Manny Bowen

Who is the Face of the Franchise in the history of Barnegat's football program?

There was mixed news for a pair of Shore Conference alums who are a big part of the Penn State football program.

I remember the first couple of times I interviewed Mike Gesicki during his playing days at Southern Regional. Mike was not afraid of the microphone and handled himself pretty well for a high school student-athlete. During his senior year, he appeared on the Shore Sports Network’s weekly high school football show at a time when he was a high profile recruit who had not made his college choice... Re

In case you recently woke up from a coma or were rescued from a cave in the Philippines, the big news this weekend was unranked Penn State stunning No. 2 Ohio State in Happy Valley in a game in which five former Shore stars played key roles for the Nittany Lions...

The biggest upset of the college football season featured five former Shore Conference stars all contributing on Saturday night in a wild scene at Beaver Stadium. Unranked Penn State stunned No. 2 Ohio State, 24-21, in the Big Ten, taking the lead on Grant Haley's 60-yard return of a blocked field goal with four minutes left in the game and holding on to send the crowd of 107,280 fans into deliriu

*Updated Shore Conference football college commitment list *Photos from across the Shore on Signing Day *Brick tight end Simon Bingelis’ journey from Lithuania to Villanova *Monmouth University unveils its 2015 recruiting class Six Shore Conference seniors headed to FBS football programs headlined a class that made its college plans official on Wednesday by signing their Letter of Intent on Nation

With 24 Shore Conference teams all dreaming of making it to that first weekend in December for the NJSIAA sectional championships, do-or-die time begins this weekend. The Shore has teams in 10 different state playoff brackets, and here is a look at the match-ups in the three South Jersey brackets involving Shore Conference teams...

In a season where Shore Conference running backs and quarterbacks could produce more than ten 1,000-yard rushers, one running back has stood alone in maintaining a pace that could put him in the record books. During his first and only season as the team's starting tailback, Long Branch senior Dahmiere Willis has rushed for 1,800 yards and 19 touchdowns in seven games for an average of 257 yards ru

Even without standout linebacker Manny Bowen, Barnegat’s defense was dominant Friday night against Point Boro in a key divisional game.

By Scott Clayton - Shore Sports Network contributor BARNEGAT – Cross one off the bucket list. For a team that came into the season with division and sectional title aspirations, motivation for a mid-season nondivisional game may be hard to come by...

Videos and statistics by Ryne Olsen - Shore Sports Network contributor Barnegat 35, Donovan Catholic 7 TOMS RIVER - Five different players scored as the Bengals (3-1, 3-1) won their second straight game by rolling past the Griffins (1-3, 1-2)...

Story and video by Scott Clayton - Shore Sports Network contributor BARNEGAT – Sophomore running back Mike Bickford rushed for two touchdowns 61 seconds apart in the fourth quarter to lead Central to one of the most surprising results of the young Shore Conference football season, a 21-15 win on the road over Barnegat, the defending Class B South champion and No...