Causeway Family of Dealerships Friday Football Scoreboard, 11/6/15
Scores and details from Friday's Shore Conference football games.
Friday, Nov. 6
Class A North
Manalapan 42, Howell 0
Senior running back Marcus Salinas ran for 181 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries to lead the Braves (5-4, 3-3) past the Rebels (3-6, 2-4).
Salinas scored on a 17-yard run in the first quarter and a 6-yard run in the third quarter. Sophomore Chris Maksimik ran for a 7-yard touchdown and also caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Cody Wiener. Wiener also threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to L.J. Holder and finished 5-of-8 for 112 yards. He also kicked five extra points. Dan park added a four-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.
The shutout was the second of the season for Manalapan's defense.
Middletown North 27, Freehold Township 14
Senior running back Chad Freshnock returned after missing the last six games with an injury to run for a pair of touchdowns in the Lions' (6-2, 4-1) victory over the Patriots (4-5, 2-4).
Freshnock had scoring runs of 1 and 2 yards, while junior quarterback Donald Glenn threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to junior Dwight Wilkerson. Austin Dewise scored on a 1-yard run in the third quarter that put Middletown North up 20-0.
Freehold Township rallied with a 21-yard touchdown pass from senior Jack O'Brien to senior Nick Galanti, and an 8-yard touchdown run by Anthony Lotti.
Class A Central
No. 2 St. John Vianney 67, Manasquan 0
The Lancers (9-0, 6-0) unloaded on the Warriors (3-5, 2-4) to clinch the outright division title for the second straight season. It is the first time in program history the Lancers have won back-to-back titles.
Senior quarterback Anthony Brown threw a pair of touchdown passes to senior Khalil Haskins, another to senior Marcque Ellington and one each to Jeff Sheard and Calvin Beaty. He also scored on a long touchdown run to finish with six total touchdowns. Sheard also had a touchdown run and junior Chris Chukwuneke scored a long touchdown run as the Lancers built a 53-0 halftime lead.
Junior Matt DeGennaro added a touchdown pass to sophomore Zyaire Sterling. The Lancers defense recorded two safeties on their way to registering their fourth shutout of the season.
No. 7 Rumson-Fair Haven 41, Holmdel 0
Junior running back Matt Vecchiarelli ran for 105 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries and the Bulldogs (7-1, 5-1) defense recorded its fourth shutout of the season in taking down the Hornets (1-7, 0-5).
Vecchiarelli had scoring runs of 14 and 10 yards in the first half, and junior quarterback Mike O'Connor scored on a 27-yard run to give Rumson a 21-0 halftime lead. Junior running back Bryan Hess scored on a 5-yard run in the third quarter, and backup quarterback Jack Volker gave the Bulldogs a 34-0 lead with a 1-yard run. Peter Lucas capped the scoring with a 22-yard touchdown run.
Monmouth 30, Raritan 21
Casey Pachucki scored three rushing touchdowns and the Falcons (4-4, 2-4) returned a kickoff for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter to knock off the Rockets (3-5, 2-3).
Derek Ernst ran for over 100 yards and a touchdown for Raritan. Sean Ennis also had a touchdown run, and Marc Carnivale threw a touchdown pass to Mason Sheehan.
Monmouth also recorded a safety.
Class A South
No. 5 Brick 17, Toms River South 7
Juniors Ja'Sir Taylor and Rashon McCall scored touchdowns and senior Javion Harris kicked a 31-yard field goal to lead the Dragons (8-1, 6-1) past the Indians (4-4, 3-4).
Dashaun Alexander scored a rushing touchdown for Toms River South.
No. 6 Brick Memorial 44, Southern 7
Sophomore running back Tony Thorpe led the way with three rushing touchdowns as Brick Memorial (7-2, 6-1) scored the final 44 points to cruise past the Rams (3-6, 2-5).
Thorpe had touchdown runs of 9 and 33 yards in the first half, and added another score in the third quarter. Senior quarterback Tim Santiago, the Shore Conference's leading rusher coming into the week, scored on a 21-yard touchdown run and also threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to senior Matt Cuppari.
