The Rotary Clubs of Monmouth County hosted the 43rd annual Vince Lombardi Awards Banquet in Eatontown honoring 28 lineman from the Shore Conference
EATONTOWN – The Rotary Clubs of Monmouth County presented the 43rd annual Vince Lombardi Awards Banquet at the Sheraton Hotel honoring offensive and defensive lineman from the Shore Conference. 28 players received an award and heard from speakers including Monmouth University football coach Kevin Callahan, Rutgers defensive line coach Jim Panagos and former New York Giants punter Jeff Feagles.
Red Bank Catholic won Team of the Year and head coach Jim Portela won the Vic Kubu Memorial coach of the year. John Bartow of Howell was given the John Tuggle award.
The late Vince Lombardi has strong local ties. He lived in Fair Haven with his wife, Marie, while coaching the New York Giants and they are both buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Middletown.
Three members of Shore Sports Zone’s All-Zone team were honored – Shore’s James Bedell, RBC’s Ryan Kroeger, and RFH’s Tucker Briggs, who was our Zone Scholar Athlete of the Year
2014-15 Vince Lombardi Award Winners
Allentown HS – Kevin Locke
Asbury Park HS – Josue Williams
Colts Neck HS – Michael Maiello
Freehold Boro HS – Mitchell Johnson
Freehold Township HS – Jimmy Purcell
Holmdel HS – Kyle Rooney
Howell HS – Mike McGuinness
Keansburg HS – Tristan Miksza
Keyport HS – Dan Williams
Long Branch HS – Andrew Huff
Manasquan HS – Craig Miller
Marlboro HS – David Wiener
Matawan HS – Jake Weber
Mater Dei HS – Dave Osborn
Middletown North HS – Vincent Pianoforte
Middletown South HS – Brian Joyce
Monmouth Regional HS – Liam Kennedy
Neptune HS – Andrew Holland-Samuels
Ocean Township HS – Haydn Matarazzo
Raritan HS – Chris Vurchio
Red Bank Catholic HS – Ryan Kroeger
Red Bank Regional HS – Jimmy Ferrogine
Rumson-Fair Haven HS – Tucker Briggs
Shore Regional HS – James Bedell
Saint John Vianney HS – Kyle Gibson
Wall Township HS – Jim Onulak