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JERSEY SHORE— There never seemsto be a shortage of ace pitchers in ShoreConference softball. The 2012 seasonwill be no exception with many starpitchers returning or ready to shinedespite several big names graduatinglast June. Any discussion of pitcherscould start with Middletown Southwhich has a pair of aces in seniorAllison Nolan and junior AlliPodmajersky. The duo will likely splitthe schedule and maybe even share timein some games.

Seniors hoping to turn in sterlingperformances in their final seasonsinclude Toms River North’s AmandaNeveroski, Howell’s Carsin Conner andNeptune’s Katie Hourihan. Hourihan iscoming off a season in which she wasthird in the Shore Conference in strike-outs and had a 1.94 ERA. The ScarletFliers rely heavily on her pitching towin games.

St. John Vianney sophomore KatieBeriont has the biggest shoes to fill forthe graduated ace, Jen Retzer. Beriontsaw plenty of innings in 2011 and fin-ished with 13-0 record and a 0.77 ERA.Two other sophomore stars are BrickMemorial’s Gabriella Hill who set theschool record for strikeouts in a seasonand Raritan’s Emily Schaffer who also Among the juniors to watch this seasonare Jackson Liberty’s two-year captainAmy Hickman, Toms River East’sJordan Weed and Sarah Bencivenga andOcean’s Gianna Kinhofer, who also ledthe Spartans with her batting average.

Carsin ConnerPitcherHowell

Al l i son NolanPitcher

Middletown South

Katie BeriontPitcher

St. John Vianney

Gabriella HillPitcher

Brick Memorial

Ally PodmajerskyPitcher

Middletown South

Softball Players to Watch: Pitchers

PHOTOS: Francine Attardi

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Emily SchafferPitcherRaritan

Amanda Nevero s k iPitcher

Toms River Nort h

Gianna KinhoferPitcher

Ocean Tw p .Amy Hick

PitcherJackson Libert y

Jordan WeedPitcher

Toms River East

Sarah BencivengaPitcher

Toms River East

Katie HourihanPitcherNeptune

By Mike RogersSt. Rose is coming off of a successful 2011

season as the Purple Roses posted a 22-3 recordand a 12 -0 record in their division. The unde-feated record earned them the Class B Centraldivision title. In the Shore ConferenceTournament, St. Rose reached the quarterfinalsbefore losing to Jackson by the score of 6 -5. Inthe NJSIAA Tournament the Purple Rosesreached the semifinals before losing to HolyCross by the score of 6 -2.

This season St. Rose will look to be just assuccessful and even though they lost some keyplayers to graduation they should once againbattle for a division title. Jim Angello takesover as head coach for the Purple Roses and hehas another chance at a successful season.Chris Reynolds returns behind the plate and iscoming off a season where he batted .395. TomElkbow also returns at second base after batting

.380 last and Brad Currao returns in the outfieldand will also pitch.

Other pitchers will be Rob Kurtz and JoeyDelacruz. Both players will also play in the out-field when they aren’t pitching. Brandon Lynch,Zach Vuono and Mike Mahon also return for thePurple Roses. Some new players looking forfield time will include: Andrew Atkins, AlexPatrick and Conor Gammond. Travis Petillo andJeff Coakley will also look for some playingtime in the outfield. St. Rose will look to startthe season on a winning note as they open theseason against Wildwood Catholic and HolyCross before they start play within their divi-sion.

St. Rose will look to start the season on awinning note as they open the season againstWildwood Catholic and Holy Cross before theystart play within their division.

St. Rose Looks to Repeat In B Central Division

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Baseball Players to Watch: OutfieldJERSEY SHORE — In the Little Leagueranks, playing outfield is sometimes con-sidered a demotion. Struggling withground balls? Go stand out in right fieldand maybe a ball will come your way oncea game. But in high school baseball, theoutfield is an important position forshagging fly balls, tracking down linedrives and throwing runners out from adistance. The Shore Conference has sev-eral key outfielders to watch this year.

Red Bank Catholic’s offense is pacedby a pair of outfielders in seniors AndrewLaMura and Nick Liggett. Raritan alsohas a duo capable of driving in runs withJake Vanderveer (42 RBIs in 2011) andMike Langan. Freehold Township hopesto stay in the mix in the Class A NorthDivision on the back of centerfielderNick Cardamone. “We feel very confi-dent. Our team gets along well and I don’tsee a team that we can’t compete with,”explained Cardamone who is already com-mitted to play at St. Peter’s next year. “Ithink we are going to surprise some peo-ple.”

Other notable outfielders include a pairof Holmdel sluggers. Cole Whatley is aNorthern Kentucky recruit and EricScamardella is headed to Catholic in thefall. Also, keep an eye on ChristianBrothers Academy junior Matt Pidich whowill play the outfield when he’s not pitching.

Nick CardamoneCenter f ie ld

Freehold Tw p .

Eric ScamardellaOutfieldHolmdel

Andrew LaMuraOutfield

RBC

Nick LiggettOutfield

RBC

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Joe Ogre nShort s t o p

Jackson Mem.

Ryan ReitmeyerShort s t o p

Lacey

R.J. DevishShort s t o p

Toms River South

Baseball Players to Watch: Infield & CatchersJERSEY SHORE —The Shore Confer-ence baseballinfields are loadedwith talent. At firstbase ChristianB r o t h e r sAcademy’s (CBA)Joe Dudek is aplayer to watch forthe second year in arow as he hasalready verballycommitted toNorth Carolina as ajunior. Several ofthis year’s pitcherswill also see play-ing time at firstbase when they arenot on the mound.The middle infieldis stacked withstars includingLacey shortstopRyan Reitmeyer, one of the Lions tophitters. “Compared to last year, our workethic is even better. The atmosphere inpractice is great,” explained Reitmeyer.“I feel like this is the year. We alwayswant to do better than the year before,raise the bar and make states.”

Also at shortstop is Toms River Southsenior R.J. Devish who batted .324 lastseason and CBA’s Sean Arnott who hasgiven a verbal commitment to Temple.

