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Jersey Sports Zone will take you to Aspen Ice and Middletown Ice World for a pair of early-week hockey games. We’ll have highlights from the hard-fought tie between CBA and Delbarton plus Red Bank Catholic’s upset over Middletown North. Enjoy! Christian Brothers Academy 2 Delbarton 2 This is as even a game we’ve seen all season long. Both teams lit the lamp twice, both offenses ripped off 29 shots and both net-minders wrangled in 27 saves. Delbarton opened the game with goals from Tim Royse and James Falivene, then CBA responded with scores from Kyle Contessa and Gio Crepaldi in the 2nd period. JSZ’s Jay Cook has all the highlights from Randolph: Red Bank Catholic 4 Middletown North 3 Mario Flego’s shorthanded goal in the third period gave the Caseys a big road win in Shore Conference play. Justin Lidondici scored a pair of goals for the Caseys and Logan Gallagher’s one timer on a feed from Lidondici gave RBC a 3-2 lead at the end of two. Jonathan Miranda’s second goal of the game tied things up at 3. Flego had a magnificent move around the defender and a top shelf shot to give RBC the win. Watch the highlights of a game featuring some great goal scoring in Middletown: Sponsor Shoutout! Thanks to Playa Bowls of Red Bank for sponsoring JSZ’s coverage of Red Bank Catholic

Go ahead and call St. Peter’s Prep forward Ty Pezzolla “The Magician.” Pezzolla had three points, highlighted by a dazzling top-shelf backhand goal as he was falling to the ice, to help St. Peter’s Prep capture a 5-3 win over Seton Hall Prep Wednesday night at Codey Arena. The victory marks the first time since the 2015-2016 season that the Marauders captured a regular season sweep over the Pirates. St. Peter’s Prep outscored Seton Hall Prep, 10-4, in two games this season. The Marauders (6-3) are now well in control of first place in the Gordon Conference’s National Division as the Pirates (9-5-1) sit in third place. JSZ’s Jay Cook has all the highlights from West Orange:

JSZ has Saturday night hockey highlights from Mennen Arena as the Randolph Rams score a 5-1 win over Morristown-Beard in a matchup of two state ranked squads Randolph 5 Morristown-Beard 1 Five different Rams scored in a balanced attack as the Rams imrpoved to 11-1-1 with another quality win, this time over the #11 team in the state. JSZ has the highlights of Randolph’s impressive victory:

Welcome to 2019, New Jersey hockey fans! Jersey Sports Zone kicks off the New Year with a boatload of highlights from around New Jersey. We’ll have coverage from wins by Don Bosco Prep and Point Boro, along with a tie between two St. Joseph hockey programs and a Middletown North vs. Marlboro nightcap. Stay tuned for it all! Don Bosco Prep 4 Princeton Day 1 The current second ranked team in the state, Don Bosco picked up it’s sixth win in row with a 4-1 victory over Princeton Day School to improve to 9-1. After the Ironmen went ahead by two early on, PDS answered back to make it 2-1 to end the first period. That lead would remain the same until the final two minutes of regulation when Liam McLinskey scored his second goal of the game for the Ironmen on an open net that would eventually to an additional late score. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights: Sponsor! Thank you to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring our Princeton Day coverage! St. Joe-Metuchen 3 St. Joe-Montvale 3 Mark Borek’s power play goal with :28 seconds left in the third period earned the Falcons a point and ended a three game losing skid. The Green Knights took a 3-1 lead in the first period capped off by Justin Hughes scoring in the final minute of the first period. JSZ has the highlights from an exciting game in Woodbridge: Point Boro 1 South Brunswick 0 Point Boro goaltender John Meyer stopped 22 shots and was instrumental in killing three South Brunswick powerplays as the Panthers captured their eighth win of the season. Meyer now has a .975 save percentage on the season. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from Monmouth Junction: Marlboro 4 Middletown North 2 Anthony Galante broke a 2-2 tie in the third period with a sharp angle shot from behind the goal line and Justin Solovey added an insurance goal to keep the Mustangs unbeaten at 4-0-2. JSZ has the highlights of a Shore Conference showdown at Middletown Ice World:

