It’s the second week of the high school football season and one that stretches from tonight through Saturday because of the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah. Usually by the end of the second weekend you have a pretty good figure on what the season will bring and there are several games that will go a long way to telling us which teams might be contenders and those that are simply pretenders.
Take for example the Green Dragons of Brick. They opened the Patrick Dowling era with a solid win over Colts Neck but we don’t know if Brick is a good team or Colts Neck is one that will struggle. We will find out a lot more about the Dragons when they host Ocean tonight because the Spartans are coming off a win over Neptune and should be a title threat in the Liberty Division. Southern Regional had a magical fall in 2008 but most of the pieces of that team are gone and they were soundly whipped by Toms River East last weekend. The Rams opponent tomorrow night in Manahawkin will be Brick Memorial, who dropped a heartbreaker to Sayreville in their season opener. This is a very big early season game for both teams.
Speaking of Toms River East….Nico Steriti and company head to Lacey for a Friday afternoon Constitution Division contest. Steriti ran for over 200 yards and 4 touchdowns against the Rams and in the Lions will meet a team coming off a shutout loss to Middletown South in their season opener. Lacey’s problem in that game was offense…or should I sack lack of offense as they managed just 49 yards.
One of the weekends top games should be tomorrow night’s Manasquan at Point Boro clash that will be broadcast on our Shore Sports Network. It’s the season opener for the Big Blue Warriors, who are expected to be among the shore’s top teams. The Panthers lost to powerful Long Branch in their season opener. The game can be heard on 105.7 The Hawk; Fox Sports 1310AM and also will air on 1160AM if the Lakewood BlueClaws close out the South Atlantic League Championship series tonight. By the way Pt. Boro coach Calvin Thomspon will be among our guests tonight on the “Thursday Night High School Football Show” at 6pm on 1160/1310AM and broadcast live from Boston’s Restaurant and Sports Bar in Toms River.
You can get my predictions on all the weekend games in the sports section of the Asbury Park Press. I have to find a better picture.
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