It's finals week in Shore Conference football, as 10 teams across nine brackets will play for state titles on Saturday in a bid to beat the conference-record six state champions that the Shore has produced in each of the past two seasons. The Shore will have one guaranteed champion when Asbury Park and Keyport face off for the Central Jersey Group I crown, while several other teams are strong favo

A milestone for Southern graduate Mike Gesicki at Penn State and 19 Shore Conference graduates earning all-conference honors across college football highlighted this week as many teams wrap up their seasons. Gesicki set a record for catches in a season for tight ends at Penn State, while a host of Shore graduates from the FCS level through Division III were honored as the best players in their res

After producing a record six state champions in each of the past two seasons, the Shore Conference may have outdone itself this year as 10 teams have reached state finals across nine different brackets. The Shore is guaranteed a champion in Central Jersey Group I, where Keyport and Asbury Park will square off, and has multiple favorites across several other brackets...

BRICK - Just when Brick thought it had finally held off record-setting Freehold Boro junior Ashante Worthy and the Colonials on Friday night, the Green Dragons had to hold their breath on one last play to punch their ticket to their first sectional final in three years and the 12th in their proud history...

Of all the Shore Conference teams remaining in the state playoffs, the chance to make the biggest statement across New Jersey belongs to St. John Vianney and Mater Dei Prep. Both squads will be taking on traditional non-public powerhouses that have a long history of success in the state playoffs...

The Shore Conference is guaranteed a finalist in South Jersey Group V and has another strong favorite in South Jersey Group III, which could be part of an overall historic year given the amount of state title contenders from the Shore in Central Jersey, North Jersey and the Non-Public brackets...

Will Middletown South and Middletown North square off in a state final for the first time in history? That is the question heading into this weekend's action in the North II Group IV bracket, where the Eagles are the No. 1 seed and the Lions are right behind them at No...

It was another strong week for former Shore Conference stars, two of whom I got to see in person up at Yankee Stadium over the weekend. My dad is a proud Fordham University grad, and we went up to Yankee Stadium to watch them play Holy Cross...

An all-time performance from Freehold’s Ashante Worthy, a thrilling road victory by Howell, a gutsy win by Manasquan and Toms River North surviving a scare highlighted Week 10 action in the Shore Conference as the NJSIAA playoffs began with quarterfinal games...

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP - As the tears rolled down the faces of his senior-laden team after a heart-breaking, 23-21 loss to visiting South Brunswick in Central Jersey Group V on Friday night, Freehold Township head coach Cory Davies made sure to remind them that they still turned in one of the best seasons in school history...

All those preseason previews, all that guesswork about who might be the last teams standing, and now we're here: It's playoff time. These are the games that get talked about at reunions 20 years from now and turn All-Shore players into all-time legends...

For the last few weeks, we've been highlighting how Toms River native Frankie Edgar has been keeping it local in preparation for one of the biggest mixed martial arts events in recent memory, UFC 205.  With the card just days away, we finish our series by focusing on Edgar's thoughts preceding this historic event.