Manalapan senior Brian Lamboy returnswith a .389 batting average and JacksonLiberty’s Angel Garced is another one ofthe area’s top players. From Garced’srival school, Joe Ogren (.447 battingavg., 6 HRs) will play shortstop and sec-ond base as well as pitcher for JacksonMemorial. Brick Memorial has a superbdouble-play combination in seniorsKevin Nilsen and Ray Triano.

At third base, keep an eye on Red BankCatholic’s Matt Rescigno, Manalapan’s

Joe Serrapico (.305, 18RBI), Monmouth Regionalpitcher Luke Cahill andHowell catcher CarminePalummo who will playthere on occasion. Othercatchers in the ShoreConference include Wall’sConnor White who is areturning All-Shore firstteam selection after hitting.513 with 27 RBIs in 2011 .Junior Brendan Beneckefrom Jackson Liberty iscoming off a big sopho-more year with six homeruns and 24 RBIs. BrickTownship’s Brian Mayerhas already committed toDelaware, St. Rose seniorChris Reynolds is fresh offa season in which he batted.395 and JacksonMemorial’s Joe Thaissreturns after hitting .310with six home runs.

Ray TrianoShortstop, Second

BaseBrick Memorial

Joe DudekFirst Base

CBA

Brian MayerCatcher

Brick Tw p .

Matt ThaissCatcher

Jackson Memorial

Connor WhiteCatcher

Wa l l

Mike RescignoPitcher, Third Base

RBC

Sean ArnottShort s t o p

CBA

Ryan MacFarlanePitcher, Short s t o p

Freehold Tw p .

Kevin NilsenPitcher, Short s t o p

Brick Mem.

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Baseball Players to Watch: PitchersJERSEY SHORE— The ShoreConference has produced some fine pitch-ers in recent seasons. This spring hasanother crop of pitching talent ready toshine. Monmouth Regional’s LukeCahill is one of the top returning startersto watch. As a junior, he had a 2.29 ERAwith 69 strikeouts. Cahill also batted ata .413 clip and spent some time at thirdbase. He’ll play both positions at SetonHall next year. “I really liked the programthere,” Cahill said of Seton Hall. “Thecoaching staff and the team was a nicegroup and it was close to home so I cankeep family support nearby. I’ll playboth pitcher and third base there so I willjust try to have a good work ethic thisyear and maybe work to get my curveballa little stronger on the mound.”

While Cahill is clearly the headliner ofthe Monmouth Regional staff, a fewschools lean on a pair of stars atop therotation. Barnegat will be a force withWake Forest-bound Mark McCoy and fel-low senior Ray Waszkiewicz. Red BankCatholic’s duo Ryan Spahr (5-1, 3.35ERA) and Ryan Slate (6-0, 4.70 ERA)are formidable starters. ChristianBrothers Academy has juniors Joe Dudekand Matt Pidich; Holmdel has seniorsDylan Baxter and Cole Whatley. TomsRiver South will also have a strong toptwo when Kyle Driscoll returns from a

broken non-pitching arm in a few weeksand joins fellow senior John Leiter in therotation.

Other top arms in the ShoreConference include Rutgers-boundHowie Brey of Middletown South. Breyhad a 1.94 ERA and struck out nearly abatter per inning last season for theEagles. Wall’s Harry Paytas is headed toMonmouth University and JacksonLiberty’s John Holland is going toFelician for baseball. Also watch for acesBrandon Kieslor (Brick Township), RyanMacFarlane (Freehold Township),Donovan Waller (Lacey) and JohnDunbar (Point Boro).

Mark McCoyPitcher

Barnegat

Ryan SlatePitcher

RBC

Brandon KieslorPitcher

Brick Tw p .

Donovan WallerPitcherLacey



Ryan MacFarlanePitcher

Freehold Tw p .

Ray WaszkiewiczPitcher

Barnegat

Joe DudekPitcher

CBA

Luke CahillPitcher

Monmouth Regional

Cole WhatleyPitcher

Holmdel

Harry PaytasPitcher

Wa l l

Kyle Driscol lPitcher

Toms River South

John LeiterPitcher

Toms River South

Ryan SpahrPitcher

RBC

Dylan BaxterPitcher

Holmdel

John HollandPitcher

Jackson Libert y


JERSEY SHORE—Although a lot of the soft-ball talent in the ShoreConference is concentratedat the infield positions andpitcher’s mound, there area few outfielders to keep aneye on this spring. Oneoutfielder especially happyto be back on the field isToms River East juniorcenterfielder SarahBencivenga. As a freshmanin 2010, she led theRaiders in hits. However,Bencivenga missed all ofthe 2011 season due toinjury.

“Coming off the injury, I’m just excited to get backout there,” said Bencivenga. “I have a whole new appre-ciation for the game.” She’ll be joined in the outfieldby senior Brianna Dziedzic. The Ramapo commit ledthe Raiders in batting average in each of the last twoseasons.

Red Bank Catholic (RBC,) while hit hard by gradua-tion, returns senior Gabrielle Klecko in centerfield. Sheled the Caseys in stolen bases and had the highest onbase percentage on the roster. Meanwhile, RBC’s rival,St. John Vianney, returns Amanda Durham who had a.400 batting average with 10 doubles and 11 stolenbases.“We always look forward to our game against SJV,”explained Klecko. “You know it’s going to be good com-petition.”

Other players to watch this season include Howell out-fielder Cassidy Brzozowski Ocean junior Jenna Ambrosio.Brzozowski was an All-Shore selection in 2010 andAmbrosio will split time between shortstop and right field.

Softball Players to Watch: Outfield

Cassidy BrzozowskiCenterfield

Howell

Gabrielle KleckoCenter Field

RBC

Brianna DziedzicOutfield

Toms River East

Amanda DurhamOutfield

St. John Vianney

Sarah BencivengaCF & Pitcher

Toms River East




B y Ted KaiserRED BANK— Winning aschool record 26 baseballgames including a streak of24 in a row will garner someattention. There will be plen-ty of spotlights on the RedBank Catholic (RBC) base-ball this spring. After a 26-4season that included a ShoreConference Tournamentchampionship, the Caseysreturn several key playersand look poised to make apush for numerous titles. Theexpectations are obviouslyhigh, but RBC is handlingthem well. “We feel we have agreat team and our teamchemistry is good,” said sen-ior centerfielder AndrewLaMura.

