The summaries are: 1. The Point Beach football team is looking to improve on its 5-5 record from last year and put its losing seasons behind it under the leadership of 5th year head coach John Wagner. They open their season tonight at home against Asbury Park. 2. The Point Boro girls soccer team shut out Shore Regional 3-0 in its season opener behind goals from Carly Vetrini, Devon Wondolowski (2 goals) and strong defensive play. 3. The Point Beach boys soccer team fell 5-4 in its season opener against Manasquan in a back-and-forth game that was delayed by lightning. Aris Papoutsakis scored

1. SPORTS
The Ocean Star
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 PAGE 29
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 30
SOCCER 30
FIELD HOCKEY 33
GYMNASTIC PREVIEW 33
STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR
Point Beach head coach John Wagner [botttom left] addresses his football team during an early morning practice. Point Beach opens up their season tonight against Asbury Park at home. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BEACH — For some
teams, a 5-5 season is viewed
as a success — the .500 mark
has been reached. That is
not the case for the Point
Beach football team as it
aims to put its losing sea-
sons in the rearview mirror.
While a 5-5 record is not a
losing season, it is not a win-
ning season either.
The Garnet Gulls are now
two seasons removed from a
state championship and in
his fifth year as head coach
of the team, John Wagner
hopes to get what used to be
a young team on track for a
successful season.
“Last year we were very
thin up front as far as expe-
rience and this year we have
a lot of kids back,” said Wag-
ner. “You can see the differ-
ence in the things we’re able
to accomplish.”
Point Beach plays at the
Group I level and in the B
Central division along with
Shore Regional, Asbury
Park, Keansburg, Keyport
and Mater Dei.
Last year the Gulls’ season
ended with a loss to Shore,
making them the team to
beat this fall season. This is
usually the case, though, as
Shore and Point Beach seem
to be the two regulars that
fight for the top spot in the B
Central.
The team will play a lot of
kids ranging from freshmen
to seniors.
“We try to play a lot of
kids between special teams,
offense and defense and I
know that sounds crazy
maybe on a Group I level but
we do play a lot of kids,”
stated Wagner. “Just trying
to get their feet wet and let-
ting them get acclimated to
the field. Friday night is
much different than Mon-
day.”
POINT BEACH FOOTBALL PREVIEW
Experience on the line will bolster offense and defense
Gulls ready for season &
home opener against
Asbury Park tonight
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — Plagued by injuries
and inexperience two years ago, the
Point Boro high school football team
won only one game. Since then, the
Panthers have worked hard to bring
Point Boro football back to what it
once was. The key factor this sea-
son: Those sophomores from two
years ago are now seniors and they
are hungry.
“We’ve been waiting after going 1-
9 two years ago to just missing the
playoffs by one game last year,” said
quarterback and senior Noah Husak.
“This is the first step to reaching the
playoffs finally and showing every-
body the true Point Boro football
team.”
Head coach Sean Henry said, “We
threw a lot of these kids in as soph-
omores, started them probably be-
fore they were ready because we
were young then. We had a couple
injuries so they were forced to play.”
Point Boro competes in the B
South division and after an intense
pre-season the team is ready to
prove just how good they can be.
“We went through a tough year
but we were hoping them coming
back as seniors would pay divi-
dends,” Coach Henry said. “They’re
excited. They’re all in. You could see
that from the time we stopped last
year. I’m very excited about this
group of kids.”
THE OFFENSE
Point Boro’s offense returns a
chunk of skill players and Henry has
confidence in his backfield heading
into the season.
“We’re a flex bone team. Most of
our skill guys are back and we’re
plugging some pieces into our offen-
sive line,” he said. “We have a lot of
faith in our quarterback and our
backfield.”
The team lost quarterback Jack
Fitzsimmons to graduation. He
knew the playbook inside and out
POINT BORO FOOTBALL PREVIEW
Boro Panthers ready to claw
their way to top of the B South
Seniors look to make a state-
ment after rough two seasons
STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR
The Point Boro football has been making good use of the preseason. They are set to open up the season tonight against Pinelands
Regional on the road. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — Wednesday’s
hot and muggy weather was
not ideal for 80 minutes of
running up and down a soccer
field. Add game delays due to
lightning and the season open-
er becomes a bit more chal-
lenging than expected.
Weather aside, the Point
Boro girls soccer team man-
aged to shut out Shore Region-
al 3-0 to open the fall season in
front of their home crowd.
“Shore is a great program.
The last few years they’ve
been in the state final for
Group I, so to open up against
a good team at home and get a
good win is satisfying,” said
Boro’s head coach Mike Edolo.
