The Shore Regional and Long Branch High School varsity teams will have several interesting matchups in the Shore Conference this week. The highlight of the week may be an meeting between conference powerhouse the Rumson and Shore Regional girls lacrosse teams on Tuesday. Sports writer Scott Stump keeps you up to date on what to watch for this week in Shore Regional and Long Branch varsity athletics: Monday Shore boys lacrosse takes on Ocean at 3:45 p.m. on the road as it tries to continue a strong first season as a varsity program. The Shore boys golf team travels to Rumson to face the …
Long Branch Wrestling The impressive run of the team in the NJSIAA team tournament came to an end on Sunday morning at the hands of West Essex in the Group II semifinals at Poland Spring Arena in Toms River. The Green Wave, who were the three-time defending Group II champions, fell 28-21 in a hard-fought match to the Knights thanks to wins in the final three bouts by West Essex. Long Branch led 21-18 before West Essex’s Carlo Zazzara picked up a major decision at 112 pounds before consecutive decisions by Mike Marotti (119) and Jimmy Ciampi (125) closed out the win. Still, it was a …
Long Branch Wrestling The wrestling team, which is the two-defending overall NJSIAA Group II champion, earned the No. 1 seed in the Central Jersey Group II bracket as it tries to make it three Group championships in a row. The Green Wave will wrestle the winner of fourth-seeded Delran and fifth-seeded Allentown at home on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the semifinals because they get a bye into that round. They should advance with a win on Wednesday, which would set up a sectional final at Long Branch, most likely against second-seeded Point Boro, on Friday night. Long Branch is the favorite to …
This is the first installment of a new weekly column which will highlight the week in sports at Shore Regional High School and Long Branch High School. Long Branch Patch writer Scott Stump will focus on Shore Regional and Long Branch wrestling and boys basketball teams and provide a recap of the week's action in those sports. Shore Regional Boys Basketball After losing to St. John Vianney on Thursday night, the Blue Devils’ boys basketball team finished the week on a high note with a 61-50 nondivisional win over Ocean on Friday night. The victory pulled Shore to 5-10 a week before the New …
