Coach of the Year

Jackson Memorial started the season as a question mark and ended it with an exclamation point, and a big reason was the guidance of 2014 Shore Sports Network Coach of the Year Walt Krystopik. Usually the team that finishes ranked No. 1 in the Shore Conference at the end of the season is fairly apparent in the preseason...

Shore Sports Network Boys Soccer Player of the Year Ryan Hammer, Manalapan Five years before he ever set foot inside Manalapan High School as a student, Ryan Hammer saw what it was like to win a championship as a bleach-blond Brave...

St. John Vianney coach Mike Morgan envisioned big things for his 2014 senior class from the time they entered the program before the 2011 season and particularly when they became a complete class in 2012 with the transfer of former Holmdel slugger Joe Rotelli...

When Tom Stead took over the Matawan boys basketball program after an exceedingly successful tenure as the head coach at Holmdel, he and those familiar with his work figured better days were ahead for the Huskies program. That turned out to be true, but not before the Matawan boys basketball team and Stead endured their worst days together...

The game everyone will remember at Point Beach is the historic 12-7 victory over Shore Regional for the program's first NJSIAA sectional title, but the seeds for that landmark win were sewn during the regular season. The final motivation was then provided by former New York Giants offensive lineman and Super Bowl champion Shaun O'Hara...

The 2013 soccer season is long behind us, which means it's time for the Shore Sports Network End of Season package. Click on the links below for each postseason feature.   Shore Sports Network All-Shore Team Shore Sports Network All-Shore Team List Shore Sports Network All-Division Teams Shore Sports Network Player of the Year: Eamon Kitson, Rumson-Fair Haven Shore Sports Network Coach of the Year

Manalapan boys soccer coach John Natoli has taught a lot of players how to win high school soccer games over his 22 seasons leading the Braves, but it was a few seasons of lean win totals that taught Natoli how to better enjoy his team’s success...