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By Ted KaiserMANALAPAN— Despite return-ing only two starters from lastseason’s Central Jersey Group IVchampionship squad, theManalapan baseball team repeatedwith a 7-6 extra inning victoryover Steinert in the sectionalfinal. The Braves enter the GroupIV semifinals with a 16-11 record,hardly an overpowering markbefitting a sectional champion.But even though they did not havea standout regular season,Manalapan played well down thestretch and the competitive ShoreConference Class A NorthDivision steeled them well for the

postseason. The Braves had their work cut

out for them in the CJ Group IVfinal. They faced a Spartans teamthat was 29-3 heading into lastFriday’s game and the top seed inthe bracket. Junior third basemanBilly Moed narrowly pushed out atwo-run home run in the thirdinning to give the Braves a 2-0edge. Senior Joe Serrapica, one ofthe only two returning startersfrom 2011, delivered the next bigblow with a three-RBI double inthe fifth to boost the lead to 6-0.

But the number one seed did not go quietly. Steinert rallied with

two runs in each of the next threeinnings to tie the game at 6-6.The momentum was clearly withthe Spartans and many teamsmight have folded after losing asix-run lead. However, Manalapanre-grouped. Junior MattSimonetti came on in relief tosettle Steinert’s bats down. BillyMoed made a critical bare-handedplay on a ground ball throwingthe runner out at first to keep thewinning run from scoring andsending the game into extrainnings. Then in the eighthinning, outfielder Greg Yip putdown a perfect squeeze bunt to

score Matt Parke with whatwould prove to be the winningrun.

Manalapan is set to face SouthJersey Group IV championCherokee in the Group IV semifi-nals on Tuesday at The College ofNew Jersey.

By Pat RalphVolleyball is one of the most

successful sports programs atChristian Brothers Academy(CBA), the team had another fineseason in 2012. The Colts openedup the season on a high note bywinning the HillsboroughTournament. As a result, theColts were rewarded with thehonor of being ranked numberone in the state of New Jersey tostart the season.

After getting off to good start,the Colts momentum was slowedup by their arch rival Southern, asthey lost a tough match instraight sets on the road on April17th. But the Colts knew thatthis would be the first of manyshowdowns this year with theirconference rivals. CBA bouncedback nicely from the loss and won12 of their next 13 matches,including wins against state pow-erhouses Hillsborough andPiscataway. The only loss in thistime period for the Colts came

against rival St. Joseph’s- Metuchen.

Playing their best volleyball ofthe season, the Colts faced offagainst Southern at home in arematch. Despite playing a greatmatch, the Colts fell short andlost in three sets (2-1) toSouthern on May 10th. In a tune-up for the Shore Conference andstate tournament, the Colts tookpart in the Super Six Showcaseagainst some of the best teams inthe Garden State. The Colts went2-2 at the Showcase, defeatingboth Bayonne and Cinnaminson,but losing to Fair Lawn and forthe third time this year, Southern.

The Colts knocked off ColtsNeck and Wall in the first tworounds of the Shore ConferenceTournament (SCT), leading up toanother matchup againstSouthern in the championship.Unfortunately, the Colts fellshort against Southern in theSCT title game and took second

place in the conference. Despite losing in the SCT, the

Colts were determined to bringhome a state championship toLincroft. They were awarded num-ber two seed in the Central JerseyState Tournament and opened upwith wins against Marlboro andHunterdon Central. In a hugeshowdown against rival OldBridge, the Colts knocked off thethird seeded Knights in straight

sets to advance to the CentralJersey Tournament finals. To thedelight of the Colts and their fans, the top-seeded Falcons of St.Joseph’s- Metuchen were defeatedby fourth seeded Cinnaminson inthe semifinals, giving the Coltshome court advantage for thefinals. However, the Colts seasoncame to an end on June 1st asthey lost to Cinnaminson.Despite falling short of their

goal, the Colts finished the sea-son 25-10 and were ranked fifth inthe state.

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PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDICBA players celebrated after their win over Old Bridge.

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIStretching for a play at then e t .

PHOTO: SEAN SIMMONSToss ing the ba l l in a f t e rm a k i n g a p l a y i sManalapan’s Brian Lamboy( 1 2 ) .

Manalapan Rises Up Over Steinert For Second Title

CBA Volleyball Having Another Great Season In 2012

Casey LacrosseHad Solid

SeasonBy Michael RogersThe Red Bank Catholic(RBC) boys’ lacrosse teamrecorded an 11-7 record thisseason and earned the numberthree seed in the ShoreConference Tournament(SCT). They made it to thesecond round before losing toSouthern by the score of 7 -6. The Caseys moved on toplay in the NJSIAA NonPublic A state playoffs. In theopening round the game didn’tgo the way RBC would haveliked as they lost to ChristianBrothers Academy (CBA) bythe score of 9 – 5.

