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Photo gallery by Ray Richardson BERKELEY TOWNSHIP -- Manalapan offered an early glimpse of what is expected to be one of the top teams in the area this upcoming season during the Thursday night's Shore Conference 7-on-7 championship...

BERKELEY TOWNSHIP -- Brick Memorial defensive end Chris Hayes swore all week that he would find a way to get in the end zone in Thursday night's U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron Classic. That moment came with under five minutes left in the game when Jackson Memorial defensive end Tyler Towns tipped a pass into the air that Hayes grabbed for a crucial interception for Ocean County...

Photo gallery by Ray Richardson BERKELEY TOWNSHIP -- Ocean County's defense was hyped throughout the week as having the potential to take over the 39th U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron Classic, and the unit did exactly that to extend the county's winning streak and close the gap in the all-time series...

Dominant, star-studded, terrifying and deep. Any of those adjectives and more could be used to accurately describe the group of defensive linemen Ocean County will deploy on Thursday in the U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron Classic. “Monmouth better watch out for the line, that’s all I’ve to to say,” said Toms River North’s Da’Shon Copes...

MIDDLETOWN -- After a great start to its Shore Conference Tournament semifinal game against Ocean, Christian Brothers Academy suddenly found itself searching for a way to regain momentum. There was no panic from the Colts, however. Playing their best lacrosse of the season at the most important juncture affords that kind of confidence...

TOMS RIVER -- Winning a region title is the ultimate goal for all the tournament's participants, but there's a reason the contrast between exhilaration and agony is so great in the third-place bouts. It is in those make-or-break matchups that a wrestler's season is either extended or extinguished...

No. 7 Brick Memorial 31, Old Bridge 17 Senior quarterback Tim Santiago ran for 171 yards and two touchdowns and sophomore fullback Tony Thorpe added 155 yards rushing and a touchdown as the Mustangs (4-1) rallied from an early deficit to defeat the Knights (3-2)...

After Central, Donovan Catholic, Southern and Pinelands whet our football appetites with a pair of down-to-the-wire games in Week Zero, the rest of the Shore Conference will deliver the main course this weekend as the 2015 high school football season kicks into gear...

*2015 Football Preview Homepage* With multiple returning starters, including its quarterback and a physical and experienced group of two-way linemen, Brick Memorial is banking on continuing to be one of the Shore Conference’s most consistent teams and making a run at the program’s third state championship...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter for scores and news from around the Shore.  *Click here for video highlights* BRICK — When gauging his team’s performances on a match-to-match basis, Brick Memorial head coach Mike Denver has a pretty simple format...

BRICK TOWNSHIP — With Brick Memorial’s offense not only sputtering, but setting Toms River East up with great field position during the second and third quarters of Friday’s Shore Conference Class A South game, its defense knew it had to rise to the occasion if the Mustangs were to run their winning streak to three games...