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5 Ocean Tops Monmouth in Senior All-Star Game

6 ASM All-Shore Teams

8-9ASM Playersof the Year

10 Open MRI of WallAwards Student Athletes Scholarships

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The oldest all-star high schoolfootball game in New Jersey

rolls into its 36th edition nextmonth when the top seniors fromOcean County square offagainst their counterpartsfrom Monmouth County. This year’s U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron

Classic will be at 7 p.m. on July 18 at TomsRiver North’s Gernerd Field. Since itsinception in 1978, the Gridiron Classichas been an annual rite of summer in theShore Conference and a way to send out itssenior stars on a high note.

This year’s edition should be no different, asAll Shore Media Offensive Player of the YearAjee Patterson of Neptune and Defensive Playerof the Year Joscil Jackson of Long Branchheadline a talented group of players.

Coaching the Monmouth team will beColts Neck’s Greg LaCava, who led theCougars to a school-record nine wins andwas named the Class A North Coach of theYear by his peers. Colts Neck also won itssecond playoff game in program history and itsfirst home playoff game in school history.Leading Ocean County will be Point Beach’sJohn Wagner, who led the Garnet Gulls to aschool-record 10 wins and their first divisiontitle since 1997 in his second season at Point Beach. TheGarnet Gulls took home the Class B Central title andreached the Central Jersey Group I semifinals beforefalling to eventual champion Florence for their only lossof the season.

LaCava will have a potentially explosive MonmouthCounty offense led by Patterson, a quarterback who threwfor a school-record 2,665 yards and 26 touchdowns andalso ran for 560 yards and 12 touchdowns for a total of3,225 yards and 38 touchdowns. The University of NewHaven recruit led the Scarlet Fliers to a share of the ClassB North title for their first division title since 1998 andalso helped them reach the Central Jersey Group IIIchampionship game for the second straight season.

LaCava’s own standout quarterback, Colts Neck’sMichael Campbell, also is on the Monmouth County

squad after throwing for aschool-record 2,176 yardsand 24 touchdowns.Leading the receivinggroup will be a pair ofASM first-team All-Shoreselections, Colts Neck’sTim Vangelas andManalapan’s AnthonyFirkser. Vangelas, whowill play at Lafayette, ledthe Shore Conferencewith a school-record1,041 yards receiving and13 touchdowns on 54catches. Firkser, a two-time, first-team All-Shoreselection headed toHarvard, had 43 catches

for 996 yardsand 9touchdownsto help theBraves wina school-record 11 games and reach their secondstraight sectional final.

Defensively, Jackson will lead theway for Monmouth County atlinebacker after a season inwhich he had 132 tackles, 7tackles for a loss, 4interceptions, 3 passbreak-ups, 3 forcedfumbles and aninterception return fora touchdown for adefense that allowed only9 points per game and didnot allow more than 21 inany

gameall season.Villanova-boundRumson-Fair HavenlinebackerTravis Clark,another ASMfirst-team All-Shore pick, addsto the stellar linebacking group after a 102-tackle seasonfor the Bulldogs.

Monmouth University recruit Chris Whitlock of RedBank Catholic and Wagner recruit Eli Smith ofMiddletown South will anchor the secondary atcornerback. Shore Regional’s Mark Costantino, a standoutrunning back and safety, is an all-around threat who couldsee time in the secondary as well.

Ocean County willcounter with an offenseled by a three-headedmonster of the ShoreConference’s top runningbacks, Point Beach’sDanny Tighe, Lacey’sKyle Spatz andSouthern’s Abe Gonzalez.Tighe led the Shore inrushing with 1,569 yardsrushing and 25touchdowns on 123carries (13.3 ypc) for a10-win Point Beach team.Gonzalez rolled up aschool-record 1,483 yardsand 23 touchdowns tohelp the Rams reach theSouth Jersey Group V

championship game. Spatz finished with 1,201 yards and15 touchdowns rushing on 185 carries and also caught 22

passes for 274 yards and fourtouchdowns for a Lions teamthat won 10 games and theClass A South title. They willrun behind a line thatincludes ASM first-teamers

Lucas Jordy of Point Beach and TylerWalsh of Lacey.

Defensively, Brick sack machine DanWatson leads a strong group of front after aseason in which the Green Dragons’defensive end racked up a Shore Conference-high 18 sacks to earn Class A South Co-Defensive Player of the Year honors.

Playing alongside him will be PointBeach’s Timmy Morris, who had 10sacks this past season. Lakewood’sTyrice Beverette, who is also astandout quarterback, could also seetime as a safety to anchor thesecondary depending on howWagner and his staff want to deployhim. Beverette’s Lakewoodteammate, Marquise Oliver, looks to

lead the linebacking group. Barnegat’s PatMoran is an all-around weapon who couldsee time at either wide receiver or in thesecondary after a great career with theBengals.

At halftime, apair of coachingluminaries willbe inducted intothe ShoreFootballCoachesFoundationHall ofFame.

Former Matawan coach JoeMartucci and current Southerncoach Chuck Donohue Sr. arethis year’s honorees. Martucci’steams went 197-91-1 in his 27seasons, leading the Huskies tofive NJSIAA sectional titles and eight Shore Conferencedivision titles in his illustrious tenure. He is currently anassistant at Kean University after going out on top atMatawan with a Central Jersey Group II title in 2011.

