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Saddled with expectationsyear after year yet looked asbeing in rebuilding mode tostart the season, Rumson-FairHaven faced some tough timesduring the 2015 seasonWhen it mattered most, however, the Bulldogs proved once again

they know how to deliver.Junior attackman Griffin Schultz scored three goals

with three assists, junior attackman Robbie Garaventescored twice with three assists and senior midfielderSeamus Walsh and sophomore midfielder Bryan Hesseach scored twice as the Bulldogs went on the roadand defeated New Providence 12-8 to win the NJSIAASouth Group I sectional title on Saturday afternoon.“Coach believed in us right from the beginning of

the season and said we could get here,” Schultz said.“We didn’t have as much pressure as last year sincewe lost a lot of seniors, but we got here and we got thejob done. We all believed we could.”“Coming into the season not a lot of people had

faith in us having just six seniors and four returningvarsity players,” said senior midfielder Lucas Seckler.“We had some rough patches, but we peaked at theright point. We knew we were going to get it together,and it happened perfectly for the postseason.”Junior goalie Kyle Knapp made 10 saves and the

defensive core of seniors Cooper Cuje and JackMoore, junior Ian Clarke and sophomore EmmetJennings held the Pioneers to just four goals enteringthe fourth quarter. New Providence, which came inaveraging 12.5 goals per game and having scored lessthan 10 in just four of its 20 games, went on a run withfour goals in the final five minutes of regulation, butHess’s goal with 1:06 to play sealed Rumson’s secondsectional title in its third straight appearance.Rumson will play North Group I champion Mountain Lakes on

Wednesday. The sites and times of the group championships will bedecided by the NJSIAA on Sunday, according to tournamentregulations posted on its website. The sites are either Hopewell Valley,Livingston or Ridge, and the times are 5 or 7:30 p.m.Walsh put Rumson (17-6) up 10-4 when he scored off a pass form

Garavente with 9:25 left in regulation. The Pioneers’ offense had beenheld in check until Jack Harvey ignited a four-goal run in the finalfive minutes that threatened to steal the title.One of New Jersey’s most dangerous offensive players, Harvey

entered the game with 83 goals and 65 assists and finished with fourgoals and two assists on Saturday. He had a hand in all four of NewProvidence’s fourth-quarter goals, scoring twice and assisting on goalsby Quinn Killeen and Tyler Lawton. After the Pioneers’ fifth straightface-off win, Harvey’s goal with 1:18 left in the game cut Rumson’slead to 11-8. Rumson was able to control possession off the next face-off, however, and Hess put an end to New Providence’s comeback bidwith the Bulldogs’ 12th and final goal.As good as Rumson has been over the past decade, few outside the

program figured the Bulldogs would be celebrating with a statesectional championship trophy being passed around when the seasonbegan. Rumson graduated 18 seniors from a team that won fourstraight Shore Conference Tournament titles and in 2013 pushedperennial juggernaut Mountain Lakes to the brink before falling 8-6 inthe Group I title game.Talent was present thanks to a fantastic feeder program, but it was

going to be an uphill battle to get back to that point this season.Rumson started off 0-4 with losses to Caldwell, Summit, Bridgewater-Raritan and Southern, and would fall to St. Augustine a few weekslater before losing again to Southern in the Shore ConferenceTournament final. All five teams to defeat Rumson had great seasons,

and Summit andBridgewater also wonsectional titles onSaturday.After the 0-4 start,

Rumson would win 12of its next 14 games.Along the way theyoung team started tofind its identity, and allthe while the group’sconfidence continued

to grow. Losing by 10 goalsto Southern in the ShoreConference final looked likeit could be the Bulldogs’undoing heading into theplayoffs, but they were ableto shake it off and moveforward.“It hurt for a few days, but

we sat down as a team andsaid we have to moveforward and run the table instates,” Seckler said.“Losing 18 seniors was

tough for us, but we knewwe had a group that wasalmost equivalent in talent,”

Garavente said. “We knew we could accomplish the same goals. Eventhough we lost in the Shore Conference final, coming back andwinning the sectional title means a lot for this program.”“It’s a testimony to their character and development as young men,”

said Rumson head coach Andy Eastwood. They’re growing as lacrosseplayers and young athletes, and my hat’s off to them.”The biggest takeaway from the loss to Southern was that they had

to come out with energy or risk suffering the same fate. They didexactly that from the opening draw against New Providence (17-4),and a couple of shots off the post were the only things preventingRumson from grabbing a quick lead. The Bulldogs kept the pressureup, and got on the board when Garavente scored unassisted with 5:39left in the first. Harvey tied the score at 3:09 off a pass from Killeen,but Garavente scored his second a minute later and Schultz netted agoal with 33 seconds left for a 3-1 lead. Schultz then set up juniorattackman Henry Sillen early in the second quarter for a 4-1advantage.“We knew we couldn’t start flat,” Garavente said. “We had to come

in and put in a couple early and then lock down on defense, and we didthat. That’s what we’ve done since that Southern game.”“That was huge,” Seckler said. “We had to come out going 212 (the

temperature water boils), our motto. It worked on Thursday (6-5 winover Madison in the semifinals), and it carried over to today.”Steve Anderson’s goal at 8:01 cut Rumson’s lead to 4-2, but Seckler

found the back of the net with a blast off the right side to make it 5-2.An extra-man goal by Harvey at 3:23 made it 5-3 at halftime.Rumson took over in the third quarter with four of the five goals,

including two in the final 2:30. Garavente fed Schultz for an EMOgoal 14 seconds into the second half to push the lead the 6-3, butKilleen got it back less than a minute later to keep New Providencewithin two goals. With 6:14 left in the third, Schultz dished to a wide-

open Curran, who had time to step into a shot and rip it past GarrettPope to make it 7-4. With 2:26 left Walsh took a pass from Schultz andscored for an 8-4 lead, and with 1:02 remaining in the third Hess founda rebound off a shot by Schultz and flipped it in to give Rumson afive-goal lead, its largest of the game.“We said at halftime we needed to come out and continue what we

were doing on offense,” Garavente said. “To come out in the secondhalf and put a couple in early and extend that lead was huge for us.”While the offense was operating efficiently and taking advantage

of its opportunities in going 2-for-2 with the extra man, the defensewas stifling the Pioneers’ versatile attack. Walsh and fellow midfielderLachlan Hull couldn’t be beaten one-on-one by their counterparts, andthat enabled the defensemen to keep their eyes inside instead ofworrying about sliding to help out.“Coach said we could play with them one-on-one as long as we

didn’t pressure out and make bad stick checks and lunge forward,”Cuje said. “As long as we kept it tight on their feet we knew we’d beokay.”“Seamus played amazing today along with our other middies,” Cuje

added. “You have to give a lot of credit to them, they matched up greatwith their middies today.”“Seamus and Lachlan have been great all year – they play like men,”

