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Jersey Sports Zone honors the top performers from Week Four in high school football with our Jersey Sports Zone Game Balls.  We have ten nominees in four sections of the state.  The polls are open now through Tuesday at 3:00 pm.  We will stop by a midweek practice to present the winners with a JSZ Game Ball.  You can always nominate a player by emailing our team.  madison@jerseysportszone.com (North Jersey), courtney@jerseysportszone.com (Mid-State 38), nery@jerseysportszone.com (WJFL), rich@jerseysportszone.com (Shore Conference) Nery’s Game Ball – WJFL Take Our Poll Jersey Sports Zone’s South Jersey Game Balls are made possible by NJM Insurance Group North Jersey Take Our Poll Courtney’s Game Ball – Mid-State 38 Take Our Poll Jersey Sports Zone’s South Jersey Game Balls are made possible by NJM Insurance Group Shore Conference  Take Our Poll Missed our Weekend Highlights? Click HERE to watch JSZ’s Friday Week 5 Highlights Click HERE to watch JSZ’s Saturday Week 5 Highlights

Jersey Sports Zone honors the top performers from Week Two in high school football with our Jersey Sports Zone Game Balls.  We have ten nominees in four sections of the state.  The polls are open now through Tuesday at 3:00 pm.  We will stop by midweek practice to present the winners with a JSZ Game Ball.  You can always nominate a player by emailing our team.  jay@jerseysportszone.com (North Jersey), courtney@jerseysportszone.com (Mid-State 38), nery@jerseysportszone.com (WJFL), rich@jerseysportszone.com (Shore Conference) North Jersey Take Our Poll Courtney’s Game Ball – Mid-State 38 Take Our Poll Nery’s Game Ball – WJFL Take Our Poll Jersey Sports Zone’s South Jersey Game Balls are made possible by NJM Insurance Group Shore Conference  Take Our Poll Missed our Weekend Highlights? Click HERE to watch JSZ’s Friday Week 2 Highlights Click HERE to watch JSZ’s Saturday Week 2 Highlights

Once again, the JSZ team has cameras around the state bringing you highlights of Week 0 of New Jersey high school football. Click HERE To watch our Thursday Week 0 coverage featuring eight games  Here’s a preview of all the games that are posted below to get you ready for a great Friday night of high school football from all around New Jersey: Don Bosco Prep 22 Byrnes (SC) 17 Don Bosco Prep came out hot Friday night and made a statement. The Ironmen capitalized on a 19-point fourth quarter rally to topple the Byrnes (SC) Rebels, who took down Don Bosco Prep last year. JSZ’s Jay Cook was on hand in Ramsey for this 48-minute battle: Red Bank Catholic 41 Saint John Vianney 14 Steve Lubischer had two TD runs and a TD pass to account for over 200 yards of offense as the Caseys ended the 38 game Shore Conference winning streak of SJV.  Lubischer’s TD’s all came in the first half as the Caseys took a 20-0 lead into the halftime locker room.  From there, coach Frank Edgerly’s team turned to its ground game as they produced three second-half TD runs by three different players.  Kavon Chambers ran for 152 yards in a losing effort.  Watch JSZ’s coverage of the big Shore Conference showdown in Holmdel: Our sponsors are the reason we can bring you great coverage of high school sports in New Jersey.  Thanks to BCB Bayshore (SJV) and Playa Bowls (RBC) for their support of Jersey Sports Zone and backing their hometown teams! Elizabeth 35 Bridgewater-Raritan 28 | LeShane Taylor 2 Passing TD’s, 179 yds, 2 Rushing TD’s, 137 yds After falling the North 2 Group 5 State Final to Westfield for the third year in a row Bridgewater-Raritan was looking to kick off the season with a W, except Elizabeth had other plans. When these two last met the Panthers won in a 35-0 shut out. This time around it was Elizabeth getting the upper hand coming out on top 35-28 thanks to a fantastic 4 touchdown performance from LeShane Taylor. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the call: Thank you to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring our Bridgewater-Raritan coverage on JSZ. We look forward to bringing you Panther athletics all year long! Thanks to Total Rehab & Sports Medicine for their support of Bridgewater-Raritan and allowing us to capture great moments throughout the 2018-19 season. Somerville 35 Delbarton 7 | Jalan Dabney 4 Passing TDs, 1 Rushing TD, 339 Yds The Somerville Pioneers took a trip to the North Super Conference to face Delbarton in their season opener. Jalan Dabney and the Pioneers outplayed the big north school is every way. Dabney had 339 total yards and took part in 5 touchdowns, while Kyree Hiton score off of what could be the play of the year. Check out the full highlights now: Phillipsburg 35 Warren Hills 7  | Jack Staggard 205 Passing Yds, 2 TDs Warren Hills and Phillipsburg may only be a 15 minute drive from one another, but the two football programs had not played since 2009. As expected though, P-Burg’s Smash Mouth Football style allowed them to plow through Warren Hills’ defensive line. Joe Green had two rushing touchdowns, while Jack Staggard showed off his passing abilities with 205 total passing yards. Check out highlights now: Thanks to the Garnet Booster Club for supporting Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Phillipsburg State College (PA) 19 Saint Augustine Prep 7 Cohen Russell had two first-half touchdowns as State College came to South Jersey to score a win at Saint Augustine Prep.  JSZ’s Mike Frankel has the highlights: Williamstown 24 Vineland 7 UMass commit JC Collins had two TD runs and a TD pass as Williamstown overcame an early 7-0 deficit to open the season with an impressive road win.  SNJ Today’s Mike Frankel has highlights from South Jersey: Lacey 14 Ocean 12 The Lions score two third-quarter touchdowns and sophomore Chase Granit ran for 130 yards to help Lacey score a Week 0 road win.  JSZ has highlights and post-game reaction:  