The Essex County Holiday Tournament had two rinks of non-stop action on Wednesday at Codey Arena in West Orange. JSZ has the highlights from Millburn’s comeback win against Mendham plus Mountain Lakes outlasting Old Tappan Millburn 5 Mendham 2 Brian Kologlu broke a 2-2 tie with a one-time power play blast in the second period that proved to be the game winner as the Millers rallied from 2-0 down to score five straight goals. Kologlu had a pair of goals and Jack Williams had a goal and four assists. JSZ has the highlights and post-game reaction from the Essex County Holiday Tournament: Mountain Lakes 3 Old Tappan 1 Anthony Figueroa’s second period goal gave the Lakers a 2-1 lead and Griffin O’Shaugnessy added an empty netter as Mountain Lakes improved to 5-2-2 on the season. JSZ has the highlights from Codey Arena:

A huge come from behind Gordon Conference win for CBA and RBC’s first win on the ice highlight the Wednesday hockey highlights slate courtesy of Jersey Sports Zone CBA 5 Gloucester Catholic 3 The Colts rallied from a 3-1 deficit at the end of one to avenge their only loss of the 2018-19 season. Kyle Contessa had two goals and CJ Cummings scored the game winner with 2:37 left in the third period. JSZ has the highlights from a big Gordon Conference win for coach Ryan Bogan’s team: Thanks to NJM Insurance for sponsoring JSZ’s coverage of Gloucester Catholic Red Bank Catholic 3 Wall 0 Justin Lidondici had a hat trick and Jack Bilancione had 27 saves for the shuout as the Caseys picked up their first win of the season with an upset of the Crimson Knights. JSZ has the highlights and post-game reaction from the Red Bank Armory: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Red Bank Catholic is made possible by Playa Bowls of Red Bank

JSZ brings you three more games from the New Jersey high school ice headlined by a top-10 showdown in West Orange between Seton Hall Prep and Morristown-Beard.  We’ve also got Morris Knolls and Madison along with a Wednesday night Shore Conference showdown between Manalapan and Red Bank Catholic. Seton Hall Prep 10 Morristown-Beard 4 Phil Feinberg had four goals and Thomas Colucci had a five point night on a goal and four assists as the Pirates broke a 3-3 tie with a 7-goal outburst in the third period at Codey Arena.   JSZ has the highlights of this top-10 battle:   Manalapan 4 Red Bank Catholic 2 Manalapan’s freshman goaltender John Fox stopped 29 of 31 shots as he protected the Braves in a 4-2 win against Red Bank Catholic at The Armory. Fox’s great performance was aided by Ryan Mazza and Andrew Rutherford, who both scored twice in this one. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights: Sponsor Shoutout! Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of all Red Bank Catholic athletics is brought to you by Playa Bowls of Red Bank.             Morris Knolls 3 Madison 2  Morris Knolls’ Jacob Walsh had himself a night with two goals and one assist. Four goals were scored in the first period, and the second period went on to be scoreless. However, Morris Knolls’ Sean Murray broke the tie in the third period on a power play. The Golden Eagles walked out of Mennen Arena with a 3-2 win. JSZ’s Madison Bess has the highlights and post-game reactions from Morris Knolls:  

We’ve got two Saturday night matchups on the ice.  Watch the action from Manalapan’s 6-1 win at Red Bank Regional and Freehold Boro scoring a road win at Hopewell Valley! Manalapan 6 Red Bank Regional 1 Joe Mazza had two goals and two assists as the Braves peppered 63 shots on goal to pick up their first win of the season.  RBR goalie Mitchell Quinn had a 57-save night in a losing effort.  JSZ has the highlights from Saturday night at the Red Bank Armory: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Red Bank Regional is made possible thanks to the support of Ryser’s Landscape Supply Freehold Boro 5 Hopewell Valley 2 The Colonials score four straight goals including three power play tallies in the second period to pick up a quality road win.  Joe Barone had the final two goals to get Freehold Boro to 3-3 on the season.  Watch the highlights from Saturday hockey in Lawrenceville: Jersey Sports Zone thanks Freehold Raceway Mall’s Playa Bowls for sponsoring our Freehold Boro coverage and to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates who is responsible for our Hopewell Valley coverage on JSZ  

