2019 Shore Conference Football Division Realignment
The Shore Conference Executive Committee on Thursday approved significant divisional realignment for football to be implemented for the 2019 season.
Just 18 of the Shore Conference’s 43 football programs will be in the same division as this past season. The National Division, which is comprised of the mostly Group 1 schools, has the most continuity with five teams returning, but there is a ton of movement throughout the other six divisions.
The top division in the Shore will be the American Division with Long Branch, Manalapan, Middletown South, Red Bank Catholic, Rumson-Fair Haven and Toms River North. Red Bank Catholic won the Non-Public Group 3 state title this past season, Long Branch won the Central Jersey Group 4 title and the Central/South Group 4 Bowl Game and Rumson won the Central Jersey Group 3 title and the Central/South Group 3 Bowl Game.
Mater Dei, which was 10-2 this past season and has reached three consecutive state championship games, jumps up four divisions to play in the Colonial Division with Brick, Freehold, Jackson Memorial, St. John Vianney and Wall.
The new divisions for the 2019 season can be seen below.
AMERICAN | COLONIAL | CONSTITUTION | FREEDOM |
Long Branch | Brick | Brick Memorial | Colts Neck |
Manalapan | Freehold | Freehold Township | Jackson Liberty |
Middletown South | Jackson Memorial | Howell | Lakewood |
Red Bank Catholic | Mater Dei Prep | Marlboro | Matawan |
Rumson-Fair Haven | St. John Vianney | Middletown North | Neptune |
Toms River North | Wall | Southern | Toms River East |
Toms River South | |||
LIBERTY | PATRIOT | NATIONAL | |
Central | Barnegat | Asbury Park | |
Donovan Catholic | Monmouth | Keansburg | |
Holmdel | Ocean | Keyport | |
Lacey | Point Boro | Manchester | |
Manasquan | Raritan | Pinelands | |
Red Bank | Shore | Point Beach |
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