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By Dr. Charles Cresanti-DaknisThe majority of cervical spine injuriesassociated with athletics can be attributedto hyper-flexion, hyperextension, exces-sive lateral bending, rotation, compressionand any combination of these movements.Most spinal cord injuries from hyperex-tension involve a fall, although, in athlet-ics the common mechanism of injury is‘whiplash.’ This motion is seen in con-tact sports such as hockey and footballwhen a player is hit hard from behind andthere is nothing preventing the motion ofthe neck.

During ‘forced’ hyperextension the mus-cles in the front of the neck are strained(anterior scalenes and sternocleidomas-toid). Injury to these muscles make it dif-ficult to move the neck, especially in rota-tion. The disc spaces in between the ver-tebrae may herniated. The posterior por-tion of the neck has ligaments supportingthe spinal joints which can be injuredfrom the compressive forces. These com-pressive forces can damage the facet joints.The function of these joints is to allowmotion in the neck. These joints allowthe vertebrae to move in relation to one

another. Hyperextension can cause crush-ing of these joints.

Symptoms of HyperextensionInjury

The most common symptoms are painand limited range of motion. Pain mayrange from dull ache to severe and stab-bing, headaches are also common. Thispain is most commonly attributed to facetjoint injury. Patients may experience painthat radiates from the back of the head, theshoulders and down to the mid back.

HeadacheNumbnessImpaired neck movementRadiating pain to arms, hands and fingersLow back painVertigoRinging in the earsNauseaJaw painPain between the shoulder blades

Treatment

Neurologic exam followed by x-raysincluding flexion/extension to determine ifthere is an instability in the spine and pos-sibly an MRI if impingement of thespinal cord is suspected. The first stage oftreatment is to reduce pain and inflamma-tion through medication, physical therapyand ‘rest’ from the sporting activity. It isimportant to continue rehabilitation exer-cises to strengthen the area and to avoidchronic pain in the future even after the‘pain’ subsides. Many athletes feel theyare in ‘great condition’ and do not need therehabilitation program. In the long runthis will prolong the healing process andthey will heal at a slower rate. In someinstances medication and physical therapyare not effective and the athlete will requirea ‘steroid injection’ over the inflamed areato ‘calm down’ the irritated nerves. Thiscan be done as an out patient procedure.

Outcome

The majority of cervical spine hyper-extension or ‘whip lash’ injuries in ath-letes is resolved within 6 weeks. It is

important that the athlete follows thephysician and trainers instructions. Acompliant athlete will have a successfulrecovery with the decrease chance of achronic neck problem.

Cervical Spine Hyper-Extension Injuries In Athletics

Charles Cresanti-Daknis, MD DABPM

By Michael RogersIn one of the most exciting matches of

the season Jackson Memorial, currentlyranked first in the Shore Conferencedefeated Southern by the score of 27-26.Spencer Young (138 lbs.) won a keymatch with a 12-4 major decision overSouthern’s Jake Campana helping theJaguars remain undefeated. JacksonMemorial was trailing 26-12 when theJaguars recorded 15 points in three straightmatches to turn it around. Brad Royle (152lbs.) pinned Nick Racanelli with only 46seconds left in the bout. Southern wascoming off a tough 26-24 loss to St.Peters Prep earlier in the week dropping

their record to 6-2 on the season.Ocean is also undefeated and ranked

number five in the Shore Conference at14-0 with their latest victory a 28-24 winover number four ranked Howell. TheSpartans have been getting great supportin their 220 lb. division with ColtonBigelow who remains undefeated at 19-0with 11 pins and in the heavyweight divi-sion with Kyle Gora who is also 18-1with 12 pins. Zach Hertling is also unde-feated at 16-0 with eight pins in the 120lb. division.

The Rebels (13-2) are having a greatseason. They recently won their 45thstraight A Division North victory with a

48-13 win over Manalapan. Ben Esposito (120 lbs.) is undefeated on the season witha 17-0 record while Ashanti Maurice is 13-4 at 145 pounds. Zach Bohm is 16-2 at160 pounds and Nate Litowsky is 16-3 at182 pounds.

Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) isalso 10-3 on the season after starting theseason 0-2 and they are ranked eighth inthe Shore Conference. Recently at theDistrict 22 vs. District 23 challenge, theColts defeated two top ten teams. FirstCBA defeated Brick Memorial by the scoreof 33 - 28 and then they defeated Brick bythe score of 38-2. They have continuedtheir winning ways with two more victo-

ries this week. Eric Besheda (113lbs.) is 17-3 on the season while the Colts alsohave undefeated wrestlers in Vin Favia(160 lbs.) and Hayden Hrymack both post-ing 19-0 records this season.

The excitement continues this seasonwith the All-Star Invitational at BrickMemorial High School where the ShoreConference’s best wrestlers will face off.Raritan swept their quad match with victo-ries over Holmdel (67-12), Red BankRegional (79-0) and Matawan (50-9) toimprove their record to 15-4. The Rocketsare ranked sixth in the Shore Conferenceand lead the Class A Central Division.

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By Ted KaiserPOINT PLEASANT— With an 11-1-1 overallrecord and a 6-0-1 division mark, the PointPleasant Boro ice hockey team is enjoying abanner season under first year coach AlexDePalma. The Panthers shut out SouthernRegional by a score of 5-0 and later in theweek took on Ocean Township (5-10-1, 1-7-1)in a Shore Conference D Division game.Senior forward Connor Bokop scored a goaland had two assists as the Panthers tied theSpartans 3-3. Senior Ryan O’Rourke andsophomore Mike Corso scored the other goalsfor Point Boro. The Panthers also blastedToms River East by a score of 10-2 lastWednesday evening at Winding River SkatingCenter.

The team is led by Connor Bokop who wasthe second leading scorer during the 2010-2011 season with 20 points total. He had 11goals and nine assists as a junior. Junior

forward Carter Klotz entered this year comingoff a big sophomore campaign in which he tal-lied 18 points including four goals and 14assists. Also helping Point Boro this seasonare returning goaltenders, sophomoreNathaniel Bissey and senior Dylan Moran.Moran stopped 18 shots in the 3-3 tie againstOcean Township.

Next week, the Panthers are set to hostMarlboro at the Ocean Ice Palace on Fridayand play Red Bank Regional at the Red BankArmory on Saturday. A critical game for thedivision title is in the works if the records holdup. Point Boro is set to face St. Rose onFriday, February 10th in what could be a gamefor the Shore Conference D Division title.

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PHOTO: ERIC BRAUNWith Marlboro players in pursuit, ThomasHeeny (13) brings the puck across the icefor Pt. Boro.

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Lancers Picking Up Momentum With Good DefenseBy Eric BraunHOLMDEL — It took a whilefor the St. John Vianney (SJV)ice hockey team to hit its stridethis season, but lately theLancers have found the answersand look to make their mark atthe Shore Conference and NJSI-AA tournaments.

The Lancers built theirmomentum off their fast andphysical style of offense that hasthem contending for a confer-ence title, under the direction offorwards Matt Kidney, TimGelatt and Nick Saporito. Thetrio has the Lancers off to an 8-4-1 mark heading into thisweekend, with a monster winagainst heavily favored TomsRiver North this past Fridaynight. The game was a crucialwin for the Lancers as they nowhold the head-to-head tie breakeragainst the Mariners heading intothe Shore Conference seeding withtheir win Friday night and an earlyseason tie. The Lancers continue toget consistent goalkeeping playfrom their two-headed monster inJames Ellis and Anthony Stoebling.

The Lancers seem to be buildingconfidence with every game togeth-er and look to build on key wins

against Toms River North,Middletown South, MiddletownNorth and Toms River South, teamsthat are consistently contenders atboth the Shore and State levels.During the past two weeks SJV haspicked up momentum with winsagainst Middletown North, TomsRiver North and FreeholdTownship as well as a close contestagainst high powered St. Rose. In

the Middletown North contest, itwas freshman Matt Kidney leadingthe charge for the Lancers whodefeated the Lions 6-4. Kidneyalong with Joe Poretta each had agoal and two assists and James Elliscame up with 19 saves as theLancers started and finished fast,keeping the Lions off balance formost of the contest.

Against Freehold and Toms River

North, it was the leadership ofGelatt and Saporito that wouldlift the Lancers to impressivewins. The offensive duo in thesecontests as in the majority of theseason powered the SJV’soffense with four goals and threeassists. The pair on the seasonhave combined for 14 goals and13 assists. The most impressivegame of the season and completeteam game came on Friday nightwhen the Lancers traveled toToms River and in front of a soldout crowd at the Winding RiverArena, knocked off the highpowered Toms River NorthMariners. SJV started strong andled 2-1 at the end of the firstquarter and took the momentumand set the pace of the gameearly in the second period withtwo more goals that took the

buzz out of the crowd. The Lancerswould not look back and finishedoff the Mariners for an impressivewin that this group hopes to buildon.