During the regular seasonthe Caseys finished second inthe Non Public A divisionwith a 9- 1 record within thedivision. For the season RBCscored a total of 167 goals and110 assists as a team.Individually Doug Whitlockled the team in scoring with31 goals and two assistswhile Chris Whitlock added27 goals and two assists. Alsohelping out the offense wasAndrew Porzio who scored 21goals and two assists whileCal Whaley scored 36 goalsand two assists. Kyle Villalso helped with the scoringtallying 11 goals and twoassists on the season. TheCaseys used two goalies andboth of them were successfulas Chet Tooker made 119saves on the season and TylerLeonard made 94 saves.

By Michael RogersThe Shore Regional girls’ lacrosse

team coached by Chris Riachle has a tra-dition of success and even though theBlue Devils were unable to reach theirgoal they still finished with a 15 -6 sea-son. Shore also played in the ShoreConference Tournament (SCT) and theNJSIAA South Jersey Group I playoffs.

In the SCT, the Blue Devils reached thesemifinals before losing to the eventualchampion Red Bank Catholic. Shoreplayed the Caseys very tough but came

up short losing by the score of 10- 8.Shore then moved on to play in theNJSIAA South Jersey Group I state tour-nament where they reached the semifinals again before losing to a talent-ed Oak Knoll team by the score of 13 -9.In that game Maddie Smith led theoffense with three goals and three assistswhile Anna Vitton added two goals andtwo assists. Shannon Galvin scored threegoals and goaltender Monica Fritz madesix saves in the game.

On the season Maddie Smith led theBlue Devils in scoring with 11 goals and16 assists while Molly Arnette added 15goals and one assist. Chelsea Hendersonalso scored 11 goals and five assists.Goalie Taylor Caldwell made 14 saves onthe season. Shore has some very talentedplayers coming up so look for the BlueDevils to continue their success next sea-son.


Blue Devils Reach SCT Semifinals

By Sean SimmonsHAZLET—The fourth-seeded RaritanRockets (15-9) rallied from a 2-0 deficit todefeat the Robbinsville Ravens, 4-2 in theCentral Jersey Group II championshipgame at Rocket Park on the campus ofRaritan High School. “Robbinsville is avery good team,” said Raritan Head CoachT.J. O’Donnell. “We wanted to put theball in play and were hoping to jump onthem early.”

Junior starting pitcher Rob Ronan gaveup only two runs on three hits over 4 1/3innings and senior relief pitcher Danny

Gutch struck out the first four batters hefaced and retired all eight Ravens he facedto earn the save. “Ronan did a hell of a jobfor us,” O’Donnell said. “He kept hiscomposure after struggling through thesecond inning and basically got us into thefifth inning.”

The Rockets offense was led by senioroutfielder Jake Vanderveer, who went a per-fect 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a runscored, senior outfielder Mike Langan,who went 2-for-3 with a double and runscored and sophomore infielder Bruce

Strickland, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.“Vanderveer has really come alive for usthe last three or four games,” O’Donnellsaid. “He’s a hell of a hitter and he’s got-ten hot for us at the right time. Langanhas also been hitting the ball very well forus.”

Raritan advanced to the CJ Group II

final with an impressive 9-4 win againstthe eighth-seeded Voorhees Vikings. Thetop offensive player for the Rockets wasVanderveer, who went 3-for-4 with a dou-ble and two RBIs and also scored two runs.“It has been a rollercoaster type season,but the team has come together at the righttime,” O’Donnell said.

Raritan Baseball Wins CJ Group II Title

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDISenior Mike Langan went 2-for-3 at bat for the Rockets.

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIShore ’s A ly son Chwatek ca t ches ap a s s .


By Ted KaiserTOMS RIVER— The expectationsare always high at Toms River Eastfor their softball team. The programhas a storied history and it is quitepossible that Head Coach DebbieSchwartz could earn her 500th careerwin with another strong season in2013. But the 2012 campaign waswhat one has come to expect from theRaiders. The team finished up with a26-3 overall record and reached theSouth Jersey Group IV final beforelosing a heartbreaking nailbiter toEastern.

The state playoff run began for thetop seeded Raiders with a 4-0 win overLenape in the opening round. Juniorpitcher Jordan Weed worked around five walks and com-bined with junior Sarah Bencivenga, who pitched 2/3 of aninning, for the shutout. TR East kept the donuts on the

scoreboard in the quarterfi-nals as they blanked eighthseeded Triton by a score of6-0. This time Weed was ontop of her game. She tosseda no-hitter and only walkedtwo batters while strikingout six.

TR East had a moredifficult time with fourthseed Washington Townshipin the semifinals. Afterholding a 2-0 lead, theRaiders found themselvestrailing 3-2 after the top ofthe fourth inning. But theyquickly responded with three

runs in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead for good.Bencivenga raked for three hits and two RBIs while seniorCorey Schwartz had an RBI and two runs scored.

In the sectional final against Eastern, TR East trailed 4-0 after two and a half innings, but they calmly chippedaway at the lead. The Raiders closed the gap to 4-3 andthreatened to tie or win the game in the bottom of the sev-enth. Senior Brianna Dziedzic led off with a hit and thenadvanced to third on a sacrifice bunt and a ground out.However, Eastern managed to get the final out and escapedwith the SJ Group IV title.