Donohue, who has a career record of 226-150-4, is oneof only three active Shore Conference coaches with 200 ormore career victories. In a career that also includes stintsat St. Joseph’s-Hammonton, Buena and Haddon Heights,Donohue’s teams have won two NJSIAA sectional titles.He is the first coach in state history to lead four differentprograms to NJSIAA sectional finals. He has led Southernto its only two finals appearances in school history,including a loss to Williamstown in last year’s SouthJersey Group V championship game. In 2011, he ledSouthern to its first division title since 1972 and just thesecond in school history.

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signed on as a sponsor for this year ’s U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron Classic . The annual Gridiron Classic will take place right in World Volkswagen’s

backyard at Toms River North at 7 p.m. on July 18. This is the 36th edition ofthe state’s oldest high school football all-star game, pitting the top seniors fromMonmouth County against their counterparts from Ocean County on theartificial turf at Gernerd Field. There will be 10 players from Toms Riverschools suiting up for Ocean County: Toms River North offensive linemanTyler Brochu and defensive tackle Garrett Kroeger, Toms River South offensivelineman Sean Conway and quarterback Trevor Signorino, Toms River Eastlinebacker Pat Gallagher, and the Monsignor Donovan contingent of linebackerTom Farrell, offensive linemen Steve Kenney and Andy Ullmann, running backGrant Klimek, and defensive back Kevin Ortiz.

“We push to be involved with local community events,’’ World VolkswagenGino Dellomo said. “We pride ourselves on being part of the community, andwe want to make sure we support everything going on in Toms River.”

The annual all-star gameis a chance for the topseniors to have one finalmemorable experienceplaying high schoolfootball before they headoff to college. Forseveral of them, it’soften the final footballgame of their careers ifthey are not playing atthe next level.

“The future of ourcommunity is our youth,so of course we want to

support them,’’ Dellomo said. “We areproud of being a staple of our community, and we want to be involved in everyaspect that we can, especially when it involves these standout student-athleteswho will be the future leaders in our local communities.”

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The Ocean County senior all-stars, led by a13-hit attack and a combined six-hitter

from seven different pitchers, beat theMonmouth County senior all-stars 7-4 on June20 in the annual Shore Baseball CoachesAssociation Senior All-Star Game.

Jackson Liberty catcher Brendan Benecke led the OceanCounty attack with two hits and an RBI, and Lacey’s AustinPeck and Brick Memorial’s Mike Martone each had a pair ofRBI.

Ocean team jumped out to a 2-0 lead after three innings,scoring a run apiece in the second and third. Jackson Memorial’sJordan Burst scored the game’s first run on a fielder’s choicegroundout by Toms River South’s Casey Cranmer. Theyextended the lead on a Beneecke RBI double that scored JacksonMemorial outfielder Ed Guippone, who had singled.

Monmouth County came back and tied the game in the top ofthe fifth inning on a two-run single by Keyport's CoreyRomanetz that scored St. John Vianney's Andrew Lewnes andKeansburg’s Ryan Kurtz, who had walked and singled,respectively.

The Ocean County team wasted no time regaining its two runlead in the bottom of the fifth on Peck’s 2-run single that scoredToms River North’s Cory Cordasco, who had singled, andJackson Liberty’s Jordan Mundell, who had walked. Monmouthalmost worked its way out of the bases-loaded, no-out on a line-drive double play, but Peck then punched his two-run single toright field.

Ocean broke the game open in the bottom of sixth when itpushed three runs across on a fly ball RBI double by Toms River

North's Sal Smith thatwas lost in the lightsand allowed Cordascoto score. Mundell andSmith then came aroundto score on a Martonetwo-run single for a 7-2lead.

Monmouth scored thegame’s last runs in thetop of the eighth on awalk by Freehold'sMike Bolton, a singleby Raritan’s C.J.Pulcine and then RBIsingles by Rumson’sJake Simpson andMarlboro’s Evan Hilla.

Before the game,Toms River junioroutfielder RussellMessler added another highlight to a busy week after a stellarseason for the Indians. On Monday he participated in theLakewood BlueClaws Celebrity All-Star Hitting Contest atFirstEnergy Park, then on Wednesday he traveled to Philadelphiato play in the Jersey Shore’s opening-round win in the CarpenterCup, and on June 20th he topped it off by winning the inauguralSBCA Home Run Derby.

Seven of the top hitters in the Shore Conference participatedin the derby. Messler hit seven home runs overall and beatJackson Memorial catcher Matt Thaiss, who hit two.

Messler started slowly,but exploded in thesecond round, finishingwith five home runs tomake it to the finals.

“I had to adjust to thepitching,'' Messler said."I kept telling myself tostay back and use mylegs. It was a lot of fun.”

One of his homerunswas a massive shot thatlanded in a garbage canfar beyond the left fieldfence.

The other participantswere St. John Vianney’sEvan Pietronico and JoeRotelli, Toms RiverEast's Christian Danyo,

Brick Memorial’s Kyle Cala and Holmdel’s Joe Sadler.