Eastwood said. “They have so much heart and desire, and they’resmart and athletic. It gives us another element to our team, and it’s anadvantage for us. The two of them have been great all year long.”Unlike last year when A.L. Johnson rallied in the final minutes to

stun Rumson in the sectional final, the Bulldogs were able to hold offa late charge by the Pioneers to take home a sectional championship.“It feels awesome,” Garavente said. “A lot of people, with that large

senior class gone, were really skeptical about what we couldaccomplish this year. We continued to believe in ourselves and nowwe’re here, and not a lot of people thought we would be.”“It just shows true resilience,” Seckler said. “We’re RFH lacrosse

and we’re going to come back from anything. Even if we start offrough, we’re always going to be there.”

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Rumson Tops New Providence to WinNJSIAA South Group I Sectional TitleBy Bob Badders – Senior Staff Writer

Junior attactmen Griffin Schultz

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Ocean High School seniorright-hander Blake DeMetersays he does not like to followhis in-game statistics, but asthe swings-and-misses onoverpowering fastballs andflinch-inducing sliders piled upover the course of the first sixinnings of the Spartans’NJSIAA Central Jersey GroupIII first-round game againstJackson Liberty, he couldn’thelp but check the book.After learning that he had already eclipsed his career high

after the sixth inning, DeMeter went back out to the mound inthe top of the seventh inning, struck out the side one last time,and set a new Ocean single-game record with 17 strikeouts tonail down a 4-0 win for the eighth-seeded Spartans over theNo. 9 Lions.

DeMeter’s strikeout frenzy surpassed his previous career-

high of 13 and broke the previousschool record of 15, set by RickBrown in 1982, according toOcean head coach Cip Apicelli.On top of the 17 punchouts,DeMeter also threw a two-hitterwith three walks.

“I try to think as little aspossible when I’m out there, but itdefinitely started creeping in theback of my mind,” DeMeter said.“At one point, I asked about itafter, I think, the sixth inning andsomeone told me and it caught meby surprise a little bit.”

With its win on Monday, Oceanearned a trip west to take on top-seeded Northern Burlington onThursday after the 23-4Greyhounds took out Red Bank onMonday, 8-0. Northern Burlingtonis the No. 1 seed in the section forthe third straight year, and afterwinning their first sectional titlein 2013, the Greyhounds lost to

Hopewell Valley in thequarterfinals in 2014.

DeMeter struck out theside in four innings andstruck out at least twobatters in all seven innings.During a stretch spanningthe third and fourth innings,DeMeter struck out sevenstraight batters, six of themwith his slider. Eight ofDeMeter’s first 12strikeouts came on theslider, while he used thefastball to finish off hisfinal five strikeout victims.

“I lost the feel for mybreaking ball a little bit, soI went to the fastball more,”DeMeter said. “I was ableto keep mowing them downwith the fastball so I justkept going to it and I kindof stopped throwing thebreaking ball.”

Blake DeMeter Strikes Out a School-Record 17 for OceanB y Matt Manley – Senior Staff Writer

Ocean senior Blake DeMeter

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Of the 26 Jackson Liberty batters that dug in Monday againstDeMeter, only six of them put the ball in play. Those six ballsin play included two hits, a fly out to center field, a lineout toshortstop, a groundout to first base and an error on a ground ballto third base. Only three of the 17 batters that reached a two-strike count managed to put the ball in play against DeMeter.

“This was a different level for him,” Apicelli said. “We’vetold them for days now, ‘You’ve got one left. Every game youshow up to play from now on, you are playing to get one morepractice and to play another game.’ He acted today like he didn’twant this to end. Seventeen strikeouts – that’s pretty good.”

Although DeMeter cruised for most of the game, his firstinning and final inning presented him with his most pronouncedchallenge. His three walks came in those two innings and two ofthem came after he had already struck out the first two battersof the seventh on a total of six pitches. He jumped ahead ofBrandon Pallante in the count, 1-2, but ultimately walked himand then walked designated hitter Mike Zak on five pitches,mostly missing up in the zone with fastballs.

“I tried not to think about it, but I was probably letting themoment get to me a little bit and I tried to overthrow,” DeMetersaid.

“He’s a different kind of kid,” Apicelli said. “We don’t wanthim to think out there, and I think for that four-to-six pitchsequence, he was thinking out there. We just want him to throwthe ball over the plate.”

After a visit to the mound from Apicelli, DeMeter fired twostrikes over the plate to shortstop Sean Galvin. After missingwith two fastballs, he blew a third by Galvin for strikeout No.17 to clinch Ocean’s first-round win.

DeMeter walked center fielder Kyle Tavaska on the firstbatter of the game after falling behind 3-0 and gave up a single

to third baseman Ryan Van Wickle with two out in the first. Forthe third time in five batters during the first, DeMeter fellbehind on the first pitch of the at-bat to second baseman DylanMillemann, who flew out to center to strand runners on first andsecond base.

“I was a little nervous, since this was my first time starting astate playoff game,” said DeMeter, who said he has just startedto feel healthy after dealing with arm problems leading up toand early in the season. “I might have come out a little tooamped up, and I just had to settle in.”

After the first inning, DeMeter threw first-pitch strikes to 17of 21 batters the rest of the way. Seven of the nine Lions startersstruck out at least twice, with No. 9 hitter Ken Pommerenckestriking out once in two plate appearances and Tavaskamanaging to avoid striking out while going 1-for-2 with a walkand a single on an 0-2 count to lead of the third inning.

