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Featuredin This Issue

3 Jersey Shore Cartenter Cup Roster

4ELITE Recruits Day Coming in June

6CBA Outlasts RBCin SCT Semis

12Barnegat Charges IntoFirst SCT Finail

14 James Volpe Foundation Golf Classic Coming June

15Stumpy’s Corner

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The roster for the Jersey Shoresquad is set for the upcomingCarpenter Cup in Philadelphia,which features all-star teams fromNew Jersey, Pennsylvania andDelaware competing in a 16-team,single-elimination tournament.The tournament, which began in 1986, will start on

June 12, with Jersey Shore’s first-round game beingon June 14 at Ashburn Field in FDR Park inPhiladelphia. The championship game is on June 20 atCitizens Bank Park, the home of the Phillies. JerseyShore won the tournament in 1994, 2002 and 2010.

The Carpenter Cup team was selected by acommittee of Shore Conference coaches representingeach of the six divisions in the Shore. Also, a rulechange instituted this season by the Carpenter Cupcommittee has restricted each team to only 12 seniorson the roster.

Toms River South senior outfielder Russell Messler,who is headed to Howard College, a top juniorcollege program in Texas, is a rare three-timeCarpenter Cup selection. Also note that the positionsare not rigid, as players may be used at other spotsand the players listed at designated hitter could alsosee some time in the field. In addition, some of theplayers listed as alternates will see action right awaybecause of conflicts for other players in the earlyrounds of the tournament.

PITCHERSDan Serreino, Sr., Jackson LibertyShane McCarthy, Sr., Rumson-FHEvan Lobato, Sr., BrickJason Groome, So., BarnegatLuca Dalatri, So., CBAChris Murphy, Jr., Colts NeckDan Schirmacher, Sr., St. John Vianney

OUTFIELDERSRussell Messler, Sr., Toms River SouthKyle Cala, Sr., Brick MemorialMatt Cosentino, Sr., ShoreEvan Pietronico, Sr., St. John VianneyWill Morgan, Sr., CBAMorgan Maguire, Jr., Rumson-FH

THIRD BASEMENMatt Kurdewan, Sr., Red Bank CatholicJoey Rose, So., Toms River North

SHORTSTOPSAl Molina, Sr., Red Bank CatholicJon Meola, Jr., Toms River East

SECOND BASEMENRyan Wares, Sr., HowellBrendan Madigan, Sr., Red Bank Catholic

FIRST BASEMENTyler Kapuscinski, Jr., Colts NeckJohn Moschella, Jr., CBA

DESIGNATED HITTERSTommy Toole, Sr., Manasquan

Joe Silvestrone, Jr., Freehold Township

CATCHERSDan Wondrack, Jr., WallBrandon Martorano, So., CBA

ALTERNATESDevin Tomei, Sr., P, ManchesterAnthony Arneth, Jr., P, CentralNick Cardace, Sr., 1B, Freehold TownshipRob Napolitano, Jr., C, Howell

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Jersey Shore Set for Carpenter CupB y S c o t t S t u m p – M a n a g i n g E d i t o r

TR South senior outfielder Russell Messler

Shore Regional's Matt Cosentino

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Elite Recruits Day Coming in JuneB y S c o t t S t u m p – M a n a g i n g E d i t o r

Some of the top returning football talentin the Shore Conference should be ondisplay next month at the annual Shore’sBest Football Camp in Toms River.The Shore’s Best camp will be held from June 25-28 at

Riverwood Park in Toms River, culminating in the fourthannual Chris Melvin Elite Recruits Day on June 28 andSpecial Teams Solutions camp on the same day.

The Elite Recruits day is invite-only for rising sophomore,junior and senior recruits, and multiple college coaches willbe in attendance. Elite Day, run by recruiting analyst ChrisMelvin, features one-on-one competitions and combine-liketesting (optional) and a media segment. The cost for the June28 event is $40.

If a player is interested in the event and a spot to compete,contact Chris Melvin (C28melvin@gmail.com) and/or visitwww.NJFootballCamp.com.

