WORKING OT ON A FRIDAY NIGHT

A rash of overtime games and regulation stunners characterized what may have been the most exciting night of the season thus far.

      In other action, both Manasquan running backs, Chazz Coursey and Lorenzo Venables, sat out the Rumson game with injury, which falls under the Tim Lamirande category of useful information to have before picking a game. Great win for the Bulldogs, and wideout Ryan Kirchner and QB Matt Wassel both had big games, which is what was thought to be necessary for what turned out to be a 17-0 win.
      While Holmdel’s 27-20 win over Barnegat turned out to be a double-overtime classic that made the Hornets 4-0 for the first time since 1999 and which you can read and watch more about on our homepage from Bob Badders’ coverage, the craziest may have been Monsignor Donovan rallying from a 19-0 deficit heading into the fourth quarter to win 26-19 in overtime over St. John Vianney. They finished it on a 25-yard touchdown catch by Steven Tyler, who took a break from Aerosmith’s world tour to win the game in overtime on a pass from Jon Curtin.
      Neptune gambled and went for two in double overtime and got it for a 15-14 win over Ocean in the Federal Division. Running back Michael Peavy went over the 100-yard mark again and has not been held under 100 yards in a game this season. Ocean running back Baffour Anim has really come on in the past two weeks, as he turned in his second straight 100-yard rushing effort. That call to go for two could end up defining Neptune’s season.
      Shore kept its state playoff hopes alive by topping Point Beach 20-14 in overtime after surrendering a 14-0 lead thanks to an OT touchdown by RB Erik Chiarella.
      Howell is 5-0 for the first time in school history thanks to a 24-0 win over winless Toms River South in the Constitution Division. The Rebels’ underrated defense has not allowed a point in eight of its last 10 quarters. A win by Lacey today over Brick would mean that the Rebels clinch at least a tie for the division title and can clinch the Constitution Division title outright with a victory over Brick at home on Oct. 19.
       Point Boro topped Raritan 20-7 after looking shaky for stretches and having senior fullback Skylar Engelken cramp up in the second half. The winless Rockets showed improvement by pushing the undefeated Panthers, who now have a huge National Division game coming up against banged-up Manasquan. The Warriors’ loss to Rumson was a nondivisional game, and you’ve got to think they want to get Coursey and Venables healthy because they badly want to knock off Point Boro, who they could see again in the South Jersey Group II playoffs.
      Brick Memorial’s up-and-down season is back on the upswing after a 50-6 win over winless Marlboro, Matawan narrowly avoided being shocked by winless Manchester (21-19), Jackson Liberty lost its third straight (34-6) and Manalapan continued its playoff push with a 35-19 win over Middletown North to improve to 2-3 after an 0-3 start.
      As for my picks, I lost the Southern-TRE game, the Rumson-Squan game, and the Mon Don-SJV game. I don’t want to make excuses, but when I was picking those games, a huge swarm of gnats engulfed me and I simply couldn’t concentrate, even after layering myself in bug spray.
    As for the public, in our online voting in the Schwartz Chrysler Mazda Pick ‘Em contest, which you need to start entering regularly if you haven’t already because it could mean a $100 gift certificate to Monmouth Mall, here is what the public had for those three games. In the RFH-Squan game, 70.5% of the entrants picked Manasquan; In the SJV-Mon Don game, 91.1% erroneously picked SJV; and in the Southern-TRE game, 83.4% incorrectly picked TR East, so congrats to all of the upset winners from last night.
    I should be back with more later tonight after Saturday’s action. I’ll be at Keansburg-Asbury Park and possibly TRN-Jackson.
   As for this week’s Top 10, trying to put that together is going to be a barrel of fun after Southern’s huge win. The good news is that this week we are unveiling our new online fan voting, which will allow you to pick the top 10 teams in the Shore in order and then I’ll publish the results, so we’ll see what you guys think. I know there are probably some snickers coming from the Middletown South area about all that talk of Toms River East potentially being the No. 1 team before this week. How about Southern No. 1? Or Long Branch? What about unbeaten Howell? Or maybe the ever-polarizing Red Bank Catholic? Or old reliable, Middletown South? You’ll get your chance to weigh in and we’ll see.