Ocean has had issues scoring at times this season, but theSpartans gave DeMeter all the offense he would need with a runin the first inning. Designated hitter Anthony Bartolomeijumped on a first-pitch offering from Jackson Liberty starterHoward Taylor – who struck out eight in a four-hitter – for adouble to the right-center gap and moved to third on a passedball. First baseman Brian Olesen knocked Bartolomei in withan RBI ground out to third base to stake DeMeter and Ocean toan early 1-0 edge.

“It definitely helps to get the lead early,” DeMeter said. “I tryto throw a shutout every time out anyway, so once we got thatrun, I was like, ‘Okay, we’ve got this.’”

Olesen also had a hand in the second Ocean run when hesingled through the middle with a runner on second base in thefourth. The ball got away from Tavaska, allowing courtesyrunner Bo Britton to score.

Bartolomei later added a run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly, andsecond baseman Frank Henry capped the scoring with an RBIsingle to right field in the bottom of the sixth.

Ocean will now try to do what Hopewell Valley did againstNorthern Burlington last season, but will have to do it withoutits other pitching standout on the mound. Bartolomei was thedesignated hitter on Monday, but has been shut down for theseason with what Apicelli called a dead arm – which does notinvolved any structural damage.

Junior Jake Talarico is the likely choice to get the ball,according to Apicelli, but among the other options is sophomoreleft-hander Phil Demarco. After missing the entire season up tothis point with a broken jaw, Demarco was cleared to play ingame action on Monday and has been throwing bullpensthroughout the season, Apicelli said.

Should Ocean knock off the No. 1 seed, DeMeter will comeback into play in the sectional semifinals. During his varsitycareer, DeMeter has seven losses on his record, but in thoselosses, Ocean has scored a total of one run.

“With some more support, he might go down as one of thebest pitchers this program has had,” Apicelli said. “He stillmight, because nobody would have been able to win thosegames that he’s lost when the offense is literally not scoring.When the offense gives him some runs, he is very tough tobeat.”

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Matt Manleywww.shoresportsnetwork.com

Advancing to the ShoreConference Tournamentsemifinals was enoughmotivation for the Red BankCatholic baseball team to putits best foot forward in thisyear's SCT quarterfinalsagainst top-seeded ColtsNeck, but earning a semifinalgame on their home field andthe chance to finally beat aCougars team that won bothregular-season meetingsmade it feel like a make-or-break game for the Caseys.Red Bank Catholic scored seven runs in the top of the

seventh inning to thwart a comeback attempt by theCougars and advance to the SCT semifinals with a 16-8 win over the Cougars. RBC will play in the SCTsemifinals on May 27 against Jackson Memorial at Count Basie Park, which is the predetermined site forthe semifinals.The last three hitters in the RBC order – sophomore Anthony DeRosa, junior Mike Spinelli and

sophomore Dom Caraballo – combined to go 7-for-11 on Wednesday with a walk, two doubles, a triple,two RBI and seven runs scored. DeRosa finished 3-for-5 with two runs, Spinelli was 2-for-2 with a double,triple, three runs and an RBI, and Caraballo was 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI.“I think we were all really motivated to play today,” Spinelli said. “You never want to lose to any team

three times in a season, especially when it’s a tournament game, and we’ve got a chance to get a game onour home field. We knew Colts Neck was tough, we knew their pitchers have been tough on us, but we

made good adjustments and putup some good at-bats againstthem.”Wednesday’s performance

from the bottom third of the order follows a similar effort in a round-of-16 win over Toms River South onSaturday in which the same three players went a combined 6-for-8 – 9-for-11 when factoring in sophomoreAaron Ahn out of the No. 6 spot in the order.“All three of those guys have been hitting pretty much all year,” Red Bank Catholic coach Buddy

Hausmann said. “They are not at the bottom of the lineup because they can’t hit. They are there becausethey are young and somebody has to hit at the bottom. It’s nice when you can have that kind of productionthat deep in the lineup, plus those guys get us to (leadoff hitter) Evan (Madigan) and give him a chanceto do damage.”Madigan also went 2-for-3 with two walks and three runs scored, as well as an RBI in the seven-run

seventh. Senior Tom Merlo also finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.Colts Neck scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull to within 9-8. Tim Cavrak hit a 2-

run single to headline the rally, which ended when RBC junior Jack Ipsen took over for starter John Pocciaand recorded three straight outs to preserve the Caseys’ lead.“Poccia was throwing strikes like he needed to with a lead, but the defense didn’t do him any favors,”

said Hausmann, whose team allowed six unearned runs Wednesday. “Ipsen came in a tough spot and didthe same thing we asked Poccia to do, which was throw strikes and try to get an out at a time to limit thedamage.”The Cougars took a 4-2 lead with a four-run second inning, keyed by a two-run double by Mike Antico.

Sam Devitis also had an RBI triple to open the Colts Neck scoring and Andrew Conforti tied the game withan RBI single in the inning.Spinelli and Caraballo hit back-to-back doubles in the top of the fourth to tie the game at 4, and Chris

Bender gave Red Bank Catholic the lead for good with a sacrifice fly later in the inning. Merlo tacked ona run with an RBI single to cap the four-run inning for RBC.Red Bank Catholic scored 13 of its 16 runs off Colts Neck’s top two pitchers – senior left-handers Mario

Ferraioli and Chris Murphy – and all 13 runs were earned. The loss was the first of the season for Ferraoili,who pitched in relief in each of Colts Neck’s last two games – an SCT win over Freehold on Saturday andan NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV loss to No. 16 West Windsor-Plainsboro South on Monday.Despite an offensive outburst that included 13 hits and pushed across 14 earned runs, the Caseys

recorded only seven RBI, with the other nine runs scoring on five wild pitches, two passed balls, an errorand a steal of home on a double-steal with runners on the corners.“We felt like it was important to play aggressive on the base paths against them,” Hausmann said.

