Long Branch

Ocean did not feel as though it put its best foot forward in a state-tournament loss to Long Branch in 2021, so the Spartans made up for it Wednesday.

With two power programs joining the ranks, the Class B North division of the Shore Conference is as deep as it has ever been and completely up for grabs.

Photos from the Middletown South vs. Long Branch football game on Friday, Sept. 2.

The best way to replace a coaching legend is with a king. Chad King takes over the Long Branch football program and will try to keep the Green Wave a state-title contender.

Long Branch Football 2022 Team Page

According to his coach this week, Long Branch quarterback and defensive back Christian Rodriguez is the favorite to win MVP, but he'll have plenty of competition from within his own team.

Group 4 champion Middletown South was projected seventh in Class A North last year and finished tied for fifth. Class A North breeds contenders and this year is no different.

One of the greatest and most revered football players in Shore Conference history is now the Shore's first Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee.

Long Branch has hired its next head football coach to succeed Dan George.

Marlboro is on a mission to finish off a tournament championship run, and the path to the postseason runs through the always-difficult Shore Conference Class A North division.

Shore Conference division rivals square off in two of the four Central Jersey sectional championship games, while Long Branch looks to end a 24-year title drought.

Long Branch shook off its first loss of the season to deliver a dominant win over Freehold in the first round of the South Jersey Group 4 playoffs.