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SHORE FOOTBALL ALUMNI UPDATE, 10/5/07

• Indianapolis Colts DT Dan Klecko (Marlboro) has seven tackles this year, but was inactive for the Colts last game. The Colts take on Tampa Bay on Sunday.
• OL Rob Pettiti (Rumson-FH) was released by the New Orleans Saints before the season began.
• WR Miles Austin (Monmouth University) is in his second year with the Dallas Cowboys, and has returned one kickoff for 24 yards. Speaking of the Cowboys, Jason Garrett, in his first year as offensive coordinator with Dallas, has them averaging 37.8 points per game. Garrett is a former star at Princeton and his father, Jim, a Monmouth Beach resident, spent more than 30 years as a coach and scout in the NFL and has worked during the offseason with numerous Shore-aread quarterbacks. Of course, this doesn’t quite measure up to the success Jason had as an assistant coaches for my sixth-grade basketball team at Holy Cross in Rumson in the 1980s, but it’s pretty good.
• Georgia RB Knowshon Moreno (Middletown South) took a backseat to a 180-yard rushing day by Thomas Brown in a 45-17 win over Ole Miss, but still had 90 yards rushing and a touchdown. Defensive tackle Kade Weston (Red Bank) had a tackle for a three-yard loss in the game as well. The Bulldogs head to Tennessee at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, which will be on CBS.
• Wagner kicker Pete Czech (Keyport)
  continues to be a special teams monster as he nailed field goals of 46,
  31 and 47 yards to power an 18-15 win over Sacred Heart. He also dropped four
  punts inside the 20-yard line and was named Northeast Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for the third time in five weeks this season.
• Linebacker Chris Malleo (Wall) saw time on special teams in my Northwestern Wildcats’ 28-16 loss to Michigan in which we were up 16-7 at halftime. That loss was the least of my problems given the Mets’ performance this past weekend. The Wildcats take on Michigan State this weekend.
• OL Lou Eliades (Ocean) saw time in the game that had my brother and other Penn Staters crying in their beer, as the Nittany Lions fell 27-20 to Illinois.
• Wisconsin TE Garrett Graham (Brick Memorial) had two catches for 20 yards as the Badgers held off Michigan State, 37-34. Wisconsin’s starting tight end, Travis Beckum, had 10 catches for 132 yards and a touchdown. The Badgers travel to Illinois on Saturday.
• Troy University RB Ken Cattouse (Keyport) ran 7 times for 25 yards in a 24-7 win over the University of Louisiana-Monroe. The Trojans will now face Florida International this weekend.
• Redshirt freshman LB Nick Macaluso (Middletown South) had two tackles, one for a 12-yard loss, for Stanford in a 41-3 loss to Arizona State. Next up, the Cardinal get a USC team that will be ticked off after getting voted out of the No. 1 spot in the nation in favor of LSU. Good luck with that.
• UConn RB Donald Brown (Red Bank Catholic) twisted his ankle in a 44-10 win over Akron, but luckily the Huskies are on their bye week before coming back against the alma mater of DigitalSports’ own Pat Toland, Virginia, on Oct. 13. Brown ran for 65 yards and a TD in the win. UConn is 5-0 for the first time since it moved up to Division I-A. OL Alex LaMagdelaine (Rumson-FH) also saw time for the Huskies in the victory. For Akron, true freshman LB Brian Brikowski (Freehold Twp.) saw time in the loss.
• LB Kevin Malast had six tackles as the alma mater of DigitalSports’ Rich Toland, Rutgers, was stunned 34-24 by Maryland. The Scarlet Knights welcome Cincinnati in their Big East opener this weekend. The Terps have freshman OL Joe Faiella (Freehold Twp.) on the roster.
• Freshman LB Mike Mele (Manasquan) had one tackle for Syracuse in a 17-14 loss to Miami (Ohio). The Orange welcome nationally-ranked West Virginia this weekend.
