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The Ocean Star
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015 PAGE 33
CROSS-COUNTRY 34
BOYS SOCCER 36
GIRLS SOCCER 37
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BEACH — The Garnet
Gull football team snapped a
two-game losing streak last
Friday when they topped
Mater Dei Prep 14-13 at home.
It was Point Beach fresh-
man Bradley Parry who car-
ried the ball across the goal
line in the fourth quarter to
knot the game at 13. Sean
Gould hit the extra point at-
tempt to put the Gulls ahead
by one.
While that touchdown and
extra point gave Point Beach
the lead the game eventually
came down to a strong defen-
sive stand in the closing min-
utes of the contest.
The Garnet Gulls defense
executed a goal-line stand to
POINT BEACH 14 FOOTBALL MATER DEI PREP 13
Defensive effort secures
Beach win on senior night
A Point Beach fourth
quarter goal-line stand
keeps Mater Dei at bay
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — Two years ago
the Point Boro football team
ended their season with a 1-9
record. Their only win of that
year was a 19-18 victory over
Lakewood on Nov. 8 of 2013.
Now, almost exactly two
years later, the Panthers can
call themselves B South cham-
pions after defeating Lakewood
at home on Saturday 14-13.
“I mean I’m so proud of our
senior group, the job they’ve
done,” said head coach Sean
Henry. “They were 1-9 two
years ago and now they’re
champions. That’s something
no one can ever take away from
them.”
Saturday’s game was the cul-
mination of a lot key plays
made by players that have been
playmakers all season.
The Panthers started the
game with a drive that stalled
five plays in. They ended up
punting the ball and Lakewood
executed a 13-play drive that
took over seven minutes of the
clock and ended in a two-yard
touchdown run from Lakewood
standout Amir Tyler. They con-
verted the extra point and Point
Boro was down 7-0 zero to start
the second quarter.
“They got the ball back and
scored right away so we knew
we had to bounce back from
adversity. We’ve been doing it
all year,” said Devin Connelly.
“We came back and scored on a
great run from Noah Husak and
we went into the halftime 7-7
knowing we had to be a second
half team.”
Husak’s touchdown run
came from 33 yards out and
capped a drive that began on
POINT BORO 14 FOOTBALL LAKEWOOD 13
Point Boro beats Lakewood for share of B South title
Franceschini’s blocked
extra point & 4th quarter
INT sealed Boro win
STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR
Gene Franceschini [No. 11, left] hauls in an interception in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game to seal Point Boro’s 14-13 victory over Lakewood and a share of the B South title. Nate
Husak [No. 5, right] takes a handoff from twin brother Noah Husak [No. 3] during the victory. The Husak brothers combined for 102 rushing yards in the win at home and Noah Husak scored two touchdowns.
RYAN WELSH THE OCEAN STAR
Julia Fitzsimmons [in white] just beats out Delran’s goalie for Point Boro’s fifth goal during their win in
the quarterfinal round of the South Jersey Group II tournament last Thursday.
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — The stage is a
familiar one as the Point Boro
girls soccer team also ad-
vanced to the South Jersey
[SJ] Group II final last year.
There they ended up one
goal shy of Sterling but this
year they are back, hungry
and focused on attaining a
ring.
With wins over seventh-
seeded Delran and third-
seeded Cinnaminson at home
this past week, the Panthers
advanced to yesterday’s
championship game in the SJ
Group II state tournament.
The game occurred too late
for today’s paper but full cov-
erage will be in next Friday’s
Ocean Star.
Last Thursday the team
played in the quarterfinal
round of the tournament
against a tough and gritty
Delran team.
“We had a history with this
team,” said junior midfielder
Julia Fitzsimmons. “My fresh-
man year we lost in states
and last year we beat them in
double overtime so we knew
that they were a physical and
good team so it was going to
be a high competition level.”
The game was a back and
forth affair in which Fitzsim-
mons scored two goals.
POINT BORO GIRLS SOCCER NOTEBOOK
Panthers to the finals
Point Boro’s OT victory
over Cinnaminson puts
them in SJ Group II finals
Sean Gould [No. 21] went 2-for-2 on extra points in Point Beach’s win over Mater Dei Prep last Friday.
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SEE BEACH PAGE 35
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BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — The Point
Boro girls cross-country team
had their work cut out for
them when they battled Had-
donfield Memorial High
School during the South Jer-
sey Group II sectional meet
in Delsea on Saturday.
In the end it was Haddon-
field with the first place team
finish but Point Boro was
close behind in second place.
Katie Bragen led the Pan-
thers with a time of 19:11.43,
which was good enough for
second place. Bragen took a
fall during the race but
picked herself up and kept on
running hard for that second
place finish.
Rachel Pausz was the next
Boro runner to finish and she
clocked in at 20:34.14 for
eighth place. Danielle
Tsougarakis finished in tenth
[20:45.31], Lily Brouder placed
17th [21:24.84] and Natalie
Murphy came in 20th
[21:53.7].
Rounding out the Panther
pack was Kristi Lennon in
33rd [22:51.65] and Olivia Za-
horsky in 34th [22:57.33].
Haddonfield had runners
finish first, third, fifth, sixth
and 10th for a first place
score of 25 points. Boro’s
team total was 51 but was far
ahead of third place Cin-
naminson with 93 points.
“It was a great day for our
team. Our girls raced so com-
petitively throughout the
race and really went for it,”
said Kostenko. “That kind of
effort brought out the results
that we saw.”
The first five teams plus
the first 10 runners in each
group in each section quali-
fied for the State Group
Championships.
“It was impressive that
three of our girls finished in
the top 10 of the race, which
allowed them to qualify for
the State Group Meet on
their own,” stated Kostenko.
“Finishing second in the
South Jersey Group II section
as a team on top of that was
an exciting moment."
The group championships
are tomorrow and will take
place at Holmdel Park in
Holmdel. The girls group II
race is slated to begin at 10
a.m. and Kostenko is excited
for his team to have this op-
portunity.
“Mostly, I am really excited
for the girls to have gotten to
this level,” he said. “They are
such a wonderful group of
girls to work with, both as
runners and as young ladies.
They are respectful, hard
working and so kind to each
other.”
Dominick Pollio covers sports for The
Ocean Star. He can be reached at dpol-
lio@theoceanstar.com or 732-899-
7606 Ext 15. Follow him on Twitter
@dompollio.
