packing the Ritacco Center on Saturday to see who will be crowned as this season’s Shore Conference Tournament champion, but Thursday night’s semifinals look like they could be riveting theater in themselves. Out of the last four teams standing, you have [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor With the Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals coming up on Sunday, here’s a look at the scouting reports on all the games. The quotes are from opposing coaches/assistants who have scouted and played these teams head to head. They were granted anonymity in exchange for their insights. I also had [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor With the Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals coming up on Sunday, here’s a look at the scouting reports on all the games. The quotes are from opposing coaches/assistants who have scouted and played these teams head to head. They were granted anonymity in exchange for their insights. I also [...]
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SHORE CHALLENGE SCHEDULE 2008(Schedule provided by Manasquan coach and Shore Challenge director Art Gordon.)**The showcase is still looking for a non-Shore Conference team to play against Wall at Wall on May 10th at 7 p.m. The Shore Challenge is currently up to 55 teams playing at 11 different sites on 8 different dates.The Challenge also [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor From game analysis to players you want to check out to expectations for every team and everything in between, it’s all here. Just start clicking away. SCT FIELD: THE BASIC FOOD GROUPS X-FACTORS ON TEAMS SEEDED IN THE TOP FIVE PLAYERS LOOKING TO MAKE THE LEAP [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior EditorNote: Girls SCT preview coming Wednesday morning From game analysis to players you want to check out to expectations for every team and everything in between, it’s all here. Just start clicking away. SCT FIELD: THE BASIC FOOD GROUPS X-FACTORS ON TEAMS SEEDED IN THE TOP [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior EditorJust click on each segment to read more. TOP 10 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK (OVERALL AND DIVISIONAL) SHORE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT BRACKET AND SCHEDULEWHO AM I?I am the coach of the boys team that is believed to be the first No. 15 seed to ever stun a No. 2 seed in [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior EditorClick on the highlighted area to check out each section. TOP 10 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK (OVERALL AND DIVISIONAL) SHORE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT BRACKET AND SCHEDULEWHO AM I?I was inducted into my university’s Hall of Fame last year and was a three-time All-Big East Conference selection during my playing days. I [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor Just some quick stuff on the upcoming Shore Conference Tournaments on both sides before my full previews/predictions come out. I’ll have Shore Reports up tomorrow for boys and girls with all of the usual stuff and I am working on a much bigger thing for the SCT for [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor While the boys side is filled with teams that have been up and down most of the season and tons of parity, the top of the girls’ rankings has been fairly steady, with teams shuffling among the top five or six as they knock each other off. With [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor OK, with a couple of big regular-season games still out there on Friday and Saturday that will affect the Shore Conference Tournament seedings on Sunday, I’ll take a quick swipe at mock SCT seeds heading into Friday’s action and then a pile of other stuff from this past [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor Just a note that The Shore Reports for boys and girls basketball will be appearing on Tuesday this week as I am working on some extra features and other stuff leading up to next week’s Shore Conference Tournament that hopefully you will enjoy. I will have the new [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor The one thing about the Rumson-Fair Haven vs. Red Bank Catholic showdowns is that there’s a weird feeling when you’re going there because you know the game will probably go down to the wire and have some good, tense moments, but lately, you also know it will be [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor As far as regular-season nights go, it’s hard to get a whole lot better than Friday night, with several games deciding postseason fates, Top 10 rankings, Shore Conference Tournament seeds and division titles. First off, a quick thank you to our newest blogger, the esteemed NEP84, who helped [...]
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Monmouth handled Freehold fairly easily in a 65-53 win, which was a little surprising given the fact that Freehold had a shot at a tie for the Class B North title. There didn’t seem to be the urgency of a championship on the line, and the overall atmosphere was fairly quiet at Monmouth for [...]
