Mike Gesicki

As we watch this Shore Conference football season unfold, there are plenty of former Shore stars doing their thing at the next level. Here is a round-up of strong performances by Shore football grads from Saturday's action across the college football spectrum, from FBS to Division III...

Even though he caught just 24 passes in his first two years at Penn State, junior tight end Mike Gesicki has made a major impression. The former Southern Regional High School standout has been named to the John Mackey Preseason Award Watch List, which is given annually to the most outstanding collegiate tight end in the country...

A group of 17 Shore Conference seniors, including seven Shore Sports Network first-team All-Shore selections, have been announced as part of the South squad for this summer's Phil Simms North-South All-Star Football Classic. The game will be at 7 p...

Southern senior Mike Gesicki added to his highlight reel from this season with a 360 dunk against Brick on Saturday. Check it out below.

It has been a memorable day for football stars throughout the Shore Conference on Wednesday as they sign their National Letter of Intent for scholarships on National Signing Day. Here are some photos and tweets from Wednesday by local athletes making it official at the college of their choice...

*Note: Any Shore Conference players doing signings on Wednesday, please email the photos to Scott Stump at stump@allshoremedia.com or tweet them to @Scott_Stump to be included in a Signing Day photo gallery. Six Football Bowl Subdivision recruits will headline another banner class of Shore Conference football stars who will make their college commitments official on National Signing Day... Read Mo

JACKSON – Southern Regional senior Mike Gesicki considers himself an athlete for all seasons, and part of his basketball season during his four years as a varsity starter has typically involved working through double and triple teams. After three years of trying to fight through those waves of defenders, the 6’6” Penn State football recruit has instead learned to use his reputation and his physica

TOMS RIVER – Thursday night’s Class A South showdown featuring Southern and Toms River South was a match-up of opposites between the Indians’ dynamic backcourt and the Rams’ size and athleticism in the paint. Score one for the big guys...

Player of the Week Peyton Wejnert, So., Point Boro The sophomore sharpshooter averaged 28 points and a little fewer than eight rebounds in Point Boro’s three wins this week over Central, Barnegat and John F. Kennedy Iselin. That schedule is not exactly a murderer’s row of competition, but Wejnert exhibited marvelous consistency in the three games...

Four Shore Conference boys basketball standouts and a now-former Shore girls star were announced as nominees for the prestigious McDonald's All-American Games on Tuesday. The Point Beach tandem of guard Matt Farrell and forward Dom Uhl, Jackson Memorial center Eric Carter, and Southern senior forward Mike Gesicki were part of the 984 total players on the boys and girls side from across the country

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter at @Bob_Badders TOMS RIVER — When Southern got the news that it had been eliminated from playoff contention, it was a tough blow to a team that hoped to return to the NJSIAA South Jersey Group V final. Then the Rams, without several injured starters, had to square off against a Toms River East team that had a shot to qualify for the postseason with a victory on Saturd

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter at @Bob_Badders STAFFORD — Finally, they are what they thought they were. Brick Memorial has become a different team over the past four weeks. A squad that started the season 1-2 has now won four in a row, and firmly re-introduced itself as a championship contender...