Class A South

No. 9 Southern 1, No. 3 Jackson Memorial 0

Sophomore Kevin Kiernan buried a 25-yard free kick from the left side of the field and the Rams (5-4-1, 3-1-1) made it hold up to hand the Jaguars (9-1, 5-1) their first loss of the season. The win also ended a five-game winless stretch (0-4-1) for Southern.

Brick Memorial 3, Brick 1

Eddie Suarez and Jake Marren scored a minute apart from one another during the middle part of the first half and the one-two punch proved to be the difference in a Mustangs (3-6-1, 2-3-1) win over the rival Green Dragons (5-7-1, 2-3-1).

Matt Ingenito set up the goal by Marren in the 25th minute that made the score 2-0 and Mike Ingenito capped the scoring in the 68th after Jim Bazydlo cut the Brick deficit in half with a goal in the 53rd. Sean Aubry and Luke Simek each added an assist in the win.

Toms River East 2, Toms River North 1

Peter Kozlej drilled a direct kick inside the far right post for the tie-breaking goal in the 64th minute and the Raiders (5-4, 2-3) beat the rival Mariners (6-2-3, 4-1-1) for the second time this season.

Toms River North tied the game in the 26th when Riley DeFeis one-timed a free kick by John Psaradakis from along the right side of the end line.

Toms River East struck first when Logan Romero headed a cross from Dylan DaCunha off a Mariners defender and into the goal in the 12th minute.

Toms River South 3, Central 0

Senior Ryan Laycock scored on Senior Night and sophomore Campbell Challoner also pitched in a goal to help the Indians (3-4-1, 2-3-1) blank the Golden Eagles (1-10-1, 0-5-1). Senior Danny Caruso assisted a goal, as did junior Jack Seitz.

 

Class B Central

Point Beach 2, St. Rose 1

Senior Ki Costa scored the game-winning goal in the 68th minute and the Garnet Gulls (7-2-1, 6-0-0) edged the Purple Roses (3-6-2, 1-2-0) to clinch the outright Class B Central title for the first time since 2013.

Costa also earned an assist on the equalizer in the 30th, which senior Alex Atno scored on a follow-up of Costa's initial shot.

Evan Walters gave St. Rose the early lead on a goal in the fifth minute.

Asbury Park 3, Henry Hudson 2

Jesus Ivan Ayala Vazquez and Woodley Cagilus each scored a goal and the Blue Bishops (3-6, 3-2) edged the Admirals (3-6, 1-3). Odhran King and Casey Haupt scored the two Henry Hudson goals.

 

Class B South

Point Boro 3, Manchester 0

Jeff Thompson assisted goals by Liam Kirinovic and Luke Severio and goalkeeper Steven Redler recorded his fifth straight shutout and the Panthers (5-8, 3-3) topped the Hawks (2-8-1, 0-5-0) for their fifth straight win.

Kirinovic opened the scoring in the 12th minute and Severio capped it in the 55th. Troy Schnappauf scored off a feed from Spencer Robinson to give Point Boro a 2-0 lead.

Lacey 4, Jackson Liberty 0

Kip Byrne scored two goals and assisted two by Sean Moffitt to lead the Lacey (9-1, 5-1) past Jackson Liberty (2-8, 2-4) for their ninth consecutive win. Byrne ran down a punt by goalkeeper Ryan Giles and scored the game's first goal in the 12th minute and later played a cross that Moffitt headed in for the second Lacey goal of the first half.

Pinelands 4, Lakewood 0

Dom Dos Santos, Kieran Sundermann and John Hart each notched a goal and an assist and the Wildcats (7-3, 6-0) rolled past the Piners (8-2-1, 4-2-0) to win at least a share of the Class B South championship of the second straight season. Anthony Diaz scored the other Pinelands goal.

Donovan Catholic 4, Barnegat 2

Sophomore Clay Yannazzone scored the game-winning header in the 64th minute to and the Griffins (3-5-1, 1-4-0) got past the Bengals (3-4, 2-4). Freshman Preston Kyriakoulis assisted two goals with corner kicks, with Matt Kekatos heading in the first and Yannazzone the second.

Ronan Bova opened the scoring for Donovan Catholic in the 12th minute off a pass from Max Dalton before Kekatos knocked in his header seven minutes later.

Barnegat rallied to tie the game on second-half goals by Joel Roig and Ricky Norman, the latter of which tied the game in the 51st.

Neithan Ramos scored in the 73rd minute to give the Griffins an extra cushion.

 

 

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