LaMura is one of thosereturning starters counted onto lead the Caseys. He was afirst-team All-Shore selec-tion with a .413 battingaverage as a junior and hascommitted to play baseballat East Carolina Universitynext year. Nick Liggett isanother returning outfielder/pitcher whohas committed to Delaware. The rest of thepitching staff is made up of senior RyanSpahr, Ryan Slate and Mike Rescigno.Spahr is the ace and a Wagner commit.Slate is undecided for college, but followsin the family pitching legacy after hisbrother Kyle who starred for ChristianBrothers Academy. Rescigno is a risingjunior who will also see time at third base.“Obviously we want to win states, win theShore Conference and really just try for allfive baseball championships,” explainedSpahr. “Everyone knows we’re going to

score runs with our offense. We just haveto pitch and throw strikes.”

RBC will have their share of toughopponents to face if they hope to captureall five of the coveted titles including theClass B North Division, the ShoreConference Tournament, the MonmouthCounty Tournament, the Non-Public SouthA crown and the overall Non-Public groupchampionship. “We just have to take itone game at a time,” said Ryan Slate. “Wejust have to come out with the same inten-sity every game if we want to accomplishour goals.”

Lofty Expectations for RBC Baseball

B y Ted KaiserTOMS RIVER— It has beena dominating stretch for theToms River East softballteam. The Raiders have wonfive straight Class A SouthDivision championshipsand are loaded for anotherrun this spring. BrickMemorial and JacksonMemorial figure to be com-petitive challengers, espe-cially since the Mustangswere the first divisional foeto beat the Raiders since2006 when they won lastseason. But TR East returnsthe kind of talent that cham-pionship teams are made of.

Back in the fold is theirace pitcher, junior JordanWeed. In addition to starringon the hill Weed led theRaiders in homeruns. Weedhas already given a verbalcommitment to BostonCollege. “We have highexpectations, but we doevery year so it is nothingdifferent,” said Weed. “The bar isalways set extremely high.”

Fellow junior Sarah Bencivengareturns at center field after missing the2011 due to injury. She is happy to beback and says she has a whole newappreciation for the game after beingaway. As a freshman, Bencivenga ledthe team in hits and she could also fac-tor in to pitch some innings. Seniorshortstop Corey Schwartz anchors theteam’s defense. The University of

Maryland commit had the highest field-ing percentage on the team last season.Outfielder Brianna Dziedzic has heldthe top batting average on the squad forthe past two years.

The Raiders might not go unscathedthrough their division schedule withBrick Memorial and Jackson Memoriallooking strong. But the experience andtalent still favors TR East for a sixthconsecutive division title and maybemore.

TR East Softball Seeks 6thStraight Division Crown

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Dragons Look Strong On The Diamond

SJV Softball Team Has High ExpectationsJersey Sports News • April 3 - April 24 Page 13

By Sean SimmonsHOLMDEL—The St. John Vianney (SJV) softball teamis coming off a very impressive 29-1-1 campaign andending their season last year as the number one rankedteam in New Jersey.

The Lancers capped off their season with a 21-gamewinning streak and won their second straight NJSIAANon-Public A championship by defeating ImmaculateHeart Academy.

Other key highlights for the Lancers last seasonwere beating Red Bank Catholic (RBC) in theMonmouth County Tournament final avenging theironly loss of the season and defeating MiddletownSouth in the Shore Conference Tournament champi-onship game.

The key losses from last year’s team are Jen Retzerand McKinley Tretler. Retzer finished the season with a16-1-1 record and struck out 202 batters. Retzer alsohad a microscopic 0.79 ERA and was one of the top hit-ters on the team with a .389 batting average. Tretler

batted .382 with seven home runs and 35 RBIs. “With eight returning defensive players, our team goals arevery high,” SJV Head Coach Kim Lombardi said.

Players expected to make an impact for the Lancersthis season include: catcher Kristen Solari outfielderAmanda Durham, pitcher Katie Beriont, second base-man Cailin Winokur and third baseman Taylor August.Beriont, who is only a sophomore, might be the mostdominant pitcher in the Shore Conference this season.Other key returning players for SJV include: outfieldersKatie Baron, Marlena Bevilacqua, Zoe Otterman, EmmaTabacchi and shortstop Jackie Gallagher. The top new-comers for the Lancers are first baseman EricaKrumbine and pitcher Ashley Ventura.

The Lancers will open up their season on April 3rd atRed Bank Regional High School..“We are looking to have a great 2012 softball seasonand our goal is to make it back to the state finals,”Lombardi said.

The Brick Township High Schoolbaseball team looks ready to haveanother successful season aftergoing 22 - 6 last spring. TheDragons won the Class B Southdivision with a 8 - 2 record and theyalso won the Ocean CountyTournament defeating JacksonMemorial by the score of 10- 7.They also reached the semifinals ofthe Shore Conference Tournamentbefore losing. Head Coach JasonGroshel has a solid core group ofplayers returning from last seasonand according to Coach Groshel theteam will be led by their pitchingand defense. “If we win the closegames, we can make another run inthe playoffs,” said Groshel.

Players returning from last season

include Bill Berg (second base) who hit .315 while tallying20 runs batted in and 18 runs scored.Brian Mayer returns behind the plateas catcher after batting .365 lastseason with 12 RBIs. At first baseTyler Iannarone returns after batting.373 last season with five doubles.John Kizzman will be returning tothe outfield after batting .255 lastseason with 14 RBIs. Pitchersreturning are Brandon Kiessor whoposted a 5 - 1 record last season witha 2.39 ERA while striking out 47batters. Also returning to the moundis Gann Minch who posted a 2 - 0record in 17 innings and a 2.39ERA. Jake Voorhees also returns tothe mound after going 2 - 2 last sea-son with a 3.67 ERA in 18 innings.

