It’s either the last game of last season or the first game of the upcoming season…either way it’s been part of the summer schedule for the last 32 years. About 100 recently-graduated football players from Ocean and Monmouth County high schools will be in uniform tomorrow night at Brick Township’s Keller Memorial Field for the US Army All Shore Gridiron Classic. The name of the game might have changed but its significance has not. For some this will help them get a start on playing football in college while for others this is the final time they will put on a football uniform. Regardless they get to represent their high schools one more time and of course there is the matter of the bragging rights of the Shore Conference.
Monmouth County leads the overall series 16-14 with one tie but Ocean County takes a two-game winning streak into tomorrow nights contest.
Southern Regional’s Chuck Donohue, who guided the Rams to their best-ever season last fall, is the head coach of the Ocean squad. He has such offensive standouts as quarterbacks Shane O’Connor (Pt Boro) and Brian Staub (Brick Memorial) and running backs Tom Rickmers (Lacey) and Jon Daniels (TR North). Leading the defense will be Southern’s Steve Sibona, Brennan Candito of Brick, Justin Pandorf of Lacey, Point Boro’s Jeff Keffer and Brett Yajcaji of Toms River East to name just a few.
Freehold’s Mark Ciccotelli has the honor of leading the Monmouth County squad which features quarterback Nick Tyson, who led the Colonials to a state title last December. He has weapons like running backs Michael Peavey of Neptune and Uly Gibson of Middletown North along with receiver Brandon Brown, his Freehold teammate.
The game is presented by the Shore Football Coaches Foundation in partnership with All Shore Media with the US Army and ROTC on board as lead sponsors for the first time.
Millennium Radio’s Shore Sports Network will broadcast the game live on 105.7 The Hawk and Fox Sports 1310 and on their respective internet streams beginning at 6:45Gates open at Brick Township High School tomorrow night at 5:30 and kickoff is scheduled for 7pm.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
US Army All Shore Gridiron Classic
Preparations are well underway for Friday’s US Army All Shore Gridiron Classic at Brick Township High School. The Ocean County team is practicing at Toms River South and I caught a little of last night’s session which was interrupted by lightning. Maybe the biggest dilemma for head coach Chuck Donohue of Southern Regional and offensive coordinator Calvin Thompson is how to play all four of their quarterbacks. Thompson is running his Point Boro option attack and has his own multi-talented quarterback in Shane O’Connor and Brick Memorial’s Brian Staub and Monsignor Donovan’s Jon Curtin are also best known for their running abilities. The Ocean staff also likes the way strong-armed Kevin Gilmore of Toms River South has picked up the offense and he is clearly the best thrower of the quartet. The Monmouth County squad, under the direction of Freehold’s Mark Ciccotelli is practicing at Matawan High School.
Kickoff Friday is at 7pm and the All Star football game will be broadcast live on 105.7 The Hawk and Fox Sports 1310 through our Shore Sports Network.
The start of Glenn Carson’s college career at Penn State will be delayed a bit with the recent announcement that he will be a greyshirt. Carson a standout linebacker from Southern Regional had back surgery in the spring and is recuperating well from that injury. He is currently taking summer classes at Penn State, living with All-American linebacker Sean Lee and working out.
Being a greyshirt means Carson will attend Penn State in the fall on a part time basis and pay for his own tuition. There are some restrictions on his contact with the team but in January he will enroll at Penn State as a full time student on a full scholarship and join the football program. Glenn could then redshirt next fall and still have four more full years to play for the Nittany Lions.
Former Toms River South and Rutgers baseball standout Todd Frazier struck out in his only at-bat in last night’s Southern League All-Star Game in Birmingham, Alabama. Frazier is having a terrific season playing mostly left field for Carolina Mudcats, the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. He’s batting .314 with a league-leading 31 doubles, 9 home runs and 45 RBI’s.
Kickoff Friday is at 7pm and the All Star football game will be broadcast live on 105.7 The Hawk and Fox Sports 1310 through our Shore Sports Network.
The start of Glenn Carson’s college career at Penn State will be delayed a bit with the recent announcement that he will be a greyshirt. Carson a standout linebacker from Southern Regional had back surgery in the spring and is recuperating well from that injury. He is currently taking summer classes at Penn State, living with All-American linebacker Sean Lee and working out.
Being a greyshirt means Carson will attend Penn State in the fall on a part time basis and pay for his own tuition. There are some restrictions on his contact with the team but in January he will enroll at Penn State as a full time student on a full scholarship and join the football program. Glenn could then redshirt next fall and still have four more full years to play for the Nittany Lions.
Former Toms River South and Rutgers baseball standout Todd Frazier struck out in his only at-bat in last night’s Southern League All-Star Game in Birmingham, Alabama. Frazier is having a terrific season playing mostly left field for Carolina Mudcats, the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. He’s batting .314 with a league-leading 31 doubles, 9 home runs and 45 RBI’s.
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