2013 Shore Conference football

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter at @Bob_Badders Click here for a photo gallery Click here for video highlights SPOTSWOOD -- Point Beach knew exactly what it needed to do in order to slow down Spotswood’s running game on Saturday, but for 48 minutes there was no stopping Jack Dalrymple...

*Follow Managing Editor Scott Stump on Twitter at @Scott_Stump* *Click here for video highlights* LONG BRANCH - Whenever Long Branch head coach Dan George hits a career peak, it always seems to involve one of the Green Wave's oldest rivals...

Tweets by @Scott_Stump Class A North No. 5 Colts Neck 48, Marlboro 0 Quarterback Christian Sanchez ran for a 5-yard score and also threw touchdown passes to Nick Volpe and Jake Mullaney as the Cougars (3-0, 1-0) continue to dominate in the early going with their third shutout in three games as they blanked the Mustangs (0-3, 0-2)...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter at @Bob_Badders *Click here for video highlights* ABERDEEN -- Matawan’s suffocating defense had gotten the better of Ocean for three-plus quarters Friday night, but with Royal Moore and Tyler Thompson in the backfield, the Spartans knew all they needed was one play...

Munching on a hot pretzel under the cover of darkness outside the locker room after the cameras surrounding him were put away and lights turned off following Friday night's win over Toms River South, Brick's Anthony Starego managed a wan smile."I'm happy,'' he said. "But I'm tired."

*Follow Managing Editor Scott Stump on Twitter at @Scott_Stump* *Click here for video highlights* BRICK - As if Brick needed any more motivation in an already storied rivalry with visiting Toms River South, the Green Dragons practically had a laundry list of items spiking their adrenaline in an impressive 47-21 victory in Class A South on Friday night...

*Click here for a photo gallery by Cliff Lavelle* No. 9 Barnegat 24, Msgr. Donovan 18 Senior tailback A.J. Opre had touchdown runs of 4 and 15 yards, junior quarterback Cinjun Erskine added a 1-yard touchdown run, and Ryan Ulrich hit a 21-yard field goal as the Bengals (3-0, 2-0) never trailed on their way to a big win over the defending division champion Griffins (1-2, 1-1)...

In a dramatic reversal of a ruling from March, the NJSIAA has declared on Friday that Brick kicker Anthony Starego, who has multi-symptom autism, is immediately eligible to play a fifth season for the Green Dragons this fall, according to a news release by his family.

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Plenty of important divisional match-ups this week and several key games involving teams off to 2-0 starts highlight this week. This should start to give us a clearer picture of the front-runners in several divisions and start stamping the teams that look like they could be high seeds down the road in the state playoffs...

Red Bank Catholic senior two-way lineman Quenton Nelson was honored by the U.S. Army on Thursday morning with the presentation of his jersey for the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl in a ceremony at the high school. "I'm just humbled by it,'' Nelson said...

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