Senior Elie Lavarin added a 65-yard interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Nick Simonelli caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from junior Sam Cammarata for Southern.
Class B Central
No. 9 Shore 20, Asbury Park 7
Senior running back Jack Britton ran for 103 yards and two touchdowns, senior Doug Goldsmith ran for 130 yards and senior George Notte kicked a pair of field goals as the Blue Devils (8-0, 5-0) clinched their third straight outright division title while locking up the No. 1 seed in the Central Jersey Group I playoffs.
Britton had touchdown runs of 5 and 22 yards, and also caught a 31-yard pass to set up one of his scores. Britton intercepted a pass at the end of the first half that he returned 55 yards.
Goldsmith ran for 118 yards in the second half as the Blue Devils pulled away for their school-record 16th straight win. Shore's defense held Asbury Park (6-2, 3-2) to 50 yards of total offense and 34 total yards, including holding the Shore's second leading receiver, Jaedon Stephens, to zero catches.
Notte had field goals of 32 and 34 yards for Shore.
Point Beach 14, Mater Dei Prep 13
Cade Watkins and Tanner Smith combined to make a fourth down stop on the next to last play of the game, completing a goal line stand that enabled the Garnet Gulls (5-4, 3-2) to hold on and snap a two-game losing streak.
Watkins finished with nine tackles while Smith had a big game with 12 tackles, a sack and a blocked punt that led to a Point Beach touchdown. He also had a 33-yard catch. Cody Liguori finished with eight tackles and a sack and Luke Frauenheim also made eight stops.
Frauenheim ran for 82 yards on 17 carries and freshman Brad Parry had a touchdown run. Sophomore quarterback John Nista threw for 103 yards and a touchdown to Connor Kells, who caught three passes for 70 yards.
Eddie Lewis returned an interception 94 yards for a touchdown for Mater Dei Prep (3-6, 1-4).
Class B South
Central 13, Jackson Liberty 12
Junior running back Mike Bickford ran for 175 yards on 26 carries and senior quarterback Mike Miserendino threw a pair of touchdowns to Malcolm Vaughn as the Golden Eagles (6-3, 5-2) edged the Lions (4-5, 4-3).
Miserendino completed 10-of-17 passes for 100 yards and the two touchdowns to Vaughn, who made seven catches for 62 yards.
Nondivisional
No. 3 Red Bank 31, Manchester 14
Senior running back Alim Godsey ran for a pair of touchdowns and senior wide receiver Sadiq Palmer caught a touchdown pass and returned a kickoff for a touchdown as the Bucs (8-0) remained unbeaten with a win over the Hawks (0-8).
Jack O'Connor added a 25-yard field for Red Bank.
Mike Rosario had two touchdown runs for Manchester.
No. 4 Toms River North 41, Neptune 21
Senior running back Asante Moorer ran for 150 yards and two touchdowns and junior wide receiver Darrion Carrington caught a pair of touchdowns as the Mariners (8-1) won their seventh game in a row by defeating the Scarlet Fliers (2-6).
Carrington caught touchdown passes of 19 and 63 yards and finished with three receptions for 96 yards. He also had an interception to set up one of his touchdown catches.
Senior quarterback Rasheed Martin threw a touchdown pass to Marvin Morgan and also returned an interception for a touchdown for Neptune.
No. 10 Red Bank Catholic 21, Jackson Memorial 10
Senior quarterback Eddie Hahn ran for a 36-yard touchdown and threw a 14-yard touchdown to senior Mike Balzofiore as the Caseys (7-2) called from a 10-point deficit to defeat the Jaguars (5-4).
Senior Dylan Murphy added a 2-yard touchdown run.
Jared Calhoun kicked a 21-yard field goal and Kyle Johnson scored on a 32-yard run for Jackson Memorial.
Matawan 31, Barnegat 0
Makiya Ceasar and Derrick Wiley had first half touchdown runs and Adam Elliot connected on a field goal as the Huskies (6-3) jumped out to a lead at halftime and never looked back to win their sixth straight game.
Senior Shawn Ramcheran added a kickoff return for a touchdown in the second half.
It is the second shutout of the season for Matawan's defense.
Barnegat falls to 1-7.