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:

Pascack Hills 3 Raritan 2 (8 innings) – Group 2 State Championship Chris Lum was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the top of the eighth inning to give Pascack Hills an 18th straight win and a Group 2 state title.  The Cowboys scored a pair of runs in the top of the second on RBI doubles from Lum and Marc Hernandez to take a 2-0 lead.  Raritan rallied for two runs on a bases-loaded walk and a wild pitch.  Zack Johnston pitched five shutout innings after the second to put Raritan in a position to shock NJ’s #1 ranked team, but Jack Brodsky matched goose eggs with four shutout innings in relief.  Raritan got a single and a walk with two outs in the bottom of the 8th, but a pop out to 3rd ended the game and gave Pascack Hills its 30th win of the season.  Watch the highlights of a tremendous game in Hamilton Township: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Raritan is made possible by our friends at BCB-Bayshore, Your Community Bank A special thanks to Reach Your Potential Training for partnering with Jersey Sports Zone to spotlight their athletes all year long! Somerville 3 Allentown 2 – Group 3 State Championship Bobby Wortman threw back-to-back strikeouts with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 7th inning to give the Pioneers their first overall group state baseball championship by defeating the defending champions.  Somerville broke a 1-1 tie with an RBI triple from freshman Matt Miceli followed by a Preston Scott RBI double.  Thomas Babalis pitched six strong innings and turned things over to Wortman who pitched masterfully under immense pressure. JSZ has all the highlights from a thrilling state final: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Allentown is made possible by Princeton Orthopaedic Associates

Julia LaFrankie and Christina Tonky – Combined Mid-State Game Ball Ceremony  This combined Game Ball Ceremony honors two outstanding performances by the Somerville players. First, in the Somerville vs Pingry game, Julia LaFrankie owned the plate with three hits, four RBIs, and one homer. Her standout game at the plate helped the Pioneers take down Big Blue 15-0. Additionally in Somerville’s game against Bernards, Christina Tonky had four hits and three RBIs, which lead her team to an 18-5 victory over the Mountaineers. Check out this game ball ceremony now: Take Our Poll Total Votes: 1,000 Take Our Poll Total Votes: 7, 989