The Monmouth all-stars were coached by FreeholdTownship's Todd Smith and assisted by Ocean's Cip Apicelli andRed Bank Catholic's Buddy Hausmann. The Ocean County all-stars were coached by Jackson Memorial's Frank Malta andassisted by Pinelands' Rob Sanzari and Malta's Jackson staff ofJ.M. Gold, Dave Tarullo, Tim Poss, Corey Lavin, and TomPaturzo.."

Ocean Tops Monmouth inSenior All-Star Game B y A r t G o r d o n - A l l S h o r e M e d i a C o n t r i b u t o r

Jackson Liberty catcher Brendan Benecke

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6 2013 ASM All-Shore TeamsThe All Shore Media All-Shore Teams were selected by Managing Editor Scott Stump and Senior StaffWriter Matt Manley after watching numerous games all season and getting the input of coaches around theShore Conference throughout the season and at the end of the year.

PITCHERSAndrew DiPiazza, RHP, Jr., CentralIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP66 9 0 0 24 28 106 0.85 0.80AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.292 4 14 4 0 1 8 0 .412 .437

Tom Broyles, RHP, Sr., MonmouthIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP71 8 0 3 65 13 108 0.79 1.10AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.301 9 28 5 0 1 9 5 .327 .381

Brian Cottrell, RHP, Sr., Brick MemorialIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP62 6 1 0 46 14 81 0.91 0.97AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.227 1 10 2 0 1 7 0 .292 .341

Karl Blum, RHP, Sr., Toms River NorthIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP54.1 7 10 0 30 34 62 1.54 1.17AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.376 13 32 6 0 2 16 1 .427 .518

Ron Marinaccio, RHP, Sr., Toms River NorthIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP36.1 3 3 1 22 14 50 0.77 0.99AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.343 17 24 4 0 0 12 4 .415 .400

CATCHERMatt Thaiss, Sr., Jackson MemorialAVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.351 20 19 11 1 4 19 6 .526 .689

FIRST BASEMANJoe Dudek, Sr., CBAIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP20.1 2 1 0 22 12 15 4.13 1.67AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.368 30 25 5 1 11 37 4 .557 .956

INFIELDERSMike Caputo, Sr., Second Base, CBAAVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.402 25 35 11 0 3 17 8 .469 .632

Al Molina, Jr., Shortstop/Pitcher, RBCIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP15 2 0 7 7 7 19 0.93 0.93AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.345 24 30 4 0 2 19 11 .426 .460

Mike Rescigno, Sr., Third Base/Pitcher, RBCIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP47.2 6 1 0 31 29 65 1.76 1.26AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.444 32 32 11 1 4 21 13 .583 .792

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7OUTFIELDEvan Pietronico, Jr., Left Field, St. John VianneyAVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.519 21 40 10 1 4 31 10 .581 .831

Kyle Cala, Jr., Center Field, Brick MemorialAVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.456 18 41 6 3 5 28 6 .520 .756

Russell Messler, Jr., Right Field, Toms River SouthAVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.500 39 37 7 2 7 20 0 .606 .932

DESIGNATED HITTERJoe Sadler, Jr., First Baseman HolmdelAVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.552 23 37 13 1 6 23 4 .628 .1.030

UTILITYMatt Guarino, Jr., First Baseman/Pitcher, Jackson MemorialIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP27.2 3 1 0 29 9 13 2.28 1.37AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.411 20 39 9 1 3 31 0 .468 .621

PITCHERSAndrew DiPiazza, RHP, Jr., CentralIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP66 9 0 0 24 28 106 0.85 0.80AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.292 4 14 4 0 1 8 0 .412 .437

Tom Broyles, RHP, Sr., MonmouthIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP71 8 0 3 65 13 108 0.79 1.10AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.301 9 28 5 0 1 9 5 .327 .381

Brian Cottrell, RHP, Sr., Brick MemorialIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP62 6 1 0 46 14 81 0.91 0.97AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.227 1 10 2 0 1 7 0 .292 .341

Karl Blum, RHP, Sr., Toms River NorthIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP54.1 7 10 0 30 34 62 1.54 1.17AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.376 13 32 6 0 2 16 1 .427 .518

Ron Marinaccio, RHP, Sr., Toms River NorthIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP36.1 3 3 1 22 14 50 0.77 0.99AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.343 17 24 4 0 0 12 4 .415 .400

CATCHERMatt Thaiss, Sr., Jackson MemorialAVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.351 20 19 11 1 4 19 6 .526 .689

FIRST BASEMANJoe Dudek, Sr., CBAIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP20.1 2 1 0 22 12 15 4.13 1.67AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.368 30 25 5 1 11 37 4 .557 .956

INFIELDERSMike Caputo, Sr., Second Base, CBAAVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.402 25 35 11 0 3 17 8 .469 .632

Al Molina, Jr., Shortstop/Pitcher, RBCIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP15 2 0 7 7 7 19 0.93 0.93AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.345 24 30 4 0 2 19 11 .426 .460

Mike Rescigno, Sr., Third Base/Pitcher, RBCIP W L SV H BB SO ERA WHIP47.2 6 1 0 31 29 65 1.76 1.26AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLUG.444 32 32 11 1 4 21 13 .583 .792

