Nickname: LUCH Birthplace: Long Branch Current Residence: Brick High School: Irvington HS College: University of Charleston Favorite college/pro teams: North Carolina/Penn State/Yankees/Giants/Rangers Favorite singer or group: Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin Favorite sports movie: A League of Their Own 5 people (past or present) you would like to have dinner with: Mickey Mantle/Joe Namath/Derick Jeter/Abe Lincoln/Elvis Presley
Ed Sarluca
Scanning The Scene: Offensive Explosion in Week 2
Over the course of the last 2 years, we have witnessed and may now be witnessing the 2 best offensive players to ever come out of the Shore.
Scanning The Scene: What We Learned From Week 1
While we watch and pray for the people in harms way down in Florida and in the Caribbean, the weather in New Jersey was perfect for the main start to the 2017 high school football season.
Scanning The High School Football Scene: Saturday Blues on the Gridiron
The second season begins this week with the first round of the State playoffs. 25 Shore area teams have qualified for a run at 23 State Championships to be given out over the weekend of Dec. 2-4. All six 2015 champs are back to defend their titles
Scanning The High School Football Scene: Championship Weekend
The second season begins this week with the first round of the State playoffs. 25 Shore area teams have qualified for a run at 23 State Championships to be given out over the weekend of Dec. 2-4. All six 2015 champs are back to defend their titles
Scanning The High School Football Scene: The Magnificent 10
The second season begins this week with the first round of the State playoffs. 25 Shore area teams have qualified for a run at 23 State Championships to be given out over the weekend of Dec. 2-4. All six 2015 champs are back to defend their titles
Scanning The High School Football Scene: Week 9
The second season begins this week with the first round of the State playoffs. 25 Shore area teams have qualified for a run at 23 State Championships to be given out over the weekend of Dec. 2-4. All six 2015 champs are back to defend their titles
Scanning The High School Football Scene: Week 8
The second season begins this week with the first round of the State playoffs. 25 Shore area teams have qualified for a run at 23 State Championships to be given out over the weekend of Dec. 2-4. All six 2015 champs are back to defend their titles
Scanning The High School Football Scene: Week 7
High school football is sport that you can't quite predict from week to week. When you are dealing with 15 through 18 year old boys, anything is possible.
Scanning The High School Football Scene: Week 7
We must start this week's blog with the statement win by Toms River North over Middletown South. The final was 41-21, but this one was over in the first quarter, as Mike Husni and Bryce Watts put on a pitch and catch display that was too much for the previous #1 Eagles...
Scanning The High School Football Scene: Week 6
The big week has finally arrived. For hard core football fans, they have had Oct. 21, 2016 circled for quite some time.
Scanning The High School Football Scene: Week 5
Going into week 6 we have 9 unbeaten teams left in the Shore. Let's take a closer look at each to see who has the best chance to stay that way before the week 9 cutoff date (Nov. 4-5) for the State playoffs:Middletown South (5-0): By far the toughest and most challenging schedule of all 9 teams...
Scanning The High School Football Scene: Week 4
With Athletic Directors waiting until the last minute to make the call on whether to play or postpone because of the heavy winds and drenching rain up and down the coast, all schools scheduled to play, did play, with some interesting results.