No more than ever we need diversion from the financial crisis hitting this country and the entire world which makes tomorrow more uncertain maybe than at any time in recent memory.
Sports can often give you that outlet from watching your favorite team on TV to sitting in the stands at a high school football game. Take for example today:
You have the Phillies and Dodgers playing game #2 of the National League Championship Series late in the afternoon and then tonight the ALCS between Boston and Tampa Bay gets underway. The Devils and Rangers play their hockey home openers tonight and there are 10 Shore Conference Football games to go along with dozens of soccer, field hockey and other local contests. Cheering for your favorite team or school, at home or in the bleachers will not change what’s happening on Wall Street but it might at least take your mind off of it for a couple of hours.
The best of tonight’s football games might be Brick Memorial at Toms River North and Long Branch at Ocean. The Mustangs are 3-1 under second-year head coach Walt Currie and are coming off a win over Jackson in which quarterback Brian Staub ran for over 300 yards and 4 touchdowns and passed for 138 yards and two more scores. They face a North team that has bounced back after a season-opening loss to post back-to-back wins behind a stifling defense that has allowed just 7 points in the two wins.
In Monmouth County fierce rivals Long Branch and Ocean collide in a Liberty Division matchup that will be broadcast tonight on our Shore Sports Network. It’s a key game for both as they try and stay within striking distance of division-leading Red Bank Catholic.
Five teams begin the weekend undefeated and Middletown North faces the stiffest challenge when they battle Colts Neck Saturday afternoon. Asbury Park, Southern, Freehold and RBC should all remain perfect but in a season of upsets taking things for granted can prove to be a big mistake.
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