Second TeamP - Tyler Swiggart, Jr., WallP - Jake Yanez, Sr., FreeholdP - John McCarren, Sr., Christian Brothers AcademyP - Dan Serreino, Jr., Jackson LibertyP - Rich Power, Sr., Monsignor DonovanC - Anthony Santoro, Jr., St. John Vianney1B - Joe Rotelli, Jr., St. John VianneyINF - Conor Gammond, Jr., 2B, St. RoseINF - Anthony Critelli, Sr., SS, Christian Brothers AcademyINF - Bruce Strickland, Jr., 3B, RaritanOF - Jason Lundy, Sr., FreeholdOF - Ryan Ramiz, Jr., Christian Brothers AcademyOF - Nick Martinez, So., WallUT - Brian Quinn, Sr., MonmouthDH - Ryan Prout, Sr., Point Boro

Third TeamP - Tom Puza, Jr., Red Bank CatholicP - Luke Malone, Sr., WallP - Matt Pidich, Sr., Christian Brothers AcademyP - Chris Stark, Sr., Middletown NorthP - Tyler Pallante, Sr., Jackson LibertyP - Rob Grilli, Sr., Middletown SouthC - Rich Burner, Sr., Monmouth1B - Tyler Iannarone, Sr., BrickINF - Jon Meola, So., SS, Toms River EastINF - Spencer Young, Sr., SS, Jackson MemorialINF - Shawn Johnson, Sr., SS/3B, MatawanOF - Justin Morgan, Jr., ManasquanOF - Joe Iacobellis, Sr., Red Bank CatholicOF - Lucien Della Fera, Sr., Colts NeckUT - Ryan Wares, Jr., HowellUT - Ed White, Sr., ManchesterDH - Nick Cardace, Jr., Freehold Twp.

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Red Bank Catholic senior MikeRescigno hit a home run in hisfirst game of the 2013 campaignand pitched five innings withoutallowing an earned run in histeam's third game of the season,and yet he and his coach didn'tthink he began to hit his strideuntil later in his senior year.Rescigno started his 2013 All Shore Media Player

of the Year season with a homer in the season-opener against Central Jersey Group IIchampion Monmouth Regional andbelted a clutch two-run home run inthe top of the sixth inning to giveRBC a 6-5 win over Manasquan duringthe Class A Central season. Despitethat performance against the ClassA Central division, the ShoreConference's most dangerousdouble-threat, whiledominant on the mound fromthe start, was not fully lockedin until the beginning of May whenthe games began to matter more and theopposing pitching became more challenging.

"I knew by (the latter part of the year), he wasgoing to be locked in and ready to go,"Hausmann said of Rescigno in mid-May. "We've been facing a lot ofkids throwing 70-to-72 miles anhour with a lollipop breaking balland it's not fair to ask Mike toface that when he's gettingready to face Division Ipitching. He was probablypressing and trying to do tomuch, but if you thinkabout it, he's never goingto see that kind ofpitching again. Nowhe's facing what he'sused to, and he's notmissing pitches to hitwhen he gets them."

WhenRescignowaslocked in

at the plate and onthe mound, whether in April, May or probablyDecember for all that matter, opponents did not havemany answers. Other hitters were as imposing as theUniversity of Maryland recruit and other pitchers as

dominant, but no player could completely take over a game likeRescigno when his right arm and his aluminum lumber were on.

Either of is pitching numbers or offensive numbers on theirown would have been enough to get him on the first-team All-Shore, but together they form a season that no other player canmatch. His strikeout prowess and big-game performance wascomparable to that of Toms River North's Ron Marinaccio andKarl Blum, Brick Memorial's Brian Cottrell, Monmouth's TomBroyles and Central's Andrew DiPiazza, while his power, speed,defense and contact made him and an all-around threat likeJackson Memorial's Matt Thaiss, Brick Memorial's Kyle Calaand Toms River South's Russell Messler.

His strikeouts - 65 in 47 2/3 innings - were not quite DiPiazzaor Broyles and his power numbers - 11 doubles, four home runs,.792 slugging percentage - were not quite JoeDudek or Joe Sadler, but his total body of workwas unmatched. He went 6-1 with a 1.76 ERA togo with the 65 punchouts and hit .444 with 32runs scored, 21 RBI and a .583 on-base

percentage, all of whichmatched or set single-season career highs. Thenumbers tell a very

simple story thatultimately nailsdown Rescigno's

Player of the YearCandidacy: He is theonly player whocould beconsidered a top-five pitcher anda top-fivehitter in the ShoreConference.

While most of Rescigno'sbiggest offensiveperformances came in gameshe was not pitching, twogames fit the description ofall-around dominance. Hepitched five shutout inningswith seven strikeouts in a 9-5win over St. John Vianneywhile also going 2-for-2 withtwo doubles, three runsscored and two RBI at theplate. In three games againstthe Lancers, he tortured histeam's Class A Central rival by

going 2-0 while allowing sevenhits and no earned runs and striking

out 14 in 10 innings (two starts). He alsomashed at the plate, going 5-for-9 with

three doubles, a homer, with four RBI andseven runs scored in the three games againstVianney.