The number one seed, Bridgewater-Raritan, faced the 4th seed, East Brusnwick, in the semifinals of the North 2 Group 4 Field Hockey State Tournament. In the first half, the Panthers lead 4-0 with Maddy Bray providing Bridgewater with a lot of push offensively with an assist and a goal. The Panthers would go on to win 7-0 over the Bears and will play this Sunday in the North 2 Group 4 Championship for the 13th straight year. Check out the highlights JSZ’s Courtney DuPont had of the game: Sponsor Alert!! Thanks to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring our Bridgewater-Raritan coverage on Jersey Sports Zone. Because of Princeton Orthopaedic Associates, we’ll get many more great moments from Panther sports all year long!  

12 athletes from five different sports who train at Reach Your Potential Training gathered to celebrate signing national letters of intent.  Shore Sports Zone interviews every athlete! Reach Your Potential Training has been the secret weapon of many of the Shore Conference’s top athletes and there’s no better evidence than to see the gathering of RYPT athletes who signed national letters of intent.  12 athletes from five different sports and six different high schools came to the RYPT facility to talk with Shore Sports Zone about their college choices.  Watch all the interviews below: Shore Regional’s Jessica Welch signs to play field hockey in the Pac 12 for the Stanford Cardinal Shore Regional’s Annie Deusch is staying close to home signing to play Division I field hockey at Monmouth University Shore Regional field hockey goalie Sarah Dwyer signs to play in the ACC for the Boston College Eagles Shore Regional’s Shannon Anfuso is set to play Division III soccer at Springfield College Shore Regional’s Doug Goldsmith signs to play Division I lacrosse for a top 10 power in the Unviersity of Albany Red Bank Catholic’s Brett Habich is bound for Alabany to play Division I lacrosse at Siena Rumson-Fair Haven’s Butch Clark signs to play lacrosse at Pace University Saint John Vianney basketball guard Tina Lebron signs with Caldwell Wall’s Jess Stansfield is switching from indoor volleyball to beach volleyball as she signs with Grand Canyon University in Phoenix Freehold Boro field hockey sisters Katelyn and Jessica Pianko signed with ACC schools. Katelyn is on her way to Wake Forest, Jessica is a Boston College Eagle Wall field hockey star Samantha Sicre is a Hoosier. Sicre signs a national letter of intent to compete at the University of Indiana  

Rumson-Fair Haven field hockey plays for a Group 2 State Championship on Saturday and a big reason is the anchor of the Lady Bulldogs defense RUMSON – Rumson-Fair Haven’s Catie Ebner had a Wednesday to remember.  In the morning, she signed a national letter of intent to play Division I field hockey at Villanova.   Later that evening, she assisted on the game winning goal in RFH’s 2-1 win against West Deptford in the Group 2 State Semifinals.   Catie Ebner signs a national letter of intent to Villanova University   At 6-foot-1, everyone expected Catie to play basketball, but she was drawn to field hockey, where the senior is able to get low and use her big reach advantage to anchor the RFH defense.  “She’s unstoppable back there,” RFH field hockey coach Julie Vaccarelli said.  “She comes up with huge play after huge play to keep us in games.   It’s gonna be huge shoes to fill next year.” To be a Division I athlete, Catie knew she had to put in extra work both on and off the field.  It all paid off when she put pen to paper and signed to play in the Big East for Villanova.  “It totally symbolizes all the hard work that I put in, all the stresses that came with it, and all the great successes,” Ebner said.  “It was a really emotion moment for my parents, for me, and all my coaches.” Rumson-Fair Haven takes on Madison this Saturday at 12 noon at Bordentown High School for the Group 2 State Championship.   Each month, Shore Sports Zone will profile an athlete who trains at RYPT.  Reach Your Potential Training has become the home of many of the Shore Conference’s top athletes in numerous sports.  A lot of the athletes you see on the highlights on Shore Sports Zone are putting in the hard work in critical training at RYPT to get ready for their season.   Coming soon, SSZ will take you inside the RYPT facility and show their elite training methods that are getting kids throughout the Shore Conference college scholarships!