“Every year the camp has grown and so has my Elite Day,”Melvin said. ” Last year’s event brought in Mike Basile(Brick Memorial) headed to Monmouth University, AlexThompson (Keyport) headed to Wagner, DeAndre Scott(Imhotep, Pa.) headed to Arizona State, Shaquille Benjamin

(Manchester) headed to CheyneyState, Joey Fields (MonsignorDonovan) headed to CentralConnecticut, Daquane Bland-Bennett (Asbury Park) headed toWest Virginia Wesleyan, JustinGille (St. John Vianney) headedto Lehigh, Kyle Carrington(Monsignor Donovan) headed toLiberty, Otis Kearney (TomsRiver South), Vincent Grasso(Monsignor Donovan) headed toMonmouth, Julanee Prince (St.John Vianney) headed to SacredHeart and many others.

The Elite Day award winnersat last year’s camp includedThomson at quarterback, risingBrick senior Ray Fattaruso, afirst-team All-Shore selection as a junior, at running back,Fields for wide receiver and quickest at the camp, JacksonMemorial’s Marcus Ademilola at tight end, Toms River Northrising senior Adam Kakar on the offensive line, LongBranch’s Saquan Gwaltney on the defensive line, first-teamAll-Shore pick Ken Bradley of Jackson Memorial atlinebacker, Basile at defensive back, Bland-Bennett as the

fastest and Manalapan rising senior Mike Caggiano, a first-team All-Shore pick, won the honors as the camp’s top kicker.

“(Shore’s Best camp director) Shawn Kennish has run andfine-tuned this camp for the past seven years and my EliteDay along with the Special Teams Solutions have become abonus to an already established camp.”

Local stars like Brick Memorial safety Mike Basile (left), who was lastyear’s Defensive Back MVP at the camp and is headed to Monmouth

University, and Toms River South defensive back Otis Kearney (right),who is headed to Central Michigan University, were part of last year’s

Shore’s Best Camp in Toms River.

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Colt-Casey Classic: CBA OutlastsRBC in SCT SemisBy Matt Manley – Senior Staff Writer

While Christian Brothers Academysophomore right-hander Luca Dalatrisaid he had every intention of pitchinga potential ninth inning inWednesday’s Shore ConferenceTournament semifinal against RedBank Catholic and senior flame-thrower Al Molina, he alsoacknowledged that exceeding 130pitches might have been where he andhis coaching staff drew the line.It never came to that, because before Red Bank Catholic could

push Dalatri to his limit, CBA finally pushed Molina to his.

n a bases-loaded ground ball to first by designated hitter TreyNelson, courtesy runner Brendan Shaw slid home with thegame-winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat awide throw to the plate and the Colts beat the Caseys, 2-1, in aclassic pitching showdown. CBA will now take on Barnegat inthe SCT championship game at 8 p.m. on Sunday at FirstEnergyPark.

Dalatri emerged the winner among the two aces, tossing aneight-inning complete game while allowing five hits and threewalks to go with 10 strikeouts.

“It’s every pitcher’s dream to compete in a game like that inan environment like this,” said Dalatri, referring to the packedperimeter at Count Basie Park for the second game of the SCTdouble-header between Monmouth County non-public rivals.“No pitcher wants to pitch in 10-0 games all the time. Youwant to pitch in those 1-0 and 2-1 games where every pitch isimportant and one pitch can mean the game.”

Molina struck out his 13th batter of the game to begin thebottom of the eighth on his 112th pitch, but battled controlproblems the rest of the way. CBA loaded the bases with oneout on two walks that book-ended a hit batter. Nelson – theNo. 9 hitter – worked the count to 3-and-1 and punched aground ball to first base, but Doug Facendo’s throw home waslow and to the outside of plate, too much so for catcher MikeAlescio to handle it.

“When you see a guy warming up in their bullpen and yousee the way he was starting to lose his control, he probablydidn’t have a whole lot left,” said Colts junior Griffin Arnott,who was hit twice by Molina and drove in the Colts’ first runin the second. “He was so good all game long and we all knowthe kind of competitor Al is that he was going to take the balluntil someone ripped it out of his hands. We still didn’t reallyhit him, but he lost the plate just long enough to give us achance.” Sophomore right-hander Luca Dalatri

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Molina allowed only two hits to gowith the 13 strikeouts, but also hit fourbatters and walked five in 7 1/3innings.

“I was never going to take him out(in the eighth),” said Red BankCatholic coach Buddy Hausmann, whowent to the mound to visit Molina oncein the seventh and again in the eighthwith the bases loaded and Nelsoncoming up. “I was just out there to talkto my defense. We all knew this washis game and that’s the way he wantedit. He’s a senior, and he’s been a greatplayer for us. He deserved the ballthere.”

