NJSIAA playoffs

By Liz Matakevich Shore Sports Network Contributor RUMSON - The second-seeded Rumson-Fair Haven boys soccer team made school history this season by securing a spot in its first ever Central Jersey Group II final. In the end, the program that had already made this trip before was the one that advanced to the Group II semifinals...

Follow Matt Manley on Twitter HOLMDEL - During the early stages of his team’s NJSIAA South Jersey Non-Public B championship game against Mater Dei Prep Thursday night at Holmdel High School, St. Rose girls soccer coach Mike Parshelunis told senior striker Lauren Gates to be aware of Mater Dei goalkeeper Katie Viscardi coming off of her line...

By Liz Matakevich Shore Sports Network Contributor TOMS RIVER - Toms River South junior forward Taylor Troutman has come up huge for her team all year with a team-high 27 goals prior to Thursday, but none of those had as much significance as her goal to tie Thursday’s NJSIAA South Jersey Group III final against Central Regional...

By Liz Matakevich Shore Sports Network Contributor WALL TWP. - Despite chilly, windy conditions during its semifinal match of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III playoffs, the sixth-seeded Wall boys soccer team capitalized on two chances in the second half to beat seventh-seeded Somerville 2-0 to reach the championship game...

Follow Matt Manley on Twitter for Scores and News from Around the Shore Sectional Semifinals Central Jersey Group IV (2) Hunterdon Central 1, (3) Manalapan 0   Central Jersey Group III (6) Wall 2, (7) Somerville 0 Zach Hetzel and Brendan Barcas scored a goal apiece and the Crimson Knights beat the Pioneers to advance to the sectional final Friday against top-seeded Allentown. Wal...

Follow Matt Manley on Twitter WEST LONG BRANCH – Shore Regional senior Ciara Boice is the only senior on the Blue Devils roster healthy enough to play during the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I playoffs, and she is hardly healthy. Boice is playing with a large brace on her right leg to stabilize a fracture in her knee, but that has not stopped her from serving as not only the senior leader, but a pr

By Liz Matakevich Shore Sports Network Contributor WALL – Senior Alix Couto was a freshman the last time the Wall girls soccer team went to an NJSIAA sectional final in 2010, and Monday against 11th-seeded Hightstown, she picked a good time to have the game of her career...

Follow Matt Manley on Twitter TOMS RIVER – Christian Brothers Academy freshman Matt Thorsheim is not only the youngest player on the Colts varsity soccer roster this year, but he is one of only four freshmen to ever start for CBA in the storied history of the program...

Follow Matt Manley on Twitter OCEAN TWP. – The Wall High School boys soccer team already won a tournament road game this during the Shore Conference Tournament and after picking up another key road win over a rival in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III playoffs on Friday, the Crimson Knights would like to finish the job this time...

By Liz Matakevich Shore Sports Network Contributor When Holmdel sophomore Hunter Chapman came up from the junior varsity team after injuries began to plague the offense, he never dreamed that he would follow in his older brother’s footsteps and help his team advance past Raritan to the semifinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II playoffs...

Follow Matt Manley on Twitter for Scores and News from Around the Shore NJSIAA Tournament Sectional Quarterfinals Central Jersey Group IV (5) Monroe 3, (4) Jackson Memorial 1 Jordan Hodges scored off a pass from Garrett Muzikowski, but the Jaguars fell to the defending sectional champion Falcons for the second straight season...

Follow Matt Manley on Twitter TOMS RIVER – The Toms River East boys soccer team got an unexpected home game Tuesday in the first round of the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV playoffs because fifth-seeded Toms River North was having work done on the track surrounding its field...