Some players who will be competingfor playing time include outfielders:Brian Applegate, Dan DePaul, JohnPullino and Kevin Voorhees whileJoe Bench, Jessie Alfano and RyanGriffith will all compete for playingtime in the infield. Some pitcherslooking for innings will be: TrevorMasstria, Jessie Alfano and EvanLobatto.

The Green Dragons will open theseason with Middletown South andCentral Regional and Coach Groshelis anxious to get the season started."Our pitching will lead the way forthis team and we are looking forwardto defending our division title andmake some noise in the playoffs,”said Groshel.

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By Michael Rogers

By Pat RalphOne of the most domi-

nant teams in the ShoreConference is the JacksonMemorial Jaguars and theyenter the 2012 season withfour important goals inmind: win Class A South,win the Ocean CountyTournament, win the ShoreConference Tournamentand win a state champi-onship. However, theJaguars will be challengedalong the way if they wantto accomplish these goals.

The Jaguars went 21-6 in2011, posting an unblem-ished 10-0 record againstClass A South opponents,which is considered to beone of the most dominantdivisions in the ShoreConference. Despite atremendous season, theJaguars fell short in thestate tournament and werehit by a bitter tragedy whensenior outfielder JasonVolpe was killed in a caraccident during the season.The Jaguars enter this sea-son as the preseasonfavorite to win the OceanCounty Tournament and asone of the top contendersfor the Shore Conferencecrown. The biggest chal-

lengers to the Jaguars inOcean County will becrosstown rivals JacksonLiberty, as well as bothToms River North andSouth.

Under Head Coach FrankMalta, the Jaguars willhave both a very talentedlineup and pitching staffthis season. Headlining theJaguars powerful lineupare senior infielder JoeOgren and junior catcherMatt Thaiss. Ogren, who is

committed to BucknellUniversity, had a superbjunior year in which he hit.447 with six home runsand 23 RBI’s. As a junior,Thaiss, who has committedto play at the University ofVirginia, will be movingfrom right field to his natu-ral position of catcher thisyear. Last season, the jun-ior sensation hit .310 withsix home runs and 20RBI’s, but he suffered a hipinjury last year that kept

him out for three weeks.Anchoring the Jaguarspitching staff will be seniorpitchers Brandon Holupand Alex Daniele. Holupwent 5-3 with a 2.16 ERAand 40 strikeouts in 2011,while Daniele posted a 4-0record with a 1.91 ERAand 22 strikeouts.

The Jaguars open up the2012 season on the roadagainst Southern onMonday, April 2nd, whiletheir home opener is

Monday, April 9th, againstBrick Memorial. With ahealthy Matt Thaiss behindthe plate teaming up with aloaded pitching staff, theJackson Memorial Jaguarshave the potential to havean incredible season.


Jackson Memorial A Dominant Force This SeasonBy Jim HintelmannMIDDLETOWN TOWN-SHIP - Although losingthree quality players, JackieBates (Rutgers), Julie Kuhn(Northwestern) and AloiMuratore (Brookdale),Middletown South HeadCoach Tom Erbig is stilllooking for a solid seasonand the Eagles, who wonthe A Division North andNJSIAA Central JerseyGroup III titles last year,should be among the area'sbest, especially with sevenreturning starters."Replacing them will bedifficult," admitted Erbig,"but the three new kidshave the ability to replacethem. They just need torefine a few things. I see noreason why we can't still becontenders in the divisionand post season."

The three new players arethird baseman AbbeySchultz, catcher VeronicaZega and outfielder AlexCorrigan and all of themhave good potential.

The seven returningstarters include: shortstopJill Troiano who hit .480with seven home runs and32 RBIs last year, outfield-ers Taylor Landis (.327 / 32

hits) and Grace Heller, sec-ond baseman Alex Jacinto and pitchers Allison Nolan(12-3, 1:40 era) and AliPomajersky (12-3, 1:40era). "Our past teams haveso much tradition," saidTroiano, a four- year varsitystarter who played onSouth's 2009 and 2010 statechampion teams. "We lostsome key players but thenew players have the poten-tial. We just have to workhard and put everythingtogether. We want to go outwith a state title. We alwaysknow how to win.”

Troiano is also an out-standing player in fieldhockey, but has not decidedon a college at this time.“Troiano hits well withpower," said Erbig. "She isa top notch player.The remaining players areinfielder Kelsey Lawrence,catcher Megan Mitteen-zweig and outfieldersMegan Davidson, CourtneyTaylor and KristenPomajersky.

South lost to St. JohnVianney in both the ShoreConference and MonmouthCounty tournaments lastyear along with losing to

Sparta in the NJSIAAGroup III finals, but Erbigremains hopeful eventhough the Eagles move up

to Group IV this year. "Weplay almost all Group IVteams anyway," said Erbig,whose team went 24-7 a

year ago. "Our defense isgood and our hitting issolid. All we need are thenew players to step up."

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Softball JERSEY SHORE—The Shore Conference softballscene is loaded at the infield andcatcher positions this year. Thereis talent all around the horn atevery spot. At first base, one ofthe top players is Red BankRegional sophomore JessStevenson. As a freshman, sheearned All-Shore third team hon-ors for her talents with the bat.She is one of the leaders on theBucs even though she is only inher second season. “I’m reallylooking forward to this season. Ijust want to do what I did lastyear,” explained Stevenson. “Idefinitely think we have a goodteam.”

Also at first base is Raritan’sTiffany Dahlquist (.476 avg.).Her teammate Emily Schafferand Toms River East’s JordanWeed are two pitchers whoexpect to see some time at firstbase.

In the middle infield there areseveral shortstops to watchincluding Barnegat’s StephanieButler who will attend Villanovanext fall. Butler led the Bengalsin RBIs, hits and fielding per-centage and batted .558 in 2011.