In a 10-2, Monmouth County Tournamentquarterfinal win over Middletown South,Rescigno battled a downpour to get through sixinnings on the mound while also going 2-for-3 witha double, a triple, three RBI and two runs scored.That game against Middletown South was the secondin a string of six tournament games between the MCT,SCT and NJSIAA Tournament in which the senior went

10-for-22 with threedoubles, a home run, atriple, eight runs scoredand eight RBI. Hefinished witht the bestbatting average in thetournament, capped bya 2-for-3 night atFirstEnergy Parkagainst Wall with anRBI double to helpdeliver RBC its firstMCT championship inschool history.

Rescigno's

performance in leadingRBC to a MonmouthCounty Tournamentchampionship cappednot only a standoutseason but one of thegreat all-around careersin the recent history ofthe program. In threevarsity seasons, he hit.380 with a .515 on-basepercentage, which hadsomething to do with thefact that he had nearly asmany combined walksand hit-by pitches (72) ashe did hits (87) over thecourse of his career. He

also slugged .624 in his three years, which included 11 homeruns, 19 doubles and two triples. Rescigno drove in 56 runs andscored 83 in his three years with the Caseys and also racked up20 stolen bases.

An MSG Varsity First Team All-State selection,Rescigno will continue his career at the University ofMaryland and he believes what he believed all seasonlong: the best is still to come.

Central Regional junior right-hander Andrew DiPiazza waslimited to only 17 innings as asophomore due to an ankleinjury that hampered himdown the stretch of his secondvarsity season, contributing toan overall disappointing yearin which the 6-foot-7 flame-thrower pitched well, but notenough.

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Boston College saw enough ofDiPiazza and offered him a

scholarship, to which DiPiazza made anon-binding verbal commitment. While

Boston College saw something more inDiPiazza than the 17 innings he threw as a

sophomore, DiPiazza saw somethingmore in himself prior to the start ofthe season and decided to back outof the verbal and re-open hisrecruiting.

Apparently, DiPiazza and BostonCollege knew what they had.

DiPiazza put an early claim on the All Shore Media Pitcher ofthe Year award with a 16-strikeout no-hitter against PointPleasant Boro in his first start of the season and never let it go.He won nine of his 10 starts without taking a loss, and of those10 starts, six ended with DiPiazza striking out 10 or more, tiedwith Monmouth's Tom Broyles for the most double-digitstrikeout starts of any pitcher in the Shore Conference.Hefinished the season with 106 strikeouts in 66 innings, the secondhighest strikeout total in the conference and the best strikeoutrate per seven innings (11.24).

If the strikeouts do not sufficiently indicate how hard DiPiazzawas to hit, the 25 hits he allowed in 66 innings should drive thepoint home. While DiPiazza was prone to the occasional spellsof wildness - he issued five walks in a win against JacksonLiberty and seven against Toms River East - his ability to missbats and induce weak contact resulted in an ERA (0.85) andWHIP (0.80) that were each south of 1.00.

Central coach John Scran had high hopes for DiPiazza whenhe came in as a freshman in 2011, and not only because ofhis tall frame and easy mechanics.

"Andrew is a very talented pitcher, but he knows he canbe better," Scran said. "He wants to get better. He understandsthat he has a gift, and he doesn't take it for granted. He knowshe is good, but he doesn't want to be good. He wants to begreat."

While most pitchers would want to hide those twohigh-walk outings, they were a badge of honor forDiPiazza, who battled for complete-game, two-hitvictories against each top-10 opponent despiteissuing the 12 combined free passes. He allowed two

runs and struck out eight in Central's 3-2 win over ClassB South champion and Shore Conference Tournamentfinalist Jackson Liberty and allowed one run with 12strikeouts in a 5-1 upset of Toms River East in the ShoreConference Tournament opening round.

A big part of his success, according to DiPiazza, hasbeen coupling preparation with his ability.

"A lot of pitchers in high school don't put enough time intomentally preparing for a start," DiPiazza said. "To me,

preparation is one of the most important parts of being a pitcherand it's something I pay a lot of attention to when it's not myturn to pitch."

"He's the best player on the field and he's the hardest-workingplayer on the field," Scran said. "He threw the no-hitter againstPoint Boro, and I came out the next day and he was runninghills."

The two wins over No. 3 Jackson Liberty and No. 9 TomsRiver East is what separated DiPiazza from Monmouth Regionalright-hander Tom Broyles, whose statistics were right there withthose of DiPiazza and in some spots - like his strikeout-to-walkrate - they were even better. While Broyles helped carryMonmouth to an NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II title, he wonas many NJSIAA Tournament games as DiPiazza did when hepitched the Golden Eagles through the first two rounds of theSouth Jersey Group III bracket with two winning efforts.

Both Broyles and DiPiazza also took no-decisions againstother first-team pitchers. Broyles gave up two runs in fiveinnings against Red Bank Catholic's Mike Rescigno and leftwith the lead, only to watch RBC rally for three runs in theseventh to drop the Falcons 5-4. DiPiazza went toe-to-toe withBrick Memorial's Brian Cottrell in what might have been thepitcher's duel of the season in a 4-3 Mustangs win in extrainnings. DiPiazza took the no-decision while going eight inningsand allowing two earned runs and punching out 11 against theCentral Jersey Group IV finalists. The eight-inning effort, one oftwo by DiPiazza this season (Broyles had one as well) and thateffort, coupled with two wins over top 10 teams, was thedifference-maker for the Central ace in what was a tight race forpitcher of the year, one that Cottrell was also right in the thick ofat the end.

