Our US Army Game of the Week is a great back and forth game at the Middletown Holiday Tournament. Zach D’Andrea’s goal with 1:24 left in the third period earned Jackson Liberty a 5-5 tie with Middletown North. We’ve got all the highlights and post-game reaction
Jackson Liberty 5 Middletown North 5
In the battle of Lions, Jackson Liberty erased a 3-1 deficit with three straight goals and responded to Middletown North’s go-ahead goal with 1:24 to go in the game to give Liberty a 5-5 tie with North. Justin Skelly had two first period goal for Middletown North and Brad Heuer’s goal made it a 3-1 advantage in the second period. Jackson Liberty scored three goals in the final 5:03 of the second period to go in front 4-3 at the end of two periods. Chris Repman drew Middletown North even in the third period and took the lead with 1:39 left on a Kurt Kroeper power play goal. Jackson Liberty answered just 15 seconds later as Zach D’Andrea took a feed from Nick Labianca to earn the tie. Watch the highlights of a great game from Wednesday afternoon:
US Army Game of the Week
Thanks to the US Army, Shore Sports Zone will bring you a Game of the Week in hockey, boys basketball and girls basketball all winter long. We’ll pick the big games on the schedule and bring you extended highlights and post-game reaction. Thanks to the US Army for supporting our coverage of great Shore Conference sports here on SSZ!
Middletown Holiday Tournament Scores and Schedule
Tuesday, December 27th
Middletown South 4 Jackson Liberty 3
Middletown North 8 Brick Township 6
Rumson-Fair Haven 5 Hunterdon Central 4
Wednesday, December 28th
Brick Township 7 Rumson-Fair Haven 3
Middletown South 5 Hunterdon Central 0
Middletown North 5 Jackson Liberty 5
Friday, December 30th
Middletown North vs. Hunterdon Central, 8:15 am
Rumson-Fair Haven vs. Jackson Liberty, 10:00 am
Middletown South vs. Brick Township, 11:45 am
Sponsor Shout Out!
Thanks to Beacon Awards for sponsoring our Middletown North coverage. We’ll have many more Lions highlights in all sports this year because of Beacon Awards. We are still seeking a Jackson Liberty sponsor. If you want to see more Jackson Liberty action on SSZ in all sports, contact rich@shoresportszone.com if you know a business that would like to support SSZ and our high definition highlights and features.