“We’ve got some speed and we’re facing two tough lefties with good breaking pitches, so if we got a ballin the dirt, we want to get to the next base.”Red Bank Catholic will be the visitor on its own home field for the second straight year in the SCT

semifinals after losing a 2-1, extra-inning game to Christian Brothers Academy in last year’s semis. Afterlosing to the Monmouth County Tournament champions last year, the Caseys will welcome this year’sOcean County Tournament champions.“Getting that game at home with a chance to go to the finals was a big deal for us,” Spinelli said. “We

lost a tough game last year, and we definitely want another shot at it.”

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RBC Knocks Off Top-Seeded ColtsNeck to Reach SCT SemifinalsB y Matt Manley – Senior Staff Writer

Junior Mike Spinelli

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Chris Bender scores on one of the five Colts Neck wild pitches

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n a night in which itsundefeated ace struckout 12 batters, and the

three batters in themiddle of the batting ordercombined to make just one out inthe entire game, the ChristianBrothers Academy baseball teamstill found itself needing a hit inthe bottom of the seventh inningto capture a seventh MonmouthCounty Tournament championshipon May 19 at FirstEnergy Park.Fortunately for the Colts, the red-hot middle of their order

would have the final say in their last turn at bat.Junior catcher Brandon Martorano crushed a double to the

center field wall to score senior Will Morgan from first withthe winning run in the bottom of the seventh and CBA walkedoff with a 5-4 win over Wall to win its second straightMonmouth County Tournament championship.

“It’s a complete honor to play withthese guys, so whenever I’m luckyenough to get up in a spot where I’mable to contribute for the team, I’malways looking to take advantage,”Martorano said.Martorano finished the game 3-for-3 with two doubles and

two RBI to help the Colts rally for the win after trailing 4-3heading into the bottom of the fifth inning. Morgan started the

winning rally with a one-out single toright field on a 1-2

pitch and

Martorano followed with a double on a 2-2 pitch on the nextat-bat.“I was just hoping and praying it would get down,”

Martorano said. “When it got down, I just kept wheeling Willaround and he was able to hustle around and score thatwinning run.”“The ball was hit deep enough where I knew I could go all

the way to second base and feel confident that I could get backif the ball was caught,” Morgan said. “In that situation, withthe game on the line and being the winning run, I want to takea chance and make sure that if that ball just gets down, I’mgoing to score.”Junior right-hander Luca Dalatri survived a nine-hit attack

by Wall to improve to 7-0 on the season and 18-0 over the pasttwo years. One start after setting a CBA record with his 22ndcareer win on the mound, he allowed four earned runs, butalso struck out 12 without walking a batter.“I felt like I was locating and hitting my spots pretty well,”

Dalatri said. “Wall’s a good hitting team. Any time I caught alittle too much plate, there were able to put a pretty goodswing on it. Fortunately, outside of those couple of hits thatscored their runs, I was able to execute a few pitches in keyspots to minimize the damage a little bit.”Dalatri also helped his cause by going 3-for-3 with two

doubles and three RBI at the plate, including an RBI doubleto the wall in left field that tied the game at 4 in the bottom ofthe fifth inning.“I take the same mindset with me to the plate that I do to

the mound,” Dalatri said. “Going up in that spot, with thetying run on second, I go up thinking, ‘You’re not going tostrike me out,’ just like I go to the mound thinking, ‘You’re notgoing to get a hit off me.’ It’s not being cocky, it’s just theattitude you have to have to besuccessful.”

M o r g a n ,Martorano and

Dalatri – CBA’s No. 3, 4 and 5 hitters – combined to go 8-for-9 with two walks, five doubles and five RBI to carry theoffense. Those eight hits were the only ones surrendered byWall senior starter Ryan Orender, who went the distance intaking the loss.“We just couldn’t get those guys out today,” Wall coach

Todd Schmitt said. “I hear them get knocked sometimes fornot being a great hitting team, and after watching them today,I don’t know where that comes from. We had to battle andmake some great plays to keep them off the board. Theirwhole lineup is tough, but those three guys in the middleespecially can do some damage.”Wall took a 4-3 lead in the top of the fifth on a two-out, two-

run single to right field by first baseman Zach Wilson, whowas 2-for-3 against Dalatri on Tuesday. Wall loaded the baseswith no one out on a lead-off double by shortstop NolanCloney and infield singles by left fielder Nick Martinez andsecond baseman Brendan Barcas, with Barcas reaching on abunt single.Dalatri then struck out catcher Dan Wondrack – the Shore

Conference co-leader in home runs with nine – and Orenderto come within one out of escaping the jam with a 3-2 lead. Hethen fell behind Wilson 2-1 and Wilson punched a fastball toright field to score Cloney and Martinez with the tying andgo-ahead runs.“Like with any team, you can’t expect your pitcher to throw

a 1-0 shutout every time out,” Martorano said. “He’s allowedto give up runs. He’s allowed to give up hits; he’s allowed togive up 10 hits. We have the confidence in our offense that we

can get these hits in big spots. (Wall)played phenomenal defense and

made it really tough,but we wereable to pullit out.”

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he Jackson Memorialbaseball team had not even

begun its title defense when italready accomplished somethinglast year's team did not dobefore its championship runSenior right fielder Matt Crispe hit a go-ahead RBI single

in a three-run bottom of the sixth inning and seniorBrandon Janofsky pitched a perfect seventh inning to naildown the save as the Jaguars rallied to beat Barnegat 8-6 atToms River East on May 14 to win their second OceanCounty Tournament title in the last four years.Jackson Memorial won its first OCT title since 2012 by

rallying from three separate deficits to tie the game beforeultimately taking its first lead in the bottom of the sixth onthe second of Crispe’s two RBI hits and his third overallhit of the game. That’s the type of comeback the Jaguarsrarely engineered last year until they made their run inGroup IV.“We’ve really tried to improve our offensive approach

this year,” Jackson Memorial coach Frank Malta said. “Lastyear, we didn’t have a lot of games like this one where wefell behind and had to come back, at least not until we madethat run.

