Doug Goldsmith

For all but seven teams in the Shore Conference, the season is already over or it will wrap up by Thanksgiving Day, highlighted by some of the Shore's oldest rivalries. With more teams moving their rivalry games to earlier in the season or getting rid of them altogether, the 10 games between Wednesday and Thursday represent the fewest amount of Thanksgiving games in Shore history...

Welcome to the latest edition of the Shore Sports Network’s top plays, highlighting the most dazzling and exciting moments from Shore Conference football action, brought to you by Seaview Orthopaedic & Medical Associates. This week we take a look at the top clips from Week Eight with only one more week of games before the state playoffs get started. ...

*Click here for a photo gallery by Sport Shots WLB* WEST LONG BRANCH - The minute the 2014 schedule was released, the Shore Regional players had the date circled for when they would have their shot to salve an 11-month-old wound. In their first game against Point Beach since being stunned by the Garnet Gulls in last year's NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I final, Shore dominated from start to finish w

MIDDLETOWN — With the game on the line in a crucial divisional showdown, Shore Regional boldly showed how much confidence it has in its running game. It seemed Mater Dei Prep had gotten the stop it needed to give its offense one more opportunity to tie the score...

With some huge divisional games headlined by a showdown of top-five teams, Week Six in Shore Conference football has plenty to keep an eye on. Here are some things to watch this weekend: Madness in Manalapan. Let's do it. No. 4 Middletown South (4-1) heads to No...

*Preview Homepage* Shore came up a touchdown short of claiming the program’s fifth NJSIAA sectional championship and third under head coach Mark Costantino when it fell to division rival Point Beach in the Central Jersey Group I final last season, so the rallying cry is predictable heading into 2014...

With each passing day leading up to Saturday’s Central Jersey Group I final, Point Beach head coach John Wagner gives his team another example of a squad that lost badly in the regular season and came back to beat that same opponent to win a state championship...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter at @Bob_Badders WEST LONG BRANCH — Shore and Point Beach have been on a collision course since the season began, and their roads have led each to the rare, back-to-back showdowns to end the season and decide championships...