Jill Troiano is the big bat in theMiddletown South lineup withseven home runs and 42 RBI’slast year. Raritan shortstopBobbie Boehler batted .433 lastseason. Jenna Ambrosio ofOcean and Sydney Canessa ofWall (led Shore Conference inruns scored) are rising juniors.Also, watch for TR East’s CoreySchwartz, RBC’s Gabrielle

Klecko and Brick Memorial’sGabriella Hill. Manasquan short-stop Keara Homan teams for agreat double-play combinationwith second baseman MeredithBryant. St. John Vianney’s(SJV) Cailin Winokur batted.495 at second base last spring.

Among the stars at third baseare SJV’s Taylor August who hit.527 with five home runs,

Howell senior Lauren Saal, andRed Bank Regional’s TrishLangley. At catcher, keep an eyeon Red Bank Catholic’s DakotaCanta, Wall’s Dani Petrone,SJV’s Kristen Solari, andFreehold Boro’s GabrielleRomanowski.

Softball Players to Watch: Infielders & Catchers

Tiffany DahlquistFirst Base

Raritan

Trish LangleyThird Base

RBR

Lauren SaalInfieldHowell

Jess StevensonFirst Base

RBR

Dani PetroneCatcher

Wall

Kristen SolariCatcher

St. John Vianney

Gabrielle KleckoShortstop

RBC

Jill TroianoShortstop

Middletown South

Katie BeriontFirst Base

St. John Vianney

Gabriella HillPitcher & Short Stop

Brick Memorial

Jenna AmbrosioShortstop

Ocean Twp.

Taylor AugustThird Base

St. John Vianney

Meredith BryantSecond BaseManasquan

Cailin WinokurSecond Base

St. John Vianney

Sydney CanessaShortstop

Wall

Corey SchwartzShortstop

Toms River East

Bobbi BoehlerShortstop

Raritan

Keara HormanShortstopManasquan

Dakota CantaCatcher

RBC

Gabrielle RomanowskiCatcherFreehold


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By Ted KaiserHOWELL— After finish-ing 16-9 overall last seasonwith a Central JerseyGroup IV sectional title,the Howell softball teamlooked to 2012 with opti-mism. The team is set toreturn six starters expectedto help challenge for a divi-sion title against perennialpower Class A Northpower Middletown South.Giving the team an extraboost is the energy andenthusiasm of first yearHead Coach TriciaReingle-Savino, a starpitcher for St. JohnVianney just a few yearsago. Between the confi-dence gained from the statechampionship run and theatmosphere under CoachReingle-Savino, Howell is poised fora successful spring. “We would liketo win our division. Our new coachhas been training us very hard and Ithink she gives us a good chance todo well,” explained senior pitcherCarsin Conner.

Conner will be a key to the team’sfortunes. She was 11-3 with a 1.61 onthe mound and .426 with five homeruns at the plate last season. Back incenter field is senior CassidyBrzozowski and Lauren Saal returnsat third base. Saal led the Rebels witha .436 batting average in 2011.

Howell only lost a few starters andjuniors such as Julia Moscato andMonica Smith are expected to earnbigger roles. “The girls coming upknow they have big shoes to fill,”said Cassidy Brzozowski, an All-Shore player in 2010. “They knowthe expectations and I think we had agood off-season.”

Howell will have a tough division-al test right away when they facedefending champion MiddletownSouth. If the Rebels hope to capturethe Class A North crown it will haveto go through the Eagles

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By Ted KaiserHAZLET— The St. John Vianney(SJV) softball team has ruled theroost in the Class A Central Divisionover the past few seasons. There isnow doubt that the 2012 campaignwill be another big one for theLancers who figure to be one of thetop teams in New Jersey. But a divi-sion title will not be a cake walk forthe defending champions. Raritan andHolmdel are chomping at the bit fortheir chance at the powerhouse pro-gram.

Last season, Raritan (17-8, 8-4)dropped both games to the Lancers(29-1-1, 12-0), however, a close 1-0defeat in their second meeting provedthat the Rockets could hang tough. Ithelps to have Head Coach AadoKommendant, the former head coachat SJV, in their dugout.“Coach K prepares us verywell for the games with allkinds of knowledge fromprevious years and any-thing to get us ready for ouropponent,” said seniorshortstop Bobbie Boehlerwho batted .433 in 2011.

The Rockets return sev-eral key starters includingBoehler and first-team All-Shore selection TiffanyDahlquist at first base.Dahlquist hit at a .476 cliplast season. On the moundwill be sophomore Emily

Schaffer who won nine games andhad a 1.17 ERA as a freshman. Shewas a third-team All-Shore selectionin her first season. “We have newplayers coming up this season,”explained Dahlquist referring to afreshman class that might field atleast two starters. “We’re comingtogether as a team and look forwardto being competitive.”

Meanwhile, Holmdel (15-9, 9-3)was last season’s second place finish-er in the Class A Central standings.The Hornets return five startersincluding top hitters Lauren Reidy atcenter field and Emily Morgan atshortstop. Emma Brody will get mostof the starts at pitcher with EmmaKatz out for the season due to a kneeinjury.

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JSN Baseball Division PreviewClass A North

PREDICTED CHAMP: CBAThe Colts struggled a bit in the division last year,

but in fairness, the competition was incredible. Otherthan Manalapan, most of the schools largely beat upon each other. Look for CBA to bounce back from theirfirst losing season in ages on the backs of key playerssuch as Joe Dudek, Sean Arnot and Matt Pidich.

CONTENDERS: Middletown South, Manalapan– Ace Howie Brey will keep the Eagles competitivedespite graduation losses. Losing fellow ace WillSiegfried to graduation will hurt but South still hastalent to contend. Manalapan only lost one divisionalgame in 2011; however, they have to replace a lot ofstarters.

PREDICTED STANDINGS:

1. CBA2. Middletown South3. Manalapan4. Marlboro5. Freehold Township6. Middletown North7. Howell

Class A Central

PREDICTEDCHAMP: Raritan

The Class A Central isperhaps the most wide-open division with a hand-ful of teams who couldend up winning. Raritangets the edge based onslugging outfielder JakeVanderveer and the rest of

upperclassmen-dominate lineup.CONTENDERS: St. John Vianney, Holmdel,

Rumson/Fair Haven – SJV might be the nextbest bet to finish in first place. RFH has a newcoach after a 10-11 season. Holmdel could bepoised for more success after a 5-7 mark in thedivision in 2011.

