Shore Sports Network Journal 2015 Shore Conference Boys Lacrosse & Baseball Players of the Year

June 23, 2015 Volume-VII Issue-12

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Going out on top was great for ZackOrnstein, but getting one last game

with players he’s grown up with was thereal treat for him on June 10.“I couldn’t really be happier finishing my

career with my four brothers – Ryder Verdoni,Anthony Pozsonyi, Jake Sherman and MarkBuannic – I’ve been playing with them sinceelementary school,” said Ornstein, who wasselected as the Most Valuable Player for his face-off domination in the North All-Star team’s 12-8victory over the South All-Stars in the ShoreConference Coaches Association Senior All-StarGame at Ocean.

“It’s great to be the MVP, and for my last highschool game it’s a great way to go out.”

Ornstein scored a goal while winning nearlyevery face-off as the North unit jumped out to a 6-2 halftime lead and held off a late surge from theSouth quad. Buannic scored three goals with twoassists and Sherman also had a hat trick with oneassist.

CBA midfielder Nick Gazzillo scored twicewhile Red Bank Catholic attackman Tim Barile,Freehold Township attackman Brandon Nunezand Rumson-Fair Haven midfielder Lucas Secklereach scored once. Nunez also had an assist, as didVerdoni. Holmdel goalie Justin Ruiz played the first half and made six savesand Freehold Township goalie Matt Schroepfer made four saves playing in thesecond half.

Ornstein made sure his squad hada huge possession advantage bywinning every face-off in the firsthalf and not losing one until thefourth quarter. It was an extension ofhis play during the season when hewon 83 percent of draws to helpHowell to a 13-4 record and a shareof the Class A North division title forthe best season in program history.He also scored a goal in the firstquarter directly off a face-off win.

“I couldn’t have done it withoutmy wings,” Ornstein said. “HavingVerdoni out there was greatchemistry and (Ocean midfielder)Steven Graziano and (Red Bank

Catholic defenseman) Matt Pieringer were ground ballvacuums. If I could divide the trophy I would.”

Southern attackman Dylan Jinks led the South All-Starswith four goals while Jackson Memorial’s Troy Wolf hada goal and an assist. St. Rose midfielder Matt Frost, St.Rose defenseman Louis Melone and Southern midfielderChris Smith also tallied. Southern’s Brendan Lefanto wasthe only goalie on the South roster and made nine savesplaying the entire way.

Jinks went out in his final game like he came in –scoring. His four goals were a game-high, not surprisingconsidering his unreal career totals. The ShoreConference’s all-time leading scorer ended his career with420 points on 274 goals. He and the rest of Southern’ssenior class that played on Wednesday – Smith, Lefanto,midfielder Shawn McManus and defenseman MikeAdragna – were the driving forces in turning Southern’sprogram in a powerhouse.

“This class means a lot to me,” said Southern headcoach John Pampalone. “It’s very rare when a group of kids comes right inand contributes, and it seems like they’ve been around forever. They’veaccomplished so many things and helped put Southern on the map for lacrosse.

When I’m with the youth program you hear the kids saying ‘I’ll play Dylan’sspot, I’ll be Shawn and I’ll be Mike Adragna.’ These guys made a legacy andwith their achievements at Southern they’re all Hall of Famers in my book.”

The one sentiment that seemed to be agreed upon between all the playerswas how fast the last four years went by.

“When I was down in middle school a bunch of the older guys werepreaching how quick it goes, and at that time you’re an immature kid and youhave no idea what that means,” Jinks said. “I didn’t think it would fly by asquick as it did. I had a great time playing with my boys and I enjoyed everysecond of it.”

“It doesn’t really feel real ending it tonight with a bunch of my friends,”said Rumson defenseman Cooper Cuje. “I’ve played with all these guysgrowing up, so it’s weird saying goodbye one last time.”

Rumson made history by winning the NJSIAA Group I title, a first for aShore Conference team. For Cuje, Seckler and midfielder Seamus Walsh, itwas one last chance to soak in an incredible career.

“It was great coming back after we won group and having everyonecongratulate us and to get one last game on the field with these guys,” Secklersaid. “It was awesome and for me it’s set in now. It’s great to come out hereand represent RFH.”

“It’ hasn’t set in for me yet,” Cuje said. “It will sometime, but it hasn’t yet.I still feel like I’m a freshman.”

Howell’s Zack OrnsteinAll-Star MVP

Southern head coach John Pampalone and attackman DylanJinks were selected as Coach & Player of the Year

Howell’s Zack Ornstein Wins MVP as NorthAll-Stars Top South 12-8 in SCLCA SeniorAll-Star GameBy Bob Badders – Senior Staff Writer

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Kyle Missry is not used tostarting the game on thebench nor having a chanceto think about an at-bat foran entire half-inning.However, as the second designated hitter to enter June 22

Carpenter Cup Classic semifinal game for the Jersey Shore team,the St. Rose star had a chance to ponder a potential at-bat in thetop of the 10th inning while sitting in the dugout of Citizens BankBallpark during the entire bottom of the ninth.

After all that thinking in the dugout, Missry can barelyremember what was going through his head once he finallyswung the bat and put the Shore into Tuesday’s final.

Missry unloaded on a 1-0 offering in the top of the 10thinning and blasted a shot over the left-field wall at the home ofthe Philadelphia Phillies for a tie-breaking solo home run thatgave Jersey Shore a 6-5 win over Delaware County. The Shorewill defend its Carpenter Cup championship Tuesday morningat 10 a.m. against S.O.L. National/Bicentennial at CitizensBank Park in a bid to become just the second team in the 29-year history of the tournament and the first since 1991-92 towin back-to-back titles.

“It something I’ve always dreamed of, hitting a home run in amajor league park,” Missry said. “It’s so special. It’s somethingI’ll never forget.”

Delaware tied the game in the bottom of the eighth inningagainst Colts Neck left-hander Chris Murphy. After Jersey Shorecould not take advantage of a one-out double by MiddletownSouth catcher Zach Schild in the top of the ninth, Missry watchedfrom the dugout hoping Murphy could escape the bottom of theinning and get him an at-bat to start the 10th.

“It definitely helped to get a chance to think about the at-bat fora whole half-inning,” Missry said. “I was able to go up with abetter approach, and I was able to get the pitch I wanted, and I gota good piece of it and it somehow got out of the park.”

After taking ball one from Conestoga High School left-handerMark Anderson, Missry zeroed in on a fastball and launched oneinto the bedding of flowers that rests between the top of the left-field fence and the first row of seats.