Adding to the degree of difficulty for DiPiazza is that hemanaged to go 9-0 in 10 starts while pitching for a team thatstruggled to score runs all season long. The Golden Eaglesaveraged just under four runs per game for the season and whilethe Golden Eagles posted five runs per game in DiPiazza's starts,16 runs came in a win over Lakewood in which DiPiazza's daywas over. In the other nine starts, Central averaged 3.8 runs pergame and he still did not take a loss.

DiPiazza threw two shutouts, which came in consecutivestarts to open the season. After no-hitting Point Boro in theopener, he came back with a three-hit shutout of MonsignorDonovan in which he struck out 14, giving the junior 30strikeouts in his first 14 innings of the season. Like his twoshutouts, DiPiazza's two eight-inning outings cameconsecutively. Six days after the Brick Memorial loss, DiPiazzaagain worked overtime, this time beating Manchester 2-1 byallowing one unearned run on two hits and one walk with 14strikeouts.

DiPiazza later delivered two stellar NJSIAA Tournamentoutings to help the Golden Eagles make run to the South JerseyGroup III semifinals as a No. 10 seed. Although the GoldenEagles could not get past Ocean City in the sectional semifinalsto get a crack at a championship with DiPiazza on the mound,Central returns one of the most dominant players in the ShoreConference next year.

And this time, everyone will know exactly what to expect.

All Shore Media Player ofthe Year Luke Cahill hadgraduated, taking histalents to Seton Hall,and the whispers in thepreseason were thatMonmouth Regionalwas going to strugglemightily without him inits 27th season underlegendary coach TedJarmusz.By June 4, the Falcons were the only team

in the Shore Conference still standing in theplayoffs.

Three weeks before Monmouth played for the

NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II championship, Jarmusz hadinformed his team that this would be his final season as headcoach. The Falcons answered by sending him out as achampion, beating Ewing 4-3 on the road to capture the thirdsectional championship in Jarmusz's tenure and the firstsince 2005 after four appearances in the sectional finals inthe last nine seasons.

Monmouth was the only Shore Conference team to win anNJSIAA sectional title this season, and one of the moreimprobable after finishing third in Class A Central followinga relatively uneventful regular season. Jarmusz did one ofthe best jobs of his coaching career with a hungry groupeager to prove people wrong, and he has been selected as the2013 All Shore Media Coach of the Year. It took aquestionable interference call in the eighth inning of a one-run loss to Cinnaminson in the Group II semifinals to bringan end to a ride that looked like it might go all the way toToms River for the Group II final.

Throughout their great postseason run, Jarmusz credited aspecial group of seniors, led by undefeated ace Tom Broyles,two-way standout Brian Quinn and catcher Rich Burner, asthe primary reason for the team's success in its 17-10 season.

"In all honesty, when I told them I was done, I said theywere the seniors I wanted to go out with because of the waythey carried themselves and how hard they practice,''Jarmusz said. "They are just all about baseball, and I thinkthey proved that."

Jarmusz ends his head coaching career in fifth place alltime on the career wins list among Shore Conferencecoaches with 464 victories. In addition to the three sectionaltitles, he also led the Falcons to the 2005 Group IIIchampionship, and three straight Monmouth CountyTournament titles from 1990-92. Monmouth also won itsonly Shore Conference Tournament title in school history in1989 and seven division titles under Jarmusz. In 2009, hewas inducted into the New Jersey Coaches Association Hallof Fame.

He also has the mark of any great coach in that many ofhis former players have come back to either coach with himor become part of the Shore Conference baseball communityby coaching at other programs. Many of them can also beseen at Monmouth games to stop by and catch up with theirold coach. He is beloved by the current students as well. In

the sectional final againstEwing, a group ofMonmouth students gave

him a cardboard cutoutof a cartoon mooseafter the victory, a

joking allusion to theterm "Moose,'' a term ofendearment Jarmuszfrequently uses.

In addition to his impressiveaccomplishments on thefield, Jarmusz has also beena tireless promoter ofShore Conferencebaseball. He has servedas the longtime directorof the MonmouthCounty Tournament,was an assistant onthe Carpenter Cupteam for threeseasons, and hasbeen a longtimepart of the boardof the Shore

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Open MRI and Diagnost ic Imaging of Wallhas continued i ts yearly support of local

s tudent-athletes by awarding scholarships tofour graduating seniors from Wall , Manasquanand Point Boro. Wall’s Danielle Howey and Bryan Cusack were each awarded $500,

and Manasquan’s Allyson LaTourette and Point Boro’s ChristopherLyons each received $1,000. The two Wall students were chosen by theOpen MRI staff, while LaTourette and Lyons were chosen byadministrators in their respective schools.

The scholarships are awarded to scholar-athletes who are involved inthe community and have some type of interest in a career in medicine.

“I read the submissions every year for Wall Township, and I have totell you, I cry,’’ Open MRI practice manager Annamarie Savino said.