“We are going to be solid throughout thelineup. We have a lot of kids that know how toplay the game and go about things the right wayand it should translate onto the field.” – Holmdelsenior outfielder Eric Scamardella


1. Raritan2. St. John Vianney

3. Holmdel4. Rumson/Fair Haven5. Matawan6. Red Bank Regional

7. Shore Regional

Class A South

PREDICTED CHAMP:Jackson Memorial

The Jaguars can rakeat the plate with senior JoeOgren and junior catcher JoeThaiss anchoring the lineup.Look for junior SpencerYoung and sophomore MattGuarino to improve ontheir stellar statistics from2011. Despite some gradu-ation losses, the Jags havewhat it takes to go 10-0 inthe division again.

CONTENDERS: Toms River North, Toms RiverSouth – The Mariners return a trio of .300 hitters inBrett Fontenelli, Ron Marinaccio, and Scott Buxbaum.TR South will be especially formidable when KyleDriscoll returns to the rotation after healing from hisbroken non-pitching arm.

“The expectations are high. Last year we had a real-ly strong team and expected to do better so this year wewant to win the Class A South and go on from there.”– TR South senior shortstop R.J. Devish


1. Jackson Memorial2. TR South3. TR North4. Brick Memorial5. TR East6. Southern Regional

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Division PreviewClass B North

PREDICTED CHAMP: Red BankCatholic

The Caseys should be able to scorelots of runs and they have the pitchingto keep other teams off the scoreboard.After setting a school record for wins in2011, it would not be surprising if theyflirt with breaking that record thisspring.

“We want to beat last season’s recordfor wins and obviously win states andall five championships.” – pitcher RyanSpahr

C O N T E N D E R S : M o n m o u t hRegional, Freehold Boro – It is difficultto see anyone overtaking RBC for firstplace. The Caseys only lost one divi-

sional game last year and they might notlose one this time around. Monmouthace pitcher Luke Cahill will hope tosteal a game from them at least once.


1. Red Bank Catholic2. Monmouth Regional3. Freehold Boro4. Ocean5. Neptune6. Long Branch

Class B Central

PREDICTED CHAMP: St. RoseThe Roses were undefeated in the divi-

sion last year and their dominanceshould continue despite having to adjustto a new coach. Three seniors with high.300 batting averages return includingcatcher Chris Reynolds, second basemanTom Elkow and first baseman BradCurrao. However, St. Rose does notreturn any top tier starting pitchers andthat could leave them vulnerable in theirquest for another division crown.

CONTENDERS: Mater Dei, PointBeach – The Seraphs and Gulls tied forsecond place in 2011 and they’ll likelybattle it out again this spring. Bothteams return a host of starters and couldend up giving St. Rose a run for first

place. Mater Dei is more apitching-focused squad,while the Gulls are anoffensive force.

PREDICTEDS TANDINGS:

1. St. Rose2. Mater Dei3. Point Beach4. Keansburg5. Keyport6. Henry Hudson7. Asbury Park

Class B South

PREDICTEDCHAMP: BrickTownship

This divisionwill likely be adogfight betweenthe Green Dragons

and Manchester, but a few other teamscould surprise too. Brick will rely on astrong battery of pitcher BrandonKieslor and catcher Brian Mayer.

“We lost a few big time players, butwe have guys that still have varsityexperience. I’m hoping to be part ofleading the team to winning the divi-sion.” – senior pitcher Brandon Kieslor

CONTENDERS: Manchester,Lacey, Central, Barnegat – Manchesterhas the offense with Aaron Kane andTim Rogers returning. The Hawks couldvery well take first place. Either one ofLacey, Central or Barnegat might end upbreaking through to the next level.

“We want to win the division. We’vegot to change the mentality of theprogram because we’ve beendown. We’re trying to bring backsuccess.” – Barnegat senior pitcherRay Waszkiewicz


1.BrickTownship

2. Manchester3. Lacey4. Barnegat5. Central6. Pinelands

Class C Central

PREDICTED CHAMP: Wall

Senior pitcher HarryPaytas was 8-1 with a1.75 ERA as a juniorand catcher ConnorWhite batted .513last season. Bothwill play atM o n m o u t hUniversity next year.That’s a good recipe forwinning especially con-sidering the talent sur-rounding them in the line-up and on the field. TheCrimson Knights arepoised to repeat asdivision championsand best last season’s18 win total.

“Last year we kind of fellapart in the postseason, so wewant to make sure that doesn’thappen this time around.” –Wall senior Harry Paytas

CONTENDERS: Jackson Liberty –The Lions return some key players fromlast year’s 17-7, 8-2 squad. They havethe depth to challenge Wall and look tobe a definite top ten team in the ShoreConference.

“We lost three starts, but all of ourpitchers are back and I’m confident inour group. Our defense is pretty muchthe same. We want the division title and

know that Wall is our biggest competi-tion for that.” – senior pitcher JohnHolland


1.Wall2.Jackson Liberty3.Point Boro4.Manasquan5.Monsignor Donovan6.Lakewood

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Class A North

PREDICTED CHAMP:Middletown South

The Eagles are primed for another divi-sion title and have been in the groupfinal for three straight years.

“The goal is always to win a statetitle. We moved up to Group IV this yearso it could be more challenging.” – sen-ior pitcher Allison Nolan

CONTENDERS: Howell – Lastyear’s Central Jersey Group IV champsreturn a handful of key starters.


1. Middletown South2. Howell3. Freehold Township4. Middletown North5. Manalapan6. Marlboro

Class A Central

PREDICTED CHAMP:St. John Vianney

SJV might be the topteam in the state.

Sophomore Katie Beroint likely takesover as the top pitcher with Jen Retzerhaving graduated. Third baseman TaylorAugust and her .527 batting averageleads the offense.

CONTENDERS: Raritan, Holmdel– Both squads will try to give theLancers a challenge andbattle it out for the

public school division title.