“I knew I hit it well, but I didn’t think I actually hit it wellenough to get it out of the park,” Missry said. “I thought maybe itwas a double over (left fielder Jona Siegel’s) head or somethinglike that, but to see it end up out of the park was amazing.”

Murphy, who walked four batters over his first 1 2/3 innings,pitched a one-two-three 10th to nail down the win, striking outtwo in the final frame and three during his outing.

“I just didn’t have my stuff for the first inning and two-thirds,but fortunately I was able to get out of them without doing toomuch damage,” said Murphy, who pitched on the championship-winning Carpenter Cup team as a junior a year ago. “Then inthe last inning, I was able to find my location with the fastballand start getting my curveball over for strikes. I think seeingthe ball go over the fence in the top of the inning got everybodyamped up.”

Missry went 2-for-2 in his two plate appearances and earlier hita two-out RBI single in the top of the seventh to give Jersey Shore

a 5-4 lead.

In two games so far in the tournament, Missry is 3-for-3 with awalk, a home run, two RBI and three runs scored. The fourproductive at-bats are a continuation of a huge senior season forthe St. Rose first baseman, who led the Shore Conference with 15doubles to go with a .478 average, three triples, two home runs, 38RBI and an .869 slugging percentage.

Missry began the season battling an unknown illness that he saidsapped him of 20 pounds. Once he was over the illness and beganto put the weight back on, he immediately began hitting and neverstopped for the 17-8 Purple Roses.

“I have no idea what it was, probably some kind of virus, but Ilost 20 pounds, which was ridiculous,” Missry said. “The firstcouple games back, I struggled to get my timing back, but aboutfive or six games in, I started getting locked in, and I felt goodthe rest of the year.”

Schild went 2-for-2 with a run scored on Missry’s single andpicked off a runner at first base from behind the plate in thebottom of the seventh. The pickoff helped Wall right-hander RyanOrender escape a first-and-second, none-out jam, which was partof 2 1/3 strong innings for the Crimson Knights ace.

After falling behind, 2-0, in the bottom of the first inning, Shorechipped away at the deficit behind second-inning doubles byOcean outfielder Anthony Bartolomei and Manalapan firstbaseman Jake Sadowitz. After Bartolomei blasted a double thatone-hopped the warning track in left with one out, Sadowtiz camethrough with a two-out double to the right-center gap to chasehome Bartolomei and cut the Delaware lead to 2-1.

Jersey Shore took the lead with two runs in the top of the third,which began with back-to-back infield singles by Shore Regional

third baseman James Kellyand Colts Neck center fielderMike Antico. Rumson secondbaseman Max Goione workeda walk after both runnersmoved up on a wild pitch, andwith one out, FreeholdTownship’s Joe Silvestronewalked to force home thetying run.

Bartolomei then followedwith a go-ahead sacrifice fly todeep left field to score Antico.

After Delaware tied thegame in the bottom of thethird, Antico again ignited ago-ahead rally with an infieldsingle, this time beating out aseemingly routine ground ballto shortstop. Antico – whoalso made a running and latera sliding catch in center fieldin key situations – then stolesecond base on a pickoffthrow to first and moved tothird on a ground ball to theright side by Goione. He thenscored his second run on asacrifice fly to the right-fieldwarning track by Wall catcherDan Wondrack.

Jersey Shore was not that far from hitting back-to-back homeruns in the 10th, as Manalapan junior Chris Rodriguez launched a400-foot shot to dead center field that Tom Leonard tracked downand snared with a leaping catch just in front of the wall.

Four of the five Shore pitchers who appeared on the moundthrew more than one inning, and each of those four gave up atleast one run. Manasquan right-hander Jack Sheehan pitched ascoreless fifth inning in his only frame of the game. In all, JerseyShore pitchers combined to walk 10 batters and hit two more, butallowed only five hits and stranded 11 Delaware County runnerson base.

After rolling up 31 runs on 42 hits over their first twotournament wins, the Shore squad pounded out 13 more hits in 10innings on Monday. It is one more dominant offensiveperformance away from winning a second straight Carpenter Cupand becoming just the second team to ever win consecutive titlesin the 30th edition of the tournament.

“It’s a prestigious team that’s had a lot of success in the past,”said Missry, who will play at Montclair State University next year.“So there’s a lot of pressure to try to live up to that success againthis year, and we were able to come through today. Hopefully,we’ll come through tomorrow and win us another championship.”

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Missry’s Big-League Blast BoostsJersey Shore to Carpenter Cup FinalBy Matt Manley – Senior Staff Writer

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In his 42 years at the helm,Marty Kenney has accomplished

about as much as one high schoolcoach can. His 729 career wins cominginto the season were the second-mostin the history of the Shore Conferencebehind legendary Toms River Southcoach Ken Frank and included twooverall NJSIAA Group titles, sevensectional titles, six countychampionships and five ShoreConference titles.

One feat, however, Kenney had never accomplished wasone that only Wall coach Todd Schmitt could lay claim to atthe beginning of the season: winning the Shore QuintupleCrown.

Winning all five potential championships – regular-season division, county tournament, conferencetournament and both NJSIAA sectional and overall grouptitles – is a daunting task for any Shore Conference team,but doing so by having to run the gauntlet in Non-PublicA made CBA an unlikely candidate to join the 2004 Wallteam as the only team in the history of Shore baseball to

win all five.

Then again, it takes a talented team to run that table and Kenneyknew he had a talented bunch coming into the year, even if he did notever in his wildest dreams expect to win every title in front of him.

“This is not a David and Goliath(situation),” Kenney said after his team

knocked off previously unbeaten Don Bosco in theNJSIAA Non-Public A championship game.

“We’re pretty damn good, too.”Along the way to a 17th Class A North title, seventh MCT title,

sixth SCT title and third state championship, Kenney moved intosecond place on the all-time wins list in state history, now trailingonly Frank. Kenney ended the season with 756 career wins, 69 behindFrank (825) for the all-time N.J. record.

While CBA was led by its two North Carolina commits, the Coltsevolved into a resilient team with key contributors throughout thelineup and a strong defensive unit throughout the field. In addition,CBA found the pitching depth that it was missing last year, whenDalatri was the only reliable, healthy pitcher for the duration of theseason.