“We were delayed by the
weather, which is frustrating
but they [Point Boro] did a
good job of just reacting and
just dealing with it and getting
on with what we needed to
do.”
The game was knotted at
zero before the lightning de-
lays but after the 30-minute
break Point Boro started capi-
talizing on their opportunities.
With just under five minutes
left in the first half, Carly
Vetrini drew first blood and
scored the Panthers first goal.
“I think that we did really
well. We made some really
nice combinations,” said De-
von Wondolowski after the
game. “Carly Vetrini’s first
goal went from Kait [Seitter]
to myself and then to Carly
and she finished and that was
exceptional soccer in my opin-
ion.”
Wondolowski added two
goals of her own in the second
half as the Panthers display of
exceptional soccer never let
up. Edolo pointed out that
there were earlier opportuni-
ties to score and that Point
Boro could have finished with
more than just three goals.
“I thought Devon and Kait
were exceptional up top. We
probably could have had two
or three early goals,” said Edo-
lo. “We missed some easy
chances early in the game but I
just always tell them forget
about the ones you miss and
keep after it.”
While the offense exploded,
it was the defense that made
sure Shore Regional never
earned a number on the score-
board.
According to Edolo, Rachel
Bailey anchored the defense
and goalie Amye Zalesky di-
rected traffic and recorded
three saves.
“Amye Zalesky is going to be
huge for us this year too,” stat-
ed Edolo. “It was her first shut
out this season and I expect a
lot more out of her.”
The praise did not stop
there as Edolo added, “The
whole back line from Robin
Fiorentino, Robyn Winchester
and Amy Bergquist- every sin-
gle one of them did excellent.”
Wondolowski was also
pleased with the defensive
performance.
BORO 3 GIRLS SOCCER SHORE 0
Boro opens season
with shut out win
Vetrini scores one &
Wondolowski nets two in
season opening win
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BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BEACH — Wednesday
was nothing short of crazy
as the Garnet Gulls boys
soccer team took to the CJ
Hesse Memorial soccer field
for their home opener
against the Manasquan War-
riors.
In a back and forth affair
that was abruptly interrupt-
ed by a lightning delay, Point
Beach fell 5-4 against a fast
moving and creative Man-
asquan offense.
“We got out of sorts, they
[Manasquan] were very cre-
ative going forward,” said
head coach Mike Baiata.
“They kept us on our toes
and simple little lapses in
judgment here and there just
created opportunities for
them, which they were able
to put away. But we were
able to fight.”
Baiata’s last point is im-
portant because it speaks
volumes to the hard work
and perseverance the boys
have in them. The Gulls
played from behind through-
out the game but never
stopped chugging away.
The game opened up fast
and physical and the War-
riors dominated possession
to start. This culminated in
the game’s first goal off the
foot of Manasquan’s Beau
Bradley that rolled passed a
diving Ryan Franzoni who
tended goal for Point Beach.
It did not take long for the
Gulls to answer though.
Danny Savage took a pass on
the right side from Aris Pa-
poutsakis and booted it into
the back of the Manasquan
goal to bring the game even
at one.
Play remained intense and
with 11 minutes left in the
first half the Warriors’ Kevin
Dempsey found the net to
take the lead. As the clock
trickled down under 10 min-
utes it looked as if the teams
would go into the half with
the score 2-1 but Manasquan
was looking to open the lead.
Daniel Del Guercio did
just that for the Warriors
with a goal to the bottom left
corner of the net. Point
Beach quickly went on the
offensive and as Papoutsakis
was dribbling toward the
Manasquan goal he was
fouled in the box resulting in
a penalty kick.
He struck the ball hard
and true, sending it just in-
side the right post and Point
Beach closed out the half
only down 3-2.
Three minutes out of the
half Manasquan worked in
another goal and the Gulls
were down two. It was Del
Guercio’s second goal of the
contest.
With 36 minutes remain-
ing in the half the game was
delayed for 30 minutes due
to lightning in the sky. Point
Beach headed to the locker
room while the Warriors
patiently waited on their
bus. The sky cleared and af-
ter the teams warmed back
up the game was back in ac-
tion.
Manasquan lost no mo-
mentum as they quickly
created opportunities after
the break. The Point Beach
defense was resolute
though and held off a free
kick and a corner before the
Warriors found the net for a
fifth time. This time it came
off the foot of Thomas
McGill who chipped the
ball over Franzoni as he
closed in for the stop.
The Point Beach players
are a resilient bunch and
kept fighting for balls and
touches despite the 3-goal
deficit. Papoutsakis scored
again with 16 minutes left to
play and Point Beach was
getting fired up.