POINT BORO GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK
Point Boro Panthers race to second place
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — The Point
Boro boys cross-country
team has refused to back
down from any challenge this
season and the South Jersey
Group II sectional meet in
Delsea on Saturday was an-
other obstacle to overcome.
The Panther squad battled
it out with Haddonfield Me-
morial High School, which
according to Boro head coach
Kevin Conheeney is consis-
tently one of the top 10 teams
in the state.
“I am pleased with how
things worked out, I know we
still have a great deal of work
to do in the future to chal-
lenge Haddonfield but I feel
they know we are at least on
the radar,” said Conheeney.
The Panthers top two fin-
ishers were Dylan Peters and
Devin Hart and they battled
hard to stay with the runners
in front. At one point in the
race Peters took a fall, which
separated him from Hart and
the rest of the runners out
front.
“Most other runners would
have used this as an excuse
and bailed on finishing. This
was not an option for Dylan,”
said Conheeney of his senior
captain. “He brushed himself
off and gave it all he could to
get back in the race and fin-
ished strongly in seventh
place. A true testament to his
character.”
Peters clocked in with a
time of 16:37.47 for seventh
place but out in front for
Point Boro was Hart who
placed fourth [16:13.58] as the
first freshman across the fin-
ish line.
“In the process Devin low-
ered his personal best time
for the Delsea course by 14
seconds and he continues to
show strength as the season
progresses,” stated Con-
heeney.
Next up for the Panthers
was Cortlandt Dalik in 17th
[17:22.45] and Matt Schwartz
in 27th [17:53.92]. Dalik hit a
personal best for the Delsea
course and Conheeney was
impressed with Schwartz’s
performance since it was his
first time running the diffi-
cult course.
Not too far behind
Schwartz were Boro’s final
three runners. Logan Carter
took 31st [18:00.23], Luke
Dragon finished 34th [18:11.11]
and Nick Pettinato came in
39th [18:22.09].
“They are the essential
backbone of our team and
without the runners five
through seven we would not
be able to continue at the
state level,” explained Con-
heeney on Carter, Dragon
and Pettinato. “These young
men have that responsibility
to compete every step of the
race while surrounded by
runners from other teams
that could take points away
from Point Boro. Their
strong finish is why we live to
see another day in this tour-
nament.”
Point Boro accumulated 86
points for a second place
team finish in front of Man-
chester Township with 118
points. Haddonfield took first
with 27 points after having
runners finish first, third,
fifth, sixth and 12th.
The Panthers finish quali-
fies them for tomorrow’s
State Group Championship at
Holmdel Park.
Conheeney knows his team
is prepared for the challenge,
saying, “On paper you want
your team to continue to im-
prove all season and come
into their prime and stay
healthy and hungry as the
season progresses. That
seems to be the path we are
currently following. I could
not be happier with this team
— a great group of student
athletes.”
The boys group II race is
scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.
during tomorrow’s race.
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POINT BORO BOYS CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK
Hart, Peters lead Point Boro
Panthers to second-place finish
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BEACH — The Point
Beach boys and girls cross-
country teams had a few run-
ners compete in the Central
Jersey Group I sectional race
at Thompson Park on Satur-
day.
Caleb Horton and Vincent
Kenney represented the Gar-
net Gulls for the boys squad
with Horton finishing 91st
[22:16.26] and Kenney finish-
ing 104th [26:56.29].
“Caleb Horton, had a great
race for the boys, improving
greatly through the season
and finishing at the section-
als very strong,” said head
coach Linda Feerst.
Representing the girls team
was Constance Pietranico,
Suzanne Kuhne, Ryan Chris-
tiano and Emma Cupolo.
It was Cupolo, a freshman,
who led the Garnet Gulls
with a 29th place finish and a
time of 23:51.2. Senior Pietran-
ico finished only a minute be-
hind in 42nd [24:52.57].
Suzanne Kuhne came in
65th [27:17.75] and Ryan
Christiano placed 79th
[29:26.94] for the Gulls.
“The girls team did a great
job with all personal bests,”
said Feerst. “Senior, Connie
Pietranico finished her career
with a personal best at the
course and Emma Cupolo
was our first place runner for
our team.”
The two cross-country
squads are young and Feerst
is looking forward to the
coming years as the under-
classmen develop and im-
prove on their running abili-
ties.
@dompollio.
POINT BEACH CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK
Beach teams run in Central
Jersey Group I sectionals
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — Team by
team with flowers in hand,
the gymnasts competing in
the South Jersey sectional
meet entered the Brick Me-
morial gymnasium to ap-
plause and cheers of encour-
agement.
Amongst the many teams
present Saturday afternoon
were two high school gym-
nasts representing the Point
Boro team. In a symbolic rep-
resentation of the passing of
the torch, it was senior Natal-
ie Dikun and freshman Riley
Larsen that took to the mats
for the Panthers.
“It just means a lot. There’s
some top level gymnasts here
so for them to be on the same
stage as them means a lot to
them,” said head coach Jenn
von Doehren. “I can’t be
more proud of them.”
Dikun competed in the
vault, bars and beam while
Larsen competed in the vault
and bars. Neither placed top
three in their events but they
were never without a smile
during the meet.
Dikun has been the role
model that von Doehren has
leaned on throughout the
season to show new mem-
bers like Larsen the ropes.
“She’s been such a good
role model. I had six fresh-
men come in so for them to
look up to Natalie – that’s
what you want as a coach,”
explained von Doehren. “Ri-
ley is great shoes to fill for
Nat. I said from day one that
Riley reminds me of Nat. Just
body type and personality
and everything. I think Natal-
ie kind of showed Riley what
kind of jobs she needs to do
for us next year.”
The two Panthers faced
top-notch competition such
as Brick Memorial, Washing-
ton Township, Jackson Liber-
ty and Cherokee. In the end it
was Washington Township in
first with 107.65 points,
Cherokee in second with
106.05 and Brick Memorial in
third with 105.2 points.
The sectional meet marked
Dikun’s last and hopefully
Larsen’s first of many post-
season competitions.
“To have two girls is good
especially a freshman,” stated
von Doehren. “She’ll be here
the next three years for sure.
Hopefully we’ll have some
more joining her next year
too.”
It was important for Point
Boro to have competitors at
the meet to show that they
will still be around despite
the lack of experience on the
team. It was a high note for
Dikun to end her high school
career on that stage and a
strong learning experience
for Larsen as she begins her
high school career.