Kenney turned over the reins to the pitching staff to his son, MartyJr., and the pitching staff flourished under the younger Kenney. WhileDalatri again headlined the staff with his second consecutive historicseason, senior Mike Garvey blossomed into an All-Shore pitcher

while junior Kenny Campbell emerged asa five-game winner with a 2.03 ERA.

Kenney and his staff, which alsoincludes assistant Joe LaRocca, found theright mix with this year’s Colts squad andthe result was a season that ended with 14straight wins and five championships.Kenney had already cemented his status asan all-time great in the Shore Conferenceprior to this season, but by leading his2015 Colts to what will go down,arguably, as the greatest season in ShoreConference baseball history, he furtheredhis case as one of the best coaches in statehistory.

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It may seem easy coaching apowerhouse p rogram, but that

i s not a lways the case .This isn’t professional sports or even the college ranks where teams remain

together for extended periods or can be assembled via recruiting on a national scale.There are going to be times when even the most well-oiled machines will have toreplace some parts, and that was the situation Rumson-Fair Haven and head coachAndy Eastwood faced in 2015.

The Bulldogs, the gold standard of the Shore Conference, graduated a hefty seniorclass the year prior, one that had a hand in capturing a record four straight Shore

Conference Tournament titles and was nearly impossible to defeat withinthe Shore Conference. Expectations are always high for the purple andblack, but the sentiment around the Shore was that Rumson was farfrom its old self.

While that was true early in the season, the Bulldogsinstead put together a historic postseason run to do what noRumson team - no Shore Conference team - had everaccomplished by winning the NJSIAA Group I statechampionship.

“I couldn’t be any more proud of these guys,”said Eastwood, the 2015 Shore SportsNetwork Coach of the Year, after theBulldogs’ historic 9-8 overtime

victory over powerful Mountain Lakes in the Group I final. “My belief in them neverwavered. We knew we could get through those tough patches in the beginning of theseason. This is a bunch of talented guys with a tremendous amount of heart, andthey’ve been working for this day for a long time.”

Rumson entered the season on the heels of winning its fourth consecutive SCTtitle and reaching the South Jersey Group I final for the second straight season, butalso had to deal with losing a marquee senior class. Just six total seniors and a handfulof starters were back for Rumson, but the expectations from outside and within didn’tchange.

“Coach believed in us right from thebeginning of the season and said wecould get here,” said junior attackmanGriffin Schultz.It was a rocky start for Rumson as the Bulldogs began the season 0-4. The losses

were all to top teams - Caldwell, Group II champion Summit, Tournament ofChampions winner Bridgewater-Raritan, which finished as the No. 4 team in thenation, and Southern - but it still put Rumson in a spot it had never been in before.

The Bulldogs responded by winning four straight to even their record, includingan 11-10 win over CBA where senior Lucas Seckler scored the game-winning goalwith under minute left in regulation. Rumson started to build momentum from there,shaking off a loss to St. Augustine Prep, another top-10 team in the state, to win itsnext eight games and reach the Shore Conference Tournament championship gamefor the record sixth straight season.

It was in the SCT final, however, where the season hit another bump. The Bulldogswere defeated 16-6 by Southern, ending their reign atop the conference. But onceagain Eastwood and his players showed their resolve by going on a run for the agesin the state tournament.

It all began with a 14-1 win over Delran followed by a 10-1 win over DelawareValley. Then the road became a lot tougher, but the as the games got bigger Rumsonbegan to realize its potential. Bryan Hess scored the game-winning goal with justover 30 seconds left in a 6-5 win over Madison to put Rumson into the sectional finalwhere they beat New Providence 12-8. That victory alone was good enough to giveRumson some vindication after hearing the rumblings the Bulldogs would go withouta title in a “rebuilding year.”

Rumson then accomplished what no one thought possible at the beginning of theseason, stunning two-time defending Group I champion Mountain Lakes 9-8 inovertime to make history as the first Shore Conference team to finally break throughand win a group championship. It was sophomore Charlie Curran who scored thegame-tying goal with 15 seconds left in regulation and won it with the goal inovertime.

In the truest sense of the phrase it was a team victory - a testament to the jobEastwood and Rumson’s coaches did in preparing them for that moment. Everyonemade at least one major contribution, from Schultz’s hat trick to Seamus Walsh’sground ball that drew the penalty that led to Curran’s tying goal. From Bryan Hess’sground ball out of a scrum that preceded Curran’s championship-clinching goal, toRumson’s defense getting big stop after big stop in the second half.

“You look at the graduation list from last year and I think a lot of people countedus out, but they didn’t know whatwas in the stable,” Eastwood said.“We got tremendous effort anddesire from the senior group, andwe were talented with theunderclassmen. As the season wenton they realized they could playwith good players and goodteams.”

“They just never quit,”Eastwood continued. “There wasno quit in these guys, and thatperseverance carried us a longway.”

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th letes come and go ,spending four years

w i th a p rogram beforemov ing on to co l l ege andthe rest o f the i r l ives .Most are simply participants, while a few more are above

average and some even reach the status of greatness. Thenthere are the legends, the players that will always beremembered. The ones who are the face of their sportsduring their playing careers. Everyone knows their name,and for good reason.

DYLAN JINKS is that typeof player, a Shore Conferencelacrosse legend.

For the second straight year Jinks, a senior attackman forSouthern Regional, is the Shore Sports Network Player ofthe Year. He once again led the Shore Conference in scoringwith 76 goals and 40 assists for 116 points. He had the mostsecond-most goals and most points in the conference, andhad the sixth-highest point total in all of New Jersey.

His career point total is among the highest in statehistory, but his signature moment of his senior season wasleading the Rams to the Shore Conference Tournament title.The Rams, who finished 18-1 and as a top 20 team in NewJersey, defeated Rumson-Fair Haven 16-6 in the SCT titlegame to become the first Ocean County team to win theSCT. He had two goals and two assists in the historic win,erasing two years of frustration from coming up shortagainst Rumson in the final.

When it comes to numbers there has never been anyonebetter in the Shore Conference, and it will likely be a longtime before anyone can even begin to threaten hisconference records. After his 82 points as a freshman, Jinksscored 53 goals and added 33 assists for 86 points as asophomore. He exploded as a junior with a state-best 93goals and 43 assists for 136 points. It all adds up to a mind-

bending 420 career points on274 goals and 146 assists. Hisgoals and points totals are bothShore Conference records.