Hillsborough 11 Gill St. Bernards 5 – Somerset County Tournament Quarterfinals Gill St. Bernards was off to a hot start after Grace Belveridge pushed two runs across herself, but it was Hillsborough’s Karlie Manco who shined today. After making an error in the first inning, Manco responded with three hits, two doubles, a three run homer, and a total of five RBIs. Highlights of this one now available: Sponsor Alert! Coverage of Hillsborough is brought to you by Princeton Ortho. Thanks to Princeton Ortho JSZ will bring you Raider highlights all season long! Donovan Catholic 13 Middletown South 2 NJ’s #1 ranked team put together back to back 6-run frames in the 2nd and 3rd innings to dominate the Eagles.  Linsday Nelson pitched three shutout innings and picked up her 500th career strikeout.  JSZ has highlights from the team that is ranked #13 in the latest USA Today Super 25 National Poll: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Middletown South is made possible by our friends at Prown’s Windows & Doors Check back in later today for highlights of Somerville and Montgomery

Each week JSZ will bring you ten nominations, both baseball & softball, for our weekly Mid-State Game Ball Award. These nominations are composed of athletes who had top, player of the week-worthy, performances across the Mid-State. Vote for your favorite athlete now, and this week’s winner will be awarded a JSZ Game Ball & Game Ball Ceremony. (Polls close Tuesday at 3PM) Softball Poll Take Our Poll Baseball Poll Take Our Poll Reminder! You can always nominate a deserving player for a Game Ball! Just email Courtney DuPont (courtney@jerseysportszone.com) with the following information: The player’s Name The player’s School The game/date played this week The player’s stats for that game

JSZ will be posting highlights from around the state throughout the night – check back in for great hoops highlights! Roselle Catholic – 92 Montclair Immaculate – 63 | Non-Public B North Semi-Finals Montclair Immaculate’s amazing run through the Non-Public B North playoffs came to a halt on Saturday thanks to New Jersey’s No. 1 ranked team. Roselle Catholic used a high flying aerial attack and hellacious defense to shut down Montclair Immaculate, and advance to the sectional championship on Wednesday at Rutgers University where they’ll take on Gill St. Bernard’s. Khalil Whitney poured in 29 points and grabbed 7 rebounds, while Joshua Pierre-Louis added 18. Syracuse bound Jalen Carey scored 20 in the loss for Immaculate. Ranney 77 Mater Dei 60 – Non-Public “B” South Boys Semifinal Bryan Antoine scored 31 points to lead Ranney to a fourth consecutive win over their Shore Conference rival.  Ranney will face Trenton Catholic on Tuesday at Jackson Liberty.  JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from Tinton Falls: JSZ’s coverage of Mater Dei Prep is made possible by Gold Coast Cadillac Rumson-Fair Haven 59 Bordentown 49 – Central Jersey Group 2 Boys Semifinal Phillip Wheeler broke a 44-44 tie with a thunderous putback slam to spark a 10-0 run in the final three minutes of the 4th quarter to lead RFH back to the Central Jersey Group 2 finals.  Ian O’Connor had 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead the RFH scoring and Elijah McAllister had 4 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists and 7 blocked shots.  Bordentown trailed 29-18 in the second quarter before scoring 15 straight points into the third quarter to take a 34-29 lead.  Rumson-Fair Haven rallied behind Wheeler (10 points and 8 rebounds) and key three-pointers by Teddy Sourlis (12 points).  RFH will host Carteret on Monday in the Central Jersey Group 2 finals.  Watch the highlights from a thriller in Rumson: Jersey Sports Zone gets all the great moments from RFH sports thanks to the support of ServPro of Eatontown/Long Branch Trenton 70 Hightstown 56 – Central Group 4 Boys Semifinal It was the third meeting between seventh seed Trenton and fifth seed Hightstown this season. With both teams splitting the match up this season the rubber match would not only give bragging rights but the winner would head to the Central Group 4 Final. Despite being an underdog Trenton came out of the gate fired up as the Tornadoes took a 18-7 lead at the end of the first quarter. Captain Ji’Ayir Brown was the spark plug and helped put his team up 38-20 at halftime. Brown would have 18 points, 12 rebounds, 7 steals and 2 assists in the 70-56 victory to send Trenton to the Central Group 4 Championship on 3/5 to face top seed Colts Neck. Watch the highlights now: Sponsor! Thank you to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring our Trenton and Hightstown coverage on JSZ! Lower Cape May 59 Barnegat 44 – South Jersey Group 2 Boys Semifinals Khamar Matthews scored on a putback to beat the buzzer to force overtime and Lower Cape May outscored the Bengals 15-0 in OT to advance to the South Jersey Group 2 finals and a matchup with Haddonfield.  Martin Angelov and Pat Holden scored 24 each for the Tigers.  Carson Francisco led Barnegat with 14.  The Bengals season comes to an end with an outstanding 22-7 record.  Watch the highlights from South Jersey – thanks to the Cape May Herald for the highlights! JSZ’s coverage of Barnegat Basketball was made possible this season thanks to the support of BSR Physical Therapy Franklin 65 Bridgewater-Raritan 32 – North 2 Group 4 Girls Semifinal No. 1 seed Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers was knocked out of the North 2 Group 4 girls basketball state semifinal by the No. 6 seed Franklin. Diamond Miller dominated offensively once again scoring 21 points! Check out full highlights now: Sponsor Alert! Coverage of Bridgewater-Rartian is brought to you by Princeton Ortho and Urgent Care. Thanks to our generous sponsors JSZ will bring you the best of Panther athletics all season long!!   Thanks to BCB Bayshore for sponsoring our Keyport coverage on JSZ. You can look forward to more Red Raider moments all year round! Somerville 55 West Morris Central 39 – North 2 Group 3 Girls Semifinal  Somerville took an early lead in the first, but in the 2nd West Morris Central scores 8 unanswered points to tie the game up. Unfortunately for the Wolfpack, in the second half Somerville’s Christina Cernuto turned it up a notch. Cernuto lead the scoring with 23 points and lead her team to this 55-39 victory. Full highlights now available: Bound Brook 69 Keyport 31 – Girls Central Jersey Group 1 Semifinals  Looking to repeat as Central Group 1 champions, top seed Bound Brook got off to a hot start in the semifinal round against fourth seed Keyport to take a 17-4 lead at the end of the first. The Crusaders had an unstoppable attack from three to extend that lead to 36-10 going into halftime. Cortlyn Morris who tore her ACL in last year’s title game was able to help lead her team back to the Championship game with a 12 point game in the 69-31 win over the Red Raiders. Bound Brook will face second seed Middlesex on 3/5. Watch the highlights now: Sponsor!  