PHOTO: SEAN SIMMONSToms River East’s Val Hirschfeld gets apiece of the bal l .

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Pepper Helps Central SoftballMakes Run To Final

By Ted KaiserBAYVILLE— The Central Regional softball team endedthe season last week with an 18-5 overall record. TheGolden Eagles put together a strong bid to win the SouthJersey Group III sectional tournament as the second seed inthe bracket. They advanced all the way to the final wherethey lost a tight 2-0 pitchers’ duel to Kingsway. The run

was especially remarkable consider-ing that Central’s starting pitcher,Stephanie Pepper, is only a fresh-man.

The Golden Eagles reeled off threestraight victories on their way tothe sectional final. In the openinground, they battled 15th seededSeneca and prevailed 4-1. Pepperallowed only four hits and oneearned run while striking out sevenin seven innings. Next up was sev-enth seeded Oakcrest in the quarter-finals. Central won the game in thedecisive sixth inning when seniorsecond baseman Courtney Mahnkenscored what proved to be the win-ning run on a passed ball and fresh-man catcher Sam Farreau camethrough with a RBI triple. Pepperstruck out 11 players on the mound.

In the semifinals, Pepper did morethan just pitch a good game to earnthe win. She went 3-for-4 at theplate and had an RBI double in thefirst inning to set the tone for a 7-1victory over Delsea. Pepper wentthe distance on the hill and struckout seven. Senior first basemanJessica Gilzow hit a two-run homerun as part of a big third inning thatbroke the game open.

By Sean SimmonsThe seventh seeded Raritan Rockets beat the

third seeded Voorhees Vikings 3-2 in an NJSIAACentral Jersey Group II semifinal game to set upa showdown with the top-seeded RobbinsvilleRavens in the CJ Group II final. After theVikings took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom ofthe first inning, the Rockets soared back in thetop of the second inning on an RBI bunt singleby sophomore catcher Emily Mills to tie thingsup at 1-1.

During the top of the fifth inning, Mills led offwith a single and freshman outfielder BriannaRinaldi followed with a bunt single. The runnersmoved to second and third base on a sacrifice flyby freshman infielder Daniella Marino and thensophomore infielder/outfielder/pitcher EmilySchaffer knocked in the go-ahead run. A sacrificefly by senior shortstop Bobbie Boehler later in

the inning extended the Rockets lead to 3-1.Voorhees rallied back with a run in the bottom

of the sixth inning to close out the scoring.During the game against Robbinsville, theRockets lost 7-1 to end their season with a 17-10record. Lauren Fischer fanned eight batters,walked none and pitched a two-hitter and MorganPsiuk went 2-for-4 with a two-run double to leadthe Ravens. Robbinsville came into the gameagainst Raritan outscoring their opponents 32-0in the CJ Group II tournament. Freshman firstbaseman Bethany Evans and Schaffer had the onlyhits of the game for the Rockets and sophomoresecond baseman/outfielder Kelsi Brown scoredtheir only run. With such a young team, the out-look looks bright for the Rockets next season.The key losses will be Boehler and TiffanyDahlquist.


PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIEmily Schaffer winds up in the circle for the Rockets.

By Ted KaiserLAKEWOOD— The outcome seemed to be a foregone conclu-sion. A sub-.500 team and the 14th seed of the MonmouthCounty Baseball Tournament (MCT) taking on the pre-seasonlocal favorite and top seed of the tournament. But the MCTFinal at FirstEnergy Park last Wednesday did not go accordingto script. Underdog Freehold Township who had surged into thechampionship game, stunned heavily favored Red BankCatholic (RBC) with a thrilling comeback that gave thePatriots a 6-3 win for the MCT title.

RBC got on the scoreboard right away in the first inning onan RBI-single by Al Molina. Molina struck again in the thirdinning with a two-run double to give the Caseys a 3-0 lead.Starting pitcher Ryan Slate seemed to be in control of theFreehold Township lineup carrying a shutout into the bottomof the sixth inning. But things changed dramatically in thathalf inning. Senior outfielder Ryan Talbot got the Patriots onthe board with a RBI-single. His brother Chris Talbot and fel-low sophomore Nick Cardace followed up with back-to-backsingles that put Freehold Township on top 4-3. Vito

Iannuzzelli and Mike Patti each tacked on RBIs later in the bigsixth inning for the final 6-3 score. Senior ace RyanMacFarlane went the distance to earn the win on the mound.

While Freehold Township’s run to the MCT championshipwas a surprise to many, the Patriots always felt they had it inthem. “We feel very confident. Our team gets along well and Idon’t see a team that we can’t compete with,” said senior NickCardamone before the season started. “I think we are going tosurprise some people.”