“He’s just anincredible player,”said Southern head coach JohnPampalone. "It’s hard toslow him down andwhen he startsfeeling it he’s one ofthose players that’sgoing to keep findingthe back of the net.”This season Jinks had five or more points in all but

four of Southern’s 19 games while also notching a pairof 10-point games. He scored six goals six times,including a 16-14 win over Rumson in the regularseason that proved to the Rams and everyone else theywere the team to beat in the Shore Conference. DuringJinks’s time at Southern the Rams went 73-10 withthree Class A South division titles, two NJSIAASouth Jersey Group IV sectional titles and, finally,a Shore Conference Tournament crown.

Jinks was also selected as the Class A SouthPlayer of the Year and was a first-team All-Shore pick by the Shore Conference LacrosseCoaches Association. He will continue hiscareer at Division I University of Hartford.

“When I was down in middle school abunch of the older guys werepreaching how quick it goes, and atthat time you’re an immature kidand you have no idea what thatmeans,” Jinks said. “I didn’tthink it would fly by as quick asit did. I had a great time playingwith my boys and I enjoyed everysecond of it.”

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Althoughthe catcher position wasunsettled in the spring of 2013,CBA head coach Marty Kenneydid not want to put too much onthe plate of a skinny freshmanwith all the tools and know-how todo the job.

Eventually, Kenney gave thenod to Brandon Martorano,and after holding his ownduring that rookie season,

the University of North Carolina recruit has improvedexponentially with each subsequent season.

After matching the school record – held by his current head coach,Kenney – with his seventh career triple early in the season, Martorano

must have decided he had had enough running and started hitting the ball overthe fence. He did not hit his first home run until April 17, but once the first ballcleared the fence, the homers kept coming.

Martorano, who committed to the University of North Carolina before hissophomore season and entered this season with two career home runs, hadthree home runs heading into a May 7 showdown with Manalapan. CBA hadjust lost to Middletown South and with four division losses, was in dangerof letting the Class A North title slip away. For the second time in two weeks,Martorano took a Braves pitcher deep, this time for a three-run blast in a 5-1 win. That win was significant because it was the first of 14 in a row to endthe season and five of those wins clinched a championship of some kind forthe Colts.

While CBA’s pitching rounded into form during the final month of theseason, Martorano’s bat was the constant throughout the streak. Over those 14games, which spanned exactly one calendar month, Martorano hit eight of his11 home runs to go with 19 of his 31 RBI while raising his batting averagefrom .355 to .444.

Of those eight home runs, seven of them came in tournament games,including two in a come-from-behind win over Middletown South in the ShoreConference Tournament quarterfinals. The Eagles took a 5-1 lead into theseventh against CBA and threatened to end the Colts’ historic run right thenand there, but Martorano ignited a four-run seventh inning with his secondhome run of the game and won the game in the bottom of the eighth witha walk-off RBI single that kept the Colts alive.

That game-winning hit against Middletown South was the thirdwalk-off hit in four games for Martorano, who sent the Colts to theMonmouth County Tournament final with a tie-breaking walk-offsingle against Manalapan in the bottom of the seventh and thenwon the MCT title with a walk-off double to beat Wall in the MCTfinal, 5-4, at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood.

The walk-off barrage was far from the end for Martorano. He hit his eighthhome run in a 4-3 win over St. Augustine in the NJSIAA South Jersey Non-Public A quarterfinals and came back the next day with a solo blast off ofManasquan left-hander Tom Sheehan in the Shore Conference Tournamentsemifinals, which tied him for the Shore Conference lead.

Martorano took the lead in the home run race for good by belting a solo shotoff Bishop Eustace right-hander and Penn State recruit Justin Hagenman inthe second inning at Monmouth University, giving CBA one of its two runs ina 2-0 win over a team ranked No. 2 in the state at the time. After beating theCrusaders in the South Jersey final, CBA jumped on top of previouslyundefeated Don Bosco Prep in the state final on Martorano’s 11th home run ofthe season – a two-run shot to right field off Seton Hall recruit and Ironmenleft-hander Cullen Dana.

The 11 home runs and 22 extra-base hits (9 doubles and twotriples) this season both tied single-season school records, and

another 11-home runseason next year byMartorano wouldbreak the school’scareer home runrecord of 23, held byAnthony Buffone.


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Speak i ng o f CBA re co rds ,Da lat r i i s we l l on h i s way toown ing nea r l y a l l o f CBA ’ sp i t ch ing re co rds and hasal ready na i led down a few inh is f i r s t th ree yea rs as aCol t – the l ast two of wh ichended w i t h h im be ingnamed Sho re Spor tsNetwor k P i t cher o f theYear .

This past season, Dalatri set the single-season CBArecord for both strikeouts (122) and strikeouts per seveninnings (12.03), became the school’s all-time leader in wins(25) and strikeouts (252), and is only two-thirds of aninning away from breaking the school record for inningspitched (183, held by Blaine Cordes).

On top of the cumulative numbers, if Dalatri were tonever play again for CBA (note: hypothetical scenario; donot read between lines) he would own the career recordsfor ERA (0.77), strikeouts per seven innings (9.66) and hitsper seven innings (4.1). In fact, the CBA Baseball MediaGuide lists six categories in its career records list – innings,strikeouts, strikeouts per game , hits per game, wins, won-loss record (winning percentage) and ERA – and it is a veryrealistic possibility and, perhaps, likelihood, that Dalatriwill own all but one of those records by this time next year.The only record out of reach is winning percentage, whichis held by Pat Light, who went 20-0 over two seasons andis now knocking on the door to the Major Leagues with theRed Sox.

For all his greatness over the span of the last two seasons,this past year stands on its own as one of the best in thehistory of the Shore Conference – impressive consideringDalatri’s sophomore season could be described the sameway.

In addition to breaking the single-season school recordwith his 122 strikeouts, Dalatri went 9-0 with a 0.88 ERAand walked an astounding seven batters in 71 innings onhis way to winning Gatorade N.J. Player of the Year.Dalatri went 3-0 in the Monmouth County Tournament and2-0 in the Non-Public A Tournament, including wins in thechampionship game of each tournament.

Dalatri’s final week of the season will go down in ShoreConference and N.J. lore. With his team needing to gothrough the top two ranked teams in the state – No. 2Bishop Eustace and No. 1 Don Bosco – in order to win a

championship, Dalatri pitched twoscoreless innings to nail down thesave against Bishop Eustace andthen pitched a four-hit shutout with 12strikeouts against previously unbeatenDon Bosco. In two appearances against thetwo top-ranked teams in the state, Dalatripitched a total of nine shutout innings with sixhits, one walk, one hit batter and 17 strikeouts.