No.14 Camden 52 Trenton Catholic 50 9-4 Trenton Catholic fresh off a close loss to No.13 Atlantic City had no time to wallow in self pity as they had another Top 20 opponent waiting for them in their next game, No. 14 Camden. “The High” was without 6’9 sophomore standout Lance Ware in their last contest as he sat due to injury, but in his first game back Ware helped deliver some big time plays including his game winning tip in with :02 left in regulation. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights and post game reaction from Lance Ware: Sponsor! Special thanks to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring our Trenton Catholic coverage on JSZ! Montgomery 54 Hillsborough 47 At the half Montgomery lead 21-14, but Hillsborough’s Elissa Nsenkyire kept the Raiders in the game. Unfortunately for Hillsborough, the Cougars did hold on through the fourth quarter to pull off the 54-47 win. The team’s leading scorer Julia Loffredo contributed 14 points. Check out those highlights now: Somerville 73 Somerset Vo-Tech 48 It was Somerville’s senior night as they took on the Jaguars and those seniors ended on a high note. The star today was Chris Elwood. Elwood was unstoppable under the basket and score 26 points. Check out full highlights now: Manasquan 52 Middletown South 38 Brad McCabe had 22 points as the Warriors staked claim to the top spot in the Shore Conference’s “B” North division.  The Warriors had a 19-10 halftime lead and were able to pull away from the Eagles.  JSZ has Shore Conference boys basketball highlights from Middletown: Thanks to Prown’s Windows & Doors in Middletown for making our Middletown South coverage possible  

From the Bridgewater Sports Arena JSZ’s Country DuPont brings you a Skyland Conference ice hockey matchup between Bernards and Pingry. Bernards came into the game with a .500 record, while Pingry came in 5-0 . This Pingry team is loaded with young talent that is helping them with their unexpectedly strong start to the season, and after a slow start this evening Pingry would pull ahead once again, shutting out Bernards 3-0. The star of today’s game was Jared Kordonsky who had a goal and an assist as his team remains undefeated. Check out the full highlights now:  