In the upcoming games, theLancers will need to continue thissuccess and play well as they takeon conference foes in Toms RiverSouth, Manasquan and Wall.

PHOTO: ERIC BRAUNSt. John Vianney picking up their play in the rink.



By Ted KaiserJERSEY SHORE— In a season with a lotof parity in boys’ basketball, the pre-sea-son favorite as the top team in the ShoreConference seems to Middletown North.They have a 13-1 record and a 6-1 markin the Class A North Division. Recent vic-tories over Christian Brothers Academy(CBA) and Manalapan have the Lions ingood shape to take the division crown.North also helped to cement its numberone ranking with a 36-32 win overJackson Memorial (13-2) in the HoopGroup Boardwalk Showcase on January14th.

Meanwhile, in the Class B NorthDivision, Neptune (10-2, 6-0) still holds alead on Colts Neck (11-1, 6-1) thanks to ahead-to-head win earlier in the season.The Scarlet Fliers won 56-44 over RedBank Catholic last Tuesday. JaheemWoods scored 21 points for Neptune. TheCougars won 79-29 over MonmouthRegional that same evening and 79-61over Freehold Boro on Thursday. SeniorHunter Wysocki poured in a game-high

24 points. In the Class B Central Division, Asbury

Park remains the favorite despite the sur-prising emergence of Keansburg (10-2, 5-2) as a contender. The Blue Bishops (11-2, 6-1) stayed one game ahead of theTitans thanks to a 59-54 win over St. Rose(8-5, 4-3). Thommond Hammary scored ateam-high 21 points and Armond andAmir Conover chipped in 14 and 12points respectively. Senior Mark Kukodaled the Roses with 24 points. Keansburghas been one of the bigger surprises in theShore Conference. Last Tuesday they puttogether a fourth quarter rally to defeat St.Rose 37-31. Junior forward DannyMarkulin finished with 14 points inKeansburg’s first win over the Roses in15 years.

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By Eric BraunWALL — Coming into the season theWall High School ice hockey teamknew they had the position players andleadership to get back to the top; it isnow up to them to get it done on theice. Now midway through the seasonthe team has done just that in jumpingout to a 7-3-1 record and they current-ly sit right behind Toms River North inthe Shore Conference B division.

The Knights know one way of play-ing and that is fast and physical toevery puck and taking down the oppo-sition on defense. This style was ondisplay when they took on cross townrival Manasquan, who has been a con-sistent centerpiece for ShoreConference ice hockey. They came outon fire and showed why they will be ateam to beat in the upcoming

championship tournaments. Walljumped out to an early 2-0 lead withgoals from Tom Panico and quicklyadded to their lead when Ryan Wedelladded to the scoring with two moregoals in the second period as theKnights never looked back. TheKnights have been powered by Panicoand Wedell all season as the pair hascombined for eight goals and sixassists, but more importantly they pro-vide veteran leadership and continue topush their fellow line mates.

While most of spotlight this seasonhas been on CBA and St. Rose as theteams to beat, Wall has quietly climbedthe ranks and sits right behind bothteams in the Shore Conference. TheKnights will need to continue gettingtheir production from Panico and

Wedell as well asthe other offensivelines. On defense,the Knights physi-cal style continuesto be a problem foropposing offensesto set plays and getpressure on goalieTroy Klahre, whose0.80 goals againstaverage has himamong the topgoalies in the Shore.

Come conferenceand state tourna-ment time this group should be able tomake some noise and potentiallyknock off perennial powers to earnthemselves a title or two. In the mean-

time, the Knights will need to take careof action when they face Cranford,Monroe and St. John Vianney in theirupcoming games.

PHOTO: ERIC BRAUNTony Panico (3) maintains control of the puck forWal l .

