shore conference football

*SSN Players of the Week *SSN Shore 16 rankings It’s a game we’ve been waiting to see for more than a year. Red Bank Catholic and Toms River North did not play last season as the debate raged over the final No. 1 ranking in the Shore Conference. They were in se...

LONG BRANCH – Da’Von Craft smiled when asked to describe his running style. “I would say Marshawn (Lynch),” he said. “I always watched Marshawn.” The Long Branch senior went beast mode on Friday the 13th, smashing through tacklers on his way to 171 yards rushing and a pair of touchdowns to power a 31-2 win over Southern in a nondivisional game at Bresett Stadium. “He’s a powerful runner,” Long ...

The state playoffs haven’t started yet, but they basically did for Manalapan in Week Six. The Braves faced undefeated Point Boro, a team averaging 42.4 points per game and ranked fourth in the Shore Sports Network Shore 16 at the time. To t...

HOLMDEL – A year ago at this time, Holmdel’s football team was 0-6 and missing its head coach on its way to a dismal one-win season. Turn the calendar forward 363 days, and the Hornets are 6-0 and just clinched at least a tie for their first division title in five years and the eighth in school history. The big...

RUMSON – Red Bank Catholic senior Emanuel Ross is one of the most dynamic wide receivers in New Jersey, but he showed on Friday night not to sleep on him as one of the best shutdown corners in the Shore Conference. Ross slowed down Rumson-Fair Haven standout wide receiver Nick Rigby, and senior defensive back Stephen Myers had a pair of interceptions as the Caseys pulled away with a big fourth qua

Nico Steriti went from tearing up the turf on a highly talented and successful Toms River High School East Raiders football team to doing so for the University of New Hampshire.

The Piners have had a stunt in their growth process in turning things around at Lakewood High School over the past few seasons and it's been a struggle to turn things in a positive direction.

A familiar Shore Conference face is now taking the reins to lead the Wildcats in 2022, John Tierney, who had served as a longtime assistant coach at Lacey High School under the legendary Lou Vircillo, before ending up at Pinelands and has now earned the bump up to head coach.

Combining rigid defense and sharp second-half offensive execution with ceaseless grit, No. 9 Wall upended No. 2 Rumson-Fair Haven, 14-3

Inspired by an injured teammate, senior Andre Johnson sparked Manalapan to a 23-13 victory over host Middletown South

Calm, cool and collected, senior QB Steve Lubischer helped engineer an undefeated, championship run for Red Bank Catholic.

Fulfilling a lifelong dream, Jeff Rainess crafted a football renaissance at Holmdel that yielded a divisional championship and its first winning season in over a decade.