Dalatri threw 113 pitches for thecomplete game and ended his night inresounding fashion – a swingingstrikeout of Caseys clean-up hitterMatt Kurdewan to end a 20-pitcheighth inning and give him his 10thpunchout.

“Coach (Marty Kenney) told megoing out for the seventh that this wasgoing to be it and when he came to me before the eighth, Isaid ‘There’s no way I’m coming out of this game,’” saidDalatri, who has completed eight of his nine starts afterWednesday’s complete game. “This is the reason I put in thework that I do in the offseason. I want to be strong so I canfinish games like this.

“It’s hard not to get caught up in the moment andsometimes it’s better to just let it all out, especially in asituation like that. I felt really strong all game, especially inthe eighth inning. That last batter was probably my best

fastball all day.”

Molina made his biggest pitch ofthe game one half-inning beforeDalatri’s 10th strikeout. CBA gotrunners to second and third withtwo out and first baseman andclean-up hitter John Moschellacoming up. Moschella battled to a3-and-2 count, but Molina broke offa slider down and in that induced aswinging strike three from the left-handed hitter.

“With the way he (Moschella) hasbeen swinging the bat, I wasfiguring they might walk him,”Kenney said. “When they didn’t,I’m thinking to myself, ‘Well, thisis the guy we want up here.’ I trustJohn Moschella a lot in thosesituations, but Molina made a toughpitch in a situation where we tellour guys to be ready to hit.”

RBC threatened in the top of theseventh when Alescio led off withhis second single of the game and

moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by designated hitter TomMerlo. Facendo smacked a line drive to right field with oneout, but Colts right fielder Will Morgan tracked it down forthe second out. Dalatri responded by striking out left fielderChris Bender to end the threat.

CBA scored first on an RBI fielder’s choice by Arnott in thesecond inning. RBC tied it in the fourth on a sacrifice fly byMerlo that scored Molina. Alescio went 2-for-2 with a walkagainst Dalatri and singled to right field on a hit-and-run topush Molina to third base during the fourth-inning rally.

Dalatri had one of the two CBA hits and the other was abunt single by Moschella, who also walked and flied out tothe edge of the warning track in right field.

Before they can worry about the SCT final, CBA andBarnegat will host NJSIAA Tournament games on Friday,with CBA playing St. John Vianney in the South Jersey, Non-Public A semifinals and Barnegat taking on Buena in theSouth Jersey Group II championship.

“I just think we’re playing like a team that wants to keepplaying,” Kenney said. “When we weren’t playing well duringthe middle of the season, you could just sense that therewasn’t a lot of enthusiasm to go out and play every day, andas a coach, you don’t know if it’s ever going to show up.Since we’ve been playing in the tournaments, we’ve had thatenergy that’s been missing.”

“Any chance we have to put more balls on the wall, we’regoing to go for it with everything we have,” Arnott said,referring to the baseball-shaped banners that the Colts hangon the outfield fence at their home field to commemorate achampionship. “We already got one with the MonmouthCounty Tournament and as long as we’re alive for two more,our mentality is to get ready for the next game and try to stayalive.”

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ld Bridge did the unthinkable in theNJSIAA South Jersey Group IV

semifinals when it held Southern’sscoring machine, DylanJinks, without a singlepoint. His teammates hadhis back in thatgame, rallyingin the fourthquarter to thrust theRams into thesectional final.

On May 24 on Emmert Field, Jinksreturned the favor with a redeeming and clutchperformance.

With the South Jersey Group IV title game betweentop-seeded Southern and third-seeded Lenape insudden-victory overtime, Jinks blasted a shot from theleft side past Indians goalie Manny D’Allesio 1:03 intothe extra session, giving the Rams an 11-10 victory andtheir second straight South Jersey Group IVchampionship. Two days after being held scoreless for thefirst time all season, Jinks scored five times and assisted onfour other goals to return Southern to the Group IV title game.

“Dylan did not play well the last game and he got shut out,and he took it as a personal mission he was not going to bedenied today,” said Southern head coach John Pampalone. “Heshowed today he’s a special player.”

“I was a little upset off the Old Bridge game,” Jinks,who finished with a Shore Conference-record 93 goalsthis season, said after the game. “I like scoring goals,but it’s not all about me. All that matters is we get thevictory. As a team, we don’t have a quittingmentality.”