Wall Ice Hockey Back On TopJersey Sporting News • January 24 - February 7

By Ted KaiserTOMS RIVER— The Toms River North ice hockeyteam has reached double digit wins with 10 victories.Their latest win came in a 5-2 game over Howell.Junior forward C.J. Pirrello scored four goals to pacethe Mariners. Fellow junior forward Joey Campisanohad two assists in the Shore Conference B Divisiongame. The win came on the heels of a thrilling 4-3TR North win over Brick Township. Campisanoscored four goals, including three straight spanningthe second and third period to lift the Mariners to abig time non-divisional victory.

Last week though, the Mariners ran into troublewith a pair of defeats. First on Sunday, MiddletownSouth held off TR North for a 6-4 win. Campisanoscored all four goals for the Mariners but South gotfour goals from senior Zach England. On Wednesday,

TR North tied Wall by a score of 4-4. Campisano hada goal and three assists to lead the way. Sophomoredefenseman Ryan Burr, sophomore forward Ian Turnerand senior forward Adam Gottesman each scored forthe Mariners. On Friday, TR North took on St. JohnVianney but fell victim to a 5-4 defeat. Campisanohad another hat trick and Turner added a goal.

On Monday, TR North takes on TR South in across town rivalry game. The Mariners will hostJackson Memorial on Wednesday at 7:30pm.

PHOTO: ERIC BRAUNToms River North's Dylan Dengelegi (11 )moves the puck up ice against St. JohnVianney.

Mariners Reach 10 Wins

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By Ted KaiserMANASQUAN— The Manasquan ice hockeyteam pulled back to the .500 mark with a 4-2 vic-tory over Southern Regional last week. TheWarriors scored three consecutive goals betweenthe first and second period to take a 3-1 lead andultimately held on for the win to even their recordat 7-7 overall. The win avenged an earlier 2-0defeat to the Rams. Four different players scoredgoals including sophomore forward MikeLudwig, sophomore defenseman DylanMcMenaman, junior forward Connor Grogan andsenior forward Charlie Mills. Sophomore goal-tender Bronson Ligouri made 25 stops in net forManasquan.

The win snapped a three-game losing skid for theWarriors. Their most recent loss came in a 5-2defeat at the hands of Wall Township. ConnorGrogan and Charlie Mills recorded the scores forManasquan. In two other recent losses toFreehold Boro and Rumson/Fair Haven (RFH),Mills and McMenaman had the only goals for theWarriors. Still, Manasquan has played wellagainst some of the top teams in the ShoreConference including one goal losses to RFH, St.Rose and Point Boro.

On Tuesday, the Warriors will play at St. JohnVianney and then at Toms River East on Friday.They will host RFH in a rematch on February2nd in what will be a critical Shore Conference CDivision game.

PHOTO: ERIC BRAUNManasquan’s Grogan Connor (13) controlsthe puck for the Knights.

10-Game Unbeaten Streak for RosesBy Ted KaiserBELMAR — Entering lastSaturday evening’s battlewith Seton Hall Prep, the St.Rose ice hockey team wasriding high. The “Frozen”Roses were unbeaten intheir previous 10 gamesgoing 9-0-1 during thatstretch. They boosted theiroverall record to 14-2-1 inwhat is becoming the bestseason in the relativelyshort history of ice hockeyat St. Rose. The streakbegan on December 26thwith a 10-0 rout ofHightstown. In fact, all oftheir wins came by two ormore goals including a pairof seven goal victories. Theonly tie came in their mostrecent game against RedBank Regional (RBR), a 1-1final.

In a recent game againstSt. John Vianney (SJV), theRoses prevailed 5-2. TheLancers scored first, butAndrew Aikins scored hisfirst goal to tie the game at1-1. In the second period, Billy Regan, St. Rose’s all-timeleading goal scorer, scored a power-play goal and Aikinstacked on another for a 3-1 lead. SJV came back with a short-handed goal; however, Ian McGirr added another power playgoal for a 4-2 St. Rose lead. Pat McKerry, their all-time leaderin points, scored the only goal of the third period for the finalmargin.

Against RBR last week, McKerry scored the Roses only goalof the game in the latter part of the first period. The Bucsanswered to tie the score at 1-1 and surprisingly no one elsefound the back of the net for the rest of the game. GoaltenderRay McGirr made 24 saves in net and was only 26 saves awayfrom becoming the Shore Conference All-Time Leader insaves. He broke the record last week with a total of 1727 careersaves.