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Well, everyone knows the grisly details of Christian Brothers Academy’s 90-32 loss to the country’s No. 1 team, St. Anthony, and I know CBA could have been more competitve in falling behind 42-5 but this St. Anthony team has the potential to go into the Friars pantheon. The Colts will put this behind them, [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor A rejuvenated Christian Brothers Academy will face the best team it will see all season when it takes on perennial juggernaut St. Anthony of Jersey City, which is only 13-0 and ranked No. 1 in the nation by USA Today, in a nonconference game on Saturday. The game [...]
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First off, congrats to Toms River North and Asbury Park, who clinched at least a tie for the Class A South and Class B Central titles, respectively, with wins on Thursday. Both were favorites in the preseason and got it done in impressive fashion. Now on to some notes from the two games I [...]
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Freehold obviously had a point to prove with a full lineup against Ocean after having three starters benched for the first half in a one-point loss to the Spartans in their first meeting, as they cruised to a 58-31 win to remain solidly in first place in Class B North. That Rumson game next [...]
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A pretty exciting day on the boys side, as you couldn’t go wrong if you went to Freehold Twp.-Middletown South, Neptune-Monmouth or St. Rose-Keyport as well as Howell edging Middletown North in the final seconds as well. I was at Freehold Township-Middletown South, as the Patriots took sole control of first place in the [...]
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Obviously the story of the night was Raritan’s 32-30 triumph over Rumson. Still trying to figure out when the last time the Rockets beat the Bulldogs, if ever. Anyway, Raritan has become Rumson’s Kryptonite because the Rockets match up well with the Bulldogs, whom they lost to in overtime in their first meeting [...]
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To wrap up all the Boardwalk action from this weekend, here are the numbers between the boys and girls combined and some extras. 2 - The number of games won by Shore Conference teams against nonconference teams, out of a possible eight games. 12 – The combined amount of points that Colts Neck, Monsignor Donovan, [...]
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As we head back into regular-season action, here are some extras and thoughts from the girls Boardwalk action including things we learned.SJV-Trenton St. John Vianney’s Achilles’ heel is rebounding because of its size as Trenton proved in a 62-50 win, but here’s the thing, as Rumson coach George Sourlis pointed out – How many [...]
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All game details and stats are on the main scoreboard on the homepage. Imhotep (Pa.) Charter-Msgr. Donovan, extra CBA-Boys and Girls For the second straight game, a Shore team lost to a nonconference team within the final five seconds as Imhotep’s Will Adams scored a lay-up off an inbounds play with three seconds left for [...]
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The sixth annual Ocean County Challenge showcase event will be held at Southern on Sunday, Jan. 20, featuring eight Shore Conference boys basketball teams competing against one another or against nonconference squads. Tickets at the door are $5 for adults and $2 for children under 12. The inclement weather date is Monday, Jan. 21, [...]
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In talking with Bob Badders, who covered St. John Vianney’s 22-point win over Rumson-Fair Haven on Tuesday, it appears the Lancers’ defense might have been the best it has been all season. Junior guard Katelyn Linney has also really taken a quantum leap forward, as previously mentioned here several times. SJV’s depth is what [...]
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Neptune appears to be putting it all together, as I took in its 66-39 win over Freehold, and a huge key going forward for them could be senior forward/center Brennan Fitzsimmons. Known primarily as an excellent soccer player, Fitzsimmons is the guy who takes charges, dives for loose balls and grabs rebounds in traffic. [...]
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Not a crazy night on either side with everything coming out pretty status quo, but we’ll start with the boys side. BOYSSt. Rose handled Shore with little problem to stay on Asbury Park’s heels in Class B Central, one game after Shore upended Freehold. It shows how tough Shore’s half-court defense is that St. [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor I broke everything up in segments so you can jump right to what you want to see. THE TOP 10 PLAYER OF THE WEEK GAMES TO WATCH THIS WEEKCOLLEGE SPOTLIGHTChakhia Cole, Sr., F, West Virginia University The senior starter and former Marlboro star is fourth on the team [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor Everything is broken up into the different segments so that you can just jump right to what you want to see. THE TOP 10PLAYER OF THE WEEK GAMES TO WATCH THIS WEEK COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT Chris Smith, Fr., G, Manhattan The former Lakewood and St. Benedict’s Prep star and [...]
