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Non-Public Group III (2) Red Bank Catholic 62, (7) Bishop Eustace 7 The Caseys (9-1) exploded for their highest point total of the season to bounce back from their first loss and rout the Crusaders (5-4) to advance to the semifinals for the fourth straight season...

South Jersey Group III (4) Central 28, (5) Oakcrest 14 Sophomore running back Mike Bickford continued his huge season with 246 yards rushing and three touchdowns on a career-high 41 carries to help the Golden Eagles (7-2) win their first state playoff game since 1994 and just their second in program history by knocking off the Falcons (5-4) on the turf at Toms River East...

(2) Long Branch 31, (7) Hamilton West 0 Senior running back Dahmiere Willis turned in his seventh game of at least 200 yards rushing this season and became the first 2,000-yard rusher in Long Branch history by erupting for 295 yards and four touchdowns on 32 carries to lead the Green Wave (7-2) past the Hornets (3-6) and into the semifinals, where they will host third-seeded Carteret...

JACKSON — One week after a ground-shaking victory that catapulted Jackson Memorial to the top spot in the Shore Conference, the Jaguars made sure there would be no letdown on the first leg of their championship quest. Junior running back Vinny Lee ran for 148 yards and three touchdowns and sophomore running back Mike Gawlik added 119 yards and two touchdowns as the third-seeded Jaguars cruised to

By Scott Clayton - Shore Sports Network contributor BRICK – To defend its state title, Brick had to start by defending its home turf against visiting Princeton on Friday night. The 2013 Central Jersey Group IV champions were more than up to the task, making the Little Tigers one-dimensional as the vaunted Dragons' defense keyed a 48-12 win...

HAZLET - When Matawan head coach John Kaye decided to throw talented freshman George "L.C." Pearson into the fire as the starting quarterback four games into the season, he knew it would take a little while for everything to mesh for the Huskies...

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 five Central Jersey brackets...

Here are the state tournament brackets involving Shore Conference football teams that were released by the NJSIAA on Sunday. The playoffs begin next weekend with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals a week later and then the state championship games on the weekend of Dec...

Well, this is it. We are down to the final week before the state playoffs kick off, and there looks to be a good amount of drama as always. One difference this year is that so many teams have scrapped their Thanksgiving games (which I totally agree with, by the way) that many teams are playing their ninth games of the season this week...

A proposal to expand the NJSIAA football playoffs in order to crown public Group champions was soundly voted down by the organization's membership on Monday morning.

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter at @Bob_Badders TOMS RIVER — Through one half of football on Saturday afternoon at Detwiler Stadium, Toms River South was nearly flawless. The Indians had a three-score lead on visiting Shawnee in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV semifinals...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter at @Bob_Badders OCEAN — Throughout Ocean’s undefeated run heading into Friday night’s NJSIAA sectional semifinal game, the Spartans had been one of the Shore Conference’s best defensive squads, holding six of their nine opponents to seven points or fewer...