• DB Jerett Sanderson (Long Branch) had four tackles for Bowling Green in a 41-21 win over Western Kentucky. Bowling Green now travels to face Boston College, which features freshman fullback Brad Newman (Manasquan). Boston College (5-0) is off to its best start since 1954 after a 24-14 win over UMass, and Newman had a solo tackle and an assist on special teams.
• Temple and head coach Al Golden (Red Bank Catholic) fell 37-21 to Army this weekend and now welcome Northern Illinois. LB Amara Kamara, who was a demon for Weequahic against Raritan in last year’s Central Jersey Group II final, had seven tackles. Darius Morris (Long Branch) started at left guard for the Owls, who rolled up 463 yards of total offense.
• DB Ryan McGuinness (Howell) saw time for New Hampshire in a 45-38 loss to Richmond. RB Kaysonne Anderson (Manasquan) did not see time in the loss. The Wildcats play Delaware, where former Monmouth Regional head coach Bob Acosta is an assistant, on Saturday.
• Northeastern and senior LB Joe Mele (Manasquan) are coming off a bye week and face James Madison this weekend.
• Villanova’s Tim Kukucka (Wall) had four tackles, one for a loss, in a 35-7 loss to James Madison.
• Scott Clayton’s alma mater, UPenn, is trying to avoid an 0-3 start when it hosts Georgetown. DL Scott Martinho (Middletown South) saw time for the Quakers in a 21-13 loss to Dartmouth but did not register any tackles. RB/WR Julian Collins (Monmouth Regional) had 3 catches for 42 yards for Dartmouth in the win.
• Two former defensive line stars from the Shore will meet this weekend when Lafayette and Andrew Poulson (Middletown South), which is coming off a bye week, hosts Columbia and freshman Brian England (Raritan). England had one tackle in a 42-32 loss to Princeton in the Ivy League opener last weekend.
• Linebacker Asil Mulbah (Jackson Mem.) had three tackles for my dad’s alma mater, Fordham, as the Rams improved to 3-2 with a 34-31 thriller over Colgate. Defensive end Ryan Keller (Colts Neck) had five tackles in the loss for Colgate. Sophomore center Ryan Gross (Southern) saw time in the loss for Colgate as well. Fordham plays Lehigh, which features former Manalapan star Billy Dokouslis, on Saturday, while Colgate faces off against Bucknell. Bucknell is coming off a 38-7 win over Marist in which linebacker Todd Rinaldo (Manasquan) had two tackles, including one for a loss.
• Marist’s quarterback is Steve McGrath (Manasquan), Rinaldo’s old teammate, who went 25-for-36 for 179 yards, one touchdown and four interceptions. Also, RB Adam Hansen (St. John Vianney) had 49 yards rushing on seven carries, LB Derek Maldonado (Keyport) had a pair of tackles, and Dan Cooper (Freehold Twp.) started at left tackle in the loss. The Red Foxes take on Duquesne on Saturday.
• Monmouth University is still searching for its first win following a 42-7 loss to Delaware. QB Brett Burke (Wall) went 18-for-25 for 132 yards and two interceptions in the loss. True freshman Garrett Culloo (Ocean) recorded his first career sack for the Hawks, and sophomore back-up QB Andrew Mandeville (Raritan) saw time, going 5-for-5 for 43 yards. WR Chris Kiley (Pt. Boro) caught 8 passes for 43 yards. Monmouth will play Sacred Heart this week on the road.
• Sacred Heart is coming off an 18-15 loss to Wagner, as Brian Friedman (Pt. Boro) started at fullback and punted once for 40 yards, LB Rob Occhuizzi (Red Bank Catholic) had four tackles,  and kicker Joe Schroeder (Jackson) missed three field goal attempts. For Wagner, in addition to kicker Pete Czech (see near the top), LB Jason Haskins (Matawan) had five tackles, assisting on a tackle for a loss, and LB Keith Heaney (Middletown South) saw time. Wagner heads to Robert Morris this weekend.
• Starting center Ryan Canary (Point Boro) and Maine are coming off a bye week and will face Hofstra this weekend.