Dalatri recorded double-digit strikeouts in eight of his10 starts and struck out a career-high 15 in an 8-0Monmouth County Tournament win over MonmouthRegional. He also took a no-hitter in theseventh inning in his first startof the season in NewJersey before losingit in the bottomof the seventha g a i n s tM a r l b o r o .That one-hitperformanceover seveninnings was thelone start inwhich Dalatri didnot earn a win, asCBA needed onemore inning to beatthe Mustangs, 1-0.

On top of his secondstraight dominantseason on the mound,Dalatri enjoyed a breakoutyear at the plate, which waspart of the equation in hisGatorade P.O.Y. selection. The6-foot-6 slugger-slash-acebatted .402 with 11 doublesand nine home runs and ledthe Shore Conference with44 RBI while finishingthird in sluggingpercentage (.839).

CBA got enormouscontributions up anddown the lineup and throughout the pitching staff onits way to winning Class A North, the MonmouthCounty Tournament, Shore Conference Tournamentand Non-Public A titles, but its North-Carolina-boundjunior battery of Martorano and Dalatri were at the heartof CBA’s historic season.


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All-Shore teams are selected by Staff Writer MattManley based on statistics, input from variouscoaches and first-hand observation of the teamsand players

SHORE SPORTS NETWORK FIRST TEAMCATCHERSBrandon Martorano, Jr., Christian Brothers AcademyOn May 7, Martorano was having a solid follow-up to a second-team All-Shore season as a sophomore, but what he did from

that day forward stamped him as one of the state’s best players and was the driving factor in CBA’s sprint toward Shore Conferenceand N.J. baseball history. On that day, CBA beat Manalapan, 5-1, for the first of its 14 straight wins to end the season en route tobecoming just the second Shore team ever to win all five possible championships as well as the No. 1 team in the state. Duringthose 14 games, Martorano increased his batting average by 89 points, hit eight of his Shore-Conference-leading 11 home runsand drove in 19 of his 31 RBI. He also had three walk-off hits during that stretch, which included a game-winning single in thebottom of the seventh to beat Manalapan in the Monmouth County Tournament, a walk-off double in the MCT final against Wallat FirstEnergy Park and a walk-off single in the bottom of the eighth to cap a come-from-behind win over Middletown South inthe Shore Conference Tournament.

Martorano hit two home runs and drove in four in that 6-5 win over Middletown South, the closest any team came to beatingCBA during the 14-game run. The Eagles led the Colts 5-1 in the bottom of the seventh, but a two-run blast by Martorano helpedkey the comeback. The junior catcher also belted a homer each in SCT wins over Brick and Manasquan and NJSIAA Tournamentwins over St. Augustine, Bishop Eustace and in the Non-Public A final against Don Bosco. In addition to home runs, Martoranoled the Shore Conference in hits and slugging percentage and is committed to the University of North Carolina.

Dan Wondrack, Sr., WallWall got off to a 3-4 start to begin the year and the slow start might have had something to do with a slow start by its slugging

catcher. After beginning the season 5-for-23 with one home run in a 17-0 rout of Long Branch, Wondrack’s bat came to life andhelped Wall surge back into the Class B North race and make a run to the Monmouth County Tournament final. He cracked twohome runs in a win over Neptune on April 21 and followed that up with another homer in a win over Rumson-Fair Haven in theMCT opening round two days later. He also homered in each of Wall’s two wins over Ocean, belted a long ball in an 8-5 win overNo. 2 Red Bank Catholic, and homered and drove in four in Wall’s NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III opening-round loss toAllentown. In Wall’s biggest win of the a year – an 11-1 win over Middletown South to snap the Eagles’ 14-game winning streakand advance to the MCT final, Wondrack went 2-for-2 with an RBI double.

Wondrack finishes his stellar three-year career with 103 hits, 23 doubles, 13 home runs (all in the last two years), 62 RBI anda triple-slash line of .397/.489/.648, god for All-Shore selections in each of the past two seasons. He will continue his playingcareer at the College of Charleston.

INFIELDBrandon Janofsky, Sr., Jackson MemorialWhile this might be remembered as a season of “what could have been” for Janofsky and the Jaguars, the season that was lived

up to the standard the Stony Brook recruit set as a junior last year. Although a right elbow ailment delayed his availability as apitcher and ultimately shut him down on the mound and at shortstop late in the year, Janofsky still produced like one of theShore’s best hitters and was brilliant when he did take the mound. Like Wondrack and Wall, Janofsky’s slows start at the platecoincided with a 1-4 start for the Jaguars, but he hit safely in 17 of Jackson Memorial’s next 18 games to help the Jaguars go 17-1 over that span. Jackson Memorial upped the run to 20-1 and after the first five games of the year, Janofsky hit .480 with 28 RBIand a .805 slugging percentage. He had his first career two-homer game in a 15-0 win over Lacey on April 29 and despite playingwith a sore elbow, Janofsky went 7-for-13 in Jackson’s three NJSIAA Tournament games.

Although he made only four appearances on the mound as a senior, Janofsky turned in as dominant of a 20-inning stretch asthere was in the Shore Conference this season. He did not allow a run in those 20 innings, allowed only eight hits, walked onlythree and struck out 29. He threw a two-hitter in his first start of the season against Toms River North, threw shutouts against Brickand Toms River South in the Ocean County Tournament and pitched a scoreless seventh inning in the OCT final to close out thetournament championships for the Jaguars, which turned out to be his last pitching appearance of the season. Janofsky heads offto Stony Brook next year after leading Jackson Memorial to its first NJSIAA Group title since 1972 as a junior and its secondOcean County Tournament title in four years this past year.

Evan Madigan, Jr., Red Bank CatholicIf not for Brandon Martorano’s tear through the state over CBA’s last 14 games, this season would have marked the second in

a row that a member of the Madigan family led the Shore Conference in hits. After older brother Brendan racked up a Shore-Conference-leading 47 knocks a year ago, younger brother Evan moved into his brothers spot at the top of the order and all butmatched him with 46 hits. In addition to filling his brother’s shoes by moving from No. 2 in the order to leadoff, Madigan alsotook over at shortstop fulltime after RBC graduated Coastal Carolina freshman and Phillies draft pick Al Molina. Madigan playedshortstop when Molina pitched last year, so the transition was not too much of a leap, particularly considering Madigan’s standoutglove.