Special thanks from Jersey Sports Zone and an announcement We are overwhelmed and grateful to the incredible turnout for our 2017 JSZ Football Plays of the Year.  With over 150,000 votes, we realize that many of our nominees were spreading the word around the state to watch our videos and vote for your favorite player.  As a way of saying “thank you”, we are going to honor the top two vote getters in each category at the Jersey Sports Zone Football Banquet on December 7 at the APA Hotel in Woodbridge.  Thank you again to everyone who voted and here are the winners of the JSZ Football Plays of the Year for 2017: TD Run: Eddie Morales, Howell and Bill Hackett, Trenton TD Pass Play: Michael DeSantis/Travis Thomas, South River and Cameron Carti/Andrew Perez, Seton Hall Prep Special Teams TD: Sean Spina, Ridge and Mack Byrne, Holmdel Defensive TD of the Year: Jordan Morant/Javontae Jean-Baptiste Bergen Catholic and Caleb Stokes, Ewing Sack of the Year: Anthony Corbin, Bergen Catholic and Nick Densieski, Saint John Vianney Stick of the Year: Liam Donohue, Rumson-Fair Haven and Markus Bagley, St. Peter’s Prep All of our Plays of the Year winners will be presented with JSZ Game Balls at our Football Banquet on December 7. We will be sending the information to coaches.  Players and head coaches will be on our guest list.  Anyone who voted for the Plays of the Year can come join us for our ceremony in Woodbridge.  Here is the link to buy tickets for our dinner: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jersey-sports-zone-football-banquet-tickets-40116214678?aff=es2 We’re excited to show highlights of all the top players in the state and our Plays of the Week and Plays of the Year winners!  Thank you again for the tremendous support.  In case you missed it, watch all of our Plays of the Year nominees.  Thanks again for the great highlights and casting your vote! Take Our Poll Take Our Poll Take Our Poll Take Our Poll Take Our Poll Take Our Poll 2017 JSZ Play of the Week Winners Week 0: David Lepoidevin/Joshua Ejiogu, Bound Brook Week 1: Steve Lubischer/Jaden Key, Red Bank Catholic Week 2: Evan Burton, Pinelands Week 3: Dayshawn Porter/Devon Johnson – Monmouth Regional Week 4: Blaine Netterman, Brick Memorial Week 5: Zack Bair, Red Bank Catholic Week 6: Ian Fitzgerald, Monmouth Regional Week 7: Terry Outlaw Jr., South River Week 8: Anthony Damato, Marlboro Week 9: Ashante Worthy/Matt Krauss, Freehold Boro Week 10: Brandon Cipriano, Point Pleasant Boro Week 11: Ayir Asante, St. Peter’s Prep

The first week of playoff football is in the books.  Cast your vote NOW through Tuesday at 3:00 pm for the Top Play from Week Nine captured by JSZ cameras.  The winner of this week’s poll will earn an invite to our statewide football banquet in December.  Thanks to all of our nominees for giving us another batch of incredible highlights! Take Our Poll Previous JSZ Play of the Week Winners Week 0: David Lepoidevin/Joshua Ejiogu, Bound Brook Week 1: Steve Lubischer/Jaden Key, Red Bank Catholic Week 2: Shaikyi Hannah, Delsea Week 3: Dayshawn Porter/Devon Johnson – Monmouth Regional Week 4: Blaine Netterman, Brick Memorial Week 5: Zack Bair, Red Bank Catholic Week 6: Ian Fitzgerald, Monmouth Regional Week 7: Terry Outlaw Jr., South River Week 8: Anthony Damato, Marlboro Week 9: Ashante Worthy/Matt Krauss, Freehold Boro Missed our Highlights Shows?  Watch 17 games of action from Week 10 on Friday and Saturday