“It means a lot especially
this year it was a rebuilding
year for us,” said von
Doehren. “We’ve come here
as a team in the past so just to
keep our name out there and
for everyone to see that we’re
still here is good.”
@dompollio.
POINT BORO GYMNASTICS NOTEBOOK
Pt. Boro senior & freshman
compete in sectional meet
DOMINICK POLLIO THE OCEAN STAR
Point Boro senior Natalie Dikun gets upside down during her beam
routine on Saturday. Dikun competed in the South Jersey sectional
meet at Brick Memorial with freshman teammate Riley Larsen.
With a share of the B
South title on the line Satur-
day the Point Boro football
team was not going down
without a fight. The Pan-
thers beat out Lakewood 14-
13 in a game where senior
Gene Franceschini made
two key defensive plays.
His first was a blocked
extra point to keep Lake-
wood at 13 and his second
was an interception in the
closing seconds of the
game.
“The extra point I just
saw a seam and I went. I
didn’t think much of it
when I did block it but it
ended up being a really big
play for us,” he said. “The
interception was just a good
feeling just clinching that
win.”
Franceschini was a soph-
omore when the Panthers
went 1-9 and ever since he
has been a key player in
helping them get back on
track.
“He’s been outstanding
for three years for us on
both sides of the ball. He’s
been a three-year starter,”
said head coach Sean Hen-
ry. “He’s a high character
kid, excellent in the class-
room and we’re lucky to
have him. He makes plays
when we need him and I
can’t say enough about
him.”
Franceschini has been
playing football since third
grade and got into the sport
because of his dad. He also
looks up to his dad as a role
model both on and off the
field.
“I look at a lot of NFL
players but I just really try
and model myself after my
dad. He’s been my role
model since I was a kid,” ex-
plained Franceschini. “He
played football and had his
grades up and he seems to
have his life together so I
just kind of want to be like
him when I grow up.”
He has a couple goals he
would like to accomplish
with his team before sea-
son’s end. The first is scor-
ing a defensive touchdown.
“I think a defensive
touchdown would be really
nice,” he said. “It’s impor-
tant for our defense to get
takeaways but to get a
touchdown on defense it re-
ally changes the momentum
of the game.”
The second and most im-
portant goal is winning a
state championship.
“We’ve come this far so
we can’t really stop now.
We just have to buy in and
go all in for this ring,” stated
Franceschini. “If we play
well I think we have a really
good chance of getting
there.”
Tonight the Point Boro
football team plays Raritan
at home in the first round of
the Central Jersey Group II
playoffs. This is the second
meeting between the two
teams this year.
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BOYS SOCCER
SHORE REGIONAL 1 POINT BEACH 0
Beach edged out
by Shore Regional
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
WEST LONG BRANCH — When
it comes to the state tourna-
ment it is common knowl-
edge that every team is trying
to earn a title. In addition to
that goal, the high school ath-
letes, especially the seniors,
want to win just so they can
wake up the next day and
have practice. Just so they
can have one more game to
look forward to and one more
opportunity to play with
those they consider family.
Last Friday the Point Beach
boys soccer team played
quite possibly their best
game of the year in an effort
to play one more game. Un-
fortunately the Garnet Gulls
fell one goal short to one-
seeded Shore Regional in an
intense and physical game on
the pitch.
It was the quarterfinal
round of the Central Jersey
[CJ] Group I tournament and
the eight-seeded Gulls knew
it would be an uphill battle
after losing twice to Shore
Regional in the regular sea-
son.
“We executed exactly what
Gulls season ends in
quarterfinal round of
CJ Group I tournament
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Teammate Devon Won-
dolowski added three goals to
propel the Panthers past Del-
ran 5-3.
Delran scored first within
the first minutes of the game
but all it did was ignite the
Panthers offense.
“That’s always disappoint-
ing when the other team
scores before you but I think
that gives us motivation to
come back and be the
stronger team and come out
with the win,” said Won-
dolowski after the game.
Wondolowski scored first
to tie the game soon after and
then Fitzsimmons hit a head-
er on a corner from Jenna
Andujar.
“Jenna plays a great corner
in and Fitz, the smallest per-
son on the field, decides she’s
going to be first and hits an
absolute awesome header,”
said head coach Mike Edolo.
“Fitz’s goals are exactly what
she brings. It’s nothing but
hard work and she’s going to
run through a wall for you
and that’s exactly what she
did.”
With 12 minutes left in the
first half Wondolowski
scored again to increase
Boro’s lead to two goals.
Down 3-1, Delran did their
best to get back in the game
during the second half. Six
minutes in they cut the
deficit with a goal into the
back right corner of Boro’s
goal. The ball was low and
just out of reach of a diving
Amye Zalesky.
Every time Delran got
close though the Panthers
kept the game out of reach.
Two minutes later Won-
dolowski crashed a Delran
clear and fought between
three Delran defenders in ad-
dition to the goalie for her hat
trick and a 4-2 lead.
But with 27 minutes left in
the game Delran made good
use of a corner and put a ball
into the back of the net to
come back within one. Za-
lesky had her hands on the
ball in the air but a Delran
player who was trying to
head the ball actually
knocked the ball out of Za-
lesky’s hands with her chest
for the goal.
It did not matter much
though because soon after
the Panthers had their fifth
and final goal. On a cross into
the box from Carlie Vetrini
the Delran goalie stepped out
to catch the ball. It hit her
hands, bounced out and
Fitzsimmons was there to
clean up the loose ball before
it bounced out of play.
Point Boro held on for the
two-goal victory and the op-
portunity to play in the semi-
final round of the tourna-
ment.
“That was a very good
team we played,” said Edolo
about Delran. “We just bat-
tled and made sure that we
were going to end up on top
and did everything we could
to react positively to the mis-
takes we did make.”
“This game was a really
tough game. It was physical,”
added Fitzsimmons. “We’ll
probably have that next game
too so we just need to match
it and connect with each oth-
er.”
POINT BORO VS CINNAMINSON
In Monday’s semifinal
round of the SJ Group II tour-
nament the Point Boro Pan-
thers edged out Cinnaminson
with 25 seconds left in the
first overtime period.
“Cinnaminson is a very
physical team,” stated Won-
dolowski. “They’re very good
and they played well but I
think that we rose to the oc-
casion and definitely deserve
that win.”