By Ted KaiserBRICK TOWNSHIP— The match-up on the icebetween the Brick Township and Toms River South icehockey teams has been intense over the past few years.Both squads have performed well, with the GreenDragons coming off a 22-3-1 season and TR South hav-ing captured a state championship two seasons ago. TheIndians may be struggling a bit this winter with a 5-7-1overall record, but the latest meeting between these twoteams was still highly anticipated.

The Green Dragons entered with a 7-3-1 overallrecord and were looking to build momentum toward thesecond half of the season. Sophomore forward AndrewReiss got Brick on the scoreboard with a first periodgoal, the only one of the opening period. The secondperiod saw more wide open play which clearly benefit-ed the Dragons. Senior forward Brendan Dowd and

Brian Murphy scored back-to-back goals for a 3-0 lead.TR South answered as senior Sam Leone found the backof the net to cut the deficit to two goals.

But that was as close as the Indians would get in thecontest. Brick tacked on another goal before the end ofthe period as Reiss lit the lamp again. The third periodwas all Dragons as Tyler Martin and David Kearnsscored to provide the final 6-1 margin of victory. Brickoutshot the Indians 35-18. Two goaltenders combinedfor the win with sophomore Jake Lampiasi making 14saves and fellow sophomore Rob Cantino notching threestops. PHOTO: ERIC BRAUNBrick’s Ryan Price (28) concentrates on controlingthe puck.

Dragons Skate Past Indians

Squan Back to .500 With Win Over Southern Regional

PHOTO: DON McGIRRSt . Rose’s Christian Phipps looks to maneuver the puck around his opponent. Phipps waspicked by the New Jersey Devils as Player of the Month.

By Eric BraunLINCROFT — Coming into theweekend the Colts are coming off oneof their worst losses in recent weekswith a 6-0 loss to the number one teamin the state: Delbarton. Despite thesecond lopsided loss of the season toDelbarton, who also beat the Colts 8-0earlier this year, the Colts have puttogether an impressive 10-3-3 recordand sit as the sixth best team in thestate.

Built on tradition and pride,Christian Brothers Academy (CBA)continues to put on the ice one of thetop hockey teams not only in theShore Conference but in New Jerseyand nationally as well. This year’ssquad has been outscoring their oppo-nents with 32 goals for and 27 goalsagainst. The numbers alone show thatthis year’s team has been getting con-sistent defensive play led by BrianMurphy and stellar goalkeeping byChris D'Alessio. Both have been greatveteran leaders for the Colts and con-tinue to push the underclassman tostep up their game day in and day out.CBA is also getting scoring contribu-tion from just about every line as theyhave four players with at least fivegoals or more.

The past several weeks have been awave of emotions for CBA as theysuffered their first Shore Conferenceloss of the season to a strugglingMiddletown South team that was try-ing to stay around .500 as they wait

for their injured players to get back. Inthis game, the Eagles got back two oftheir top goal scorers in Tyler Ralphand Jimmy Burns, both of whom paiddividends for the Eagles as theyknocked off CBA 4-3. Ralph scoredthree goals and Burns netted the gamewinner. The Colts rebounded after thisgame and came out and completelydominated a high powered BrickTownship squad two days later by ascore of 4-1. CBA got their scoringfrom Anthony Cusanelli, who scoredall four goals for the Colts. Theyreceived another outstanding gamefrom D'Alessio in net, who made 23saves to push CBA to a three pointlead over Brick in the standings.

With over two weeks remaining inthe regular season, CBA has somemore work to do to position them-selves for a State Championship andShore Conference Title run. In theupcoming weeks, the Colts will facesome challenging competition withgames against RBC, St. Augustine andDon Bosco Prep. With three powerwins in these contests, the Coltsshould be able to gain a top four seedin the NJSIAA tournament and posi-tion themselves for the top spot in theShore Conference Tournament.

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDICBA goalkeeper Joe Montemarano (36) makes one of his many saves at thenet.

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIGlen Forezack (10) speeds acrossthe ice for CBA.

Colts Building On Tradition Jersey Sporting News • January 24 - February 7

By Ted KaiserMIDDLETOWN — Earlier this season,the Middletown South ice hockey teamdefeated local rival Christina BrothersAcademy (CBA) for the first time in schoolhistory. Senior forward Tyler Ralph record-ed a hat trick to lead the Eagles to a 4-3victory. Senior Chris Connor scored thegame-winning goal with under 10 seconds

left in the game. The win seemed to lift their spirits as Middletown South hasbeen undefeated since then. The Eagles arenow 8-5 overall after being 5-5 at the timeof the CBA game.