Cardamone will attend St. Peter’s to play baseball next fall,but ends his high school career with a championship. ThePatriots will return a host of key players for next season. Thiswas their second MCT title in four years and with a lot of tal-ented underclassmen on the roster, Freehold Township could bepoised for more in the next few years.

Freehold Twp. Shocks RBC For MCT Crown

Robbinsville Defeats Raritan In Group II Softball Final

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDISenior ace pitcher Ryan MacFarlane wentthe distance to earn the win on the mound.

PHOTOS AND STORYBY ALEX STAMOUTSOS

For five consecutive days in mid-May,“Indians” (past and present) from TomsRiver High School South made their wayinto New York. This was not to reclaimland that was sold for beads, but to seeTodd Frazier. Frazier was a 2004 TRSouth graduate and is arguably TomsRiver’s favorite resident. He is currentlythe starting third baseman for theCincinnati Reds. He and the Reds came toNew York to play two games at Citi Fieldagainst the Mets on May 16 and 17, thenthree games in the Bronx against theYankees on May 18-20.

While in New York, Frazier was joinedat both stadiums by family, friends and TRSouth alumni. From infants to senior cit-izens, Frazier fans were well represented.They came by car, train and even by thebusload to Flushing and the Bronx. Just

as he has done at every big moment in hiscareer, Todd Frazier produced. Frazier wasstruggling a bit at the plate before cominginto Citi Field. He knew he would seefamiliar faces in the crowd and he did notwant to disappoint his family and friends.In true Frazier fashion, he hit not one, buttwo home runs for his first multi- homerun game of his career on his first nightback.

If you read his biography, you would sayFrazier’s accolades and accomplishmentsare right out of a Hollywood movie script.Most of you have heard of his 1998 LittleLeague World Series exploits. Todd wasthe championship game winning pitcherwhile going four for four with a home runto beat Japan for the title. If that alonewas not worthy of an Oscar nod, here aresome excerpts of his storied resume:

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Frazier HitsManhattan

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TINTON FALLS – Just before heading offto Harvard University this upcoming fall,Ranney senior Craig Slater of Tinton Fallsonce again found success out on the water,as he won the John B. Kelly Award at the86th annual Stotesbury Cup Regatta inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania this past week-end. “Winning the Stotesbury Regatta is ahuge accomplishment and honor,” saidRanney School Director of AthleticsThomas Moriau.

Since its origination in 1927, theStotesbury Regatta has become one of thelargest and oldest high school rowing com-petitions in the world and now hosts 28championship events over a two-day peri-od. Approximately 200 high schools con-sisting of 5,000 athletes with 900 boatscompeted in more than 130 races on theSchuylkill River at this year’s Regatta.While many schools participated usingeights and quads and fours and doublesthroughout the event, Slater spent May 18-19 rowing singles for Ranney.

Following a preliminary Men’s SeniorSingle race on Friday morning, Slater,along with 17 other boats, then movedonto the semifinals, where there were threeheats. After finishing second with a time of5:05.17 in his heat, — just six one hun-dredths of a second from earning first place— Craig managed to secure a spot withinthe top lane in heat two of the semifinalson Saturday morning. Having won hissemi-final race in 5:14.34, he then movedon to the finals on Saturday afternoon,where he competed for the very prestigiousJohn B. Kelly Award. Established in 1935,the John B. Kelly Award honors one of themost accomplished American oarsmen inthe history of rowing, John B. Kelly, Sr. ,whose credentials range from being a three-time Olympic Gold Medalist to winning126 races in Single Scull.

Vying for first against six rowers in thefinals, Slater took gold with a time of5:07.83 — the event’s third fastest timeever acquired. “Rowing is a sport that givesyou back exactly what you put in. If you’re

out on the water watching the sun come upand working as hard as you can, this sportwill reward you for that,” said Slater in aninterview with the Philadelphia Inquirer.

While receiving this award marks one ofthe highest accomplishments a high schoolrower can attain, Slater has also had sever-al other successes throughout his final yearwith Ranney’s crew program. Aside fromrepresenting his country at the JuniorWorld Championships in Eton, GreatBritain where he broke two ultra-distanceworld records last summer, he has earnedadditional recognition under the tutelage ofboth Ranney School and the NavesinkRiver Rowing Club since then.

Not only did he become a New JerseyState Scholastic Singles Champion afterwinning his 1500-meter race in a time of5:22.10 at the New Jersey State ScholasticChampionships on April 28, but he alsotook home a gold medal and the AllenRosenberg Trophy with a time of 7:29.03in a 2000-meter event — six seconds aheadof the next fastest rower — during theCooper Cup Regatta just one day later.

Once again rowing a 2000-meter course,Slater earned another title as US RowingMid-Atlantic District Junior Champion in

Men’s Single Sculling two short weekslater as well. He is also expected to com-pete amongst other high school rowersthroughout the country during the USRowing Youth National Championships inOak Ridge, Tennessee this June.

