John Wagner

After seven seasons of unprecedented success at Ocean County's smallest public school, John Wagner has resigned as Point Beach's head football coach.

Longtime Southern Regional head coach Chuck Donohue Sr. and legendary Keyport head coach Mike Ciccotelli were inducted into the New Jersey Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame during halftime of the 39th annual Phil Simms North-South All-Star Football Classic on Monday night at Kean University’s Alumni Stadium...

*2016 Shore Conference Football Preview Homepage* After consecutive 5-5 seasons that were the byproduct of fielding a mostly young and inexperienced team, Point Beach is banking on relative depth and seasoned veterans to lead it back to championship contender status...

*2015 Shore Conference Football Preview Homepage* There was a time when losing was commonplace at Point Beach, but those days are now long behind the Garnet Gulls. Now losing is unacceptable, and even a 5-5 season is viewed as a down year...

Listen to the latest Investors Bank High School Football Show with Kevin Williams, Matt Harmon & Ed Sarluca live from Baker’s Water Street Grille from Thursday, October 30.

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...

Click here for a photo gallery by Bill Normile EWING – There was plenty John Wagner could have said to his team in the week leading up to Point Beach's first sectional final appearance in 31 years, just one week after losing by 31 to its championship opponent...

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...

By Art Gordon – Shore Sports Network contributor POINT PLEASANT BEACH - All week, Point Beach head coach John Wagner continually answered text messages on his phone from his players. Text after text came in with the same general theme. “They were so excited to be here, especially against Florence,’’ Wagner said...

For many of them, the memories had simmered below the surface for months as they tried to recover. On Tuesday, the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy demolishing the Jersey Shore, there was no way to avoid the emotions rushing back. Whether it was turning on the television, checking out social media or going online, stories about the worst storm to ever hit this area were everywhere... Read M

By Art Gordon - Shore Sports Network contributor POINT PLEASANT BEACH - The last two weeks, defending Class B Central champion Point Beach was involved in a pair of low-scoring slugfests, splitting the two games and absorbing their first loss last week...