Random notes and thoughts this morning:
Barnegat High School junior football standout Ryan Morris is going to have a lot of choices when it comes to college as the 6’6, 240 pound tight end and defensive end is now up to 9 scholarship offers. The latest was the University of Illinois who officially extended an offer to Morris on Tuesday. Others who have already put full scholarships on the table are Purdue, Indiana, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Louisville, Tulane, Duke and Central Florida. Morris caught 30 passes for nearly 500 yards and 4 touchdowns last fall and was also a defensive standout for the Bengals.
As the weather has warmed up so has Toms River’s Todd Frazier, who had another big night for the Louisville Bats, the Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. Playing third base Frazier was 3-4 with a pair of doubles and over the last ten games has been hitting at a .350 clip. After a slow start the Reds prospect is now batting .277 with 7 homers and 20 RBI’s in 32 games. Unfortunately things have not gotten better for older brother Jeff, who is in the Washington Nationals organization and batting just .143 with 2 homers for the Syracuse Chiefs.
By the way the Nationals single A franchise will be in Lakewood this coming weekend and that has caused some extra interest. That’s because Bryce Harper, the #1 pick in last June’s draft plays for the Hagerstown Suns and will be at FirstEnergy Park beginning Friday night. The 18-year old outfielder is second in the South Atlantic League with a .377 batting average and has 7 home runs through 30 games and a 14-game hitting streak. Harper signed a five-year, $9.9 million contract last August, the largest ever for a non-pitcher who was just drafted. Hagerstown will play in Lakewood Friday & Saturday night, Sunday afternoon and Monday morning.
Saturday night’s Gift Auction sponsored by the Beachwood Soccer Club at Toms River Intermediate South will feature yours truly calling the numbers. Tickets will be sold at the door beginning at 5:30pm and the $15 admission will get you entry level prize tickets, coffee and dessert. There are some fantastic prizes to be won and for more information you can call (732) 473-0915.
So good bye to Basement Bertha and General Von Steingrabber, just two of the characters created by Daily News columnist and cartoonist Bill Gallo. Gallo, who spent nearly 70 years at the newspaper died Tuesday at the age of 88.
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