1. St John Vianney2. Raritan3. Holmdel4. Red Bank Regional5. Matawan6. Rumson/Fair Haven7. Shore Regional

Class A South

PREDICTED CHAMP: TomsRiver East

TR East has locked down this divisionand despite some challengers; the Raidersare positioned for a sixth straight firstplace finish.

“We’ve worked hard in the off-seasonand focused on little things such as exe-cuting when runners are in scoring posi-tions.” – senior shortstop CoreySchwartz

CONTENDERS: Brick Memorial,Jackson Memorial - The Mustangsproved they could beat TR East last sea-son and they return sophomore pitcher

Gabriella Hill who set theschool record for strikeouts

in a season. The Jaguarsalso look solid after a 7-3divisional record in 2011.


1. Toms River East2. Brick Memorial3. Jackson Memorial4. Toms River North5. Southern6. Toms River South

Class B North

P R E D I C T E DCHAMP: Red Bank Catholic

The Caseys lost a lot of talent to grad-uation, but this is RBC where rebuildingis reloading. It will be interesting to seewho steps up as the ace of the pitchingstaff.

“We have new key players and ourfielding needs to be a lot stronger thisyear to support our new pitching staff.”

– senior outfielder Gabby KleckoC O N T E N D E R S :

Ocean – It would not be sur-prising for the Spartans to

overtake RBC for firstplace with juniors JennaAmbrosio and GiannaKinhofer leading the way.


1. Red BankCatholic

2. Ocean3. Neptune4. Colts Neck5. Freehold Boro6. Monmouth

Regional7. Long Branch

Class B Central

PREDICTEDCHAMP: PointBeach

Senior AmyPicciacco is a pitch-ing ace (1.18 ERA)who should give theGarnet Gulls a legup over rival MaterDei for first place.Also returning areseniors GraceM c G u i g a n ,Brianne Barry andMacKenzie Donaldwho each battedover .300. TheGulls were 9-3 lastseason and finishedone game behind theSeraphs.

CONTENDERS: Mater Dei – Lastyear’s division champs lost a lot ofoffensive talent to graduation. Theyreturn top starter junior Jackie Nash whowill keep them in games with her arm.


1. Point Beach2. Mater Dei3. Keyport4. St. Rose5. Keansburg6. Henry Hudson7. Asbury Park

Class B South

PREDICTED CHAMP: Barnegat

The Bengals set a school record with14 wins last season and finished tied forsecond place. This spring, the divisionlooks like theirs for the taking with theentire starting lineup returning.Shortstop Stephanie Butler, a Villanovacommit, led the team in batting average(.558), RBIs, hits, and fielding percent-age last season.

“I believe we can win the division thisyear and move a few rounds into states.”– senior shortstop Stephanie Butler

CONTENDERS: Central, Pinelands– Both teams lost key pitchers, Central’sAshley Aires is not playing softball thisspring and Pinelands graduated aceMorgan Schwartz.


1. Barnegat2. Central Regional3. Pinelands4. Lacey5.Brick

Township6. Manchester

Class C Central

PREDICTED CHAMP: WallThe Crimson Knights looked poised

to regain control of the division. Theylost twice to Jackson Liberty, but paidthem back in the state playoffs. SydneyCanessa is a two-time first-team All-Shore shortstop who led Wall in battingaverage. Catcher Dani Petrone was tiedfor the Shore Conference lead in homeruns with seven in 2011.

“We lost our star pitcher to graduationso we’ll rely more on strong defense andoffense. We’re a lot closer as a team sothat will help.” – junior shortstopSydney Canessa

CONTENDERS: Jackson Liberty,Manasquan – After beating Wall twice inthe regular season, the Lions lost tothem in the state playoffs. Even if theydon’t win the division this spring, theLions might find themselves in theopposite role this season. Two-year cap-tain Amy Hickman is the starting pitch-er to watch. Manasquan has an all-starcaliber senior double-play duo in KearaHoman and Meredith Bryant.


1. Wall2. Jackson Liberty3. Manasquan4. Monsignor Donovan5. Point Boro6. Lakewood

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By Josh LashleyOf course there will be some

obstacles for the Toms RiverSouth High School baseballteam to overcome this springbut that comes with the territo-ry. The good news for thoseinvolved with the Indians pro-gram is that this squad appearsto have the type of chemistryand team unity needed to han-dle adversity despite the lossof several players from lastyear’s squad.

While the Indians lost a sig-nificant amount of players tograduation in 2011, HeadCoach Ken Frank is optimisticabout this season. Toms RiverSouth had an overall record of16-9 and advanced to theNJSIAA South Jersey GroupIV semifinal round before los-ing a one-run game to Millvillelast spring. Frank’s great career will likely reach a

memorable milestone this yearas he is just four victoriesaway from becoming the all-time winningest coach in thehistory of high school baseballin New Jersey. He currentlyhas 751 career victories andthe state record is 754achieved by Tony Ferrainolofrom Memorial High School.“I never like the wordrebuild,’’ Frank said. “We willbe competitive in every gameeven though we graduatedseven starters from last season.The boys always give 100%and would like to continue ourbaseball tradition.’’

Key returning players for theIndians include: Kyle Driscoll(pitcher), RJ Devish (shortstop) and John Leiter (pitcher).Coach Frank mentioned thatthere are a whole host of

players who can earn a varsityletter and make an overall pos-itive impact this season.Among them are: James Burke(pitcher/first base), CaseyCranmer (short stop/ firstbase), Andrew Hourigan (thirdbase), Shane McCullough(designated hitter/first base)and Russell Messler (outfield).“Driscoll is 6’ 7’’ and hassigned with Rutgers,’’ Franksaid. “Leiter had three winslast season and has really got-ten stronger and quicker.Burke and Cranmer had goodpre-seasons to round out ourstaff. Hitting-wise Devish,Hourigan, Burke, McCulloughand Messler have carried ouroffense. We want to be com-petitive in the tough A SouthConference and do well in ournon-conference games.’’


