Shore Regional

It’s time to honor great performances from New Jersey high school basketball with our JSZ Game Balls. We have polls for North, Central and South Jersey in both boys and girls categories. The polls are open now through Tuesday at 3:00 pm. We look forward to handing out 6 JSZ Game Balls every week and we’ll stop by mid-week practices or games to make a presentation. NJM Insurance South Jersey Game Ball Nominees Take Our Poll Take Our Poll Jersey Sports Zone is able to honor South Jersey athletes every week thanks to the support of NJM Insurance! JSZ North Jersey Game Ball Nominees Take Our Poll Take Our Poll JSZ Central Jersey Game Ball Nominees Take Our Poll Take Our Poll Coaches and fans – if you have a player that is worthy of nominating contact rich@jerseysportszone.com by Saturday evening. Thanks to everyone who made a nomination this week!

Jersey Sports Zone is pleased to bring you statewide basketball coverage to kick off the weekend. We’ll have highlights from a decisive win by the Saddle River Day girls; an always-exciting Mercer County showdown between Trenton and Nottingham; and a blowout win for the Holmdel Hornets. Stay tuned for the highlights! Saddle River Day 61 Manchester 52 Michigan-commit Michelle Sidor led the way for Saddle River Day with a game-high 23 points as the Rebels (9-0) overpowered fellow state-ranked Manchester (8-1). LIU-Brooklyn commit Jenna Jordan also poured in 21 points and 14 rebounds for Saddle River Day in the win. JSZ’s Jay Cook has all the highlights from Paterson: Hamilton 52 West Windsor-Plainsboro South 44 After beginning the year 0-3, Hamilton West has won two of their last three games. Despite facing a 4-2 West Windsor-Plainsboro South team the Hornets were able to physically out play their fellow Colonial Valley Conference opponent to win 52-44. Jack Buofford finished with 20 points for Hamilton. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights: Sponsor! Thank you to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring both our Hamilton West and West Windsor-Plainsboro South coverage! Holmdel 64 Shore Regional 31 Holmdel showed up with a big performance on the night where back-to-back Hornets state championship basketball teams from 1998 and 1999 were honored. Jack Giamanco lead the way with 20 points in a blowout win over Shore. JSZ’s Bryan DeNovellis has the highlights:

Round two of the state soccer playoffs brings JSZ cameras to four games from around New Jersey.  We’ve got Prep state soccer championship wins for the St. Benedict’s boys and the Pennington girls plus a dramatic golden goal from #14 seed Shore Regional and a dominating effort from defending state champ Holmdel.  Watch it all on Jersey Sports Zone! St. Benedict’s Prep 7 Pennington 0 | Boys Prep A Finals St. Benedict’s Prep added yet another achievement to a laundry list of accomplishments for their 2018 season. The Gray Bees rolled through Pennington to capture a National Championship, the No. 1 national ranking, their 29th Prep A title in 30 years, while going undefeated for the last two seasons. JSZ’s Jay Cook was in Newark for this historic win for the St. Benedict’s Prep program: Sponsor Shoutout! JSZ’s coverage of all Pennington athletics is brought to you by Princeton Orthopaedic Associates.             (14) Shore Regional 1 (6) Raritan 0 (OT) – Central Jersey Group 2 Quarterfinals Ryan Bongarzone’s right foot blast off a feed from Colin Creighton :59 seconds into overtime was the golden goal to give the #14 seed a second straight upset in the state playoffs.  Shore reaches the Central Jersey Group 2 semifinals and a matchup with #10 seed Carteret.  JSZ has the highlights and post-match reaction from Hazlet: Pennington 5 Blair 1 | Girls Prep A Finals Pennington Girls Soccer claimed its third Prep A Title in four years with a 5-1 win over Blair Academy. After trailing 1-0 at the break the Red Raiders led by St. Joseph’s commit Jayden Avery scored five times in the second half. Avery would have three of the goals as Pennington claims their 13th Championship in 15 seasons to accompany their recent Mercer County Tournament Title win over No. 1 ranked Allentown just days ago. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights: Thank you to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring our Pennington coverage! Holmdel 8 Robbinsville 1 – Central Jersey Group 2 Quarterfinals Anthony Arena had two goals and two assists as seven different Hornets scored on the way to a convincing win.  The Hornets are now 18-0-1 and will face Voorhees in the Central Jersey Group 2 Semifinals.  Watch the highlights from a dominating first half: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Robbinsville is brought to you by Princeton Orthopaedic Associates  