With RBC looking to replace a lot of offense from a year ago, Madigan gave them a boost by hitting .451 and adding someextra-base pop to his game. He stroked eight doubles, legged out three triples and belted his first career home run in a loss to Walllate in the regular season. Madigan leads a strong crop of returning seniors in 2016 that should keep RBC in the Shore Conferencehunt after the Caseys came up one win shy of a Shore Conference Tournament title in 2015.

Kyle Johnson, Jr., Jackson MemorialFrom the very start of the season, Johnson made it apparent that he was about to unleash a breakout season at the plate as a

junior, which included a Shore-Conference-best 41 runs scored. A starter since his freshman year, Johnson increased his battingaverage from .278 to .426, his on-base percentage from .365 to .545 and his slugging percentage from .430 to .702 over the pastyear and has gone from two extra-base hits as a freshman to nine as a sophomore and up to 17 this past season. Although Johnsondid not suffer the same slow start that his teammate Janofsky did, he still torched opposing pitchers during Jackson’s 20-1 stretchduring the middle of the season.

In the first two rounds of the OCT on consecutive days, Johnson went a combined 5-for-8 with two doubles, a home run andseven RBI as the Jaguars outscored Manchester and Brick by a combined score of 24-0 in the two five-inning wins. Johnson’sbiggest day at the plate came in a Shore Conference Tournament win over Wall to push the Jaguars into the semifinals. After fallingbehind 5-0 in the first inning, the Jaguars rallied to win, 7-5, with Johnson going 3-for-4 with a double, home run and three RBIto lead the charge. Johnson will return as one of the top offensive players in the Shore Conference next year and could see a movefrom third base to shortstop after playing in the middle of the diamond to spell Janofsky at the end of the year.

OUTFIELDWill Morgan, Sr., Christian Brothers AcademyAlthough CBA battery-mates and North Carolina commits Luca Dalatri and Brandon Martorano swallowed up most of the

headlines during CBA’s run to five championships, Morgan quietly had another huge season hitting in the middle of the vauntedColts order. He matched last year’s total with 16 extra-base hits, but doubled his home run total by launching four this season.Although he followed up a .360 season at the plate with a nearly-identical .366 mark this year, Morgan nearly doubled his walksfrom 12 to 22 and saw his on-base percentage increase by 50 points from .437 to .487. On base in nearly half of his plate appearanceand with Martorano and Dalatri behind him, Morgan crossed home plate 33 times this season, tied for second in the ShoreConference with Wall’s Brendan Barcas and behind only Johnson of Jackson Memorial (41).

Morgan came up big for CBA two key spots during the championship run, first in the 5-4, walk-off win over Wall in the MCTfinal, in which Morgan went 2-for-3 with a double and also scored the winning run from first base on Martorano’s double in thebottom of the seventh. CBA’s closest call in the NJSIAA Non-Public A Tournament was in the sectional quarterfinals against St.Augustine, which erased a 3-0 CBA lead with Dalatri on the mound. The game pushed into the seventh inning tied and Morganmade sure there would not be extra innings by delivering game-winning single to center to give CBA the 4-3 win. He also had awalk-off hit in the bottom of the eighth to give CBA a 1-0 win over Marlboro in April and fell a single shy of the cycle in a winover Middletown North. Morgan was a model of consistency during his three-year varsity career, hitting between .354 and .366 ineach year. He finishes his career with 95 hits, 26 doubles, nine home runs and a .360/.449/.598 line. He will continue his playingcareer at Old Dominion University, along with Rumson-Fair Haven right-hander and fellow All-Shore first-teamer Morgan Maguire.

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Jake Ryan, Sr., Toms River SouthThe Indians challenged for the division title once again this season behind an ensemble pitching staff and a couple of power

bats in the middle of the lineup to go with some adept table-setters. Ryan was one of those power bats, at least for stretches duringa senior season in which he posted an average above .400, and on-base percentage above .500 and a slugging percentage well over.600. While there were a number of Shore Conference sluggers to approach and, in some cases, eclipse those marks, Ryanseparated himself by continuing to play standout defense in right field, which includes a strong arm that opponents paid mind afterhe threw out 11 runners from the outfield as a junior.Ryan began his senior season on a tear, homering in three straight games in early April against Toms River East, Toms River

North and Southern. He would not homer again for another month, but his fourth homer of the season came in a 6-1 win overRaritan in the Shore Conference Tournament opening round. Ryan also went a combined 5-for-5 in Toms River South’s twoNJSIAA South Jersey Group III Tournament wins and had one of the four hits against Mainland ace Kyle Gerace in the Indians’1-0, sectional semifinal loss to the 2014 Group III champs.

Mike Antico, Jr., Colts NeckWith his first-class speed and contact-oriented approach, Antico was made to hit at the top of the order and his .444 on-base

percentage, 29 stolen bases and 29 runs scored fit the mold of the classic leadoff hitter on any level. Combine that with outstandingdefense in center field and Antico gave Colts Neck exactly what the Cougars expected from the junior St. John’s recruit – a burnerat the top of the order to score runs and run down balls in center field.

Antico did not stop there and that’s why this season was a true breakout and a first-team caliber one at that. After slugging under.300 with just two doubles and a triple to account for his three extra-base hits as a sophomore, Antico found his power stroke thisyear, with 12 of his 27 hits going for extra bases. His five triples led the Shore Conference and his .568 slugging percentage wasnearly .300 points better than his mark from a year ago. He also drove in runs in bunches, tallying three separate three-RBI gamesduring a 15-RBI campaign and all three of those games came against teams that finished in the Shore Sports Network Top 10 (No.5 Middletown South, No. 8 Manasquan and No. 2 Red Bank Catholic).

DESIGNATED HITTERJoe Silvestrone, Sr., Freehold TownshipNon-pitchers who play on teams with losing records often go overlooked come time for postseason accolades, but it was

impossible to miss what Silvestrone did for a Patriots team that had its moments this season despite the middling record.Silvestrone was the only returning starter from last year’s Patriots squad and he helped carry the team through the early part ofthe season while also helping along a young Patriots pitching staff that turned in a strong overall season. His strides at the platewere matched by his improvement behind it, where he helped anchor the pitching staff and the defense for Freehold Township.

Of course, he’s not on this team for his glove. Silvestrone was one of four Shore Conference players to hit nine or more homeruns and one of five to slug .800 or better. During a two game stretch for Freehold Township that included a loss to Manalapanand a win over Jackson Memorial – both teams that finished in the Shore Sports Network Top 10 – Silvestrone blasted five homeruns, including three in the loss to Manalapan. His home run barrage and improvement behind the plate were enough to convinceWagner College to scoop him up in May.