Wondolowski hit the gold-
en goal on a beautiful left-
footed volley after a gnarly
stretch to keep a cross from
going out too far in front of
her.
After the win Wondolows-
ki did not have too many
words to describe her game-
winner other than, “It felt
pretty good.”
The play began on a Point
Boro corner kick from Amy
Bergquist that Cinnaminson
managed to clear out of the
box. Boro’s Kaitlyn Seitter
chased the ball down and
dropped it off to Bergquist on
the wing. She delivered the
cross back into the box right
to Wondolowski who fin-
ished for the win.
Wondolowski had scored
Boro’s first goal of the match
with five minutes left in the
first half.
On a Bergquist corner kick
Robin Fiorentino headed the
ball towards goal. Cinnamin-
son’s goalie got a hand on the
ball and it fell at the feet of
Wondolowski who turned
and squeaked the ball past a
defender and into the net.
The 1-0 lead was short
lived though and five minutes
into the second half Cin-
naminson equalized on a cor-
ner kick to the far post that
Anna Saginario bumped in
with her stomach.
“Give them [Cinnaminson]
credit. They came out in the
second half and were a com-
pletely different team than
they were in the first half,”
said Edolo. “They worked
hard, they created things,
they were dangerous.”
The rest of regulation was
nothing short of intense and
physical. It kept the fans on
the edge of their seats and
there was always silence
when a ball drifted near ei-
ther goal.
On defense it was Rachel
Bailey who made more than
one key clearance during the
game.
“Rachel’s probably one of
the best, if not top five, de-
fenders in the Shore Confer-
ence. She doesn’t get enough
credit because we’re in the B
South and we don’t get
enough credit,” explained
Edolo. “That being said it’s
just a testament to who she
is. She’s an absolute warrior
and you saw that today.”
The overtime corner kick
was set up by two previous
plays that began with Bailey
on defense. Minutes before,
she had stepped to a Vetrini
pass that a Cinnaminson for-
ward was trying to steal. She
dribbled up field towards
goal past one defender before
colliding with another who
was trying to make the tackle.
The Panthers were award-
ed a free kick and Bergquist
took the opportunity for a
shot on goal. Cinnaminson’s
goalie got a hand on the ball
to pass it safely over the
crossbar at the cost of giving
up a corner kick.
In the end Point Boro pre-
vailed 2-1 to advance to the fi-
nal round of the tournament
and all of the Panthers knew
what they were playing for
heading into that overtime
period.
We were talking about do-
ing it for our captains,” said
Bailey. “We want to have
more practices, we want to
have more games and they’ve
led us this whole time and we
didn’t want it to be their last
run.”
“Nobody wanted this to be
our last game. We want to go
to practice tomorrow,” added
Wondolowski. “We want to
keep playing and get the
chance to play in the state fi-
nals. I think that was our mo-
tivation and that gave us the
momentum to score.”
Yesterday the Point Boro
squad hosted a tough West
Deptford squad that had al-
ready knocked off top-seeded
Cedar Creek on their journey
to the finals.
“That whole region is pret-
ty solid. It’s going to be excit-
ing,” said Edolo. “But again I
like to worry about us and
take care of our business and
play the way we need to play.
If we do that – if we play to
the best of our ability we’ll be
fine.”
“I just think we need to
capitalize on our chances,”
emphasized Bailey. “Every
shot we get on goal we need
to make sure it goes in.”
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Boro tops Delran & Cinnaminson
FINALS
FROM PAGE 33
their own 45-yard line. The
drive also included a Point
Boro holding call that set
them back 10 yards. Collin
Ansbach was good between
the uprights and the game
was tied at the half.
Point Boro stopped Lake-
wood’s opening drive in the
third quarter and got to work
with their own drive. They
managed 34 yards and
seemed to be rolling before
they suffered a fumble in the
backfield.
Lakewood’s Ja’qel Hunter
scooped up the loose ball and
ran it 65 yards for the defen-
sive touchdown. On the ensu-
ing kick attempt for the extra
point, Boro’s Gene Frances-
chini came off the edge quick
to block the field goal, a play
that eventually factored into
the outcome of the game.
The hard-hitting game con-
tinued on through the rest of
the third quarter and well
into the fourth quarter before
another score was managed.
Mixed in during that time
frame was another Boro fum-
ble recovered by Lakewood
and a Panther turnover on
downs. Despite this, the de-
fense that has performed ad-
mirably all season long con-
tinued to keep Lakewood
from opening up their lead.
With a little over three
minutes left in the game
Lakewood punted the ball to
Connelly. He scrambled and
fought to bring the ball to
Lakewood’s 47-yard line
marking the starting point of
Boro’s final drive.
The Panthers moved the
ball closer and closer to the
end zone and even earned a
defensive pass interference
call on a throw to Hayden
Frey. Then, with the ball on
the two-yard line, it was
Husak that rumbled his way
in for the touchdown that
tied the game at 13.
For the lead the Panthers
needed Ansbach to hit the
extra point, something that
did not come so easily the
week before. He successfully
hit the kick but it was erased
by a Lakewood penalty that
required a re-kick.
Ansbach refused to have
the ball moved closer and
took his second try from the
same spot.
“I was really concentrated
on winning. I tried not to
think about it [last week] but
it was on my mind,” he ad-
mitted. “I’m just trying to
prove to myself that I can still
make these kicks even
though I’m hurt and even af-
ter a bad week that the next
week will be much better.”
His torn anterior cruciate
ligament did not bother him
and Ansbach was good again
to give Point Boro the lead
but there was still 47 seconds
left on the clock so the game
would come down to another
defensive effort from the
Panthers.
Lakewood stayed away
from the run game and went
to the air. On their second
play of the drive Zyheir Jones
tossed a ball towards the mid-
dle of the field that Frances-
chini reeled in to seal the
Point Boro victory and a
share of the B South title.
“I saw the quarterback
rolling the other way so I
knew I had to rotate over to
the center of the field. He
stopped and I saw him turn
his shoulders, point them
right at me and I knew I was
in position to make a play if
he threw the ball,” explained
Franceschini. “He ended up
throwing it and all I was
thinking was just catch the
ball and I ended up bobbling
it a little bit but I got it in the
end and I just fell straight to
the ground and I knew that
was game over.”
The only emotion on the
field was euphoria after
Husak took a knee and the
game ended. Parents, stu-
dents, coaches and players
were all celebrating as the
band played loudly.