After defending a Man-
asquan free kick the Gulls
pushed the ball up field and
after a saved shot by the
Manasquan goalie that
bounced back into play
Connor Prima got his foot
on the rebound and sliced
the ball into the net. Only
down one goal, Point Beach
turned on the jets and kept
looking for that next oppor-
tunity.
They fought hard until
the final whistle but were
unable to find the net one
last time.
“We play hard, our guys
are always going to fight,”
said Baiata. “They’re always
going to give it 100 percent.
It’s about cleaning up mis-
takes I think. We made mis-
takes today that we didn’t
make in scrimmages.”
A lot of the mistakes
seemed to stem from emo-
tions running high.
Whether it was a result of a
call from the referees or a
strong physical contact
from an opponent, the Point
Beach players had trouble
keeping their cool.
“It’s a tough thing to do.
It’s something we’ve had is-
sues with here in the past. I
think it’s just trying to get
them to calm down trying to
get them to understand
there’s tons of bad calls in
soccer,” said Baiata. “There’s
tons of stuff that you’re not
going to agree with that hap-
pens on the soccer field and
there’s not time in the game
to open your mouth and try
to argue. The second you
start arguing is the second
they’re clipping the ball to
the back post and you’re
caught with your pants
down.”
Baiata emphasized that it
is something he has made a
point to work on with the
team and he addressed it
during the post game hud-
dle.
He also stressed the im-
portance of putting the loss
behind them as quickly as
possible especially since
they only have one day of
rest and practice before their
next game.
“We have a day to fix
things and then we get back
out there on Friday and then
Monday and Tuesday.
There’s no time to sulk
about a loss,” he stated.
“We’re done with that loss.
That loss is in the past. We
come out here, we learn
from it tomorrow, we fix
some things and hopefully
get out there Friday and
make the best of that.”
Point Beach travels to take
on Shore Regional today and
the game is scheduled to be-
gin at 4 p.m.
Beach drops home openerPapoutsakis leads Gulls
with two goals in loss to
Shore Regional
POINT BEACH BOYS SOCCER NOTEBOOK
STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR
Nick Antognoli of Point Beach battles for a ball during Wednesday’s
season opener at home. The Garnet Gulls fell just short in a back-
and-forth affair, 5-4.
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BEACH — The Garnett
Gulls girls soccer team
opened the fall season in bit
of an odd fashion. They did
not win and they did not lose.
They did not even get to play
a full game but they did play
40 minutes, which is enough
to go in the books as a game.
On Wednesday the team
traveled to Manasquan to
take on the Warriors and af-
ter the first half of play the
game was called due to light-
ning. Point Beach and Man-
asquan were even at one goal
apiece and both begin their
season with a tally under the
tie column.
The Warriors struck first
within the first five minutes
of the game. The goal came
off the foot of Maggie Kelly.
Point Beach answered short-
ly after with a goal from
Cameron Barnes and then
went into the half tied.
“I thought we out-pos-
sessed them. We knocked the
ball around well,” said head
coach Adam Curtis on the
shortened game. “They’re a
good team. They hit the ball
around really well but we
took it to them.”
The Garnet Gulls had the
wind at their backs during
the only half of play, which
helped them out during the
game.
According to Curtis, the
team continues taking strides
towards improvement.
“We look good. Stayed
healthy and got through this
game, which is good even
though it was only half a
game,” laughed Curtis. “And
we’re getting better and
stronger each game so we
look good.”
The tie will stick with
them the rest of the season
but Point Beach is happy
with their play and focused
on today’s opponents.
“We’re really playing well.
We’re pretty well organized,”
said Curtis. “It will be a big
test against Shore Friday at
home.”
The Gulls faceoff against
Shore Regional in a confer-
ence matchup at home
tonight with the game sched-
uled to begin at 3:45 p.m.
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 BEACH GIRLS SOCCER NOTEBOOK
Lightning ends
opener at half
Barnes scores lone goal
as Point Beach ties
Manasquan 1-1
RYAN MAYER THE OCEAN STAR
Point Beach head coach Adam Curtis felt his team out-possessed
Mansquan in their season opener. Although the game was cut short
he was happy with how his team performed.
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — The Point
Boro girls tennis team
opened the fall season on
Tuesday with a road match
against the Green Wave of
Long Branch.
The match was close but
the Green Wave washed the
Panthers away 3-2. Long
Branch swept Point Boro in
singles play.
In first singles Boro’s Abby
Dalton was defeated by Elena
Shalom in two sets 6-1 and 6-
1.