• Albany, which features LB Michael Kelly (Red Bank Catholic) and DB Dave West (TR North) is coming off a bye and will face Stony Brook. Stony Brook is coming off a 33-28 loss to Hofstra in which Stony Brook QB Josh Dudash (Toms River South) went 22-for-48 for 244 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. Also, DB Cory Giddings (Ocean) returned an interception 40 yards to set up a touchdown. True freshman Arin West (Toms River North) also saw time for Stony Brook in the loss.
• Andrew Grando (Manchester) started at left tackle and Dave Kircher (Manasquan) started at center in Moravian College’s 24-23 loss to Dickinson College. Moravian punter Mike Voskian (Manasquan) averaged 37.4 yards per punt on five attempts with a long of 41 and dropped one punt inside the 20-yard line. Moravian takes on Gettysburg College on Saturday.
• The College of New Jersey surprised Montclair State, 19-9, in a game featuring numerous Shore players. TCNJ quarterback Chris James (Brick Memorial) went 18-for-34 for 209 yards and a touchdown and also ran for 60 yards to help power the win. RB Dan Dornacker (Brick) had 57 yards rushing in the victory and Chase Misiura (Holmdel) added 13 yards. Austin Misiura also started at WR. Punter Jeff Struble (Manchester) averaged 40.3 yards on six punts, including a long of 58 and four punts inside Montclair’s 20-yard line. TCNJ faces Rowan on Friday night.
• For Montclair State, QB Mike Jump (Toms River South) went 15-for-43 for 220 yards and a touchdown, but threw four interceptions. Red Hawks WR Jeff Papcun (Raritan) had a big game in defeat, with 5 catches for 101 yards. LB John Valkos (Rumson-FH) had eight tackles in the loss, and Derrell Sapp (Long Branch) had 7, Ray Siegmund (Keyport) had 5, Vince Iachetta (Manasquan) had 1 and Devaughn Dortsch (Asbury Park) had 1. Montclair faces Buffalo State this weekend.
• FDU-Florham lost 17-14 to Albright, as FDU QB Bill Winters (Brick) went 14-for-30 for 155 yards, two TDs and an interception in the loss. TE Ray Kwiatkowski (Msgr. Donovan) had 4 catches for 82 yards and 2 touchdowns. Nick Cusanelli (Brick) had 3 tackles in the loss for FDU, Chris Quackenbush (Central) started at fullback, Kyle Bukowiec (Howell) started at wideout, and Garret Marron (Middletown North) started at center. Also, Tim Poss (Manchester), Brandon Schoonover (Manchester), Jason Glezman (Mater Dei, 2 tackles), James Sullivano (Howell), Dan Labrutto (Brick), Phil Greene (Shore Reg.), and George Gibson (Raritan) all saw time for FDU.
• Shane Bigelow (Ocean) started at center in Widener’s 16-14 win over Lycoming. Widener takes on King’s College this week.
• Rowan DB Ahmad Stokes (Jackson) had a pair of interceptions in a 40-18 win over Western Connecticut. Back-up QB Joe Rankin (Toms River North) went 3-for-6 for 38 yards in the win. LB Dan Hopkins (Jackson) had one tackle, and OL Joe D’Amato (Brick Memorial) and WR Darnell Norman (Lakewood) each saw time. Rowan now takes on TCNJ.
• DL Chris Swensen (St. John Vianney) had three tackles, including one for a loss, in undefeated Muhlenberg College’s 28-21 win over Johns Hopkins. Muhlenberg is at Juniata this weekend.
• Senior QB A.J. Roque (Matawan) threw for 292 yards and a TD, but also threw four INTs for Kean University in a 35-16 loss to Buffalo State. RB Jared Chunn (Monmouth) ran for 56 yards and a TD, and freshman RB Chris DiMicco (Lacey) had one attempt for five yards. WR Shane Meyer (Raritan) had five catches for 71 yards and TE Rick Jaeger had one catch for 6 yards. Darryl Jackson (Red Bank) had four tackles, one for a loss, Colin Parsons (Wall) handed the kickoff duties and Jon Robinson (Brick) booted a 30-yard field goal. Kean takes on Cortland State on Saturday.
• QB Christian George (Rumson-FH) went 7-for-19 for 30 yards and also ran for 68 yards in Coast Guard Academy’s 3-0 win over Mass.-Maritime. Coast Guard takes on Fitchburg State this week.