“We’ve played so many
games now,” said Husak who
ran for 47 yards and two
touchdowns on 15 carries.
“We wanted this game more
than anything and it feels
good.”
“It’s awesome just the hard
work we put in the past three
years coming from sopho-
more year to this year is just
unreal,” added Connelly.
“Thanks to all of our older
players we played with and
the younger guys – everyone
has been helping. It’s awe-
some. It’s awesome for the
whole town.”
Connelly’s punt return set
up the Panthers final scoring
drive in Lakewood territory
and he added 15 yards rushing
and 21 yards receiving.
Franceschini’s blocked extra
point and interception really
sealed the Point Boro victory
and left him smiling from ear
to ear after the game.
“We’ve been working hard
every day to get this. Coming
off of last week it was a tough
loss,” he said after the game.
“We knew that if we just
played our game this week
we’d come out on top and we
ended up doing just that.”
“I’m just so happy and
proud of them that I’m kind
of at a loss of words right
now,” said Henry. “I get emo-
tional just talking about them
but it’s a great day to be a
Panther.”
Tonight the Panthers begin
the Central Jersey Group II
playoffs at home against Rar-
itan. It is the second time
Point Boro will face Raritan
this year. Kickoff is set for 7
p.m.
“We know whoever we’re
going to play it’s going to be
one hell of a dogfight,” said
Husak after Friday’s game.
“We’re going to give them
our best and they will too.”
Point Boro has not lost
sight of their goal and Ans-
bach reiterated it, saying,
“The goal is definitely to
keep moving forward every
week and keep winning and
stay together.”
@dompollio.
Boro to face Raritan for second time this year
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FROM PAGE 33
keep Mater Dei out of the
end zone.
On fourth down it was
Cade Watkins and Tanner
Smith who combined to
make the stop and seal the
win on senior day for Point
Beach.
“It was amazing. It’s the
best way we could’ve won,”
said Smith. “It’s better than a
blow out because we had to
work so much harder for it.
It’s better than any other
way.”
Watkins finished with nine
tackles and Smith, a senior,
led the defense with 12 tack-
les, a sack and a blocked
punt.
The blocked punt eventu-
ally led to a Garnet Gull score
and on offense Smith reeled
in a 33-yard catch.
“I knew it was going to be
my last time on this field and
I just tried to give it my all,”
stated Tanner. “Everyone
kept telling me it was my last
time so I just left it all out
there.”
The first score of the game
belonged to Mater Dei in the
first quarter. Marvin Pierre
ran it in from two yards out
and Kyle Devaney notched
the extra point.
Point Beach answered with
a first quarter touchdown
from John Nista to Connor
Kells. It was a 32-yard recep-
tion for Kells who caught a
total of three passes for 70
yards in the win.
Mater Dei’s next score
came from the defense on a
Garnet Gull drive that looked
like it would end with a
score. Eddie Lewis intercept-
ed a Point Beach throw and
took the ball 94 yards in the
opposite direction for a de-
fensive score.
Mater Dei could not con-
vert the extra point but they
had the one-score lead. The
third quarter went scoreless
and Point Beach did not
score until the fourth on Par-
ry’s 7-yard run, which was
followed by Gould’s kick for
the lead.
With the clock winding
down the Gulls had a touch-
down called back because of
a hold.
“We thought we put our-
selves in a real good position
to win there and that fell
apart,” said head coach John
Wagner. “They made two
plays and got it all the way
down to the nine.”
Point Beach kept Mater
Dei out of the end zone on
first, second and third down
before the Seraphs called a
timeout.
“We’re basically defending
the field at that time. You’re
on your heels on the one but
you have to play heavy in-
side,” explained Wagner.
“There’s no cushion needed
because you’re in the end
zone so we were playing it as
a heavy.”
Mater Dei ran an inside
play and Watkins and Smith
made the play to stop them in
their tracks.
“It was a great game and a
great finish,” said Wagner. “It
was a great end to a senior
night after being disappoint-
ed the week before with
homecoming. Now we’re ex-
cited to get ourselves in the
playoff picture.”
Nista finished the game
with 103 yards passing, a
touchdown and an intercep-
tion. Luke Frauenheim and
Parry split the rushing load
throughout the game. Frauen-
heim tallied 91 yards on 17
carries while Parry finished
with 25 yards and a touch-
down on five carries.
As the Gulls look ahead to
the playoffs they also take a
moment to reflect on the sea-
son and, for the seniors, the
past four years. Smith hopes
him and the rest of the sen-
iors have left a lasting im-
pression on the younger play-
ers.
“Learn to care about it.
Cherish it because it doesn’t
last forever,” he said. “You re-
ally don’t have much time so
have fun with it.”
The win brings the Point
Beach regular season record
to 5-4 and they now prepare
for the Central Jersey Group I
playoffs. The Gulls earned
the sixth seed and will travel
to play Palmyra, the third
seed, tonight. Kickoff is set
for 7 p.m.
Wagner knows that even
though Point Beach has been
a part of the playoff picture
the past five years that does
not mean it should be taken
for granted. They will put
forth their best effort in the
hopes that it pays off.
“I think that what we have
to do with the playoff situa-
tion is we want to play our A-
game,” he said. “We want to
play the type of game we
played against Spotswood,
the game we played against
Mater Dei, the game we
played against Asbury – that’s
the type effort we need and
sometimes we don’t play that
game. So that’s the kind of ef-
fort we need on that game.”
“We know Palmyra is a
good team but we’re just go-
ing to play gritty like we al-
ways do,” added Smith.
“We’re going to fight as hard
as we can – we have no other
option.”
Beach travels to play third-seeded Palmyra
BEACH
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Freshman Bradley Parry takes flight for a Garnet Gulls touchdown
last Friday night. Parry’s fourth quarter score tied the game at 13
before Sean Gould hit the extra point for the one-point lead.

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52 Newton Avenue
PO Box 456
Woodbury, NJ 08096
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McCabe, Weisberg &
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216 Haddon Avenue
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Dated: November 5, 12, 19,
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Toms River, County of Ocean,
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SERVICING LLC, A
DELAWARE LIMITED LIABIL-
ITY COMPANY, to be sold by
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Milstead & Associates, LLC
1 E. Stow Road
Marlton, NJ 08053
Dated: October 22, 29, 2015;
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($168.96) (512) (10/23, 10/30,
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on TUESDAY the 1st DAY OF
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the hours of 12 o’clock and 5
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Time in the afternoon of said day
at the Office of the Sheriff, Toms
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County of Ocean, New Jersey.
