Toms River East

Jackson scored twice in the final five minutes to rally past Toms River East and reach the Central, Group 4 sectional championship game.

Hosts Kevin Williams, Bob Badders and Ed Sarluca will look at the 13 Shore Conference teams that remain alive in the quest for a state championship heading into the second weekend of playoff action.

Toms River East continued its resurgent season by defeating Middletown North in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 4 state playoffs.

Holly Applegate saved a penalty kick and freshman Paige Seitz converted the winner to lift Toms River South to a sectional quarterfinal win over Toms River East.

Toms River East is the Week 5 Jersey Mike's Team of the Week.

Check out the top performers in Shore Conference girls soccer of the last week and vote for the best of the best as the Girls Soccer Player of the Week.

Toms River East survived a red card, 55 short-handed minutes and nine nail-biting rounds of penalty kicks to advance past Freehold Boro and into the SCT round of 16.

A 14-play drive that chewed the final 7:40 off the clock enabled Toms River East to outlast Colts Neck, 24-20, and improve to 4-0 for the first time in 10 years.

Toms River East and Lacey have both won their first two games of the season and they will be featured on The Asylum Sports Center Coaches Corner Wednesday

Jackson Memorial will challenge for multiple titles again, but the loss of Dan Russo opens up the A South field for a rising Southern club, as well as the three Toms River programs.

The rebuilding process for any team takes a long time to turn things around and as Kyle Sandberg enters his fourth season as Head Coach, he's encouraged by the progress he has seen on the field and is expecting more out of his players in 2019.

Toms River East Football 2019 Team Page