“This group is unfazed. They are a group offlat-liners. Us as coaches, we can yell andscream at them until we’re blue in the faceand they just stay the same. We’ve had tochange our approach because we (thecoaches) are pretty intense and they (theplayers) are so even-keeled. It makes gameslike tonight manageable because we knownothing is going to get to them.”Crispe was named the tournament MVP and finished 3-for-

4 with two RBI on Thursday night. Barnegat took a 6-5 leadinto the bottom of the sixth, but gave it up thanks to three errorsin the inning behind pitcher Seamus Brazil, who took over forstarter John Corbett in the bottom of the third.Joe DeMaio led off the sixth with a walk and Janofsky

followed with a single to right field, with both DeMaio andJanofsky taking an extra base on a fielding error in the outfield.Chris Hawryluk then reached on a dropped pop-up on theinfield that allowed DeMaio to score from third and Janofskyto advance to third, with Hawryluk moving to second on thethrow home.Crispe followed by slapping the second pitch from Brazil

through the right side of a drawn-in infield to bring home asecond run, and Crispe moved to second on another error inthe outfield.“When Joe led off the inning with the walk, I had a feeling

Brandon was going to do something big because Brandon hasbeen doing that all year,” Crispe said. “When Joe got on, I justhad that feeling that we were going to tie this game. I came upin a big spot with runners on second and third, I saw the infieldwas in, and I just tried to hit a ball hard somewhere, and I didwhat I had to do.”

Crispe also made a diving catch inshallow right field to

rob Barnegat sophomore Anthony Lani for the second out ofthe top of the sixth, allowing reliever Matt Castronuova towork a 1-2-3 inning on seven pitches and get the Jaguars backto the plate down one run.After scoring a run in the bottom of the sixth, Janofsky

quickly warmed up and entered for his fourth appearance ofthe season on the mound. With a 1-2-3 inning that ended withtwo more strikeouts, Janofsky has now thrown 20 scorelessinnings this season with eight hits and three walks allowedwhile striking out 29.“I didn’t come here expecting to start or anything, but I knew

coach might use me late in the game if it was tight,” Janofskysaid. “I got back in the dugout and (pitching coach) J.M. (Gold)told me to go get loose quick.”Jackson Memorial rallied from deficits of 3-1, 5-3, and 6-5

to tie the game three different times, and the single by Crispein the sixth gave the Jaguars their first lead. Hawryluk andCrispe hit back-to-back RBI singles in the fourth to tie thegame at five after Kyle Johnson led off the inning with a doubleon a 10-pitch at-bat.Catcher Kyle Lona nearly hit a game-tying two-run home

run in the second inning, but settled for a double when theumpires ruled the ball hit the top of the wall. Castronuova cameon as a courtesy runner for Lona and, along with Nick Rocco,scored later in the inning – Rocco on a ground out by DeMaioand Castronuova on a strikeout pitch that got away fromcatcher Nik Fraim behind the plate.Johnson was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored and

Lona finished 2-for-3 with two doubles.Castronuova earned the win on the mound with three innings

of relief, during which the right-hander allowed one run on onehit and two walks. Barnegat scored the go-ahead run offCastronuova in the fifth on a wild pitch. Fraim led the inningoff with a walk and courtesy runner Mimo Padilla moved tosecond on a wild pitch. Jared Kacso followed with a single to

move Padilla to third and the Bengals thentook the lead when a wild pitch allowedPadilla to speed home with none out.

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Morgan began the bottom of the fifth with a one-out smashover the head of Wall center fielder Sean Larkin for a double.After Martorano worked a walk, Morgan came home onDalatri’s game-tying double. Martinez ran all the way to thewarning track and got his glove on the ball with a backhandedstab, but the ball squirted out of his glove as he braced to hit thewall.Although Martinez could not come up with the spectacular

play to prevent the tying run, he later saved two runs with oneof three diving catches by Wall’s outfield over the final threeinnings. Colts left fielder Shane Turk had a potential two-runsingle to give CBA the lead in the fifth, but his lined shot intoleft field landed in the glove of a diving Martinez, who snaredthe ball on the backhand, just above the ground.With CBA first baseman Kenny Campbell on second base

and one out in the sixth, right fielder Nick Maciejewski madea diving catch on a sinking liner by CBA center fielder CidPorter and threw to second base to double off Campbell andend the inning. Maciejewski then made a diving catch comingin on a line drive hit by Andrew Buccellatto leading off theseventh.“We did everything we could to stay in the game,” Schmitt

said. “We made plays, we played hard, and I can’t say anythingnegative about my kids. They played the game as hard as weplayed all year.”Porter got in on the diving catch exhibition for CBA, laying

out to catch a line-drive to right-center field by Maciejewski,who later got him back with the double-play in the sixth.Wall cut CBA’s lead to 3-2 in the top of the fourth when

Morgan misplayed a potential inning-ending fly ball byMaciejewski along the right-field line into a two-out, two-rundouble that got the Crimson Knights back in the game.

Wondrack started the rally with a leadoff single and Orenderreached on an infield single back to the mound. Both scoredon Maciejewski’s double, but not before Dalatri struck outWilson and third baseman Regan Dombroski to move within anout of escaping trouble.“After giving them two runs, I was pretty determined to make

sure I got two back,” said Morgan, who scored all three timeshe reached base and went 2-for-2 in two trips to the plate afterhis miscue. “You never want to cost your team and your pitchera run, but it happens sometimes and the only way to make upfor it is keep playing and try come through when theopportunity presents itself.”CBA jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second on

back-to-back doubles by Martorano and Dalatri to lead off theinning. The Colts battery, both of whom are committed toNorth Carolina, later gave the team a 3-0 lead with consecutivetwo-out RBI singles in the bottom of the third.Outside of Morgan, Martorano and Dalatri, the CBA lineup

went a combined 0-for-17 against Orender and the only base-runners of the bunch came on a hit-by-pitch by Buccellatto anda walk by Campbell.The four earned runs allowed by Dalatri were the most during

his two-year unbeaten stretch, but in each case, he was one outaway from escaping the inning without surrendering a run.Despite whiffing 12 Crimson Knights without issuing a walk,Wall was able to scratch out nine hits against Dalatri, five ofwhich came with Dalatri ahead in the count. In the case of thetwo run-scoring hits by Maciejewski and Wilson, however,Dalatri fell behind in the count in both at-bats.Dalatri also trailed in the bottom of the sixth inning a week

earlier against Manalapan in the MCT quarterfinals. TheUniversity of North Carolina recruit also helped his own causein that game with a solo home run and CBA rallied to tie the

game in the sixth and win it on a walk-off single by Martoranoin the seventh.“He’s so hard on himself,” Martorano said. “Working

together these last couple years, I know him inside and outside,and he is one of the biggest competitors, but he’s also one of themost determined people you’ll find. He believes it’s his duty toproduce a win, and he’s done it for the last 18 starts.”Tuesday’s win is CBA’s seventh Monmouth County