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THE FIFTH DOWN – WEEK FIVE BREAKDOWN

     Friday games

• TR East (3-0) at Southern (3-0)
• For TR East to win – (1) The Raiders just need to clear
  some holes and let their speed do the rest on offense; (2) The defense
  needs to swarm to the ball and chase down everything to the sideline.
  In other words, do what it has been doing. Also, don’t allow QB Todd
  Kaiser to hit any big plays behind the safeties to give the Rams any
  momentum. (3) Don’t get frustrated if it’s scoreless after a quarter
  after being used to blitzing opponents from the opening whistle.
• For Southern to win – (1) Play assignment football on
  defense and do a good job of recognizing which one of East’s 27 running
  backs has the ball on each play; (2) Try some power football up the
  middle with the run game and then hope to hit a play-action pass; (3)
  Hang around until late in the game and see if East gets flustered and
  makes a mistake.
• Marlboro (0-3) at Brick Memorial (1-2): I guarantee that a
  team named the Mustangs wins this game. This is another game for Brick
  Memorial to fine-tune its offense, but the biggest importance could
  come in getting the defense some confidence after allowing 39 points to
  Southern last week.
• Barnegat (3-1) at Holmdel (3-0)
• For Holmdel to win – (1) The Hornets must get to Barnegat
  QB Brandon Clarke quickly; (2) Holmdel QB Ryan Haslett and the rest of
  the rushing attack must have a big day and control the clock; (3)
  Holmdel can’t give up the big play and can’t get behind early.
• For Barnegat to win – (1) The Bengals must spread the
  field, use their speed, and keep pass rushers of Brandon Clarke; (2)
  They can’t allow themselves to get pushed around up front on defense;
  (3) Hit the big play when it’s there. If Dan Cintron is streaking down
  the sideline, the accurate Clarke has to hit him for the home run play
  because there won’t be a ton of chances.
• Howell (4-0) at TR South (0-4): Howell is looking to
  improve to 5-0 for the first time in school history…Indians kicker
  Jake Del Vento booted a 52-yarder last week, the longest field goal in
  the Shore since I saw Jackson’s Mike Cortese (who went on to Rutgers)
  nail a 53-yarder in frigid temperatures at John J. Munley Field back in
  2001…The Rebels are looking to avenge a surprising loss to the
  Indians from last year.
• Middletown North (0-3) at Manalapan (1-3): Middletown
  North coach Joe Trezza is looking for his first career victory since
  taking over before last season…Manalapan’s Tom Gallahue picked up his
  first win last week in his first year as the Braves’ head man…Braves
  quarterback Craig Peterson threw for 234 yards and five touchdowns
  against Middletown North last year…The Lions are coming off their bye
  week.
• Manasquan (3-1) at Rumson-FH (3-1)
• For Rumson to win – (1) Senior QB Matt Wassel needs to
  play well and consistently find Ryan Kirchner, John Lembeck and the
  other wideouts on short and intermediate routes that move the chains,
  similar to his performance in a huge win over Raritan last year; (2)
  Rumson’s defensive line has to come to play and can’t get outmuscled by
  Manasquan’s physical line at the point of attack; (3) Rumson’s
  offensive line has to keep pash rushers off of Wassel.
• For Manasquan to win – (1) The Warriors have to pound
  Rumson up front, move the chains with Chazz Coursey and Lorenzo
  Venables (if he’s 100 percent) and keep Rumson’s offense off the field;
  (2) The Warriors need to get pressure on Wassel and at least hit him
  even if he’s only taking three-step drops; (3) QB Steve Kircher needs
  to make the Bulldogs pay for crowding the line of scrimmage by
  converting his chances on play-action passes.
• Neptune (2-2) at Ocean (2-2): Neptune junior RB Michael
  Peavy leads the Shore Conference in rushing with 766 yards in four
  games…Ocean has only allowed seven points combined in its two
  victories…Neptune QB Lem Walker saw his first varsity action against
  Ocean last season when starter Damon Poland was knocked out of the game
  with a concussion.
• Jackson Liberty (1-3) at Middle Township (0-3): Jackson Liberty
  lost fullback Tanner Ogilvie, one of its best players, to injury. By
  the way, if he is named after a combination of “Bad News Bears”