Slater first took up the sport of rowingwith the introduction of Ranney’s varsitycrew program in 2009. A former basketballand baseball player, he soon discovered hisnewfound love for being out on the water.“I have watched him develop and matureover the years,” said Head of SchoolLawrence S. Sykoff, Ed.D. “When a stu-dent is in the right school, surrounded bythe right people who believe in his poten-tial and promise, that is a winning gameplan,” he added.

Since choosing to pursue a career in row-ing, Slater has seen many opportunities foracademic and athletic advancement, and hehas matured into what Ranney believes tobe the ideal scholar-athlete. “I visitedHarvard when I was in sixth grade andknew I wanted to go there, but I neverwould have had the opportunity withoutrowing,” said Craig, who will row for theHarvard University Crimson next schoolyear.

Ranney Rower Reaps Rewards At Stotesbury RegattaJersey Sporting News • June 5 - June 19 Page 11

Harvard-bound Craig Slater '12(Tinton Falls) proudly holds hisS R A A Earle P. Baltz Cup.

By Sean SimmonsTINTON FALLS — The sixth-seededMonmouth Regional Falcons werestunned by the eighth-seeded FreeholdColonials, 3-0 in the Central Jersey GroupIII championship game giving theColonials their first sectional title since1966.

The Colonials (17-12) jumped out to a2-0 lead in the top of the second inningwhen junior starting pitcher Mike Boltonsmacked a two-run double with two outs.Freehold added its final run in the top ofthe fifth inning when senior infielder EdZaleski hit a single with one out, advancedto third base on a bunt by Bolton and

scored on a single by junior outfielder Jason Lundy. Lundy’s single came offMonmouth ace pitcher Luke Cahill, whohad come in to relieve starting pitcher TomBroyles after Zaleski’s single.

The Falcons, who ended their season at17-10, had their best scoring chance in thebottom of the seventh inning. Cahill andjunior catcher Rich Burner hit consecutivesingles and then Bolton struck out BrianBlaney on a nasty curve ball. On the sameplay, senior catcher Kyle Mogliski firedthe ball down to first base to pick off arunner. Bolton then got a pop-up to end thegame and set off a wild Freehold celebration.

The Falcons advanced to the CJ Group III final by beating the 15th-seededManasquan Warriors, 5-1 and were led byBroyles and Cahill. Broyles ripped a three-run double in the bottom of the thirdinning and Cahill tossed five innings ofscoreless ball. Also having a solid gamefor the Falcons was senior second basemanJoe Panchak, who finished 3-for-3 withtwo runs scored and an RBI. The biggestloss for the Falcons heading into next sea-son will be Cahill. Cahill was one of theShore’s best all-around pitchers this seasonand will continue his career at Seton HallUniversity.

Monmouth Regional Falls To Freehold In CJ Group III Final

* A National Punt, Pass and Kick cham-pion at 8 years old.

*Member of the 1996 Pee Wee FootballNational Championship Team.

*Member of the 1998 Little LeagueWorld Series Champions.

* A four- year TR South Varsity basket-ball player amassing over 1,000 careerpoints.

*A four- year starter for Ken Frank’sVarsity baseball squad.

* Helped TR South win two State base-ball championships.

* Drafted out of high school by theColorado Rockies.

* Opted to play in college. Out of themany schools to choose from it came downto Clemson University and RutgersUniversity. Todd selected Rutgers for tworeasons: family and friends would be closeand Coach Fred Hill.

* was an All-American baseball player atRutgers. He is the career leader in manyoffensive categories.*Drafted #34 overall in 2007 by the Reds. *Worked his way to “the show” in 2011.*Started 2012 in Louisville (AAA) andrecalled 4/17/12.* Is the starting third baseman for theCincinnati Reds.

This list is proof that Todd Frazier is anincredibly gifted athlete. It all started witha dream. The common sport fantasy forevery kid was pretending he/she was in thechampionship game and the game was onthe line. It was hitting the game winninghome run in the World Series, throwing thegame winning touchdown in theSuperbowl, sinking the winning basket at

the buzzer in the NBA final, kicking thewinning goal in the World Cup final, scor-ing that perfect “10” in the Olympics oreven draining the 30 foot putt to win theMasters.

Frazier had those fantasies as he playedin the backyard and parks with his brothersand friends. He also had another one. Hedreamed about playing professional base-ball in Yankee Stadium. Todd made it out

onto the field at Yankee Stadium early inhis baseball career. The 1998 LittleLeague World Series championship teamwas honored at Yankee Stadium shortlyafter winning it all in Williamsport. Asgreat as it was to run out and stand withDerek Jeter, the ultimate goal was to some-day play on that hallowed ground. Fastforward 14 years.

On May 18, 2012 Todd Frazier’s dreambecame reality. Thanks to interleague play,the New York Yankees were on the Reds’schedule. Todd came into the visitingteam’s clubhouse that Friday afternoon atYankee Stadium and looked at the lineupcard. It read Todd Frazier batting seventh,playing third base. Once again out of thatHollywood script he performed as he hadtime and time before at the biggestmoments in his career. He not only playedin Yankee Stadium and fulfilled a life longdream that evening, he would deliver a sin-gle to right in his first Yankee Stadium atbat. That came off of Andy Pettitte.