“You hear the saddest things about personaltragedies or a difficult home life, or parents orsiblings who are sick. We wish we could giveeveryone a scholarship who applies because thereare so many worthy students.”Howey was a member of the National Honor Society at Wall who has

also been granted the Veronica Founder’s Scholarship to study nursingat Alvernia University. Cusack played lacrosse at Wall and wasrecognized by the Wall Board of Education for his efforts in helping alocal resident whose home was badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

LaTourette played softball and also ran indoor track for Manasquanand was mentored by longtime Manasquan athletic trainer KevinHyland. Lyons was a shot-putter for Point Boro who was an AP scholarand was recognized as an outstanding participant in the NationalAchievement Scholarship Program.

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Ocean 8th grade Youth All-Star team

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The Shore Conference Lacrosse Coaches Association Youth All-StarGame between Monmouth and Ocean finished in a 4-4 tie June 12

after regulation and one overtime period.

Ocean County defenseman Ben Baranker scored a goal and was named game MVP. MidfielderJoe Leone scored twice for Ocean County and midfielder Peter Schlendorf also tallied. DylanFurnback and Tom Pollock combined for a stellar effort in goal. Midfielder Mike Ferdinandi scoredtwice for Monmouth County with attackman Mike Carroll and midfielder Connor Trapani alsoscoring. Monmouth goalie Conor Deverin made close to 20 saves.

The Shore Conference Lacrosse CoachesAssociation Senior All-Star Game remained a

light-hearted and free-wheeling event in its ninthouting, but Monmouth County certainly had anagenda after losing to Ocean for the first time lastseason.

"It's definitely a fun game, but we reallywanted to take this," said Rumson-Fair Havenattackman Michael Clarke. "I didn't want to losethis, especially for my teammates and I on ourhome field. In our last game of our careers, wedidn't want to lose on our own field."

Clarke, the SCLCA Player of the Year and aUniversity of Vermont recruit, did his part toensure Monmouth County did not drop two in arow by scoring three goals and adding one assistto earn MVP honors and lead MonmouthCounty to a 12-7 victory on Wednesday night atRumson's Borden Stadium. FreeholdTownship's Dan Bloodgood, Howell's AlecDambach and Rumson's Mike Villane eachscored twice and Red Bank's Max Paris,Freehold Township's Sean Koubek and ColtsNeck's Zach Geiger also scored for MonmouthCounty. Freehold Township's Todd Bitsko andRumson's Dylan Rotchford combined for thewin in goal.

Brick Memorial goalie Chris Van Brunt wasnamed MVP for Ocean County with six saves inthe second half. Ocean spread its scoring withdifferent players scoring all seven goals.Southern midfielder Al Manzo had the onlymulti-point game with a goal and an assist. Southern's TylerLipositz, Lacey's Brock Torre and Jackson Memorial's Mike

Balsamo, Evan Farrar, Mike Specht and Nick Specht each foundthe back of the net for Ocean County.

Clarke finished his final season in purple and black with 51goals and 34 assists for 85 points, seventh best in the ShoreConference. He helped lead Rumson to the Class A Central title, arecord third straight Shore Conference Tournament championship

and a spot in the Group I final after claiming the inaugural SouthJersey Group I title. On Wednesday he scored all three of his goals

in the first quarter and assisted on Paris's goal early in the fourthquarter that extended Monmouth County's lead to 9-5.

"It's definitely one of the better ways to end the season,especially playing with two other Rumson-Fair Haven kids, MikeVillane and Dylan Rotchford," Clarke said. "It was fun playingone last game with them."

Clarke got to team up with another pair ofexplosive scorers in Bloodgood andDambach, who were first and second in theShore Conference in scoring. Bloodgood's115 points were fifth-best in New Jerseywhile Dambach dished out a conference-best 59 assists among his 100 points.

"It'a actually not the first time I've playedwith that attack line," Clarke said. "We'veplayed in the summer, and it was nice to getone last time together."

Van Brunt's selection as Ocean County'sMVP made it two years in a row BrickMemorial's goalie took home the honor afterDrew Lamela was the county MVP of lastyear's game. Van Brunt led the ShoreConference in save percentage this season.

"It's an honor to be chosen to play in thegame and going up against a pretty fierceattack out there," Van Brunt said."Obviously they played us a little better thanwe played them, but it was a fun game allaround and a great experience."

South Jersey Group IV championSouthern had four players close out their

careers in Wednesday night's all-star game and head coach JohnPampalone, the SCLCA Coach of the Year, was on the sidelines to

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Ocean Senior All-Star Team

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take in the special moment.

"It really was (special), and that's why it was a greatopportunity to coach (the game), to coach these four captains thathave been with me the last three years," Pampalone said. "It's

great to have them one last time in a fun atmosphere where thescore doesn't matter as much as the kids going out there and

competing and havingsome fun."

The teams were tiedat three after a back-and-forth first quarter.Clarke opened thescoring with anunassisted goal at 10:24before Lipositzresponded at 8:32.Clarke scored again at6:31 and Torre tallied at4:56 to tie the score attwo. Manzo fedBalsamo for an extra-man opportunity goal at2:09 for a 3-2 OceanCounty lead, but Clarkeknotted the game atthree with his third goalat 1:10.

The pace began to

slow in the second quarteruntil Elizabethtown Collegerecruit Mike Specht gaveOcean County a 4-3 lead at7:14. Dambach, a ChestnutHill recruit, scored at 5:34and again at 2:15 to giveMonmouth County a 5-4lead at halftime.