Point Boro’s Summer
Oliphant was bested by Jada
Sagapolutele 6-2 and 6-2 in
second singles. In third sin-
gles play Emme Mroczko was
defeated by Long Branch’s
Ariana Cafolla 7-6[7-3] and 6-
3.
Point Boro found success
with their two doubles teams
though as they secured the
Panthers only points.
The duo of Keelin Grindall
and Megan Sutphen beat
Katherine Lumia and Shan-
non Nutley in two sets, 6-3
and 6-3.
Boro’s Jamie Morris and
Samanth Moniello also won
in two sets, 6-3 and 6-3. The
duo beat Maria Monzon and
Jailyn Dorsett in second dou-
bles play.
The Panthers play their
first home match today
against Manchester Town-
ship. The match is set to be-
gin at 3:45 p.m.
LONG BRANCH 3 TENNIS POINT BORO 2
Point Boro
washed away
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BEACH — The Point
Beach girls volleyball team
took to the court in a match
against Long Branch on
Wednesday.
The season opening game
was away and Point Beach
came back victorious win-
ning 2-0.
The Gulls made easy work
of the Green Wave. They
won the first set 25-14 and
then topped them again in
the second set 25-16.
Point Beach will travel to
take on Rumson-Fair Haven
today. The match is set to be-
gin at 3:45 p.m.
POINT BEACH VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK
Garnet Gulls top
Long Branch
It all started at the age of
four for Boro’s Devon Won-
dolowski.
She attributes her love of
soccer to her grandfather,
saying, “My grandpa, he
was a semi-professional
player, so I guess he kind of
inspired me.”
Now Wondolowski is a
key forward for the Panther
girls soccer team at the var-
sity level. Surprsingly
enough, she is only a sopho-
more and is in her second
year on the varsity squad.
Already making waves
for Point Boro, Wondolows-
ki netted two goals against
an always solid Shore Re-
gional team on Wednesday.
A modest player, she does
not let anything get to her
head and she appreciates
the opportunity to be a part
of the team.
“It’s good. It’s nice being a
younger player getting the
experience playing with the
older girls,” she said. “It’s a
good feeling.”
In her down time, Won-
dolowski works on her
game. Whether it is shoot-
ing, ball control or condi-
tioning, she is working on it.
Point Boro looks to have
a strong season ahead of
them and Wondolowski’s
name will come up a lot
more often as the season
continues.
She keeps expectations
high for herself and hopes
to meet her goals as the sea-
son rolls on.
“I’d like to have as many
assists as I can and score a
couple of goals each game,”
stated Wondolowski.
She also wants to teach
her fellow underclassmen
what it takes to perform at
the varsity level and enjoys
being able to help.
She added one more goal,
saying, “Just seeing the girls
that are younger and help-
ing them with the experi-
ence and getting them to be
the best that they can be.”
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4. offseason and the pre-season
to be the leader on offense,
will fill the void left by
Fitzsimmons.
“Myself along with the rest
of my teammates have been
hitting the weight room real
hard. We’ve been getting onto
the field, running and condi-
tioning,” said Husak. “We’re
just doing anything we can to
get ready because the last two
years for the most part left a
bad taste in our mouth. So we
wanted to make sure that hit-
ting the weights, getting
stronger and faster will set us
up for success in the season.”
The wide receiver core took
a hit when they lost 3-year
starter Hayden Frey to a col-
larbone injury. He is projected
to be out 4-6 weeks.
“We want to get him
healthy,” stated Henry. “Obvi-
ously he changes our offense
drastically but it is what it is.
It’s football and people get
hurt so we need to keep mov-
ing forward.”
The wide receiver core will
consist of Mike Waddleton,
Kyler Rossi, Colin Ansbach,
and Trevor McNamara.
“As a group I feel like, start-
ing in the early preseason, it’s
been good getting to know
each other because there’s a
lot of young kids,” said Wad-
dleton, another senior. “Los-
ing Hayden Frey for a couple
weeks is going to be a big
blow. We’re trying to make up
for what he was because he
was a big playmaker.”
According to Waddleton
they have been doing individ-
ual workouts as well as getting
together with Husak to work
on timing and routes.
“We’ve been lifting and run-
ning,” added wingback Devin
Connelly. “We had some sum-
mer practices where we prac-
ticed our mesh and our timing
on our pitch and stuff and just
getting ready for the season.”
Point Boro should be well
balanced on the offensive side
as long as they stay fit.
“We’re confident in what
we’re doing,” said Henry. “The
kids are having a great presea-
son and at this point we’re just
trying to stay healthy.”