So how did Todd Frazier become a pro-fessional baseball player and get to play atYankee Stadium? The mythical answer isthe baseball Gods reached down to him atan early age and gave him the talent and hisdestiny was pre- written. While true intheory, Todd had ability and talent that hadto be harnessed and molded. This wasstarted by his father and his two olderbrothers, Charlie and Jeff. The Frazierboys are very close and have daily contactwith each other. Charlie and Jeff just hap-pen to be professional baseball players aswell. Charlie played in the Marlins organ-ization. He is now a school teacher, assis-

tant Varsity baseball coach at TR Southand is owner of “Frazier Baseball”(www.frazierbaseball.com) instructingyoung baseball players. Jeff is playing forthe Toledo Mud Hens, the AAA affiliate ofthe Detroit Tigers. Jeff was the first of thebrothers to get to “the show” back in 2010.

Right up there with his parents andbrothers, Frazier gives credit to TomsRiver South’s Head Coach Ken Frank forbeing a true mentor. “Coach Frank under-stands the game and he gets you ready forthe next level. Coach Frank is someoneyou can talk with about anything. He notonly prepared you for baseball, but forlife.”

According to Frazier his years at TRSouth were very special. “The Southmoments are plentiful, but playing withmy brother Jeff in a state playoff gameplayed at Campbell’s Field (home to theCamden Riversharks) my freshman yearstands out. Jeff batted third and me, fourth.It didn’t get any better than that,” saidFrazier.

So how did Todd Frazier really get towhere he is today? He had a dream andworked extremely hard to make it a reality,having fun along the way. “You have tolive out your dreams. If you work hard andhave fun in pursuing your dreams, thingswill take care of themselves. There is noth-ing better than your dreams coming true,”added Frazier.

PHOTO: ALEX STAMOUTSOSTodd Frazier realizes his dreamplaying at Yankee Stadium inMay.


“You Have To Live Out Your Dreams” Continued from page 8&9

By Jim HintelmannHOLMDEL - Two major reasons for the suc-cess of the St. John Vianney (SJV) softballteam have been strong pitching and solid hit-ting. The Lancers, though, have also beenone of the Shore's top defensive teams andthat was on display in Friday's 6-1 victoryover Bishop Ahr of Edison in an NJSIAASouth Jersey semifinal game.

SJV played errorless ball in the game andthey were at their best in the third inningwhen they came up with two key defensiveplays to cut short a Bishop Ahr threat.Leading 1-0, the Trojans Andrea Muglia ledoff the third inning with a walk and was sacri-ficed to second. Gabby Elvine singled to cen-ter, but SJV centerfielder Zoe Otterman pickedup the ball and made a perfect throw to catch-er Kristen Solari, who put the tag on Muglia.Elvine took second on the play but, with LexiHerrmann batting, Solari made a strongthrow to pick off Elvin to end the threat."Other than one game where we made a few

mistakes, this team has been playing strongdefense all year," said SJV Coach KimLombardi. "Otterman and Solari are both sen-iors and that is what wins championships."

Given a lift by the two key defensiveplays, SJV, helped by a costly Bishop Ahrerror, scored twice in the bottom of the thirdinning to take the lead, 2-1. Erica Krumbine

and Amanda Durham walked with one out andmoved up a base on Caitlin Winoker's infieldout. Solari hit a grounder to short that appar-ently ended the inning, but the throw to firstwas wild with Krumsin and Durham scoring.

SJV then broke open the game with fourruns in the sixth inning. Taylor Augustwalked and Krumbine was safe on a fielder'schoice.Otterman followed with an RBI singleand Durham came through with the big hit ofthe game, a two- run triple to the left fieldfence. Solari drove in Durham with an infieldhit. "It was a screwball and I was looking forit," said Durham "It (the triple) was awesomeand it was a great feeling. The entire teamplayed well."

Bishop Ahr scored its lone run in the sec-ond inning off winning pitcher Katie Beriontwhen Herrman singled and Megan Ryan fol-lowed with an RBI double. Beriont scatteredeight hits, but walked just one and struck outsix.

By Jim HintelmannMIDDlETOWN TOWNSHIP- MiddletownSouth's softball team had a 9-5 hit advantageover East Brunswick in Thursday's CentralJersey Group IV title game and South pitch-er Allison Nolan held the Bears to just onerun in a complete game effort, but it was tono avail.

East Brunswick (25-3) ran its win streakto 20 games as it scored the lone run in thegame in the fourth inning and made it standup in a 1-0 win. "We couldn't get a hit whenwe needed it and they did," said South’sCoach Tom Erbig. "East Brunswick has avery good team. Nolan pitched an outstand-ing game. We moved up to Group IV thisyear after competing in Group III last year,but we still should have beaten them.”South was the Group III runner-up last year.