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It’s clear so far that Class A North is a two-horse race now that Colts Neck easily handled Middletown South 60-38 to keep the pressure on division-leading Howell, which is unbeaten in Class A North. The Cougars are really gaining steam and seem to be improving with each game with their loaded sophomore class. [...]
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First off, congrats to Neptune seniors Terry Hicks and Gary Foster for each recording their 1,000th career point in a win over Long Branh on Thursday. I wonder when the last time two players on the same team both hit 1,000 for their careers in the same game? I took in Middletown South’s [...]
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Red Bank Catholic point guard Kim Talbot is out for the season with an anterior cruciate ligament tear on a drive to the basket in the first quarter against Holmdel last week, according to RBC coach Joe Montano, which would make two ACL tears in barely over a week for the Caseys after senior [...]
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Here are some links/thoughts/recommendations for Wednesday since there is really not too much going on tonight. Good/creepy story on former Washington State star Tony Harris and his either descent into madness or unsolved ****** in the Brazilian jungle. Paul VI, a team that Monsignor Donovan, Red Bank Catholic, Christian Brothers Academy or St. John [...]
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The last of the unbeatens on the girls basketball side went down on Tuesday night as No. 1 Red Bank Catholic fell 36-24 to Rumson-Fair Haven in Class A Central, and no one is exactly shocked given the grudge match history of these two top programs. Check out the video highlights on the main [...]
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In a weird twist, Red Bank Catholic loses arguably its top player and leading scorer, guard Andrew Walsh, with a broken hand, yet is now playing some of its best basketball of the season without him. The Caseys injected themselves back into the Class A Central race with a 59-42 win over a Rumson-Fair [...]
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One game I mentioned in the Shore Report that I forgot to add to an earlier post is Rumson-Fair Haven’s match-up at Red Bank Catholic at 6:30 p.m. on the boys side. New Rumson coach James Young, who is a teacher at RBC and is a former player for the Caseys who played under [...]
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Howell’s grip on Class A North got a little tighter with a 54-38 win over Middletown South, ending South’s 29-game winning streak in divisional games. Sophomore Jacquie Ward is starting to put her name up there among the Shore’s best as she had 24 points in the win, while Michelle Blum is also a [...]
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I took in Freehold Township’s 66-60 win over Colts Neck, and it was one of the more exciting games I’ve seen this season in one of the better atmospheres among the loud home crowd at Freehold Township. The Patriots push the ball like crazy and press full-court, so their games are definitely not [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor After a holiday hiatus, it’s time to get back to those subjective sportswriter rankings that make everyone nuts. The good news is that Red Bank Catholic and St. John Vianney are solid No. 1 and No. 2 teams heading into Monday’s action. After that, it gets a little [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor After a week’s hiatus thanks to the holidays, it’s time to, unfortunately, revisit a Shore Conference boys basketball top 10 that has gone mad. Every week on Monday, I’ll put out a new top 10 along with players of the week, a college spotlight and any other departments I [...]
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We’ll start with the girls’ notes first, considering much has been made of Freehold’s one-point loss to Ocean.GIRLS Freehold lost 48-47 to Ocean after benching three starters (Shannon Mayrose, Ashley Lewis, Alex Eagle) for the first half after they chose to attend a soccer tournament over the weekend rather than play in the Jack Kuhnert [...]
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Now that the holiday tournaments have ended and the regular season is back in full swing, including a juicy St. John Vianney-St. Rose match-up coming up on Saturday at noon in Lancerville, here are some tidbits from the crazy stretch of holiday tournament madness that characterized last week and the beginning of this week. [...]