UTILITYJohnny Zega, Jr., Middletown SouthFollowing an up-and-down season with a young roster in 2014, Middletown South looked headed for nothing but down

with a team light on seniors in 2015. The Eagles, however, shook off a 2-5 start to rattle off 14 straight wins en route toa Class A North co-title that they shared with CBA. The turnaround over the last year can be traced back to a physical andmental maturation of its core of juniors, led by Zega – who was one of a slew of Middletown South players who came backstronger and better able to drive the ball.After hitting just .210 with a slugging percentage below .300 as a sophomore, Zega became a bona fide extra-base threat this

year. Among everyday shortstops, only Brandon Janofsky and Manasquan’s Matt Edwards had more extra-base hits than Zega’s12 and among that same shortstop group, only Janofsky had a higher isolated slugging percentage (slugging percentage minusbatting average) than Zega’s .225. On top of his offensive breakout in the middle of the Eagles’ order, Zega was also arguablythe team’s best pitcher on a per-inning basis. He posted a team-best 0.97 ERA to go with a 0.86 WHIP and also earned the winin Middletown South’s regular-season win over CBA. Zega is drawing plenty of Division I interest, according to coach RyanSpillane.

PITCHERSLuca Dalatri, Jr., Christian Brothers AcademyOn an individual level, everything you could say about Luca Dalatri’s most recent season was already said last year because

he went out and had an almost identical year to the masterful 11-0 season he authored as a sophomore. There are, however, a fewbullet points that make this season an even better one, despite the fact that Dalatri’s ERA increased by half a run and he gave up13 more hits in what amounts to, essentially, the same work load. First, there is the obvious: that last game. Dalatri once againended the season by pitching CBA to a championship with a shutout performance, only this time, instead of beating Barnegat inthe Shore Conference Tournament final, he blanked previously undefeated Don Bosco Prep. In addition to throwing a four-hitshutout with 12 strikeouts and one walk against a team ranked No. 9 in the nation by MaxPreps at the time, he also blasted a solohomer and drove in two runs in the win.Even at the statistical level, Dalatri showed improvement upon a season that seemed perfect a year ago. While he did not earn

a win in every game in which he appeared, he reduced his walk rate from 1.16 per seven innings to 0.69 and increased his strikeoutrate from 8.71 per seven to 12.03. Those subtle improvements, coupled with a notable improvement at the plate made Dalatri theperfect high school baseball machine this season. His 44 RBI led the Shore Conference and he finished third in slugging percentage(.839), tied for second in home runs (nine) and tied for fifth in doubles (11). There is only so much left for Dalatri to do after leadinghis team to all five championships this season, but then again, he found a way to top his 11-0 sophomore season. One target thatis within reach for Dalatri is the Shore Conference record for career wins, which is currently held by former Toms River East right-hander and current Rutgers pitching coach Casey Gaynor, who had 34.

Morgan Maguire, Sr., Rumson-Fair HavenMaguire joins Dalatri and Janofsky as the only three players to earn first-team honors in back-to-back years and like those other

two, Maguire was once again a two-way threat this season. With a young team surrounding him, Maguire had to do it all forRumson Fair Haven and that’s after he posted an OPS greater a shade under 1.600 while posting a 1.45 ERA in 53 innings lastyear. Maguire did not have anywhere near the offensive season he had last year, when he hit .600, but he did have his best pitchingseason to date while pulling the Bulldogs back into the division race after a poor start. He walked six fewer batters in three moreinnings while also markedly increasing his strikeout total. Maguire will head to Old Dominion University on the heels of his best

high school season as a pitcher and as a two-time All-Shore first-team member.

Chris Murphy, Sr., Colts NeckAfter answering his coach’s call and pitching exclusively in relief last year, Murphy got his much-awaited chance to start this

year, but not without making the occasional appearance as a shutdown closer. As a starter, Murphy was his usual dominant selfand was actually even better as a starter than he was as a reliever. In his seven starts, Murphy was 6-0 with a 0.82 ERA with 63strikeouts and 23 walks in 42 2/3 innings, including four complete games. Two of those complete games were seven-inningcomplete games and one was an eight-inning effort in a 2-1 win over Red Bank Catholic to clinch an unbeaten season within theClass B North division. In each of the complete games of seven innings or more, Murphy struck out at least 10 batters, includingback-to-back complete game victories against Ocean in which he struck out 12 Spartans before coming back a week later andstriking out 13. He struck out 10 in a six-hitter against the Caseys in extra innings. Murphy and teammates Tyler Kay and JordanGonzalez will play together again next year for Mercer County College.

Mike Garvey, Sr., Christian Brothers AcademyDuring the middle of April, Garvey was dealing with discomfort in his elbow and it appeared that injury would derail another

promising season after losing time to an elbow issue as a junior as well. Garvey, however, sat out for a two-week stretch andreturned to pitch better than he ever had before. The lone senior on the CBA pitching staff, Garvey gave the Colts a reliable No.2 starter behind Dalatri and then some. In fact, Garvey’s final ERA was a shade lower than that of Dalatri. Although Dalatri’s statetournament finish will be the lasting image of CBA’s drive for five championships, Garvey’s five shutout innings against BishopEustace – the No. 2 team in the state at the time – served as arguably the most important performance of the season by any CBAplayer. Garvey shut out one of the top offenses of the state for five innings, handed the ball off to Dalatri and the rest is history.Garvey also pitched a five-hit shutout against Camden Catholic in the first round of the tournament and earned the win overImmaculata in the sectional semifinals. He also allowed one unearned run over five innings in a Shore Conference Tournamentwin over Brick.

Andrew Nardi, Sr., MarlboroAfter roaring out to a 4-0 start to the season over his first four appearances, Nardi fought through some midseason struggles

to round back into top form for the stretch run – which can be said for Marlboro as a whole. Nardi picked up wins over St. Rose,No. 7 Freehold and No. 8 Manalapan to start the season and snagged a win in relief against Freehold Township in extra innings.In those first three starts, Nardi allowed a run in each and went the distance in wins over division foes Freehold and Manalapan.He later closed the season by beating Middletown North to snap his team’s four-game losing streak, throwing a near-no-hitter with15 strikeouts against Pinelands in the Shore Conference Tournament, and pitching his team past East Brunswick in the openinground of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV Tournament. The lone hit he surrendered in the Pinelands game was an infield singleand he walked two in the game while facing the minimum 21 batters.