The only run in the game was scored by

Gabriel Keliher, who led off the fourthinning with a single, moved to second onCaitlin Herter's sacrifce bunt and scored on abase hit by Shelby Lipsom. "We had a lot ofplayers last year with excellent talent," saidEast Brunswick Coach Kevin Brady, "but theseason didn't end the way we expected.

"We lost to Hunterdon Central in nineinnings to drop our record to 5-3," he said."We had a team meeting after that game andthe girl talked to each other and now theybelieve in themselves. The younger playersalso stepped up."

South (21-6) had three big opportunitiesto score, with the best chance coming in thesecond inning when singles by Erica Falvey,Abby Schulz and Alex Podmajerski with oneout and loaded the bases. Winning pitcherKim Hyland retired Alex Corrigan on a liner

to second and Nolan on a strikeout.South wasted another good scoring oppor-

tunity in the fifth after Nolan led off with asingle and Kristen Podmajerski ran for her.Taylor Landis bunted her to second and thenPodmajerski tried to take third on a shortpassed ball, but got caught in a rundownbetween second and third and was tagged out.This proved costly because Grace Heller sin-gled to right. Jill Troiano grounded out toend the inning. Falvey singled to lead off thefourth and was sacrificed to third by Schulz,but Hyland retired Alex Podmajsaersi on apop to the catcher and retired Corrigan on agrounder to first. South loses five starters tograduation, but Erbig expects another goodseason next year with the nucleus of youngplayers returning.

Eagles Suffer Heartbreak In CJ Group IV

PHOTO: SEAN SIMMONSAlex Podmajerski was amongplayers to rally against EastBrunswick but to no avail.

PHOTO: MIKE ROGERSSt. John Vianney softball team.


St. John Vianney Softball Advances

One of the more frequent questions weget from our clients concerns recruitingrules and regulations. There are dead peri-ods, quiet periods, contact periods and eval-uation periods and so on. Everyone seemsto be talking about this July 1st date?Maybe somebody told you coaches can’tsend you letters until you are a junior?

So, what does it all mean?

Sure, there are rules and regulations thatcoaches have to follow in the process.They are confusing, differ by sport and canchange year to year. The good news foryou is they really don’t matter. We oftentell our clients not worry about these rulesand regulations. If you want to know theguidelines for your sport you can easilyfind them in Google (or ask us and we willget them to you). However, unless you aretalking bags of money there really isn’tmuch you can do to break the rules. Therules are for the COACHES to follow.There are few, if any, restrictions that youneed to follow or really even know about.

Most of the rules involve when a coachcan write, call, or see you. But….often

times you can write, call or see the coachif you initiate it. The worst thing thatwould happen is the coach tells you thatthe rules prohibit him from talking to you.More importantly, coaches use the rules asa way to get rid of prospects withouttelling them they are not interested. Forexample, if a sophomore contacts a largeDivision I school, the school might saysomething like, “NCAA Rules prohibitme from talking to you at this time.” Thisis typically, a nice way of saying, “Don’tcall us, we’ll call you.” The end result isthe athlete stops reaching out to schoolsbecause they assume they are breaking arule. They did not break a rule. The coachjust decided to follow a rule that preventedTHEM from contacting the athlete back.They also decided NOT to pursue the 10other legal ways of reaching out back tothat athlete. Let’s get a few thingsstraight:

College coaches DO recruit high schoolfreshman and sophomore athletes.

College coaches use many legal avenuesto recruit athletes around the rules andrestrictions.

For example, the NCAA allows a school

to send a recruiting questionnaire as well ascamp materials to a prospect. They alsocan call your coaches, watch you play offcampus and communicate (in differentways according to their restrictions) withthe prospects, the parents and the coaches.

Additionally, many D- III/NAIA/JUCOschools have little to no restrictions on thecontact they can have with prospects.

Now, let’s talk about this July 1 date(prior to your senior year). You’ve heardthis is when colleges can call you? Butoften times colleges will be DONE withtheir recruiting class before this date. Howcan that be possible? Did you know it waslegal for coaches to receive calls from you?Did you know they could call your coach,invite you to campus and offer you a ver-bal scholarship years before this date? Ifcoaches want to recruit you and communi-cate with you they will and can do so legal-ly. Do yourself a favor and just ignore thisJuly 1 date!

So, what does this all mean to you?Here is our advice….

1. Don’t drive yourself crazy analyzingthe rules. Whatever advice you got pertain-ing to the recruiting rules is probablywrong, so just ignore it.

2. Focus your efforts on developingrecruiting relationships with college coach-es.

3. If a school brushes you off and citesthe rules make a note to contact them backwhen they tell you it is legal for them totalk to you. More importantly, realizethey might not be interested in you andfind other schools that are.