JSZ brings you four games of action from around the state in the girls state soccer playoffs. The public school brackets have now reached the sectional final level while we are at the state semifinal level in the Non-Public brackets. North 2 Group 3 Semifinals Middletown South 4 Somerville 3 – Overtime The North 2 Group 3 girls soccer semifinal game featured #5 seed, Middletown South at #1 seed, Somerville. The Pioneer’s Christina Cernuto scores 3 beautiful goals to bring her season total to 33. However, Somerville was outscored by the Eagles 4-3 in overtime thanks to senior forward Emma Laudisi who scored 3 goals herself, including the golden in OT! Check out the full highlights brought to you by JSZ’s Courtney DuPont: Sponsor Alert! JSZ’s coverage of Middletown South is brought to you by Prown’s Windows & Doors. Thanks to Prown’s,  JSZ catches great Eagles highlights all year long! Non-Public “A” South Semifinals Bishop Eustace 1 Saint John Vianney 0 – Double Overtime Brittany Pickering delivered a low liner on a corner kick in the 92nd minute that was put home by Sammie Sorensen to give the Crusaders an upset win over #1 seed SJV.  The game was a defensive stalemate as there were very few quality opportunities before overtime.  The game-winning goal came on the first corner of the game for Bishop Eustace.  Watch the game-winner and post-match reaction from Holmdel: Thanks to Paver Restoration and BCB Bayshore, Your Community Bank, for sponsoring our Saint John Vianney coverage all year long on Jersey Sports Zone.  We’ll have more Lancers highlights starting this Friday night for the state football playoffs and into the winter and spring! South Jersey Group-4 Semi Finals Toms River North 4 Clearview 0  Toms River North continues their run toward a 2nd straight South Jersey Group-4 Championship, as the Lady Mariners completed a dominant 4-0 semi-final win over Clearview on Monday afternoon. TR North had four different players score as Marisa Tava, Summer Petrick, Jenna Royson, and Melissa Wilhelm all tallied goals, while freshman goalie Cameron Kennet had 8 saves in the shutout win. Watch Highlights of the Lady Mariners below! Sponsor Shout Out! Thanks to PEAK Coaching For Success for providing coverage of Toms River North Mariner Athletics! The  match up between Allentown and Colts Neck was nothing short of an exciting physical battle. Olivia Denney got things in the started with an early first half goal that was quickly countered by the Lady Cougars. The Red birds would score a pair shortly after and they are going to meet Toms River East for the championship on 11/9. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has all the highlights! Central Group 3 Semifinals  Colts Neck 1 Allentown 3 Thank you Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring our Allentown coverage on Jersey Sports Zone. Because of Princeton Orthopaedic Associates, we’ll get many more great moments from Red Birds sports all year long! Thanks to HIT Training for sponsoring our Colts Neck coverage! Monday State Playoff Soccer Scores North Jersey 1 Group 1 Mountain Lakes 2 Park Ridge 1 Waldwick vs. Emerson Boro North Jersey 1 Group 2 Sparta 1 Kittatinny 0 Westwood 1 Ramsey 0 North Jersey 1 Group 3 Northern Highlands 3 Pascack Valley 0 Roxbury 4 Indian Hills 0 North Jersey 1 Group 4 Ridgewood 0 Livingston 0 (Ridgewood wins on PKs 4-2) Morris Knolls 2 Clifton 0 North Jersey 2 Group 1 Glen Ridge 1 Whippany Park 0 Verona 3 Dayton 2 North Jersey 2 Group 2 Parsippany Hills 5 Madison 1 Hanover Park 2 Lyndhurst 0 North Jersey 2 Group 3 West Morris 2 Chatham 1 Middletown South 4 Somerville 3 (OT) North Jersey 2 Group 4 Westfield 3 Scotch Plains-Fanwood 2 Ridge 2 Bridgewater-Raritan 1 Central Jersey Group 1 Shore Regional 2 Metuchen 0 Palmyra 2 Collingswood 1 Central Jersey Group 2 Wall 6 Rumson-Fair Haven 1 AL Johnson 1 Bernards 1 (Johnson wins on PKs 3-2) Central Jersey Group 3 Allentown 3 Colts Neck 1 Toms River East 2 Steinert 1 Central Jersey Group 4 East Brunswick 2 Hunterdon Central 2 (EB wins on PKs 4-3) Freehold Township 3 Old Bridge 0 South Jersey Group 1 Haddon Township 2 Audubon 1 Pitman 4 Pennsville 3 South Jersey Group 2 Cinnaminson 3 Cedar Creek 2 Haddonfield 2 Oakcrest 1 South Jersey Group 3 Ocean City 2 Lacey 0 Cherry Hill West 1 Delsea 0 South Jersey Group 4 Washington Township 2 Kingsway 1 Toms River North 4 Clearview 0 Non-Public “A” North Immaculate Heart 2 Pingry 1 DePaul 2 Paramus Catholic 1 Non-Public “A” South Bishop Eustace 1 Saint John Vianney 0 Mount Saint Mary 2 Paul VI 1 Non-Public “B” North Morris Catholic 2 Morristown-Beard 1 Lodi-Immaculate vs. Montclair-Kimberly Non-Public “B” South Moorestown Friends 3 Gill St. Bernards 0 Rutgers Prep vs. Our Lady of Mercy  