THE DEFENSE
Defense wins champi-
onships and the Panther de-
fense is not going to sit idly by
and let the offense do all the
work.
“We’re a 3-5-3. Very aggres-
sive. Very blitz oriented,” said
Henry with a smile. “High risk
high reward.”
The defensive line looks
strong and big as they return a
lot of players.
“We have a lot of kids back
from last year so we’re excited
about that,” explained Henry.
“We feel with our defensive
line with Aidan Connelly at
nose, Joe Hynes, Dom Infante,
our three starters, and then
throw Mike Falconetti in there
- our D-line is going to be
pretty formidable this year.”
Point Boro took a small hit
at the linebacker position but
they are confident they can
replace what they’ve lost.
“We had some really young
kids step up like Justin Rafi
and Brandon Defeo, who is a
senior. They’ve really stepped
in well,” said Gene Franseschi-
ni, an outside linebacker.
“They’ve been working hard
ever since May this year. So
they’ve been putting in a lot of
work to replace those line-
backers we lost.”
According to Franseschini
the linebackers have been do-
ing a lot of agility exercises to
get faster as well as lifting to
improve physical condition
since most players on the
team play both sides of the
ball.
“It’s exhausting having
maybe five plays off during
the game,” said Franseschini.
“It’s important to be physical-
ly fit for that.”
Henry is pleased with his
defense this preseason, saying,
“We threw these kids to the
wolves as sophomores. They
were little boys and now
they’re seniors. They work
hard and they’re high caliber
kids. We’re excited.”
POINT BORO VS PINELANDS
REGIONAL
The Panthers open their
season on the road tonight
against Pinelands Regional.
They are all excited and
ready to get the season un-
derway but Henry knows it
will not be a simple task.
“They’re tough. The coach
is in his third year down
there now and there’s change
of culture,” stated Henry.
“That being said we ended
their losing streak. Two years
ago down there they beat us
to end their losing streak.”
“This is the sophomores
that are seniors now and we
want them to play with a chip
on their shoulder,” he contin-
ued. “That’s kind of what we
preached all along. These
kids are a tight knit group
and it’s going to be a war.”
The players are excited for
that war and hope to get
started on the right foot.
“It’s been a great presea-
son. Everyone has worked re-
ally hard and we’ve all been
waiting for the season to
start,” said Connelly. “Now
that summers over, school
starts and we’re excited.”
The Panthers have adopted
two slogans for the fall sea-
son: Brotherhood, a recurring
theme, and “All in.”
“For us, it’s the season. Be
all in. Get up early. Be disci-
plined. Do whatever you can
for this team,” said Husak.
“It’s a small town. We’re all
friends, we’re all brothers.
You don’t want to let the man
next to you down. You just
fight as hard as you can for
the guys next to you.”
“All in means putting
everything you got in every
down, every play. Making
sure you’re there for your
teammates, your brothers,”
added Waddleton. “It’s just
making sure our senior year
and everyone else’s year is as
good as it can be because we
have high expectations for
ourselves.”
Moving past the season
opener, Henry hopes the
team can compete at the
highest levels.
“We want to compete for
the division. Obviously make
the playoffs first and then see
what happens,” he said. “It’s a
special group of boys.
They’ve done everything the
right way and they’re fun to
coach.”
Of course, the Panthers
will take the season one
game at a time and that be-
gins tonight with Pinelands
Regional. The game is away
and kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
PANTHERS
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The preseason ended yes-
terday and the Point Beach
squad takes to the field
tonight at home against As-
bury Park.
“I can’t wait man. I’ve been
looking forward to this since
we ended last year,” said sen-
ior Forrest Gardner. “I think
it’s going to be a fun night.”
THE OFFENSE
With Point Beach graduat-
ing three-year starter Jake
Fioretti, the quarterback po-
sition remains fairly inexpe-
rienced. Filling the void and
splitting time at the position
will be sophomores John
Nista and Luke Frauenheim.
“They’re doing a nice job
with it,” said Wagner.
“They’re still young and we’ll
get them through each
game.”
Wagner hopes to play to
their strengths and only
throw the ball when they
want to throw the ball.
“We are a Wing T team.
We’re a ball control team.
We’re a play action passing
team since we run the ball,”
he explained. “We don’t want
to throw in throwing situa-
tions – we don’t want to get
forced into that. So we try to
pick and choose when we do
and don’t throw.”
This style of play will help
the young quarterbacks real-
ly get a feel for the game and
level of play they will face all
season.