  characters, Ogilvie officially has the most awesome name in the Shore
  Conference, possibly in Shore Conference history…Middle Township has
  gone 1-9 the past two seasons…The Lions are 1-3 and this is the
  fourth straight week they have traveled deep into South Jersey for a
  game.
• Matawan (1-3) at Manchester (0-3): The winless Hawks
  scored their first points of the season in a 34-21 loss to Monmouth
  last week…Junior RB Nate King leads the Huskies in rushing (198 yds.)
  and is averaging 9 yards per carry…Hawks QB Jeff Hurley threw three
  touchdown passes last week, all to wideout Khiry Griffin…Theo Allison
  is averaging 18.5 yards per catch for Matawan…Junior DB Kyle Hardy
  leads Matawan with three interceptions.
• Point Boro (3-0) at Raritan (0-4): The Panthers are
  averaging 6.7 yards per rush this season…Point Boro senior WR Bob
  Stowe had his first career 100-yard receiving game last week with four
  catches for 114 yards and a pair of TDs….Junior RB Jesse Raymond is
  the only player to score a touchdown for the Rockets this season with
  two…Raritan has been shut out in consecutive losses…The Panthers
  beat the Rockets in a double-overtime thriller last year…Senior RB
  Skylar Engelken is averaging exactly 100 yards a game rushing for Point
  Boro.
• Shore (1-3) at Point Beach (1-2): The Garnet Gulls are
  coming off their bye week…Both teams are 1-2 in the Patriot
  Division…Shore is averaging 242 yards rushing per game against Shore
  Conference opponents…Point Beach senior QB Shane Ferguson has rushed
  and passed for all five of the Gulls’ offensive touchdowns this year.
• Msgr. Donovan (1-3) at St. John Vianney (1-3): The Lancers
  have lost three straight since winning their season opener…Each
  team’s lone victory came against winless Raritan…SJV freshman QB
  Charles Davis is averaging 9.6 yards per carry this season…RB Chris
  Mayo leads the Lancers with 5 TDs rushing…Mon Don WR Tom Carter is
  quietly one of the more underrated wideouts in the Shore as he is
  averaging 18.9 yards per catch and has three touchdowns on the
  year…RB Michael Duddy is averaging 7.2 yards per carry for the
  Griffins.
• SATURDAY’S GAMES
• Wall (3-1) at Red Bank (0-3): Wall is trying to bounce
  back from a 35-34 heartbreaker against No. 1 Middletown South…One of
  every 3.6 completions for Wall QB Jim Louro has gone for a touchdown.
  He has 7 TD throws this season…Wall senior RB/WR Tim Wright has
  averaged 7.2 yards per carry and 23 yards per reception this season and
  has six TDs…Red Bank has not scored since its season opener.
• Keansburg (3-0) at Asbury Park (3-1)
• For Keansburg to win – (1) The defense can’t give up any
  big plays and must force the Blue Bishops to mount long drives to
  score; (2) QB Anthony Valle needs to hit the longball when he has the
  chance or if there is a blown coverage; (3) Keep doing what they’ve
  been doing – feed the ball to senior RB Justin Laguna and let him take
  them to victory.
• For Asbury Park to win – (1) Make someone else besides
  Justin Laguna beat them; (2) Force turnovers; (3) Try and get Derrell
  Bell or Tyreek Small matched up one-on-one with Keansburg cheating
  toward the line of scrimmage and let QB Will Johnson let his receivers
  make some big plays.
• Middletown South (4-0) at Lakewood (2-1): The Piners have
  surpassed their win total from last year already…Eagles QB Pat
  Campbell is averaging 7.5 yards per rush and 125.3 yards per game on
  the ground…The Eagles have allowed 9.3 points per game against
  Federal Division opponents this season while scoring an average of 35.3
  points in divisional games.
• Mater Dei (0-3) at Keyport (0-4): The Red Raiders’ first
  four opponents are a combined 12-2…Keyport WR Justin Diaz is
  averaging 18.7 yards per catch….Keyport RB Gilly Olini had his first
  100-yard rushing effort of the season (110 yds) last week against
  Asbury Park…Seraphs coach Nick Varanelli is looking for his first win
  in his first season as a head coach…Mater Dei scored its first points
  of the season in a 42-15 loss to Shore in its last game.
• Long Branch (3-0) at Monmouth (2-2): Green Wave QB Isaiah
  Hall is averaging 7.4 yards per rush and 11.9 yards per
  completion…Long Branch is looking to avenge a 42-7 loss to Monmouth