Southern (20-3) went on to fall 10-6 to

Westfield in the Group IV championship game on May 28, but with back-to-back sectionaltitles and a strong group led by Jinks coming back next year, the Rams are knocking on thedoor of becoming the first Shore Conference boys lacrosse team to win a Group title.

After scoring three unanswered goals to take a 10-9 lead into the fourth quarter againstLenape, Southern held that advantage into the latter stages of the fourth quarter. But with3:39 left in regulation, Lenape netted the equalizer on Andrew Streilein’s third of the game.Lenape had one final possession in the fourth quarter, but Southern junior goalie BrendanLefanto made a body save along the left post to send the game into overtime.

“My heart was racing a mile a minute,” Jinks said. “When he made that save I knewgoing into overtime we had a great chance.”

Senior face-off specialist Billy Dowd and his 77 percent efficiency have been a hugeweapon for Southern’s high-powered offense. His clean win and goal directly off a drawlate in the third quarter gave Southern a 10-9 lead, and he once again secured a crucialpossession in overtime. On this one, he needed some help, though. After winning theball back into his own end, Dowd and his teammates scrambled for the ground ball.Eventually junior midfielder Shawn McManus came out of the pack with the ball, andSouthern immediately called timeout.

Southern’s strategy was simple: take the first quality chance that presented itself. After asuccessful clear into the offensive end, the Rams set up for the game-winner. They workedthe ball around twice before Mullen settled it behind the net. He sent a pass ahead to Jinkson the left side of the box and the junior did what he had already done four times in thegame and countless times throughout his career. His rocket of a shot beat D’Allesioup high and set off the celebration.

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“I saw the pole was a little slowclosing out, and I had a couple ofgoals like that already,” Jinks said. “Iwas going to try to wrap it around thedefender and get something going. Ithit the back of the net and it was thegreatest feeling ever.”“We just wanted the best shot we could get,” Pampalone said. “At times we

tried to slow it down because (Lenape’s) offensive possessions were so longand our defense was getting a little tired. But in overtime, we said the first goodshot, we’re going to take it. Great players make great shots, and Dylan Jinksis a great player.”

In winning their second straight sectional title, the Rams also exactedsome revenge on Lenape (14-8) for an 8-6 defeat in the season-opener for bothteams.

“It was lurking every single second since we stepped off the field after that loss,”Jinks said. “We hoped we saw them in an important game, and it turned out that way.”

“Losing 13 seniors off last year’s team, we came into the Lenape game in thebeginning of the season not

knowing whatkind ofteam wewere,”

Mullen said. “We came in today knowing we were going to beat them.”

The victory for Southern came differently than all of its season’s biggest prior wins.The Rams didn’t have to mount a fourth-quarter rally as they did in wins over CBA,Barnegat and Old Bridge, and it wasn’t a blowout like most of their other wins. The scorewas tight from the start with neither team holding more than a two-goal edge the entiregame. Jinks got the scoring started at 9:56 of the first quarter with a blast from the top ofthe box, but Scott Fayan dodged and scored to tie the score at one exactly two minuteslater.

At 7:08, Jinks found Mullen with a pass to the middle of the box, and the seniorfinished to give Southern a 2-1 lead. Brandon Sweder knotted the score at two for Lenapewhen he curled around the net and scored at 3:16, but Jinks helped forge the go-aheadgoal when he picked up a ground ball near the midfield line and found Nick Simonelli on

the crease for a goal with 33 seconds left inthe first quarter.

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Lenape at 8:23 of the second quarter, but Southernthen scored twice to take a 5-3 lead. Jinksfed Simonelli for a goal directly off theensuing Dowd face-off win at 8:15, thenJinks scored with another long-distancehowitzer at 5:50. Lenape would rally,however, with a pair of goals from

ConnorWolfe and ago-ahead tally by

Justin Holl in a span of 1:56 to take a 6-5 lead at halftime.

“The way (Lenape) runs its offense we werehaving trouble getting the matchups

we needed,” Pampalone. “Themiddies had to step

up and play bothsides of the

ball.

We challenged themat halftime and theystepped up to thechallenge.”