Street and Street No.:
64 BAYWOOD BOULE-
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MATELY: 60’ X 100’
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the sale.
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ALS, and taken in execution at the
suit of NATIONSTAR MORT-
GAGE LLC, to be sold by Michael
G. Mastronardy, Sheriff.
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ASSOCIATION, INC., to be sold
by Michael G. Mastronardy,
Sheriff.
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25B Hanover Road,
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Florham Park, NJ 07932
($187.44) (568) (10/23,10/30,
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386 FLORA COURT
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DAVIT: BAYVIEW LOAN
SERVICING, LLC $35,000
(FACE VALUE AMOUNT) AND
OTHER POSSIBLE MORT-
GAGES, TAX LIENS, JUDGE-
MENTS, CONDOMINIUM
ASSOCIATION LIENS, CON-
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AND COUNSEL FEES,
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OR EVERGREEN WOODS
PARK ASSOCIATION, UNDER
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63 SKYLINE DRIVE
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QUAL: C166; BLOCK: 1383
MATELY: CONDO
RIVER LANE
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PUBLICATION.
DAVIT:
WINDING RIVER VILLAGE
ASSOCIATION RECORDED
11/27/2012 $2,364.96.
interest.
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ble.
the sale.
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MANASQUAN 2 BOYS SOCCER POINT BORO 1
ManasquanWarriors edge out PanthersBY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — Nine minutes
ticked away on the score-
board before a soccer ball
landed in the back of the net
on Al Saner Field in Point
Pleasant Borough Friday af-
ternoon.
It was a shot off the left
foot of Beau Bradley on a
Manasquan counter attack
that snuck by Boro’s goalie,
Tyler Haines, and into the
back right corner of goal to
put the Warriors ahead early.
“I’ve been working on fin-
ishing with my left foot all
summer so it paid off,” said
Bradley of his goal.
It was not Manasquan’s
only goal as they fought for a
2-1 upset victory over Point
Boro in the quarterfinal
round of the South Jersey [SJ]
Group II tournament. The
Warriors came into the game
the six-seed and beat the Pan-
thers, the three-seed, on the
road.
It took until the 26th
minute for Point Boro to an-
swer with a goal. It was off
the head of senior captain
Sam Monaco on a corner kick
from Mason Pitts. The ball
ended up lodged between the
post and body of Bradley
who was protecting the far
side of goal.
Fortunately for Boro, the
ball had already crossed the
goal line before it was pinned
and they were tied with Man-
asquan 1-1 by the end of the
first half.
“I haven’t seen a goal like
that but I’ve seen lots of goals
that were goals that weren’t
goals so maybe that was pay-
back,” said Boro coach Pete
Casalino after the game.
The second half continued
to be a physical and fast
paced game until the War-
riors scored on another
counter attack.
This time it was Fransisco
Bautisto that played a ball
ahead across the field and
Boro’s Nick Duda stepped to
intercept. Manasquan’s
Aaron Kocienski took the ball
off Duda’s touch, dribbled
and ripped a shot upper-90
from 23 yards out.
A diving Haines could not
get a touch on it and the
eventual game winner was in
the back of the net.
“They were sending so
many guys forward. We play
two up top so we knew we
could get them on the count-
er and that’s how Beau got
his goal and I got my goal.
With Beau’s they sent so
many guys we just shot it
over and he was in,” ex-
plained Kocienski. “On mine,
Francisco had the ball in the
middle and the defender
marking me stepped to the
ball and Francisco played me
a nice ball in. I looked up and
the goalie was giving me a lit-
tle bit of the near post and I
knew I had it so I just took
the shot.”
The Panthers had a few
more opportunities to score
as the game winded down to
a close. On a Boro corner
Monaco delivered a strong
header towards goal that Bri-
an Corner got his hand on
last second for the save.
“That’s soccer unfortunate-
ly. You can dominate a game
and make two mistakes and
the other team scores two
goals,” said Casalino. “Really
that’s what I felt happened.
We created two opportuni-
ties for them.”
Point Boro controlled pos-
session and shots on goal
throughout the game but it
was the Warriors that made
the best of their few opportu-
nities.
According to Manasquan’s
head coach, they tried to mir-
ror Boro’s style of play in the
hopes of throwing them off
their game.
“They try to bomb the ball
down on you and try to take
advantage of that. We tried to
make it a mirror image,” ex-
plained Tom McGill. “Some-
times you look in the mirror
and you might not like it. We
got two good goals, one from
Aaron and one from Beau
Bradley so it worked out real-
ly well.”
In addition, during the last
12 minutes of the game the
Warrior coach would sub in
players every chance he was
afforded. As they slowly
walked on and off the pitch
frustrations ran high for the
Boro players as well as those
in the stands.
“They tried to manage the
game. For the last fifteen
minutes they were managing
the game,” stated Casalino on
the Manasquan tactic. “It’s
not against the rules so I
don’t have a problem with it.
If my team was winning I
might’ve done the same
thing. I don’t typically do that
but I could’ve.”
As the game came closer to
the final buzzer the referees
would stop the clock during
the Warriors substitutions
but it did not change the final
outcome.
The momentum from the
upset win is something
Bradley and Kocienski hope
to utilize moving forward
with the tournament.
“Every game’s a battle and
we’re always ready to play.
Every game we’re going to
show up and keep playing
hard,” stated Bradley. “Hope-
fully we can keep on winning
games.”
“It’s huge. I’ve been here
for three years and we
haven’t made it past the first
round,” added Kocienski. “So
it’s awesome and we’re look-
ing forward to the next game.
It’s great to still be playing.”
On the Point Boro side of
the pitch it was another one-
goal loss to close out a spec-
tacular season. Casalino
hopes the loss does not take
away from what has been ac-
complished by Point Boro
this year.
“I hope what they take
away from it is not just to-
day’s result, not just the re-
sults of the games that oc-
curred but the things we tried
to teach them about being
better people and being bet-
ter students and better soccer
players,” he explained.
Casalino makes a visible
effort to not judge his job as a
coach by wins and losses.
“I try and judge it by five
years down the line did a kid
graduate from college, 10
years is he a positive member
of his community,” he contin-
ued. “If I get those kinds of
results then I’m doing my
job.”