  from last year….Senior RB Travis Patterson leads the Green Wave with
  416 yards rushing…Monmouth has averaged 39 points per game in its
  wins and 1.5 points per game in its losses, so it’s all or nothing…RB
  Randy Thomas leads the Falcons with four rushing touchdowns.
• Central (0-4) at Freehold (3-0): The Colonials are
  allowing 13.7 points per game…Central is averaging 10 points per
  game…One out of every 5.5 completions for Freehold QB Brian Prisk has
  gone for a touchdown, and junior WR Brandon Brown is averaging 26 yards
  per catch…The Colonials have four players who have run for over 80
  yards this season…Senior RB Kevin Stokes has scored four of Central’s
  five rushing TDs this season.
• Brick (2-1) at Lacey (2-2)
• For Lacey to win (1) Put up two touchdowns. Brick is only
  averaging 13.3 points per game; (2) Force Brick into third-and-long on
  offense and make the Green Dragons one-dimensional; (3) Establish Tom
  Rickmers and Mike Mancini and then throw it over the top when Brick has
  to come up to the line of scrimmage.
• For Brick to win (1) Get an early lead, but don’t sit on
  it hoping the defense will pitch a shutout the rest of the way; (2)
  Force Lacey into obvious passing downs; (3) Get turnovers in Lacey’s
  red zone to shorten the field for the offense.
• Freehold Twp. (0-4) at Colts Neck (2-1): Senior RB Ashton
  Jackson has run for 520 yards and is averaging 7.1 yards per carry for
  Colts Neck…Cougars sophomore QB Chris Chiarelli is averaging 20 yards
  per completion…Cougars kicker Eric Spillane has hit a 33-yarder this
  year…The Patriots are allowing 45.5 points per game…The Patriots do
  not have anyone who has run for more than 38 yards total this season.
• Jackson (2-2) at TR North (4-0)
• For Jackson to win – (1) The Jaguars have to establish RB
  Don Murphy early, so that the Mariners’ pass rush can’t load up on
  going after Jackson QB John Cirri; (2) Jackson’s defensive front needs
  to stuff TRN RB Marlon Brinson and force QB Anthony Penna to make some
  plays on third-and-7 or third-and-8; (3) Kicker Kyle Stybe, who hit
  field goals of 34 and 44 yards last week, may be called upon for some
  big FG attempts.
• For TR North to win – (1) Stop the run, make Jackson
  one-dimensional and then unleash DE Austin Kugler and LBs Zach Kane and
  Nick Foukarakis on John Cirri; (2) Don’t let Jackson WR Mark Bergery
  get behind the defense because Cirri has a rifle arm and will find him
  for a big play; (3) Make plays in the passing game. If Anthony Penna
  can hit some passes early, it loosens things up for RB Marlon Brinson
  to go to work.

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2009 Film Festival

Information & Forms below on the MFCA Film Festival

It is time again for our annual Maryland Football Coaches Association Film Festival.  This is a very important event for us to be able to promote our schools, programs and most importantly, our senior football players and their talents.  In order to do this, we need every coach to send or bring a video for the college coaches to be able to view.  Videos can be brought to the December 8th association meeting. Along with each video, you need to bring the information sheet on each player (on the website to download).

The film festival will be held Thursday December 12, 2009 at the University of Maryland football offices starting at noon and continuing throughout the day.  We will have VCR’s and TV’s set up in individual rooms for every area of the state. It is encouraged that if you have a video device such as (laptops,digital projects etc.) bring them for more flexibility to view videos. College coaches from all three NCAA Divisions as well as NAIA schools will be in attendance to give your players plenty of exposure.  I welcome and encourage you to attend to meet the college coaches and promote your program and players.

I thank you in advance for your support in promoting Maryland High School Football and good luck to you and your players.

Prospect Information Sheet

College Registration (Colleges only)      College Invoices

Send information to:
                Eric Wade
                Maryland Football Coaches Association
                Committee Chair               
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