The Beat Goes On At TRS Despite Graduation Losses

Bounty Style Play In The NFL Is Unacceptable PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDI

The NFL must act in a very dramaticand definite manner in dealing with theNFL teams who have had a bounty sys-tem that rewards players for injuringopposing players in a game. An NFLcoaching staff cannot allow their playersto be involved in deliberately trying toinjure opposing players. When youreward players who play outside the rulesof the game seeking to hurt their oppo-

nents, you tell players that this type ofbehavior is acceptable on all levels.

Coaches behind the bounty type styleof play must be suspended for a wholeseason. It is impossible to believe that acoach in the NFL could stand in front ofhis team and propose a bounty system.NFL players do not play to injure theiropponents. The NFL players clearlyknow how fragile and brief their careers

can be. NFL players sitting in a teammeeting hearing the bounty systembeing introduced should immediatelylose respect for any NFL coach promot-ing such a program.

Players who play with aggressivelegal position technique skills do nothave to cheat to win a game. The boun-ty system has no place in the NFL andcan leave a bad image of the league. The

coaches that use the bounty systemshould no longer be allowed to have theprivilege of being an NFL coach.Immediate action must be taken by theleague prior to the start of the next sea-son so that similar situations are notrepeated and the game of football as weknow it is not tarnished any further.

By Pat RalphAs one of the most

successful baseballprograms in the stateof New Jersey, theChristian BrothersAcademy (CBA) Coltsenter their 2012 cam-paign with high expec-tations to succeed.With a team comprisedof great senior leader-ship and a talentedgroup of underclass-men, the Colts arefocused on returningbaseball glory back to Lincroft.

Since their last state championshipin 2009, the Colts have had two dis-appointing seasons. Last year, theColts went 11-11 on the season, post-ing a 5-7 record against Class ANorth foes. Even though Class ANorth is one of the most competitiveand talented divisions in the ShoreConference, an under .500 record indivision play is unacceptable forCBA, as anyone who has played forthe program can tell you. With HeadCoach Marty Kenney in commandfor his 38th season in Lincroft, theColts are looking to restore the base-ball glory that has been a key compo-nent to Kenney’s system.

The Colts enter their 2012 season

with three Division I college com-mits. Highlighting the group is juniorfirst basemen/pitcher Joe Dudek, whohas verbally committed to play forthe Tar Heels of North Carolina incollege. Dudek hit .352 last year withfive home runs and batted in nineRBI’s. He is considered by manyexperts to be the best slugger in theShore Conference and one of the bestin New Jersey. On the diamond, hefinished with an ERA of 2.13. Alongwith Dudek, junior pitcher MattPidich, who has committed to play atthe University of Pittsburgh for col-lege, spotted a 1.72 ERA on themound for the Colts.

The leader of the CBA pack is sen-ior captain shortstop Sean Arnott,

who is committed to play at TempleUniversity next year. Last season,Arnott batted in 12 RBI’s and is con-fident the Colts will have a good sea-son. “We have a lot of potential onour squad and we’re really happyabout how we have played in ourscrimmages. Our goal is to take it onegame at a time,” explained Arnott.

One of the keys to success for theColts this year will be their impres-sive pitching staff. One of thestrongest in the Shore Conference,the Colts have a junior-led pitchingcore of Dudek, Pidich, and Division Ipitching prospect John McCarren,who has yet to commit to any college.In addition to this talented group of juniors, the Colts have a solid group

of senior pitchers in players likeBobby Byrne, Dave Rosone,Mike Yacabonis and SeanClarke. Another key for theColts this season will be theoffensive production they areable to get in games. The domi-nating pitching will be a con-stant for this squad; it will bethe offense that determines howfar this team can go in localtournaments and the state tour-nament.

The Colts are projected bymany to win the Class A North

division this year and contend for notonly a Shore ConferenceChampionship and a MonmouthCounty Championship, but possibly astate championship. The Colts openup their season on Monday, April2nd, on the road against FreeholdTownship, while their home opener isWednesday, April 4th, againstcrosstown rival Middletown South.However, the biggest game of theseason for the Colts will no doubt beon May 5th, when the Colts take onarchrival Red Bank Catholic, a verypossible Monmouth CountyTournament title game and ShoreConference Tournament title gamepreview.


Colts Come into Season with High Expectations


By Jim HintelmannRED BANK - It was a mixedsoftball season for Red BankCatholic (RBC) last season,despite a 22-5 record. RBCwon the B Division North titleand handed state power St.John Vianney (SJV) its lonesetback, 6-5, with a six-runrally in the bottom of the sev-enth inning. RBC, though,failed to win any other titles.SJV ending up winning theNJSIAA Non-Public A, ShoreConference and MonmouthCounty championships, and theLady Lancers will be the teamto beat in all three tournamentsagain this spring.

Despite losing some keyplayers by graduation, RBCHead Coach Tony Flego isoptimistic about the upcomingseason and expects to make astrong challenge for all threetitles. "We expect to competeand win a tournament," saidFlego. "I would be disappoint-ed if we didn't. OceanTownship and Neptune will bethe teams to beat in the B Northdivision."

Five starters return, led byoutfielder Gabby Klecko, oneof the Shore's top hitters a yearago with a .600 batting aver-age. She will be playing at the

University of Delaware next year.

"She's one of the best playersat the Shore," said Flego. "Shehas great speed and alwaysputs the ball in play. She keepsthe defense on its toes."

Klecko is confident goinginto the season. "Other teamsmight be overlooking usbecause we lost a lot of playersbut we'll be okay. Our pitchingstaff is young but has talent;I'm looking forward to the sea-son."

Also back on the field thisseason are shortstop DakotaChayes, third baseman JackieGheraldi, catcher Dakota Cantaand outfielders Morgan Chayseand Byrnne Bauman.Others likely to play are firstbaseman-pitcher Gabby Bram,outfielder Colleen Signorelli,second baseman VeronicaMcCarthy, first baseman SarahDnistrian and pitchers MegLoder, Emily Simon and JackieStrully. "We have good depthin pitching and all will getsome innings," said Flego."Our hitting will be prettystrong and we have goodspeed. If we keep playing gooddefense and our pitching levelsout, we'll be pretty solid”.


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