Manasquan moved on to
the semifinal round of the SJ
Group II tournament. They
played seven-seeded Cin-
naminson yesterday at home
and lost 2-0.
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I wanted them to execute
pretty well. We knew we
needed to keep them off the
board and we only let in one,”
said Beach coach Mike Baia-
ta. “In the last couple games
we let them score three times
each in the first half.”
Shore scored their first
goal in the first half but it
took a long 31 minutes for it
happen.
Shore’s Dante Montesinos
crossed a ball into the box
that bounced off the head of
another Shore player before
Leonardo Montesinos slid in
to get his foot on the ball.
Beach’s goalie, Ryan Fran-
zoni came out to try and
make the save but the ball
went past him and into goal.
It was the only goal Fran-
zoni let in during a game
where he recorded 29 saves
and really kept Point Beach
in the game.
“That’s been the story of
his career,” stated Baiata. “A
lot of our success comes out
of the back. We have another
goalie in there it could be
five-nothing. He keeps us in
there. He kept it close for
sure.”
The Garnet Gulls had
some late chances as the
game carried on. Their best
opportunity came on a cross
in the box that Aris Papout-
sakis narrowly missed getting
a head on.
Another shot came from
outside the box off the foot of
Connor Prima and was head-
ed toward the top left corner
of the goal. Shore’s goalie got
to the ball in time for the
save.
He made one last save be-
fore the final five seconds ran
off the clock and the buzzer
sounded marking the end of a
strong Point Beach soccer
season.
“Going into the half one-
nothing I told them it’s our
game. It’s exactly what we
wanted,” explained Baiata.
“We couldn’t plug one in. I
think at the end there if we
plug one in I think we’re
ready for overtime, ready for
a shootout – whatever came.”
Despite the loss and how
challenging the game was,
Point Beach had their best
foot forward all game and
never backed down.
“My team played to the
best of their capability. It’s
the best game I’ve ever seen
my team play,” said Franzoni
after the game. “I couldn’t ask
for a better group of team-
mates.”
A one-goal loss is a tough
way to end a season but for
Baiata the season does not
boil down to wins and losses.
“Number one I hope they
had fun. The competition
should be fun and I know it
could be frustrating when
you’re not on the right end of
winning a state title or any-
thing like that,” he explained.
“Overall just the fun we have
on the field. That’s the most
important thing to me.”
Baiata also knows that a
group of the seniors were
around the last time Beach
won a division title so he
hopes they still have that
memory to look back on
when they think about their
high school soccer career.
During the Gulls final
game a handful of freshmen
were put in to play. It is not
the first time the freshmen
have played with the varsity
and it will not be the last in
the coming years.
Franzoni, a senior, hopes
the younger players on the
team take advantage of the
opportunity afforded to
them.
“Don’t waste it. Enjoy your
four years because it goes
fast,” he said. “Don’t be
greedy and enjoy every sec-
ond you’ve got here because
it sucks when it’s over.”
Shore Regional went on to
play fifth-seeded South River
on Wednesday in the semifi-
nals. Top seeded Shore was
stunned in overtime falling 2-
1 to South River.
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Garnet Gulls cap hard-fought season
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When I submitted my col-
umn last Monday not much
was going on along the
striped bass front but then it
literally exploded on Tuesday
like someone turned a light
switch on. The action contin-
ued right through week and
into the weekend. It wasn’t
small bass either that showed
up but rather big bass that
moved in on the bunker
schools. Boaters had great
action catching bass into the
mid 30 lb range. Most areas
where the pods of bunker
were looked like fiberglass
parking lots as boats were
just about up against each
other fishing the pods.
Surfcasters also had a few
shots at the bass as on several
days the bass pushed the
bunker within casting dis-
tance from shore.
The majority of the big
bass were caught by snag and
drop or livelining the bunker
in the morning. Then when
the bite slowed trolling Tony
Maja bunker spoons or Mojo
rigs kept producing fish.
Also adding into the mix
were some peanut bunker
that showed up this past
Sunday off of Asbury and
Deal and produced some of
the first blitz action under
birds on light tackle. Big blues
also moved inshore for the
first time this past Sunday.
The ocean temperature
was 60 degrees this past
weekend and now as they
drop into the mid 50’s this
week and next the action
should continue and hopeful-
ly produce a great fall run.
November use to be the
month when our beaches
were inundated with peanut
bunker moving south along
the coast so maybe that will
materialize again this year,
let’s hope so.
Bob over at Fishermen’s
Den in Belmar reports “Epic
bass fishing south of
Manasquan Inlet this past
week. Blue bird weather
brought crowds of people and
the big fish took a beating.
Reports were coming in of a
great bite on snag and drop,
bunker spoons, and jigging.
These are mostly large fish so
remember they are the fish
keeping our bass future
going. Only take what you
will consume. The offshore
sea bass fishing along with
some very large porgies has
been very good if you can get
out. Go by all means these are
great eating fish. On the local
seen the Shark River has been
hot fishing the last few days
for winter flounder. Most are
keepers and many anglers are
getting double headers and
keeping within the law 2 fish
limit. The wardens are here
every day. Keeping only your
limit of any fish should go
without saying.
Chuck Furimsky, of the
International Fly Tying
Symposium has announced
“Fly tiers from around the
globe will demonstrate their
artistic use of fur, feathers,
tinsel and braid to create arti-
ficial fishing flies at the 25th
Anniversary Edition of the
Symposium. The November
21-22 event will be held at the
Garden State Exhibit Center,
50 Atrium Dr., in Somerset. In
addition to demonstrations
by the nearly 100 artistic fly
tiers from the United States,
other nations represented
include Canada, France, Italy,
the Netherlands, South Africa
and Switzerland. “In all, we
anticipate a potpourri fly tiers
demonstrating salmon, trout,
bass, saltwater, and upwards
of 2,000 assorted artificial fly
patterns,” said Symposium
director Chuck Furimsky.
Admission to the pre
Thanksgiving event is $15 on
Saturday, $12 on Sunday or $22
for both days. Symposium
hours are 9-5 on Saturday, 9
to 4:30 on Sunday. Parking is
free.