The x-factor that will be
the core of Point Beach’s of-
fense does not lie in the
backfield though, rather at
the offensive line where a
core of returning players will
get dirty in the trenches.
“Last year we only had two
returning offensive lineman.
This year everyone is back so
everyone is stronger,” ex-
plained Gardner. “Everyone
is working real hard and
everyone is more disciplined.
That’s the biggest changing
factor from last year.”
The players have been uti-
lizing the weight room dur-
ing the offseason in prepara-
tion for this fall season.
“Because we were so
young last year the weight
room was huge. We have so
many guys returning
[starters], everyone is work-
ing hard in the weight room,”
said offensive tackle Cade
Watkins.
Watkins also explained
that the team has spent a lot
of time working on tech-
nique, which always remains
an important factor at the
line.
Under Wagner Point
Beach bases its offense on a
strong effort from the offen-
sive line and then the backs
being able to execute. While
the backfield will be young
and most likely feature a lot
of sophomores and some
freshmen, the Gulls line will
be where the team lives.
“You don’t go anywhere
unless people are blocking
up front and that’s the main
thing so we’re very pleased
offensively with the way
we’re moving the ball and
blocking,” said Wagner.
THE DEFENSE
On defense the Garnet
Gulls look to be the team that
can matchup against an oppo-
nent, no matter the formation.
According to Wagner the
defense is a “multiple 40” and
they will align in what they
need to align in with the sim-
ple goal of stopping the other
team. He knows that is some-
thing the players will have to
adjust to whether it’s during
practice or during the game.
“That’s the difference be-
tween being a real good foot-
ball team and being what they
call ‘vanilla’, where you’re
very based in everything you
do,” Wagner explained. “We
like to be able to adjust and
stop what the other team is
doing and those are game ad-
justments.”
As is the norm with high
school football teams, a lot of
players will be featured on
both sides of the ball. The
older players on the team
hope to emphasize the hard
work it takes to be a team that
plays deep into the season.
For Watkins it is all about the
tradition.
“Everyone works hard.
There are no plays taken off.
That’s something with experi-
ence you start to learn,” said
Watkins. “If you work hard as
a unit we win games and we
just have to teach the young
kids that.”
Gardner echoes those sen-
timents saying he wants the
team to “play with attitude”
and to “play as hard as you
can every single play, every
single quarter and to just not
give up.”
POINT BEACH VS ASBURY PARK
“Really we’re just trying to
win games. We’re worried
about one week at a time,”
said Watkins about opening
the season tonight. “Friday
night is Asbury. First home
game of the season so Friday
night we’re just trying to
win.”
Wagner and the rest of the
Garnet Gulls know not to
look the other way when it
comes to any of their oppo-
nents. Asbury Park is a tough
team to beat, especially if
they find a lot of real estate
on the field.
“Asbury is very athletic.
They do some great things in
space and we have to try and
reduce the size of the space
and letting them get to it,”
said Wagner. “Defensively
we’re going to have to press
things a little bit and go after
them and not give them time
to throw the ball.”
Asbury Park plays defense
with a six-man front but
Wagner is confident that his
team matches up well on the
line.
“High school games are re-
ally won on the line of scrim-
mage on both sides of the
ball. Your special kids, your
real good athletes, when they
get in space they’re going to
make plays – they’re sup-
posed to,” he said. “They
can’t get into space and you
can’t do things if good things
aren’t happening up front and
that’s always been our prem-
ise.”
“And you win it with de-
fense, your special teams set
the field and you want to do
enough good things on of-
fense where you don’t hurt
yourself. That’s our philoso-
phy,” Wagner added.
Point Beach will head into
the season with the same phi-
losophy and intensity they
have exhibited this presea-
son.
“I think preseason has
been going real well – a lot of
intensity,” said Garner.
“Everyone is coming up and
showing up. Practicing real
hard. More intensity than last
year.”
“We compete each week.
We want to be competitive
every week. Everybody that I
look at on our schedule I
think we can be competitive
with,” added Wagner. “At the
end of the day if you make
less mistakes you have a great
chance to win.”
Tonight’s game against As-
bury Park is at home and
kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
GULLS
FROM PAGE 29
Garnet Gulls hungry for tonight’s home opener against Asbury Park
SUEANNE GOSS THE OCEAN STAR
Point Beach football has been working hard in the offseason to prepare for this fall. They return a lot of experienced talent to the line which
will bolster the team as they move forward.
STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO VARSITY FOOTBALL THE COAST STAR
The Kyle Kirst Lacrosse
Coaches Clinic which is sup-
ported by the New Jersey In-
terscholastic High School
Lacrosse Coaches and Refer-
ees Association will be held
on Saturday, November 14,
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Good-
sports in Wall.