Two weeks ago, South scored the finaltwo goals on the game to topple TomsRiver North by a score of 6-4. ZachEngland scored the eventual game-winner

on an assist from Connor, and then Connor tacked on an insurance goal withEngland returning the favor. England hadfour goals for the Eagles and Connor hadtwo goals and four assists. South outshotthe Mariners 50-17.

On Tuesday, the Eagles enacted somerevenge from an early season loss to RedBank Catholic. Once again, South scored

the final two goals of the game in the third period to rally for a 6-4 victory. Englandscored both in the third period and finishedwith a hat trick. Tyler Ralph and ChrisConnor each had a goal and two assists.Trever Ralph made 13 saves in net to helppreserve the win.

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By Eric BraunLONG BRANCH- For much of thisseason, the talk around the ShoreConference has been about the LadyWarriors from Manasquan anddeservedly so as they have an impres-sive 13-0 record. But this past week-end at the Boardwalk Showcase atLong Branch High School, severalother Shore Conference foes showedManasquan that they are also up to thetask this season. Rumson/ Fair Haven(RFH), Neptune, Pt. Boro, St. JohnVianney (SJV), St. Rose, JacksonMemorial and Red Bank Catholic(RBC) all had great showings at thetournament and were all driven byexceptional guard play.

In the first game of the day the RFHcame into the contest without theirstarting point guard Hannah Miller,who is continuing to nurse a wristinjury, against a hungry and undefeat-ed Neptune Fliers squad. TheBulldogs did not let the Miller’s injuryhold them back and came out right atNeptune from the start of this contest.RFH did what no other ShoreConference team has been able tosince the 2007-08 season: they defeat-ed the Fliers 40-29. Lead by juniorguard Jess Harvey with 12 points andeight assists on the day, the Bulldogswere able to commit turnovers andtake Neptune off their game for thefirst time in a long time. Neptunemeanwhile is also in a rebuilding modeand while they have also sent out a

younger lineup more this year than inpast years, they have been getting solidplay from junior guard Ivy Harrington.Harrington has the Fliers off to a 10-1start and quietly taking control of the BNorth division while in contention foranother Shore Conference run.

The Lady Warriors from Manasquanwere led by the Mabrey sisters andKatelyn Flaherty. Michaela Mabreywho was the team’s Most ValuablePlayer against a feisty Christ the Kingsquad from New York had 20 points onthe day. More importantly forManasquan, they have been getting

consistent and physical play fromMarina Mabrey who has been a night-mare for opposing defenses so far thisseason. As a freshman she is quicklymaking her mark in the ShoreConference as one of the top powerplayers to deal with. Add the play ofthe Mabrey sisters along with the pre-cision passing and fearless play ofsophomore guard Katelyn Flaherty;the Warriors are poised for a great runat the Shore Conference and NJSIAAtitles this year.

One of the surprise teams of the sea-son has to be the Lady Lancers from

St. John Vianney. With a number ofkey players lost from last season’sTournament of Champions squad,Coach Karpell has the Lancers back atthe top of their division with a recordof 10-3 with their three losses all com-ing to out-of-state competition. Theyhave been getting great bench play thisseason but it has been the play of sen-ior guard Angelica Esposito andBoardwalk MVP Zoe Otterman thathave the Lancers finding themselves atjust the right time. With the ShoreConference and NJSIAA tournamentsright around the corner, Esposito andOtterman have been able to be a great1-2 punch on offense. With the rest ofthe team playing their roles, they couldmake some noise in both tournamentsin the coming weeks.

St. Rose meanwhile, entered theBoardwalk Showcase at 10-0 and wasready to take on a struggling Pt. Borosquad that the entered the contest at 8-3, but they suffered two big losses overthe past couple of weeks to Manasquanand Jackson Memorial. The PurpleRoses lead by senior guard DianaMalanga and Morgan Berry pushed thePanthers up and down the court theentire night and never looked back asthey combined for 27 points andhelped St. Rose to a 52-44 victory. Pt.Boro's junior guard Kelly Hughes hada rough game only netting 10 pointsthanks to a great defensive game by St.

Guard Play Leads The Way For Shore Conference Powers

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIRumson/Fair Haven’s Jess Harvey (3) drives the ball past a MiddletownSouth player.