Capt Howard Bogan of the
Big Jamaica out of Brielle
reports “The Thursday-
Friday canyon trip last week
was another super trip. We
started fishing for tuna right
away since the day bite has
been good. It did not take
long to get them started. We
made a long drift for 4 hours
and caught tuna the entire
time. The only time the
action slowed was during a
battle with a giant blue shark.
When the drift was over we
had 79 tuna in the boat and
lost many more. The catch
was mostly good size longfin
and some 50 to 70 lb yel-
lowfin. We went up for
another drift as the sun was
setting but the hot action was
over at that time. We then
picked a spot to anchor for
the night. Tuna schooled
under the boat from 150 to 275
feet but did not bite until
later. We did pick through the
night and also landed a 175 lb
bigeye. A little later we land-
ed a 125 lb swordfish. Around
4:30 a.m the yellowfin began
to hit bait and jigs. During the
night and morning bite we
landed another 50 tuna.
A few of the notable catch-
es were Gary Yearwood from
Staten Island NY with his
limit of yellowfin and several
longfin. Wayne Lutze from
Manasquan with 2 yellowfin
and 5 longfin. Jeff Simpson
from Livingston with 1 yel-
lowfin and a number of
longfin. Dicostanza family 2
yellowfin and 8 longfin.
Valente, father and son 2 yel-
lowfin and 5 longfin. John and
Mark Kizmann from Brick
with 4 yellowfin, 5 longfin
and a 175lb big eye. We have
added another special 25 hour
trip sailing 8 p.m Sunday
November 15. For reservation
information call 732-528-5014.
Capt Ryan of the Jamaica
II out of Brielle reports “We
had a mixed bag this week on
all the different trips. Some
excellent, some only fair. Still
concentrating on big sea bass,
huge porgies and any legal
cod fish we can get. Some
really nice cod fish were
caught as Jesse Crudup from
Watertown, Md had a 31 lb
cod, Jim Harbough from
Irvington caught a 28 lb cod,
and Ryan Stillman from
Philadelphia had a 26 lb cod.
Last Saturday’s marathon
produced over 60 nice cod
although the sea bass fishing
was not as good as last week.
Quite a few dinner plate size
porgies hitting the deck also.
Other catches this past week
were Wes Shourt caught 15
sea bass, 22 porgies and 4 cod,
Roy Wilson from Bristol, Pa
had 15 sea bass, 24 porgies,
and 3 cod to 22 lbs. 3/4 Day
trips have ended this season
as fish are getting out too far
for these trips.10 hour sea
bass 7:30 am November13, 17,
19, 20 and 24. 12 hour sea bass
5 am November 15, 18, 22, and
25. 14 hour sea bass/cod
marathon-every Saturday at 3
am and Sunday November
29th. 18 hour offshore sea
bass/cod 12:30am November
27 and 28 December 3, 10, 12,
17, 19,
20.
Announcements of
Interest: November 14, 14th
Annual HRFA Surf Fishing
Tournament, Seaside Park.
For an application, contact
Carl at cfishigotu@aol.com
or questions at 201-481-4390.
November 21-22, 25th.
Anniversary Edition
Symposium. Garden State
Exhibit Center, 50 Atrium Dr.,
Somerset, check out
www.internationalflyty-
ingsymposium.com.
Jim Freda covers fishing for Star News
Group. He can be emailed at jimfre-
da@optonline.net.
FISHING TIPS BY JIM FREDA
An explosion of striped bass action
TIP OF THE WEEK
FROM JIM FREDA
4-6 inch Storm
Wildeyes in pearl will
produce well for striped
bass when peanut
bunker are on the
scene. From the boat
cast out as far as you
can, let the lure
sink to the bottom,
and then retrieve back
slowly.
Garnet Gulls edged out
by Metuchen in semis
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BEACH — It was an up
and down week for the Point
Beach girls soccer team as
they began with a big win
over sixth-seeded South Riv-
er last Thursday only to fall
one goal short to second-
seeded Metuchen in the
semifinal round of the Cen-
tral Jersey [CJ] Group I tour-
nament.
In the quarterfinal game
against South River, Reagan
Gould led the Garnet Gulls to
a 6-0 victory with four goals.
The junior got to work
quickly in the first half turn-
ing a Lauren Kuhlwein pass
into Beach’s first goal. Less
than a minute later Gould hit
her second goal.
After settling a ball off the
shoulder of a South River de-
fender she created some
space, dribbled the ball to her
left foot and took a shot from
the 18. The ball bounced its
way just inside the left post
for the score.
Soon after it was McKayla
Hughes who split two de-
fenders before ripping a shot
from a few yards outside the
box. The ball sailed over the
goalie’s hands and just under-
neath the crossbar to further
increase the Point Beach
lead.
Then Gould secured her
hat trick before the close of
the first half. Kuhlwein
fought for a ball near mid-
field along the sideline. After
the ball was deflected ahead
down the line Kuhlwein
chased it down and sent a
left-footed cross towards the
box.
It dropped in just before
the box where Gould pushed
it ahead with her chest before
letting loose a right-footed
shot past South River’s
goalie. Point Beach went into
halftime with the 4-0 lead.
Beach’s first second-half
goal belonged to Gould who
flicked a cross from Hannah
Malcolm into the net. The
Gulls sixth and final goal of
the game came less than a
minute later.
Brooke Perna was drib-
bling the ball along South
River’s end line trying to get
around a persistent defender.
The South River player man-
aged to get a foot on the ball
for an attempted clear but the
ball rolled straight to Point
Beach freshman Nicole
Sharkey.
Without hesitation Sharkey
one-timed the ball into the
top left corner of the goal,
just out of reach of the
goalie’s outstretched hands.
It was another strong per-
formance by Point Beach at
home and they did their best
to carry that momentum over
into Monday’s game against
Metuchen.
Since Metuchen had the
higher seed the Gulls trav-
eled to take on the two-seed-
ed squad. It was a hard fought
game but Metuchen outshot
and out possessed the Gulls.
Even though the first half
ended with the two teams
tied at zero, Metuchen finally
made good on an opportunity
in the second half.
Emily Buchanan got on the
end of a Taylor Hueston as-
sist for the goal with 19 min-
utes left in the game. Point
Beach was unable to score
before the end of regulation
and their season came to a
close.
Point Beach goalie Toni
Abdy made 10 saves in the
loss while the Gulls only
managed five shots on goal.
Metuchen went on to play
top-seeded Shore Regional
yesterday in the final round
of the CJ Group I tourna-
ment.
@dompollio.
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