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Now that the holidays are over and the regular season is back into action, it’s time for some extra tidbits from the whirlwind of holiday tournaments as well as a look at things going forward. Here are some extras from the holiday tournaments and some quick notes. I ran into Brock Johnson, the father [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor GIRLS BASKETBALL TOP 10 Red Bank Catholic rules the roost right now, as the mighty Caseys already have a win over rival St. John Vianney to their credit and handled a Mt. St. Dominic team with little problem in a nonconference victory. Having seen St. John Vianney, I [...]
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Just have some time for a quick post before beginning an odyssey in which I’ll be covering about five games between boys and girls on Saturday. First, I have to congratulate the Pinelands boys for making what is believed to be school history with their first win ever over perennial Ocean County power Lakewood [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor Boys Basketball Top 10 With the tournaments hopefully ready to give us more insight into to the top 10, or drive me even crazier when trying to do these rankings, here is the latest top 10 heading into tournament time. Right now, it’s Colts Neck followed by “Put [...]
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Sorry for the two-day hiatus on the blog. Unfortunately, Christmas gifts don’t buy themselves and the Spring Lake mansion doesn’t clean itself, so I had to use Wednesday to catch up on some things because it’s a light hoops day. Anyway, let’s get to the Thursday night stuff, as it was a particularly wild [...]
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Today is more of an Ocean County day on both sides, so here are some games to check out: GIRLSManchester at Point Boro, 6:30 p.m.: Last season, Manchester ruled Class B South with an iron fist, but lost a lot to graduation. However, the Hawks still have talented forward Camille Valmon in the fold, who [...]
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Here are some games to check out for Monday on the boys and girls side BOYS Freehold Twp. at Christian Brothers Academy, 4 p.m.: These are two of the most fervent fan bases in the Shore Conference, so the crowd is always lively. Freehold Twp. doesn’t have the firepower it had last season, and I’m [...]
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I didn’t get a chance to take in any of the opening night action thanks to a corporate function that had me down at our home base in Maryland on Friday night and earlier today, but it did not disappoint as far as the usual wild scores from opening night of the basketball season. [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor As has been the case for the past few seasons, the first question when it comes to who is No. 1 in girls basketball has come down to two choices in the preseason. Red Bank Catholic or Rumson-Fair Haven? The two have wrestled over division and Shore Conference titles [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor There are few things more confounding than the preseason boys basketball Top 10 in the parity-filled Shore Conference, where there are the usual suspects, Neptune and Christian Brothers Academy, and then there is everyone else fighting for their piece of turf. Just ask any of the coaches trying to [...]
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Barnegat right-hander Matt McNeal, one of the top returning pitchers in the Shore Conference, has verbally committed to play for Kean University, the defending Division III national champs, according to Bengals coach Tom Sutaris. McNeal is a strikeout pitcher who has a mid- to high-80s fastball and finished 2-5 with an ERA under 2.00 [...]
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Now that the season is all over and three Shore Conference teams out of eight are busy polishing championship trophies, all that’s left is selecting the DigitalSports Legends of the Fall team and working on the final Top 10 and this year’s Stumpy Awards before it’s on to basketball. We also will have the [...]
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The Shore Conference is 2-1 in state sectional finals so far, which is also my record in the picks as West Deptford took down Point Boro, 31-17, to thwart my pick in the South Jersey Group II final. As anyone who has followed it this season, the story of Asbury Park and its [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor Before everything gets kicked off this weekend, here’s a few tidbits from the travels of our staff this week to the eight Shore teams playing for state sectional championships this weekend. If you can’t make it to the games this weekend, the following three games will be [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor With eight Shore Conference teams set to play in state sectional finals and Rumson-Fair Haven coming off a controversial, 61-0 loss to Red Bank Catholic, it’s time to get your votes in for the next-to-last Schwartz Chrysler Mazda Fans’ Top 10. On Thursday, I will post the results [...]
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By Scott Stump – Senior Editor Well, this is it, the final week of the 2007 Shore Conference football season, meaning that there is one last chance to be a part of our weekly Pick ‘Em contest eight Shore teams aim to try and capture state sectional championships this weekend. All you have to do [...]