Tournament championship and it keeps the Colts alive in theirquest for five championships this season. They have alreadywon a share of the Class A North division title on top of theMCT championship, and will continue their quest for the ShoreConference Tournament championship when they playManasquan in the SCT semifinals on Wednesday at CountBasie Park.The NJSIAA South Jersey Non-Public A playoffs begin on

Thursday, with CBA hosting Camden Catholic. The 2004 Wallteam is the only Shore Conference team to win all five titles inplay – the division, county, conference, state sectional andoverall group titles.

“It’s awesome winning here,”Morgan said. “Coach told us the statthat in 22 years, we’ve been to thechampionship 11 times, which is greatto be able to get here, keep it goingand put another ball on the wall.“It also gives us two of the five championships we want to

win. We’re striving for five. That’s what we want to do.”

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output for the Jaguars came on RBI. Johnson singled andscored on an error by shortstop Aaron McLaughlin toopen the Jaguars’ scoring in the bottom of the first.McLaughlin was 2-for-4 with a run scored and an

RBI and quickly atoned for the error by deliveringan RBI single with two out in the second. He alsoflew out to deep left field leading off the seventh againstJanofsky.Lani was 1-for-2 with a two-run single in the fourth to give

Barnegat a 5-3 lead.Jackson Memorial had a chance to tie the game in the fifth

inning after Lona doubled with two out to bring up Johnson,who won a 10-pitch battle with Brazil in the fourth when hedoubled. Johnson again worked the count full, but Brazilblew a fastball by him for the final out of the inning.Corbett allowed three unearned runs in two-plus

innings and Brazil struck out seven in four inningsof work for Barnegat.The Bengals lost in the OCT final

for the second consecutive yearafter reaching the finalfor the first time inprogram history in2014. Last year,Barnegat went 0-3 in

tournament championship games, losing 6-0 toCentral Regional in the OCT final, 1-0 to

Buena in the SouthJersey Group II

final and2-0 to

Christian Brothers Academy in the Shore ConferenceTournament final. Barnegat appeared to turn the tide bybeating Jackson Liberty a week earlier to clinch its firstoutright Class B South division title.“The positive is that we scored a run,” McCoy said. “Going

three championship games without a run is tough to swallowand we came out and swung the bats tonight. Unfortunately,we gave a really good team too many opportunities.”Jackson Memorial will now turn its attention to two more

tournaments and two familiar foes, beginning with the ShoreConference Round of 16 on Saturday against Howell andthe start of the NJSIAA Tournament on Monday with aCentral Jersey Group IV game against Class A South rivalBrick Memorial.“Coach Malta really wanted to win this

Ocean County title, and after missing out on(the Class) A South (title), this was the firstchampionship we had an opportunity to win,”Crispe said. “We didn’t take this game forgranted, and we didn’t take (Barnegat) forgranted. We wanted to get this championship, andnow we want to get more championships.”

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To understand how muchwinning the Shore ConferenceTournament means to Southernand its program-defining seniorclass, all you needed to do wascatch a glimpse of Dylan Jinksduring the postgame ceremony.His smile stretched ear-to-ear and his eyes were as big as the lacrosse balls

he’s so adept at firing past opposing goalies when he was handed thechampionship plaque.

FINALLY.“Come here beautiful,” he said to the trophy, giving it a kiss before raising

it high above his head as his teammates hooted and hollered. “I’m never lettingyou go.”

The top-seeded Rams made history on May 19 at Monmouth University,and did so in emphatic fashion with a 16-6 victory over second-seeded andfour-time defending champion Rumson-Fair Haven to capture the 2015 ShoreConference Tournament title on their third try. The Rams raced out to a 4-0lead and never looked back on their way to becoming the first Ocean Countyteam to be crowned SCT champions.

Senior midfielder Chris Smith scored a game-high three goals while juniorattackman Nick Simonelli pumped in three goals with three assists.Sophomore Kyle Mulrane also scored three times and Jinks had two goals andtwo assists.

“I think my heart skipped a beat there as I watched the clock tick down fromsix seconds,” Smith said. “I can’t even explain the feeling. There’s no betterfeeling than beating that team in this game. We beat them the first time (16-14 in April) but today we made history.”

“We knew this was our last shot and we gave a 110-percent effort,” Jinkssaid. “I’m just thrilled right now, I can’t even describe how happy I am.”

It was the biggest game in the history of Southern’s lacrosse program, andended up being the biggest win ever. The Rams have won division titles andeven a pair of NJSIAA sectional titles, but the SCT lingered as the the missingpiece to the puzzle. On the big stage they came to play – every last one of them.From senior goalie Brendan Lefanto out through his rock-solid defense to theswarming midfielders and sniping attackmen, Southern’s players refused tomake the drive back to Manahawkin with their heads in their hands. This time,in their third straight SCT final versus the powerful Bulldogs, they left KesslerField as champions.

“Once in a while as a team you have these special games where things clickon all cylinders, and today was one of those games,” said Southern head coachJohn Pampalone. “We talked since Saturday that to beat Rumson, the four-timedefending champions, it was going to take an extraordinary effort andextraordinary individual efforts. Across the board we played about as well aswe could. We made a few mistakes, but we didn’t do many things wrong. Hatsoff to these kids. They’ve been waiting for this moment for a full year and theydidn’t let it pass them by.”

“Our mentality was to leave everything on the field,” Lefanto said. “This issomething we’ve been waiting for for a long time. We’ve been knocking on thedoor the last three years and we finally broke it down.”

