In their very first varsity football game last September Barnegat beat Monsignor Donovan 42-21 and opened up a lot of eyes that this was not your typical first-year program. In week number two they went into Manasquan and got walloped 56-0…a bit of a reality check. The Bengals would go on to qualify for the state playoffs and even though they lost their final three games the inaugural season had to be considered a major success and with all underclassmen 2007 promised to be an even better one.
Barnegat opened the season by routing Donovan 34-0 last week and here comes Manasquan again but things are a bit different 12 months later. While the Bengals have all their players back, including quarterback Brandon Clarke, running back Bob Fitzpatrick and linebacker Mike Riley the Warriors graduated 28 players from a team that reeked havoc on opponents on their way to a perfect 12-0 season. Last weekend Holmdel stunned Manasquan 10-7 at Vic Kubu Field in what had to be one of the biggest upsets at the shore in recent years.
With that backdrop the National Division rivals meet tonight on the Bengalis home field and not only do many expect a close game some of the so-called
experts are predicting a Barnegat victory which would send shock waves around the shore. I’m not ready yet to pick against Manasquan but I have to admit it might be the most intriguing match up of the weekend.
Also tonight Brick visits Toms River North with both teams coming off season-opening victories. The Mariners will have a huge advantage in size and boast talented players like Zach Kane and Marlon Brinson while the visiting Green Dragons will probably rely on the skills of quarterback Jordan Roshala and Kurt Loftus, who caught a touchdown pass last week and ran a punt back for another score. The Brick-North game will be broadcast on 1160AM and the Shore Sports Network and tomorrow afternoon we’ll be at Toms River East, where the explosive Raiders host Ocean.
Another game to watch tonight will find Jackson Liberty traveling to Wildwood where they could pick up their first varsity victory,
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