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Rose's MVP Kasey Chambers, whokept Hughes tightly marked the entiregame. Hughes earlier in the weekjoined an elite group as she set theNew Jersey high school girls’ basket-ball record for free throws with 53straight. She now has a permanentplague on display at the BasketballHall of Fame in Springfield Mass.

Jackson Memorial continues to getexceptional play from senior guardStephanie Mason and junior guardHannah Missry. Unfortunately for theJaguars they met up with a hot RBCsquad in the night cap of theBoardwalk Showcase where theCaseys won 71-60 in overtime.Missry, the team’s MVP of the matchforced the game into overtime with aclutch three- pointer with under aminute to go, but it was not enough torattle RBC. The Caseys opened theovertime with six straight points and

were able to lean on their guard duo ofMorgan Arnott and Grace Fallon, whocombined for 12 of the team’s 14overtime points. Fallon, who is only asophomore really is starting to playher best ball of late and continues tobuild her confidence. She walkedaway from the showcase as the team’sMVP.

While most teams look to rely onone solid guard to push and carry theirsquads, these programs continue toreceive supporting contributions frommultiple players and has each of theirprograms ready for a run at the ShoreConference and NJSIAATournaments in the coming weeks.Right now it looks like it isManasquan's year. Don't be surprisedif any of these other programs contin-ue to build their team unity and jumpup to challenge the Warriors in gamesto come.


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School may not have been in session onDecember 28th, but that didn’t mean itwas time for a vacation. Players fromlocal high schools attended a camp atFrozen Ropes Tinton Falls led by collegebaseball coaches. This one day instruc-tional session featured coaches from KeanUniversity, Manhattan College, NewJersey Institute of Technology, Seton HallUniversity, Rutgers University andWagner College.

The participants gained knowledge inmany aspects of the game including pitch-ing, hitting, catching, and infield and out-field play. Three hours of drills and livebatting practice to showcase their talentsalong with a parent question and answersession on recruiting to concluded the day.Richie Burner a catcher at MonmouthRegional HS is frequently at FrozenRopes and knows the value of having acollege coach giving hands on instruction.“I got a good idea of what they expect

from us and what you will be doing at thenext level and learned what they are look-ing for in a player.“ Players likeMatawan/Aberdeen HS senior JohnAffriol spend as much time as they can inthe winter months preparing for thespring. “I did get a lot out of talking withthe college staff and it will help me in mydecision to select a college.” CBA HS jun-ior infielder Anthony Critelli is anotherplayer who took part in the camp; he playsfor the Frozen Ropes collegiate bounddevelopment team which trains yeararound. “ The camp was a great way toplay in front of colleges in a place that Itrain and feel comfortable in so I wasrelaxed and able to play at my best and getsome exposure. “ The day concluded withthe parents and players having insiderslook into college baseball while spendingtime with some of the best collegiate base-ball teachers.

College Baseball Coaches Instruct Monmouth County High School Players

Back Row: Tim Reilly, Rutgers University; Matt Passerelle, FrozenRopes; Phil Cundari, Seton Hall University; Jim Duffy, ManhattanCollege; Joe Litterio, Wagner College. Front Row: Jay Blackwell,Frozen Ropes; Lew France, Kean University; Brian Guillana, NJIT.


Last article we talked about setting goals. We didnot have to look far for inspiration from individualswho obviously set some goals and achieved them. InAsbury Park we had a Mega Rock Star playing for agreat cause, the Governor of our State talking aboutbeing the leader of the free world on Oprah and theGiants making a quest for the Super Bowl.Achievements define Goals. You don't have to be afan of any of the above to recognize the hard workand dedication it takes to achieve a goal.

There will be many times when you have to get

your self motivated. In those times it will be neces-sary to convert "can do" to "will do". At momentswhen you learn that you have not done your best or

your performance is below expectations you must goback with increased enthusiasm to try again. Therewill be other times when you have done extremelywell and have a let down because the urgency to con-tinue is not so great. At such times you must set yourgoal higher and get going again.

Self motivation requires that you set an objectivethat is very important to you and let it resinate to youeveryday. If you make your goal to easy you will doless than you can.

Look around, our surroundings can provide greatmotivation. The competitor across from you, the stu-dent next to you, the performer on before you and theperson in the mirror in front of you.

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