To beat Rumson is one thing, but to win by 10 goals in a tournament theBulldogs have owned the last four years is another. The first game was a 16-14 win by Southern when a young Bulldogs team was still figuring out how toplay with one another. Since then Rumson had found its game, and wasentering off a 6-0 shutout of a red-hot Freehold Township team in thesemifinals and riding an eight-game winning streak.

“It is a little surprising,” Smith said. “But we didn’t want to play anotherother team in the finals. This is the team we wanted to beat and show everybodywhat we have.”

One thing the Rams preached heading into Tuesday’s championship gamewas needing a fast start. They knew they couldn’t let Rumson grab earlymomentum and be forced to play catch-up the rest of the way. The first quarterwent about as well as Southern (17-0) could have planned as the Rams openedup a 4-0 lead, including scoring twice in the game’s first 1:21, and led 4-1heading to the second quarter.

Smith started the scoring with an extra-man opportunity goal at 10:58 beforeSimonelli set up Mulrane for a goal 19seconds later. Sophomore Will Johnsonmade it 3-0 off a nice feed from JonManzo and then pushed the lead to 4-0 offanother dish from Simonelli at 7:01.Junior attackman Robbie Garavente gotRumson on the board with 3:03 to go inthe first, but Southern had established thefoothold it desperately needed.

“It was huge coming out and takingtheir hearts early,” Jinks said. “We werepreaching that from right off the bus.”

“If they started getting momentum we knew it would be really hard to stop,”said senior defenseman Mike Adragna. “We knew if we got going early we’dbe fine, and we did.”

While Southern’s offense was rolling early Lefanto made a pair of big savesto keep the Bulldogs (12-6) off the board, keeping momentum on the Rams’side. He finished with 11 stops, thwarting Rumson early on some of its bestlooks.

“I think he’s the most underrated player in the Shore,” Pampalone said ofLefanto. “He’s made every start for the last four years and has put up anunbelievable record. For whatever reason he’s kind of the afterthought, butBrendan Lefanto is a huge reason we’ve won all these championships.”

As well as Southern had played over the first 12 minutes, they knew thecomeback capability Rumson possessed. It seemed everyone in attendance waswaiting for the Bulldogs to put a couple goals in and close the gap, but it neverhappened. Instead Southern began to pull away with four more goals in thesecond quarter to take an 8-2 lead into halftime.

McManus scored on a blast from the top of the box off a pass from Simonellijust 30 seconds into the quarter, and Jinks made it 6-1 when he intercepted anoutlet pass from the goalie and tucked it into an open net. Jinks scored againunassisted at 5:24 to make it 7-1, and Simonelli curled his way around the netbefore scoring with a low shot at 4:19. Garavente cut the lead to 8-2 by scoringwith 48.7 seconds left in the half.

Lucas Seckler scored the first of his four goals for Rumson – all in thesecond half – off a feed from Matt Waters at 7:47. Once again, however,Southern would answer to prevent the Bulldogs from getting any momentum.Mulrane scored off a pass from McManus with 43.7 seconds left and Jinks setup Smith off the ensuing draw to give the Rams a 12-3 lead after three quarters.

All the while the Rams defense was playing outstanding. They had clearlyadjusted after allowing 14 goals in the first meeting, specifically taking awaythe rollback by Garavente and the attackmen. The long reach of Adragna andHenken and quick feet of Anthony Triola and Gordie Vonschmidt stifled theBulldogs all game long.

“I gotta give it up to Chris Smith on face-offs stopping any momentum, andwe were just crisp defensively,” Adragna said. “Once we got a stop we cleared

it quickly.”

The Rams finished off their most epic win yet by scoring four more goalsin the final quarter to cement their historic victory. Simonelli made it 13-3 at9:04 before Seckler took another pass from Waters and scored at 8:26, makingit 13-4. Smith scored his fourth goal at 6:44 top push the lead to 14-4 beforeSeckler scored consecutive EMO goals just over a minute apart to cut theBulldogs’ deficit to 14-6.

The Rams would finish just as they started with a pair of goals in the finalfour minutes. Simonelli scored unassisted with 3:44 to go and Smith put thefinishing touches on an unbelievable championship performance by scoringunassisted with 2:26 left.

Aside from winning the title for themselves, they also raised the banner forOcean County as a whole. Jackson Memorial became the first Ocean Countyteam to reach the final in 2011, and the Jaguars did it again in 2012. Both timesthey were thwarted by Rumson. Then Southern took its turn, losing to theBulldogs 14-5 in 2013 and 17-10 last season before finally breaking throughthis year.

“It’s a great honor and we’ve talked for years that we wanted to be the teamthat broke down the door,” Pampalone said. “We knew Monmouth County hadgreat lacrosse going back to CBA and Manasquan, and Rumson has taken thelead the last six years. We’ve been trying to play catch-up. We’ve been able towin our division and do some things on our own, but we’ve never been able tobreak through here. To be the team that finally does it, it’s awesome.”

“This group of seniors, you can’t say enough good things about them,”Pampalone said. “They have around 80 wins, three division titles, threesectional titles and hopefully one more, and now a Shore Conference title. It’sa truly remarkable group of winners that loves the big stage and never shiedaway from it.”

The Rams laid out four goals at the beginning of the season and have beenable to cross off the first two on the list. Now comes the NJSIAA Tournament,where they are the two-time defending South Jersey Group IV champions. Thefinal mountain to climb would be to take out one of the North Jersey powers,either Westfield or fellow unbeaten Bridgewater-Raritan, in the Group IV final.

“We’re gonna cherish this and remember it for the rest of our lives, but nowwe have bigger things to go after and we’re ready to take on the nextchallenge,” Jinks said. “Coming into the season we had four main goals: towin the division, and we checked that off; win Shore Conference and wechecked that off. We’ve got two more checks to go.”

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The Shore Conference athleticdirectors honored a specialgroup of 93 athletes on May 17at Pine Belt at Pine BeltArena, presenting their annualSportsmanship Awards toseniors from each of theconference’s 47 schools.It’s great to have both counties together today,” said Ocean

Township athletic director Rusty Todd, who is the ShoreConference president. “It’s very prestigious to us. This is whatwe hope all of our kids could do. It would make all of our jobsa lot easier if all of our kids could emulate what these kidshere today are doing.”

