Thanksgiving

Sweet 19
Sweet 19
Sweet 19
RUMSON -- Shore being a Class B Central and Group I juggernaut is nothing new, but the questions always seem to linger regarding just how good the Blue Devils are in a given year. Heading into their Thanksgiving Day game against arch-rival Rumson-Fair Haven with 18 wins in a row, two straight division titles and an NJSIAA sectional title they are set to defend next weekend, it's pretty obvious the
W2W4: Thanksgiving
W2W4: Thanksgiving
W2W4: Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving Day football schedule around the Shore Conference is not the large slate it used to be, but there are still a few pivotal games on Turkey Day that will pique the interest of fans. There will be 18 teams in action this week and eight games on Thanksgiving...
Thanksgiving Picks
Thanksgiving Picks
Thanksgiving Picks
We are one week away from the state finals, but first the Shore Sports Network football staff of Kevin Williams, Matt Harmon, Ed Sarluca, Scott Stump and Bob Badders are back with the Gold Coast Cadillac picks for Shore Conference football action on Thanksgiving...
What to Watch For
What to Watch For
What to Watch For
For all but seven teams in the Shore Conference, the season is already over or it will wrap up by Thanksgiving Day, highlighted by some of the Shore's oldest rivalries. With more teams moving their rivalry games to earlier in the season or getting rid of them altogether, the 10 games between Wednesday and Thursday represent the fewest amount of Thanksgiving games in Shore history...
Vote for Player of the Week
Vote for Player of the Week
Vote for Player of the Week
Get your votes in for the top performer from Shore Conference football from the week of Thanksgiving action. The winner will be posted on Tuesday along with the Player of the Week selections from Shore Sports Network. Voting closes at noon on Tuesday...
Closing Argument
Closing Argument
Closing Argument
RED BANK - Red Bank Catholic's players and coaches have insisted all season that they don't pay attention to the rankings, but on Friday night the Caseys played like a team that wanted to send the message that it should once again end the season as the Shore Conference's top-ranked squad...
Run This Town
Run This Town
Run This Town
MIDDLETOWN - With Middletown South in the midst of its first non-winning season in 29 years and Middletown North ending a four-year drought of state playoff appearances, there was some buzz that this might be the first time in more than a decade that the Lions would challenge Middletown South's supremacy in their annual Thanksgiving showdown...
Coach Fischer
Coach Fischer
Coach Fischer
Tyler Fischer is no stranger to major surgeries, so it was unnerving when he woke up in a hospital bed this past summer to see tubes protruding from his chest and hear a faint ticking sound. On July 15, Fischer went to Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in New York City thinking he would undergo a heart procedure that would fix him up for football season, where he was projected to be Holmdel’s sta
Thanksgiving Football Picks
Thanksgiving Football Picks
Thanksgiving Football Picks
It’s time for my annual rant against Thanksgiving games as the majority of the Shore Conference gets ready to wrap up the season. In short, they have to go. They have become the primary roadblock to a legitimate playoff system that crowns Group champions rather than having 24 teams say they are state champions...
Wildcard Wednesday: Thanksgiving Preview
Wildcard Wednesday: Thanksgiving Preview
Wildcard Wednesday: Thanksgiving Preview
Three of the games that are usually used as ammunition by traditionalists for keeping Thanksgiving games in favor of scrapping them to make way for a playoff system that would crown overall Group champions also happen to be three huge games this season.