Kyle Kirst was a long-time
assistant coach at Summit
High School, who recently
died, leaving behind his wife
and five young sons.
The lacrosse associations
are running a coaches clinic
in honor of Kirst as a fund
raiser for the family.
Special guest presenters
include Chris Wojcik head
coach at Harvard as well as
Bill Pilat head coach at
Roanoke.
There will be six presen-
ters who are in the New Jer-
sey Lacrosse Hall of Fame
and players from Brookdale
Community College will help
out with on field presenta-
tions.
The event is organized by
lacrosse clubs of Wall, Man-
asquan, Mountain Lakes and
Summit.
Anyone interested in mak-
ing a donation in advance
please send to:
Kirst Children Educational
Found, P.O. Box 1352, Summit,
New Jersey, 07901.
For more information on
the clinic email Bob Sheridan
a t
sheridanb27@optonline.net.
Lacrosse
clinic held at
Goodsports
Point Boro to face Pinelands Regional with a chip on their shoulder

5. BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
MANASQUAN — It is never
easy to open the season on
the road, but Point Boro’s
field hockey team had only a
short ride Friday afternoon
when it crossed the bridge to
take on Manasquan. Unfortu-
nately the Panthers had diffi-
culty besting the Warriors on
their home turf, losing 2-0 in
a game that otherwise
seemed evenly matched.
Point Boro got off to a
slow start and relied heavily
on their defense in the first
half.
“I feel like the first 10 min-
utes, maybe, it took us awhile
to click,” said head coach
Melissa Moberg. “But then
we started moving the ball,
we started passing better and
communicating.”
In goal for the Panthers
was sophomore Carson
Swisher and, in her first ever
varsity appearance, put out a
great performance despite
the final score. Manasquan
pressed on the offensive and
looked to score early but
Swisher made two early
saves in the first 15 minutes
of play and got some more
help from Boro captain Shea
Blake.
Blake did a good job of
keeping any direct paths to
goal closed and the Warriors
struggled to find a way in.
As play continued the Pan-
thers created more offensive
opportunities and with 10
minutes left in the first half
they took their first shots on
goal. Manasquan’s goalie,
Olivia Munn, proved just as
dependable as Swisher and
kicked away Boro’s shots to
keep the score knotted at
zero.
The Panthers had another
shot with 2:24 left on the
clock when Morgan Mulvey
streaked up the right sideline
and angled towards Man-
asquan’s goal. She dodged a
defender and took a chance
on goal but Munn stood tall
and recorded another save
for the Warriors.
The two teams went into
halftime tied at zero and
Moberg encouraged her
players to be more aggres-
sive in going after the ball.
“Cutting to the ball, going
to the ball, playing the whis-
tle and being aggressive. I
told the girls they’re too
nice,” said Moberg with a
smile after the game. “They
have to go out there and go
to that ball. Fiesty, but in a
good way.”
The Panthers played ex-
ceptionally well in the sec-
ond half, as they out pos-
sessed Manasquan.
In the 11th minute Point
Boro had what they thought
was the first goal of the
game. On a Panther corner
the ball was put into play
from Allegra Drzymkowski
to Blake who ripped a shot
that landed in the left bottom
corner of Manasquan’s goal.
The shot was called off
though because Blake was
outside the shooting circle.
Boro had a few more oppor-
tunities with corners that
they were unable to capital-
ize on.
The Warriors, however
made good use of their few
offensive opportunities and
scored two goals at the
halfway mark.
Manasquan’s Hannah Pet-
tit scored two goals only a
minute apart from each oth-
er. Teammates Emma Pettit
and Kayla Perez assisted on
the Warrior goals.
Point Boro still had ample
time left in the game and
spent the majority of it in
Manasquan’s territory. The
Warrior defense proved to be
too much for the Panthers
though and the final whistle
blew with the score 2-0,
marking Boro’s first loss of
the season.
In the end Moberg was
happy with her team’s per-
formance and recognized
how close the game was
from start to finish. She was
also proud of Swisher, who
recorded eight saves in the
loss.
“She did a phenomenal
job. We told her to keep her
head up the whole time,”
stated Moberg. “This was
her first varsity game and
she did awesome especially
against Manasquan who’s a
very strong team.”
On Tuesday the Point
Boro field hockey team
went up against St. Rose on
the road in the hopes of se-
curing their first win.
Point Boro found them-
selves on the winning side
of a 2-1 decision for the first
victory of the season.
