Gridiron Classic

*Photo gallery by Sport Shots WLB* BRICK - Brick kicker Anthony Starego ended a storybook and landmark high school career on Thursday night by booting the game-winning, 20-yard field goal with 5:21 left in the game to send Ocean County to a thrilling 17-14 win over Monmouth County in the 37th annual U...

The 37th annual U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron Classic, the oldest high school football all-star game in New Jersey, will kick off at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Brick Township's Keller Memorial Field. Here is all the info you need for the game, which is run by the Shore Football Coaches Foundation and game director Lou Vircillo, the head coach at Lacey: Tickets: $10 at the door...

There will be a new Shore Conference 7-on-7 champion crowned this year as Monmouth County winner Matawan will take on Ocean County winner Brick in the championship game at 5:45 p.m. in advance of the 7 p.m. kickoff at Thursday's U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron Classic at Brick's Keller Memorial Field...

Here are the numerical rosters for Thursday night's 37th annual U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron Classic, straight from the official game program. Rosters were provided by Ocean County head coach Rob Dahl and Monmouth County general manager Frank Papalia...

Since they were 10 years old, Neptune's Shakeem Richardson and Asbury Park's Daquane Bland-Bennett could count on the fact that every season they were either lining up on the same team or playing against one another. After flip-flopping from teammates to opponents throughout the years, they will once again be wearing the same jersey as part of the Monmouth County squad that will take on Ocean Coun

The Ocean County and Monmouth County 7-on-7 Tournaments will both be held on Wednesday night after being postponed from Monday because of thunderstorms. The Ocean County Tournament will be held from 5-9 p.m. at Toms River East, while the Monmouth County Tournament also starts at 5 p...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter The turnaround season that Mater Dei Prep enjoyed in 2013 came out of nowhere to 99 percent of the Shore Conference. Anyone who could have envisioned the Seraphs having one of their best seasons in program history resided deep within the program, and even some of those individuals weren’t sold until they were in the midst of a fantastic run...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter   Two of the Shore Conference’s top linebackers over the last four seasons will be joining forces this fall, but before they head off to college, the future roommates will play for one final bit of hometown bragging rights. ...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter.   Vinny Grasso was just a seventh-grader participating in the Shore’s Best Football Camp when he proved to his future coach, Monsignor Donovan’s Dan Duddy, he had some special characteristics. “He was probably about 5-foot-5 at the time and asked me to move up to the high school camp,” Duddy recalled. “...

Two coaches and two inductees from the media will be enshrined in the Shore Football Coaches Foundation Hall of Fame next week at the 37th annual U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron Classic. Former Raritan and Middletown South coach Bob Generelli, former Toms River North coach Bob Nani, Shore Sports Network's own Ed Sarluca, and former Asbury Park Press and Ocean County Observer sports editor Joe Adelizz

Twitter: @Scott_Stump LAKEWOOD - The countdown to the U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron Classic on July 17 continued on Wednesday night when the players and coaches from Monmouth and Ocean counties were treated to picnic at FirstEnergy Park by the Lakewood BlueClaws during their game against the Hagerstown (Md...

Twitter: @Scott_Stump *Gridiron Classic rosters/bios* With July upon us, the countdown to the 37th annual U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron Classic at 7 p.m. on July 17 at Brick Township's Keller Memorial Field has begun. The annual contest, the oldest all-star football game in New Jersey, pits the top seniors from Monmouth County against their counterparts from Ocean County...