Brunetti pushed the Indians’ lead to 7-5 when he finishedoff a great pass from Tim Montgomery at 8:00 of the third, butSouthern answered when McManus squeaked one pastD’Allesio on the short side at 6:56, and Jinks whipped anotheroutside shot into the upper corner at 5:32.

The back-and-forth battle continued with Lenape re-takingthe lead, 9-7, on goals by Streilein and Brunetti at 4:36 and3:44, respectively. Jinks pulled Southern to 9-8 with his fourthgoal, again by sending a missile past D’Allesio. With 1:05 leftin the third, Jinks froze the Lenape defense by faking a shotfrom high in the box, then feeding senior Brian Dunphey atthe crease for an easy equalizer. Dowd gave the Rams the leadby winning the face-off and going in uncontested with 51seconds left.

“My coaches were telling me they weren’t going to slide tome, and most of the year I couldn’t shoot because of my(injured) ankle,” Dowd said. “The scouting report on the goalwas he’s not good low, so I put it low and hoped it went in.”

“He took a nice shot in the beginning of the game andthe goalie made a nice save,” Jinks said. “We knew if hegot that opportunity again he was going to bury it.”

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Ever since losing the OceanCounty Tournament championshipgame to Central Regional on May13, the Barnegat baseball teamhas been reaching unchartedterritory with each of its sevenstraight wins.While rolling through a number of program

firsts on the way to Wednesday’s ShoreConference Tournament semifinal against Wall,there is one first that has continued to eludeBarnegat: a loss to a team outside of its division.

Junior John Corbett threw a five-hit shutoutafter his offense jumped on Wall for twounearned runs in the top of the first and theBengals held off the Crimson Knights, 2-0, to wintheir eighth straight and advance to their firstSCT final on Sunday at FirstEnergy Park againstChristian Brothers Academy.

The win also clinches Barnegat its first 20-winseason (20-8) and improves the Bengals’ recordagainst teams outside of the Shore ConferenceClass B South division to 11-0.

“We’ve said all along that this group has achance to be special,” Barnegat coach Dan

McCoy said. “The only thing we lacked was theexperience in big games. We’ve had to take sometough losses, and we went through a bad stretchfor about two weeks, but the important thing isour guys learned from it and never stoppedbelieving in their ability.”

Prior to this season, Barnegat – which playedits first season of varsity baseball in 2007 – hadnever reached a tournament championship gameof any kind. With Wednesday’s win, the Bengalsguaranteed an appearance in a thirdchampionship game this season. In addition tothe SCT final and the loss in the OCT finalearlier this month, Barnegat will host Buena inFriday’s NJSIAA South Jersey Group IIchampionship.

“There were definitely some nerves in the OCTfinal against Central, and I think they probablygot the better of us,” Corbett said. “Since thatgame, we’ve been playing our best baseball ofthe season and now we’re going into thesegames knowing what a championship game islike and knowing exactly how we have toapproach it.”

The Bengals have been nearly perfect thistournament season despite a 7-7 record in ClassB South, which tied them for fourth place withOCT champion Central. They are 13-1 overall

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Barnegat Charges Into 1st SCT FinalBy Matt Manley – Senior Staff Writer

Junior right-hander John Corbett

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outside the division, with a 2-1 record in tournamentgames against fellow B South teams.

Corbett kept his defense busy by walking only one andnot recording a strikeout. The Bengals made two errors,but also picked up Corbett a number of times, mostnotably on a play by freshman shortstop AaronMcLaughlin in the bottom of the sixth. Wall third basemanand No. 3 hitter Ryan Orender drilled an eye-level linedrive back toward Corbett to lead off the Wall sixth.Corbett deflected the line drive just enough to slow itdown and redirect it toward the shortstop side of secondbase, where McLaughlin flagged it down and threw outOrender on the run for the first out of the sixth.

“That was a key inning for us to get through the heart oftheir order, so to get that first out was huge,” Barnegatjunior catcher Nik Fraim said. “We knew they had a goodhitting team, and we focused on moving the ball in and outto their hitters and keeping the ball down. Corbettexecuted the pitches like he always does and the defensemade the plays.”

While sophomore left-hander Jason Groome hasgarnered most of the acclaim for his dominantperformance this season, Corbett has also establishedhimself as a solid starter on a 20-win team. With hisshutout Wednesday, the junior right-hander improved to ateam-best 6-1 (tied with Groome) while lowering hisearned-run average to 1.53 and his walks-plus-hits-per-innings pitched (WHIP) to 1.11.