Bloodgood took his turnscoring with a pair of goals36 seconds apart early inthe third quarter to extendMonmouth's lead to 7-4.Villane's goal at 6:25 made

it 8-4 before Manzobroke the five-goalrun with oneminute left in thequarter to cutOcean's deficit to8-5.

Monmouthcontinued to pullaway in the fourthquarter for itseighth win in nineall-star games.Clarke fed Paris at10:31 for a 9-5 leadbefore Dambachfound Koubek for abrilliant goal at9:36. Dambach hita cutting Koubek infront of the creaseand the FreeholdTownship midfielder dove and scoredwith a behind-the-back, over-the-shoulder shot to make it 10-5. Farrar

tallied at 6:41 to bring Ocean within four goals but goals byGeiger and Villane in a span of 36 seconds put the game away.Nick Specht added a goal with 38.1 seconds left to conclude thescoring.

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The2013 Shore Conferencebaseball season washighlighted by seemingly oneimpressive coachingmilestone afteranother for some ofthe Shore’s longtimeluminaries. Christian Brothers Academy head

coach Marty Kenney became just thefourth coach in state history and theonly other living coach besides TomsRiver South’s Ken Frank to reach 700victories for his career. Frank’syounger brother, Toms River Easthead coach Bill Frank, won his 500thcareer game and is third all time forcareer wins in Shore Conferencehistory.

Monmouth Regional head coach TedJarmusz, who is fifth all time inShore Conference history with 464 wins, ended hisillustrious 27-year stint with the Falcons with aCentral Jersey Group II title to go out on top afterannouncing his retirement. He ended on a high note

with All ShoreMedia Coachof the Yearhonors thisseason.Manchester’sJohn Musolfalso picked uphis 200th winin his 17thseason withthe Hawks.Toms RiverNorth’s TedSchelmay ledthe Mariners toShoreConferenceand OceanCounty

Tournament titles in his 20th season at the helm.

Looking at all these lofty achievements andtributes to longevity and success, this may be thelast time we see anything like this. Certainly what

Kenney achieved and the stratosphere thatKen Frank continues to put the state record for

wins into could certainly never be seen again.

The reason these milestones may bepermanently etched in cement is notbecause there aren’t talented young

coaches in the Shore Conference. It’sbecause so many aspects around these jobshave changed since guys like Kenney, Jarmusz

and the Frank brothers started their careers.There is way more pressure to win, way morecriticism in the age of social media, and usuallyway less time to make mistakes and learn on thejob.

Whenever I mention to top young coaches in theShore that they may have a shot to one day make a

run at thosecoachingmilestones,they practicallylaugh in myface. Many ofthem scoff atthe notion thatthey might stillbe doing thejob in 20 or 30years, figuringthey will beworn down orburned out bythe job. Thefeeling is thatif an angryparent doesn’tsubmarine you,

an administrator or some school district politicswill ensure that a long careeris not in the cards.

There also is so much morepressure to win in thecompetitive Shore Conferencethat a few bad seasons canland a coach on the hot seat,regardless of what they mayhave done earlier in theircareer. While the goal of highschool athletics is mainly todevelop young athletes,prepare them for the realworld, build character, andshow them how to overcomeadversity, this is a landscapewhere winning still matters.You can produce all the greatcitizens in the world, but if the win-loss column isan eyesore, the natives will get restless and startagitating for someone new.

The athletic director who had a coach’s backduring some lean years may eventually get worndown by parents and school board members whowant a change and not be able to stop the flood.Then there is the personal side, where somecoaches just find it too hard to raise a family whiledevoting so much time to their sport that somethinghas to give, and it’s often the job.

Then there is simple career advancement. If acollege program came calling, a promising youngcoach might want to give that a shot. Either that, orif they end up in line for a well-paying job as anadministrator and have a family to support, so theydo what’s in the best interest of their family.

Clearly, it’s probably easier to have longevity at aparochial school because you are not answering toa school board and you are not subject to approvalat a public board meeting. However, that doesn’tmean there isn’t a ton of pressure at places likeCBA and Red Bank Catholic, which have plenty oftalent on their rosters on a yearly basis and areexpected to regularly rack up wins and titles.

Having success also can create its own monster.If you win early on, you will be expected to keepthat going, which isn’t always easy at a publicschool where there can be lean years because thetalent in the district just isn’t that great. That’s whythe accomplishments of coaches like the Frankbrothers and Jarmusz are so impressive becausethey built programs that are competitive year-in,year-out, no matter who graduates.

Old coaches often get jokingly referred to asdinosaurs, but in the case of this legendary groupof long-time coaches in the Shore, that may befitting. After all, the type of 30- and 40-yearcareers that they have had are seemingly becomingobsolete. To get to 500 or 700 wins in this day andage seems like a daunting task. Even if you had ajuggernaut program that won 20 games a year for20 years, that still only gets you to 400.

As Jarmusz walksoff into the sunset asa champion and theFrank brothers andKenney are windingdown their careers,they are like the lastof an endangeredspecies. Theseveteran coachesshould be celebratednow, because wemay not seeanything like it everagain in this area.

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