See highlights of RFH field hockey’s opening round game plus all the scores from the first day of boys soccer states   FIELD HOCKEY STATE TOURNAMENT Central Jersey Group 2 Rumson-Fair Haven 10  Delran 0 Long Branch 3  Ewing 1 North 2 Group 1 Shore Regional 6  Henry Hudson 0 Non-Public North Saint John Vianney 6  Koinonia 0   BOYS SOCCER STATE TOURNAMENT Central Jersey Group 4 (2) Manalapan 7   (15) Freehold Boro 1 (4) Monroe 3   (13) Marlboro 1 (6) Hunterdon Central  2   (13) Colts Neck 1 (9) Freehold Township  1   (8) West Windsor North 0 (7) Brick Memorial 3  (10) Sayreville 1   Central Jersey Group 3 (4) Allentown 3  (13) Jackson Liberty 0 (12) Long Branch 1  (5) Wall 0 (6) Red Bank Regional 2  (11) Northern Burlington 1 (7) New Brunswick  4  (10) Ocean 1 (9) Hopewell Valley 4  (8) Middletown North 1   Central Jersey Group 2 (1) Point Pleasant Boro 3  (16) Raritan 0 (5) Johnson 3  (12) Monmouth Regional 0 (13) Governor Livingston 2  (4) Manasquan (1) (11) Rumson-Fair Haven 3   (6) Carteret 0 (14) Bordentown 2  (3) Matawan 1 (7) Holmdel  6   (10) Robbinsville 2   Central Jersey Group 1 (13) Point Pleasant Beach 4  (4) South Amboy 1 (7) South Hunterdon 2  (10) Asbury Park 1 (1) Shore Regional 5   (16) Highland Park 1   South Jersey Group 4 (1) Rancocas Valley 8  (16) Jackson Memorial 0 (2) Washington Township 6  (15) Toms River East 0 (5) Toms River North 4  (12) Kingsway 0   South Jersey Group 3 (2) Toms River South 3  (15) Highland 0 (14) Seneca 1  (3) Central 1 – Seneca wins on PKs 6-5 (10) Oakcrest 2  (7) Lacey 1 (8) Pinelands 3  (9) Hammonton 0   South Jersey Group 2 (2) Woodstown 3  (15) Barnegat 1 South Non-Public A (10) Red Bank Catholic  3   (7) Donovan Catholic 2 (6) Saint John Vianney 6  (11) Camden Catholic 0 (3) CBA – Bye South Non-Public B (5) Saint Rose 4  (12) St. Joe’s-Hammonton 0 (4) Holy Cross 8  (13) Mater Dei Prep 1                        

Emma D’Amelio had two first half goals in the Bulldogs 8-0 win over Holmdel – see the highlights! SCT Field Hockey First Round Scores Rumson-Fair Haven 8 Holmdel 0 Ocean 2 Saint Rose 1 (OT) Freehold Boro 4 Jackson Memorial 0 Freehold Township 2 Long Branch 0 Wednesday First Round Games (15) Point Boro at (2) Shore Regional (10) Middletown South at (7) Central (19) Jackson Liberty at (3) Wall (11) Toms River South at (6) Southern Quarterfinal Matchups (Saturday) Ocean at Rumson-Fair Haven Freehold Township at Freehold Boro    

Shore Regional dedicates Nancy Williams Field as the Blue Devils open the field hockey season with a 6-2 win over Middletown North   OCEANPORT – After 44 years and over 1600 wins in six different varsity sports, Nancy Williams name will forever be a part of Shore Regional athletics.  The legendary coach saw her name go on top of the scoreboard on Saturday morning prior to the start of the 2014 field hockey season.  It was field hockey where Williams career statistics are something that even the greatest coaches in sports would be envious of. Nancy Williams Field Hockey Coaching Resume * 839-67-56 lifetime record in 44 seasons * 19 Shore Conference Tournament titles (15 in a row) * 13 overall state championships * 23 Sectional Championships * 43 consecutive Division Championships * 16 All-Americans Williams admitted it would take a big adjustment to life as a fan of Shore Regional field hockey.  She watched as the Blue Devils topped Middletown North 6-2 in the season opener.