“I was hurt for a lot of last year and I only pitched a littlebit,” Corbett said. “We knew we had Jason and (junior)Seamus (Brazill), and I just wanted to show the coachesthat I could be someone who goes out and gives the team achance to win. We have a lot of those guys right now andI’m glad I get a chance to be one of them.”

“He didn’t have his curveball today,” McCoy said ofCorbett. “Usually, that curveball is the big pitch for himbecause he can get an out with it and also keep guys offbalance, but today, he had to pitch without it at times andthat speaks volumes of his composure and hiscompetitiveness. Togo out and shut out ateam like that withouta full arsenal isimpressive.”

Barnegat scoredtwice in the firstinning thanks to fourWall errors thatfollowed back-to-backsingles by centerfielder Ryan Ulrichand Fraim to start thegame. SophomoreJared Kacso choppeda misplayed grounderto the left side toscore Ulrich with thegame’s first run.

Wall got an out onthe play when catcher Dan Wondrack threw out courtesyrunner Max Rittner attempting to advance to third, butBarnegat added another run when Wondrack’s throw tothird on a double-steal went into left field, allowing Kacsoto score.

Wall seniors Tim Willey and Matt Tancredi both singledin the bottom of the seventh, but Corbett induced a fly outfrom leadoff hitter and shortstop Chris Barcas to end thegame with the tying run on first. Wall did not advance a

runner farther than second base against Corbett.

Wall senior right-hander Tyler Swiggart allowed onlyone infield hit and a hit batter after the two singles byUlrich and Fraim. After an infield single by Fraim to lead

off the third,Swiggart retired thefinal 15 batters hefaced, finishing withno earned runs onthree hits, no walksand two strikeouts.

“For the last coupleof weeks, we’vecome to play everygame,” McCoy said.“We’re not alwaysgoing to score a tonof runs, especiallyagainst a qualitypitcher like(Swiggart), but we’recompeting hard, ourpitchers are throwingstrikes and we’remaking the plays.

With the way we’re playing, if we score runs, I like ourchances.”

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The third annual James Volpe FoundationGolf Classic is coming next month to help raisemoney to support local charities and fund fourscholarships for local high school students.The James Volpe Foundation was created in memory of former Jackson

Memorial outfielder James Volpe, who died at 18 years old in a car crash inMay of 2011. In the past three years, the foundation has awarded numerousscholarships, supplied holiday gifts and food to families suffering financialhardships, supported a SADD chapter at Jackson Memorial High School,donated to local Little Leagues to allow several dozen children to play baseballfrom families with financial hardships, donated to Children’s SpecializedHospital and more.

This year’s golf outing will be on June 16 at Pine Barrens Golf Club inJackson. There will be a shootout competition, closest-to-the-pin contest,awards, presentations and silent gift auctions. The golf portion of the outingbegins with registration at 10:30 a.m., with lunch served at noon. A shotgunstart will begin at 12:30 p.m., with dinner at 5:30. The field is limited to 120golfers and last year’s event sold out, so it’s a good idea to sign up early toreserve your spot.

Entry fees are $200 per golfer which includes a gift bag, lunch, 18 holes ofgolf and dinner. There are also platinum ($1,500), gold ($1,000), silver ($500)and bronze ($250) sponsorships available for the outing, which entitles your

company or business to opportunities such as a banner sporting yourcompany logo on the golf course. Platinum and gold also include agolf foursome and other perks.

For those who can’t make it to the golf portion, you can stillreserve a seat for the buffet dinner at 5:30 for $40 per seat. For moreinformation on sponsorships or to makegolf or dinner reservations, pleasecontact Linda Russo at:lirusso@optonline.net or (646) 436-0975 by June 12. You can also visitthe James Volpe Foundationwebsite for additionalinformation, buying into thegolf event or to take a tour ofpast year’s successful events.

This year the foundationwas able to add anadditional scholarship forincoming freshmen at KeanUniversity, which is whereVolpe was committed toattend before his tragicdeath.

