Playoff Edition: Vote for the Shore Conference Football Player of the Week

The first round of the NJSIAA playoffs featured some great individual performances on the ground, through the air and on defense and special teams as teams began their quest for a state championship.

Now it’s time to get your vote in for who had the top performance in the Shore this weekend to choose the Orthopaedic Institute of Central Jersey/Shore Sports Network Player of the Week. The winner will be announced on Wednesday right here on ShoreSportsNetwork.com. Voting will end Tuesday at midnight.

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Week 9 Player of the Week nominees (listed in alphabetical order)

Matt Benedetti, Jr., LB, Manalapan

Manalapan’s defense stood tall in a 14-7 road win over Hunterdon Central in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 5 playoffs and Benedetti led the way with 13 tackles, including nine solo stops, plus a sack to send the Braves to the semifinals.

 

Canyon Birch, Sr., RB, Manasquan

Birch ran for 186 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries to lead a 300-yard rushing effort by the Warriors in a 40-21 victory over Delaware Valley in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 2 playoffs.

 

Trevor Brey, Sr, QB, Middletown South

Brey ran for 121 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries and completed 8 of 16 passes for 135 yards and a touchdown to lead the Eagles to a 35-14 victory over Northern Burlington in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 4 playoffs.

 

Joe Carchio, Sr., RB/LB, Brick

Carchio had a huge game in Brick’s 17-3 win over Jackson Memorial in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 4 playoffs with 4.5 sacks and three tackles for loss to lead a ferocious defensive effort. Carchio also ran for two touchdowns and caught a 2-point conversion pass to send the Dragons back to the semifinals.

 

Jermaine Corbett, Jr., RB, Long Branch

Corbett ran for 126 yards and two touchdowns and also took a screen pass 15 yards for a touchdown as the Green Wave crushed Middletown North, 42-0, to open their title defense in the Central Jersey Group 4 playoffs.

 

Dean Gallo, Sr., RB, Holmdel

Gallo ran for 185 yards and three touchdowns, including an 89-yard touchdown run on the Hornets’ first offensive play, to key a 42-0 shellacking of Nottingham in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 3 playoffs. The victory was Holmdel’s first postseason win since 2007.

 

Quadir Lawson, Sr., RB/LB, Asbury Park

Lawson had a big game on both sides of the ball when the sixth-seeded Blue Bishops went on the road and shut out Woodbury, 27-0, in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 1 playoffs. Lawson ran for 135 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries and also made five tackles with one sack and a forced fumble to send Asbury into the semifinals.

 

Kyle McBride, Sr., LB, Brick Memorial

McBride had a great game in recording 15 tackles with one tackle for loss, half a sack and an interception to lead the Mustangs’ defense in a 21-13 win over Freehold in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 4 playoffs. The Mustangs trailed 13-0 after the first quarter but allowed just 63 yards the rest of the game.

 

Makai Mickens, Sr., RB/DB, Red Bank

Mickens had a big all-around game to help the Bucs defeat Allentown, 30-13, in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 3 playoffs. Mickens had a big second half on the ground to finish with 135 yards rushing and two touchdowns, including a 70-yard score, and also made eight tackles, intercepted a pass and had a pass breakup on defense.

 

Logan Peters, So., QB/WR/DB, Wall

The Crimson Knights lost to Timber Creek, 33-28, in the first round of the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 3 playoffs but Peters had a clutch game in relief to nearly rally Wall to victory. After senior quarterback Dylan Richey went down with an injury in the second quarter, Peters stepped in and completed 7 of 15 passes for 177 yards and three touchdowns. He also had a 13-yard touchdown catch prior to taking over at quarterback, ran for 27 yards and on defense made eight tackles with one tackle for loss.

 

Johnny Volker, So., RB, Rumson-Fair Haven

Volker filled in for injured starter Alex Maldjian and made sure the Bulldogs didn’t miss a beat with 118 yards rushing and three touchdowns in a 28-7 win over Ocean in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 3 playoffs.

 

 

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