Last week Dylan Camillo of the Roselle Park Panthers won the Mid-State Week 7 Game Ball. This week, JSZ’s Courtney DuPont has 11 new nominees for her Week 8 Game Ball Winner. Vote now for your favorite athlete, and give them a chance to receive a Jersey Sports Zone Game ball, as well as, a Game Ball Ceremony featured right here on jerseysportszone.com! Take Our Poll     Remember you can always nominate an athlete for Game Balls. If you feel someone from the Mid-State deserves some recognition for their performance this weekend please email Courtney DuPont at courtney@jerseysportszone.com. In your email please include the following: Player Name Team/School Name Statistics for the weekend

Week Four came to a close with a full plate of Saturday matchups around the state.  Thanks to our great team at JSZ, we were able to bring you nine more games of action.  The St. Joe’s-Montvale-Bergen Catholic clash gets things started and we get our first look at Pope John.  Two Saturday night matchups found Somerville scoring a road win at Warren Hills and South River improving to 4-0 after holding off Keyport.  Watch all the highlights: Click above to watch highlights of the following games: Bergen Catholic 41 St. Joe’s-Montvale 30: Josh McKenzie 20 carries, 106 yards, 2 TD’s Pope John 49 Seton Hall Prep 28: Berrell Neal 16 carries, 186 yards, 4 TD’s Mater Dei Prep 14 Canada Prep 13: Malik Ingram game-winning TD in 4th quarter Keansburg 14 Pinelands 13: Miguel Crespo game winning 1 yard TD Manasquan 27 Barnegat 0: Connor Morgan, 86 yards rushing, 2 TD’s South River 20 Keyport 16: Michael DeSantis 3 TD’s Somerville 26 Warren Hills 7: Ryan Kovacs 10-12, 178 yards, 2 TD’s St. Joe’s-Hammonton 53 Pennsville 0: Jada Byers 2 punt return TD’s, 4 carries, 124 yards, TD Woodbury 14 Salem 6: Andre Parker TD run, TD pass Missed our Week 4 Coverage? Three days, three shows, 30 games, 60 schools.  Watch all of our high definition highlights around the state.  Every Monday, we break up our highlights show and put your hometown team’s highlights in our Team Page section.  Just visit the Find Your School link at the top of our home page Coming up on Sunday Vote for Top Play from Week 4 captured by our cameras (winner receives invite to JSZ statewide football banquet in December) Vote for Game Balls in Shore, Big North-GMC, Mid-State 38 and WJFL (winners receive Game Ball presentation at mid-week practice)

Vanderbeek’s senior returning quarterback, Ryan Kovacs, made key adjustments last season as he learned his new no-huddle offense and while senior defensive lineman, Ryan Hrabinski, admits that the fast pace offensive is impressive, he also thinks the Pioneer defense should not be overlooked. This is because Vanderbeek has introduced rugby-style tackling to his team thanks to his five assistant coaches who once attended Rutgers University.  With the aid of a young and experienced coaching staff, Somerville is looking to have another strong season. The Pioneers play their first game at home against Cranford, whom they defeated last season 41-17. Somerville High School 2017 Football Schedule Friday, September 8 – Cranford Friday, September 15 –  @ North Plainfield Friday, September 22 –  VORHEES Saturday, September 30 – @ Warren Hills Friday, October 6 – RAHWAY Friday, October 13 – GOV. LIVINGSTON Friday, October 20 – @ Johnson Saturday, October 28 – @ Scotch Plains Saturday, November 4 – @ Summit