We’re now well into the county tournament season and JSZ has highlights from three different counties: Essex, Mercer and Monmouth. Check in throughout the night to follow along with our high school soccer coverage. #9 Columbia 0 (5)  #8 Glen Ridge 0 (3) – Essex County Boys Quarterfinals After 100 minutes of scoreless soccer, Columbia came out on top 5-3 with PKs against Glen Ridge. Senior keeper Sam Maidenberg was the star in this one. Not only did he make a big-time save during penalty kicks, but he actually scored one himself to give his team the edge. Full highlights of this exciting Essex County matchup now: #5 West Windsor-Plainsboro South 2  #12 Hun 0 – Mercer County Boys First Round Connor Staples and Ryan Grund found the net and James Mattson made eight saves to get WWPS into the quarterfinals and a matchup with fourth seed Notre Dame.  JSZ has the highlights from the battle of the Raiders: Thanks to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for allowing us to capture great Mercer County moments all year long and sponsoring both West Windsor-Plainsboro South and the Hun School #5 Toms River North 2 vs. #4 Shore 0 – Shore Conference Girls Quarterfinals Marisa Tava and Alexa Peto both scored for the second consecutive game to give Toms River North a Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinal round win over the Shore Blue Devils. This was a rematch from last year’s SCT quarterfinals with the Mariners winning that one, 3-1. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from a commanding win in West Long Branch. Thanks to CJA Construction for sponsoring JSZ’s coverage of Toms River North!

Long Branch’s Jermaine Corbett is one of ten nominees for this week’s Shore Conference Game Ball.  Cast your vote now through Tuesday at 3:00 pm. We’ll stop by a practice to honor this week’s winner with a JSZ Game Ball.  Thanks to everyone at the Shore for supporting the great athletes we cover each and every day Take Our Poll

Jersey Sports Zone is excited to bring you exciting action from the pitch this fall in New Jersey high school soccer.  We look back on the top ten most viewed games from our coverage in 2017: #10 Shore Regional 2 Point Pleasant Beach 1 – Central Jersey Group 1 State Playoffs Frankie McDonough and Kendall Rich both scored from short range in the early part of the second half to give the Blue Devils a spot in the Central Jersey Group 1 semifinals.  After a scoreless first half, McDonough and Rich found the net in the 44th and 46th minutes.  Julia Cairns got the lone goal for Point Beach with a beautiful left foot shot just 28 seconds after Rich’s goal, but Point Beach never found the equalizer.  Watch the highlights of Shore Regional’s state soccer victory: #9: Middletown North 1 Middletown South 0 Darien Rinn’s close-range goal at the 12:11 mark was the only goal of the game as the Lions earn avenge a 3-0 loss to Middletown South earlier in the regular seaosn.  Haley Martin had eight saves to get the shutout.  Watch the goal and some great saves in our highlights: #8: Freehold Township 2 Freehold Boro 0 Freehold Township 2 Freehold Boro 0 Laura Noseworthy scored in the final minute of the first half and Meghan Summonte added a second-half score to give the Lady Patriots a 2-0 win over rival Freehold Boro to improve to 8-0.  Watch two great goals that happened because of sensational passing: #7: Steinert 3 Allentown 0 – Mercer County Tournament Championship The undefeated Allentown girls soccer team suffered its first loss of the season after falling to Steinert 3-0 in the Mercer County Tournament championship game. Gabby DeLisa hit two goals from deep range to capture the Spartans first county title since 2006. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has all the highlights! #6: Shore Regional 1 Saint John Vianney 1 Kendall Rich’s goal in the 69th minute gave the Blue Devils a tie on the road at SJV.  Cameran Cox gave SJV a 1-0 lead early in the second half.  It was the start of a tremendous rivalry between the two Shore Conference foes: #5: Wall 4 Freehold Township 2 – Shore Conference Tournament Championship Jenna Karabin had a three-goal night to help lead the Crimson Knights to an upset win over top-seeded Freehold Township in the SCT championship game at Ocean Township High.  Wall lost to the Patriots 3-1 in the regular season, but the Crimson Knights set the tone in the first half.  Lauren Karabin fed twin sister Jenna for the first goal of the game.  In the final minute of the first half, Hailee Reinhardt delivered a perfect ball on the corner kick that was headed home by sophomore Marissa Sciorilli who picked the perfect time to score her first varsity goal.   With a 2-0 lead at the half, it looked like it would be a comfortable Crimson Knights victory when Jenna Karabin scored her second goal of the game at the 60-minute mark.  But Freehold Township mounted an impressive comeback scoring two goals in the span of two minutes starting with a Jessica Judge free kick that clanked off the post and in the net followed by a Jasmine Colbert goal from close range.  Freehold Township got within 3-2 with 12 minutes to go, but seconds after the Patriots flurry, Karabin halted the momentum with a fantastic low shot weaving around two defenders.  Watch highlights and post-game reaction from the Crimson Knights: #4: Middletown South 4 Somerville 3 (OT) – North 2 Group 3 Semifinals Emma Laudisi had a hat trick including the golden goal in overtime as Middletown South delivered one of the biggest upsets in New Jersey girls high school soccer in 2017.  JSZ’s Courtney DuPont has the stunner from the state playoffs: #3: Freehold Township 2 East Brunswick 1 (OT) – Central Jersey Group 4 Finals Trailing 1-0 and with the season on the line, the Colbert twins rally Freehold Township into the state semifinals.  East Brunswick took a 1-0 lead on an Alyna Negron goal in the second half.   Bears keeper Lauren Krinsky, a University of Delaware commit, made a number of stellar saves, but the Patriots broke through as Jasmine’s shot off a rebound tied the game with just under three minutes to go.  In overtime, it was Jada Colbert playing the role of hero with the golden goal.  JSZ’s Bryan DeNovellis has all the highlights and post-match reaction from an outstanding game at Howell High School: #2: Shore Regional 5 Glen Ridge 4 – Group 1 State Championship For the third straight year, the Blue Devils delivered heartbreak to Glen Ridge in the state championship.  Shore trailed 4-2 in the second half, but mounted an amazing comeback.  It started with Frankie McDonough on a 30 yard free kick blast.  Then with three minutes to go in regulation, Julia Eichenbaum drew Shore even.  Instead of overtime, the Blue Devils got the ggame-winnerwith just nine ticks left on the clock as Hannah Birdsall delivered a pass to Eichenbaum who buried the championship clincher from close range.  Birdsall had two goals for Shore, while Lindsay Jaiyesimi had a hat trick for Glen Ridge. JSZ’s Jay Cook brings us the incredible action and post-match reaction from Kean University: #1: Saint John Vianney 3 Shore Regional 3 Erin Gilfillan’s goal with under two minutes to go forced overtime and Brelynn Bellamy came up with a sensational defensive play in the closing seconds of the first overtime session to give Saint John Vianney a 3-3 tie with Shore Regional.  The two teams played to a 1-1 draw earlier in the regular season.  Shore Regional had a 2-1 lead in the final ten minutes before Cameran Cox drew a penalty kick.  Chloe Sherman tied the game at two on the PK, but Shore answered right back on a breakaway goal from Frankie McDonough to take a 3-2 lead.   With under two minutes to go, Erin Gilfillan delivered a 34 yard blast to force overtime.  In OT, Julia Eichenbaum thought she had a golden goal, but after getting the ball by the keeper, Bellamy came in and steered the ball away from the back of the net.   Watch the highlights from an incredible game: 2017 Girls Soccer Goals of the Year Thanks to all the great athletes for giving us so many great highlights all year long and there’s more to come in 2018!  Take a look back at our top goals of 2017:

