Chris Maksimik

PISCATAWAY -- Manalapan stamped itself as the team to beat in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group V playoffs by rallying from a 10-point deficit in the second half to defeat Piscataway, 21-10, on Saturday afternoon at Rutgers University's High Point Solutions Stadium...

*2016 Shore Conference Football Preview Homepage* Manalapan entered last season with a new cast of skill players when a huge senior class graduated after leading the program to its first sectional title. The expectations from the outside weren’t nearly as high as the previous four seasons when the Braves reached a sectional final each year, yet a young Braves team was seconds away from beating the