Boro’s Avery Schatzman
opened the scoring for the
Panthers with a goal in the
21st minute. Haley Hanra-
han tacked on a second goal
in the 28th minute before St.
Rose’s Jacqueline Lorenzo
scored the Purple Roses’
lone goal in the 30th.
Point Boro host’s Lake-
wood today with the game
set to begin at 3:45 p.m.
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.
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STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR
Morgan Mulvey controls the ball against a St. Rose defender during
Tuesday’s game. Point Boro finished on top 2-1.
Point Boro beat top 10
ranked St. Rose 2-1 on
the road Tuesday
Boro drops opener to Manasquan, tops St. Rose
POINT BORO FIELD HOCKEY NOTEBOOK
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — After an im-
pressive 9-2 season last year
Point Boro’s girls gymnastics
team is ready for a rebuilding
season.
They fell just short of a di-
vision title, just less than a
point’s worth.
“We just missed winning
the division, literally by a
pointed toe,” said head coach
Jennifer von Doehren.
“That’s really good on us
though.”
Last year’s team was
strong, but they graduated a
key gymnast, Nicole Dahl.
“We lost a key player last
year. So this year it’s a very
young team,” said von
Doehren. “It’s a building year
for us. We have six incoming
freshmen.”
This season the team has
more members than ever be-
fore, something von Doehren
is excited about. There will
be a lot of teaching to be
done, as a handful of the team
has never competed in gym-
nastics although they have
done it before. The team and
von Doehren will look to the
two seniors on the team, Na-
talie Dikun and Alexa Mc-
Cormack, to help teach and
lead the young squad.
“I look for leadership. This
is the biggest team we’ve had
ever. We have 12 girls this
year,” stated von Doehren. “I
just really want my seniors to
show the girls what it means
to be a part of a team.”
Dikun, who has been a key
member of the team in sea-
son’s past, is working through
a knee injury. This means she
will not be able to compete as
an all around gymnast, some-
thing she did regularly last
year. McCormack is back and
will be competing in beam
and floor.
Von Doehren also ex-
pressed the need to teach the
girls confidence, especially
those who have never com-
peted before.
“A lot of the girls have nev-
er competed before so I just
want the girls to get confi-
dent,” she said.
While winning might be a
goal for most teams, von
Doehren wants to concen-
trate on building her team up
knowing that winning will
come later.
The Panthers spring into
the fall season at home
against Manchester Town-
ship. Home meets are held at
Brick Memorial High School
and the meet is set to begin at
4 p.m.
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 GYMNASTICS PREVIEW
Boro Panthers ready to rebuild from ground up
Seniors Dikun and
McCormack to lead
young team
“I think the defense did
amazing, as always, with
Rachel Bailey coming out of
nowhere and making tackles
and Robyn Winchester stay-
ing with one of their best
girls and shutting her out the
whole time,” explained Won-
dolowski. “Same with Amy
Bergquist and Robin Fiorenti-
no.”
Point Boro moved the ball
well against a solid Shore Re-
gional team. They battled for
first and second balls and the
hard work was reflected in
the final score. Their per-
formance made for a great
season opener and only adds
to the excitement of what the
season can bring.
“It felt great,” said Edolo af-
ter the win. “The center of
our midfield is really going to
be our strength this year. Julia
Conway and Julia Fitzsim-
mons have two exceptional
forwards to play through
balls to and you could see it.
There were times when both
of them cut the defense in
half with good runs from our
forwards.”
The Panthers will continue
working through opponents
one game at a time but the
strong win has Wondolowski
excited for the season.
“If we play like this the rest
of the season I think we can
go really far in states,” she
said with a smile.
Point Boro traveled to
Barnegat yesterday but the
game occurred too late for to-
day’s paper. Check back next
week for full coverage.
Tomorrow the Panthers
are back on the pitch as they
host Ocean Township. The
game is set to begin at 2 p.m.
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.
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FROM PAGE 29
Strong midfield play
opened up Boro scoring
THE COAST STAR
The Point Pleasant U-15
Hurricanes boys soccer team
is looking for players for the
Spring 2016 season.
The Hurricanes play in the
Monmouth Ocean Soccer
League [MOSA] and are
coming off an undefeated
regular season last spring.
The Hurricanes are look-
ing for committed players
who are interested in playing
the sport at the high school
level.
The Hurricanes will be
holding tryouts on Saturday,
October 17 and Saturday, Oc-
tober 24 from 4 to 5:15 p.m. at
the Bay Head School.
Any questions, call or text
Len Bardsley at 732-881-3248.
Tryouts held
for U-15 boys
soccer team
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