It’s time to honor outstanding performances from the diamond.  Thanks to our friends at Monmouth Building Center, we’ll have 10 top nominees every week from Shore Conference baseball and softball.  Cast your votes NOW through Tuesday at 3:00 pm.  We’ll pay a visit to a mid-week game or practice and make a Monmouth Building Center Game Ball presentation.  Coaches can always nominate a player – just email rich@jerseysportszone before Saturday night: Take Our Poll Take Our Poll Monmouth Building Center in Shrewsbury has been honoring Shore Conference athletes for the past four years.  Thanks to the team at Monmouth Building Center for giving us the chance to honor great Shore kids in football, basketball, baseball and softball.  

St. Joes Metuchen – 4 Don Bosco Prep – 1  St. Joseph Metuchen gave a new meaning to playing “lights out” baseball on Saturday night. Falcons had a 1-0 lead after 3 innings when the lights went out at Don Bosco Prep due to an electrical problem, a 20 minute delay followed before play would resume. The lights may have came back on, but the St. Joes defense kept Don Bosco in the dark. The Falcons, led by pitchers Nicolas Estes (Win) and Jake Hellwig (Save), shut down the ironmen offense and got a 4-1 win on the road. Watch the Highlights from Ramsey on JSZ. Wall 4 Jackson Liberty 3 The Crimson Knights raced out to a 4-3 lead and survived a late-inning rally to hand Jackson Liberty its first loss of the season.  Ryan Napolitano threw 5.1 innings with seven strikeouts before turning things over to Trey Dombroski and a 4-0 lead.  The Lions scored three runs in the 6th, highlighted by a David Melfi two-run homer to cut the lead to 4-3.  Dombroski pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning to secure the win.  Wall got RBI singles from Doug Wetzel and Andy Lenneper, an RBI double from Grant Shulman and a solo homer courtesy of John Iradi.  Watch the highlights of a great Saturday morning matchup from the Shore Conference: Shore Regional 12 Ranney 2 (5 innings) James LaBruno went 4-4 with 4 RBI’s to lead a 16-hit attack by the BlueDevils at the Lakewood BlueClaws First Energy Park.  Shore Regional busted the game open with a seven-run fourth inning.  JSZ has the highlights from the Shore Conference: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Shore Regional is made possible by ServPro of Eatontown/Long Branch