Nardi also allowed two runs over 4 2/3 innings in a 15-2 loss to CBA before the floodgates opened the inning after his departure.His lone blowup came against Middletown South during the Eagles’ 14-game winning streak, when Middletown South taggedhim for eight runs in a 9-5 Marlboro loss. Nardi was pitching on three days rest following the CBA game and did not pitch againfor 10 days, at which point he allowed three runs in a win over Middletown North. Once back on regular rest, Nardi got back todealing, highlighted by his 15-strikeout, near-no-hitter. The left-hander will continue his career at Radford University next season.

SHORE SPORTS NETWORK ALL-SHORE SECOND TEAM

CATCHERTyler Bradley, Sr., ManasquanAlthough Bradley was Manasquan’s primary catcher last year, he was not in the Warriors’ NJSIAA Tournament batting order

at the end of the year. He went from a bottom-of-the-order bat to a lineup anchor for the Warriors, more than doubling his battingaverage and slugging percentage while maintaining his performance behind the plate.

FIRST BASEJake Sadowitz, Jr., ManalapanAlthough he hit pretty much everyone he faced, Sadowitz liked seeing CBA on the other side of the field. He had two hits in

all three meetings between the A North rivals and drove in a run each time he faced off against Luca Dalatri.

INFIELDCarmen Sclafani, Sr., BrickSclafani is heading to Rutgers to play baseball next year and makes his first All-Shore baseball appearance after

a standout football career as well. Before coming to Brick as a junior, he was the first of three straight sophomoresto start at shortstop for Toms River North.

Joey Rose, Jr., Toms River NorthRose saw a dip in his batting average, but still increased both his on-base and slugging percentages, as well as his home run

total, during a junior season in which opposing pitchers did not have much interest in challenging the Oklahoma State recruit.

Aaron Ahn, So., Red Bank CatholicAhn’s 27 runs scored and 27 RBI make him one of six players to eclipse 25 runs scored and 25 RBI this season. Four of them

are first-team players (Kyle Johnson, Brandon Martorano, Brandon Janofsky and Joe Silvestrone) and the other two (Kyle Missryand Brendan Hueth) played on a St. Rose team that overwhelmed a pitching-thin Class B Central.

Max Goione, Sr., Rumson-Fair HavenThe Siena recruit led the entire Shore Conference in on-base percentage and led all regular shortstops with a .707 slugging

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OUTFIELDMatt Vincenti, Sr., MonmouthVincenti accomplished a high school rarity when he hit for the cycle in a 12-11 loss to Raritan on April 25, a game

in which he also went 6-for-6 at the plate. He finishes his high school career with a school-record 23 doubles.

Rich Rountree, Sr., Jackson MemorialIn a season filled with memorable late comebacks, Roundtree might have had the most memorable when he hit

a game-winning grand slam in the bottom of the seventh to cap a seven-run inning as Jackson Memorial beatJackson Liberty 8-4.

Anthony Bartolomei, Sr., OceanBartolomei hit his only two career home runs this season and both came in the same game. It just so happens that

one was a walk-off homer in extra innings to beat No. 7 Freehold, which came after he pitched the first seveninnings of the game.

Travis Cloney, Sr., St. RoseHis numbers get a boost by playing in B Central, but Cloney hits good pitching and does everything on the

baseball diamond. The left-handed stick showed he can hit tough pitching by picking up a double and a singleagainst a tough left-hander in Colts Neck’s Mario Ferraioli.

DESIGNATED HITTERChris Hawryluk, Jr., Jackson MemorialThe 40-40 club is revered in Major League Baseball, but a trio of Jackson Memorial hitters combined for a 40-

40-40 season. Hawryluk, Brandon Janofsky and Kyle Johnson all finished with exactly 40 hits – the only trio ofteammates to all reach 40 hits this year.

UTILITYRay Liguori, Sr., Toms River SouthThe ironman of the Shore Conference, Liguori pitched in 17 of Toms River South’s 28 games this year, including

six starts on the mound. He belted a grand slam and closed out win over Triton in the South Jersey Group IIIquarterfinals with 2 2/3 innings.

PITCHERSBlake DeMeter, Sr., OceanDeMeter set a single-season school record with 97 strikeouts, eclipsing a mark of 95 set by George Sofield that

stood for 30 years. He struck out a school-record 17 in a NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III opening-round win overJackson Liberty.

Seamus Brazil, Sr., BarnegatBrazil found himself at the top of the Bengals rotation this season with the departure of Jason Groome and

delivered the performance of an ace. He finished sixth among Shore pitchers with at least 30 innings in ERA andseventh among all pitchers in strikeouts per seven innings.

Mario Ferraioli, Jr., Colts NeckPrior to a rough outing against No. 2 Red Bank Catholic to end the year, Ferraioli won all seven of his starts and

entered that game sporting a 1.58 ERA. He also earned a win earlier in the year against RBC, one of Colts Neck’s14 division wins during a perfect season within the B North division.

Dan Schirmacher, Sr., St. John VianneySchimacher is one of only two Shore pitchers to pitch at least 30 innings and walk fewer than two batters per

seven innings while also striking out more than one batter per inning. The other is Luca Dalatri.

John Poccia, Jr., Red Bank CatholicPocchia won three Shore Conference Tournament games to pitch Red Bank Catholic into the SCT finals and even

though CBA beat him in the championship game, he managed to hold Brandon Martorano hitless while strikinghim out twice.

SSN THIRD TEAM

CATCHERRyan Shiffer, Sr., TR South

FIRST BASEKyle Missry, Sr., St. Rose

INFIELDChris Rodriguez, Jr., ManalapanMitch Merrill, Sr., PinelandsMatt Cuppari, Jr., Brick MemorialMatt Drake, Sr., Donovan Catholic

OUTFIELDCid Porter, Jr., CBATanner Cowley, Sr., ManasquanNolan Pereless, Sr., Middletown SouthMatt Pinto, Sr., Jackson Liberty

DESIGNATED HITTERAnthony DeRosa, So., Red Bank Catholic

UTILITYRyan Orender, Sr., WallAdam Elliott, Jr., Matawan

PITCHERSJames Kelly, Sr., ShoreRyan Larsen, Sr., Toms River NorthDante Cuzzolino, Sr., Freehold BoroSteve Rullo, Jr., Freehold BoroKyle Fenton, Sr., Freehold Township

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