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Thecoachingcarousel has been spinning wildly duringthis offseason of Shore Conferencefootball, with five new coaches alreadynamed and four more programs enteringJune without head coaches. The most surprising aspect has been

the timing of many of the changes. Fourcoaches resigned in May, which isunusually late in the scholastic yearconsidering most teams like to have anoffseason plan in place to get ready to gothe instant the summer hits in order to beprepared for camp in August. Theprograms entering the summer withouthaving approved new head coaches yetare already behind the eight-ball when itcomes to preparation. It also can limitthe school’s choice of replacements, asmany prospective coaches might alreadyhave their plans set for the fall.

When preseason camps start, therewill be nine Shore teams with new headcoaches – Colts Neck, Howell, St. JohnVianney, Holmdel, Neptune, Wall,Asbury Park, Keyport and Manchester.Class A South is the only division in theShore that has not had any turnoversince last season ended. Two coaches,Mark Ciccotelli and Nick Gregorio, lefttheir respective programs to take jobs atother schools. Ciccotelli, who guidedNeptune to a Central Jersey Group IIItitle in 2011 and a final appearance in2012, is now the head coach at St. JohnVianney. Gregorio, whose Wall teamwent 3-7 with a state playoff appearancelast fall, is now the head coach at DoverHigh School up in Morris County.

Keyport will be replacing the most

accomplished coach, as Hall of Famer Mike Ciccotelli, Mark’solder brother, retired after 36 seasons, 231 wins and six NJSIAAsectional titles with the Red Raiders. They had yet to name a newcoach at the end of May. One of Ciccotelli’s former assistants,Jay Graham, has replaced Frank Papalia as the head coach atHolmdel after Papalia stepped down during theoffseason. Graham was also previously the headwrestling coach at Holmdel.

Neptune has hired Ciccotelli’s replacement, RodneyTaylor, who played for the Scarlet Fliers and was afreshman coach on Ciccotelli’s staff the past threeyears. Taylor has been a teacher and a coach at theschool for eight years and looks to keep the ScarletFliers among the Shore’s top teams. Wall is expectedto approve Dan Curcione as Gregorio’s replacement.Curcione was the defensive coordinator for theCrimson Knights last season and previously served thesame role at Toms River North.

Former Toms River South head coach Bill Hill is thenew head coach at Asbury Park, replacing KeithKillea, who stepped down after leading the Blue

Bishops to a 7-4 seasonand the Central JerseyGroup I semifinals inhis first and only yearas the head coach.Gerard O’Donnell, wholed Manchester to oneof only two stateplayoff appearances inschool history duringhis tenure, steppeddown in May, and the Hawks hadnot named a new coach by the endof the month.

One of the more surprisingresignations in May was ColtsNeck’s Greg LaCava, who led theCougars to a school-record 10wins and their first NJSIAAsectional final in the fall, wherethey fell to Brick in the CentralJersey Group IV championshipgame. He presided over the beststretch of Colts Neck football inhistory, as they won nine games in2012 and reached the sectionalsemifinals. Another vacancy inClass A North is at Howell, whereDerek Reichenbecher steppeddown after two seasons with theRebels.

The one common theme is thatthe coaches who decided to stepdown without another job in handgave the usual generic reasons on

the record (“more time with family,” “it was time”) because inthis climate they have to be careful what they say in case theywant to look for another coaching job. Also, most of thesecoaches are teachers, so they know if they badmouth theadministration on the way out the door, it could spell trouble for

their livelihood.There is usually adrastic differencebetween the on-the-record and off-the-record accounts ofwhy they areleaving.

The general senseis that the ShoreConference, likecountless otherplaces in thiscountry, is becomingmore and morecutthroat. Coachesare given a fewyears to win, and ifit doesn’t happen ordoesn’t seem likethe right fit, they’regone, regardless ofwhether the programhas a winningtradition or notradition. Also,many Board ofEducation members

seems to have heavier input into the comings and goings ofcoaches than in recent memory. Rather than letting the athleticdirector and others make the call, BOE members often have theirfavorites picked out from the beginning. A simple change amongadministration or on the BOE could spell doom for a coach whodoesn’t want to leave of his own accord.

It also results in situations like coaches resigning late in theschool year, which immediately puts the program behind andmakes it more difficult for the next guy to come in and get up tospeed in time. It also means that very few coaches in the Shoreare fully secure in their jobs, no matter what theiraccomplishments.

Will coaching changes in May become a normal thing now?We’ll have to wait until next year to find out. For now, it’s worthkeeping an eye on the programs that have had such late changesof leadership and staff to see if it sets them back on the field.

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