The event was proudly supported by Shore Sports Network,whose own director, Kevin Williams, served as the emcee. Theprograms for the ceremony were also produced by SSN’s SteveMeyer.

Athletes and administrators alike believe the awardtranscends the usual All-Shore accolades based on statisticsand wins.

“This is probably the most prestigious award that any athletecould get,” said Raritan athletic director John DeGenito, whohonored football and basketball player Dylan DeWysockie and

s o f t b a l l ,basketball andfield hockeyplayer DaniellaMarino.

“We try to lookfor kids who dom u l t i - s p o r tthings. In ourcase, threedifferent varsityc o a c h e snominated thesame kid, so Ithink it speakshighly of theirintegrity andtheir character,so winning thisaward isprobably moreimportant thanany award aschool couldhave.”

Winning the award was also a proud moment for the athletesto honor their parents and the others who helped mold theminto quality people as well as players. Brick Memorial football

and track standout Karl-Mark Kumm, who was the Mustangs’recipient along with lacrosse and volleyball player DanielleBolton, dedicated his award to his mother, Helica.

Kumm emigrated to Brick with his family from the EasternEuropean nation of Estonia when he was six years old and

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became an American citizen this fall during thefootball season. Kumm, a wide receiver/defensiveback who is also an outstanding student, willcontinue his football career at Carnegie MellonUniversity.

“My mom came over from Estonia so that I wouldhave limitless opportunity in my future,” Kummsaid. “Of course, America is the land of greatopportunity, so she traveled over here, andeverything I do is in her honor. Everything Iaccomplish is for her, and this is definitely an honorbecause it’s not just your athletic ability, it’s being aleader.”

The award also lets the players know that theircoaches and athletic director are watching theirathletes for more than just the numbers they put up intheir sport.

“It’s really special to me that Coach Donohue(athletic director Chuck Donohue Jr.) would look tome as a leader in our school and someone whorespects the officials,” said Southern soccer,swimming and lacrosse athlete Morgan Von Schmidt.“It’s good to know that someone notices our efforts.”

“This means way more to me because it’s not abouthow great you are in the sport you play, it’s moreabout the stuff you do on and off the court,” saidToms River East basketball player Amanda Kennedy.“It means so much to me knowing that they

appreciate me as a leader.”

It also was a chance for the athletes to recognizethose in addition to their parents who taught themlessons along the way. Red Bank Regional footballand basketball player Jimmy Ferrogine dedicated hisaward to the late Albert Martin, Ferrogine’s formerbasketball teammate who died tragically at 17 yearsold in December of 2012 when he collapsed during apreseason scrimmage.

“My coach said he selected me because of myleadership and how I dealt with the Albert Martinsituation,” Ferrogine said. “Albert welcomed me intothe program my sophomore year. We were a veryyoung team that year, and he did everything he couldto bring the team together at the beginning of theyear. When we lost him, we were devastated, but wefought that season and the rest of our careers forhim. I’m proud to accept this award because of him.”

Four recipients also got an added bonus because ofthe generosity of Pine Belt Auto Group, whichdonated four $1,000 scholarships, one for an athleteof each gender from each county who were chosenrandomly by a drawing. The recipients wereKennedy from Toms River East and Manchesterfootball, basketball, golf and tennis player RobertPlanter Jr. from Ocean County, and Colts Neckbasketball and soccer player Colton LaLima andFreehold Township basketball player Taylor Devlinin Monmouth County.

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The full list of recipients is as follows:Asbury Park: Sal Swain; Rizwana KhanBarnegat: Kyle Morris; Sophia BeyerBrick: Joe Phillips; Kristianna KawaBrick Memorial: Karl-Mark Kumm; Danielle BoltonCentral: Joseph Firetto; Erin TrappChristian Brothers Academy: Derek LeohnerColts Neck: Colton LaLima; Halley CartasDonovan Catholic: Dale Barlet; Janina TalamayanFreehold Boro: Joseph McMerty; Rebecca CobbFreehold Twp.: Robert Griswold; Taylor DevlinHenry Hudson: Derek Lucas; Julia DiGiorgioHolmdel: Nicholas DeMaio; Morgan GrazianoHowell:Anthony Pozsonyi; Gabby Greene Jackson Liberty: Bryan Coger; Lindsay CoralloJackson Memorial: Joe DeMaio; Jenna McDonnellKeansburg: Tony Demir; Shannon KerriganKeyport: Jake Caverly; Gabrielle Piccini Lacey: Chris Iapicco; Erika SchoenebergLakewood: Tomas Uribe Tobon ; Phylice Beverette Long Branch: John Mimes; Violet HoaglandManalapan: Gerard Hodge-Rocourt; Tracey DantoneManasquan: Kyle McDermott; Quinn SaitoManchester: Robert Planter Jr.; Katherine ChineryMarlboro: Andrew Nardi; Kristi Casale

Matawan:Matt Isaacson; Colleen Branagan Mater Dei Prep: Jason Mandile; Lindsey FlorioMiddletown North: Zachary Gazette; Annie RozzoMiddletown South:Wes Friberg; Madison CurtisMonmouth: Matt Vincenti; Michelle MontefineseNeptune: Justin Pack; Taleeya TerrellOcean: Daniel Worthington; Samantha DaCruzPinelands: Tom Poklikuha; Juliana WhitePt. Beach: Jake Fioretti; Alexa RussellPt. Boro: Owen Herrington; Emily HennRanney: Jacob Palecki; Kristen GuylerRaritan: Dylan DeWysockie; Daniella MarinoRed Bank Catholic: Liam Byrne; Grace EcksteinRed Bank: Jimmy Ferrogine; Mia NelsonRumson-FH: Charlie Volker; Janie DeVitoShore: Matt McCarthy; Megan RacioppiSouthern: Pat Ferraro; Morgan Von SchmidtSt. John Vianney: Andrew Zimms; Anne Marie ArcidiaconoSt. Rose: Alex Oleck; Jacqueline PettitToms River East: Jordan Feigin; Amanda KennedyToms River North: Matthew Kazanowsky; Taylor WardToms River South: Tymere Berry; Chelsea SmithWall: Brendan Barcas; Christina Tricarico

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