For more inside advice and guidance,contact our NJ Area ScoutsJoe Mazza 732-803-1290 [email protected] Greg Welsh 908-433-4219 [email protected]

Read more in our Recruiting Myths andRecruiting FAQ’s pages on our website.Get started by Creating a FREE Profiletoday at www.STUDENTathleteWorld.com


Recruiting Rules And Regulations: Your Questions Answered

By Ted KaiserJERSEY SHORE— A trio of ShoreConference baseball teams that went deepinto the NJSIAA state tournament losttheir games on Friday afternoon. ChristianBrothers Academy (CBA) and Mater DeiPrep reached the sectional semifinalsbefore falling and Point Beach made it tothe sectional championship. Despite thelosses, the Shore Conference flexed itsmuscle on the baseball scene in impres-sive fashion.

CBA outslugged Camden Catholic 11-8in the Non-Public South A quarterfinals.The Colts were seeded seventh while theIrish were the 15th seed. Junior outfielderChris Cordova hit a two-run home run andhad four RBIs to lead the 11 hit effort.CBA held an 11-3 advantage before theIrish scored five in an attempt to rally inthe final inning. In the semifinals, theColts ran into a buzzsaw against 11thseeded St. Augustine. North Carolinarecruit Chris Oakley held CBA to just onerun in an 8-1 win for the Hermits.

Mater Dei Prep nearly pulled off thebiggest surprise of the state playoffs. TheSeraphs led top seed Marist 3-2 in thesixth inning of the Non-Public South Bsemifinals. Senior Mike Williams camethrough with an RBI single to break a 2-2tie to give Mater Dei the lead, but the

Royal Knights rallied for the win. In thequarterfinal round, the Seraphs shut outfifth seeded Gill St. Bernard’s by a score of7-0.

Also on Friday, top seeded Point Beach(15-7) lost a 4-2 decision to fourth seededFlorence in the Central Jersey Group Ifinal. After a first round bye, the GarnetGulls defeated Keyport 4-2 in the quarterfi-nals and Burlington City 5-4 in the semi-finals. Junior Alan Nieto hit a two-runsingle to help lift the Gulls into the final.Senior DJ Pfefferkorn pitched for the win.

CBA, Mater Dei, Pt. Beach Fall After State Runs

PHOTO: SEAN SIMMONSCBA’s John McCarren at bat for theC o l t s .

By Ted KaiserMANASQUAN— TheManasquan softballteam was the third seedin the Central JerseyGroup III tournament,not exactly a spot con-sidered worthy of beingcalled a long shot. Butthe Warriors (15-6) hadflown under the radar allseason and their stringof victories to the sec-tional final caught someobservers off guard.“(Our seniors) wereexceptional all year,”said Coach Amy Certo,referring to KearaHoman and MeredithBryant. “We had ayoung team and makingthis run in states canonly be good for them.”

The favorites were top seededAllentown and second seeded WallTownship, however, both teams gotbounced in quarterfinal upsets leavingwide open possibilities for the bracket.The Warriors narrowly survived a scareof their own in the first round whenthey squared off with 14th seedHamilton. Manasquan led 3-0, butHamilton rallied with runs late in thegame to force extra innings. Then inthe ninth inning they took a 4-3 lead.Fortunately for the Warriors theyresponded with a run of their own inthe ninth to force extra innings.Finally in the bottom of the tenthinning, Manasquan won the game assophomore outfielder Katie Barnesdelivered a two-out RBI single. Seniorsecond baseman Meredith Bryant had

three hits including a double and twostolen bases. Freshman pitcher OliviaGalinis pitched the whole game andstruck out 10 batters.

Manasquan then went on to defeatNottingham 2-1 in the quarterfinals inanother extra inning game. In thesemifinals, the Warriors broke out thebig bats in blasting NorthernBurlington 14-4. Katie Barnes had fourRBIs, Keara Homan had four hits, tworuns and two RBIs and Meredith Bryantwent 5-for-5 with five runs scored. Thegame was a far cry from the nailbiting,low-scoring game againstNottingham. Manasquan would end uplosing a tight 3-2 game to eighth seed-ed Lawrence in the sectional final, butthey can be proud of their postseasoneffort.

Jersey Sporting News • June 5 - June 19 Page 15Squan Nearly Wins Improbable Title

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDISquan’s Meredith Bryant gets her bat on theb a l l .

By Michael RogersThe Red Bank

Catholic (RBC) girls’lacrosse team just fin-ished a season to re-member as the Caseysfinished the season witha 20 - 2 record. Theyalso won the SouthJersey Group II divisiontitle. They continuedtheir success by win-ning the Shore Confer-ence Tournament title asthey defeated Manasquanin the final by the scoreof 10- 9.

In the NJSIAA SouthGroup II state tourna-ment, RBC earned thenumber one seed anddefeated Long Branch inthe first round by thescore of 19 - 0. Afterdefeating Sterling by thescore of 10 - 6 and theykept on winning anddefeated Red BankRegional by the score of16 -8. Moving on to thefinal RBC won thegame and the tourna-ment title with a 17 -13victory over Allentown.

The Caseys thenmoved on to the Tour-nament of Cham-pions but that’s wheretheir season would end as they lost in thefirst round to Chatham by the score of 19 -6. For the season Grace Fallon led theCaseys in scoring with 36 goals and 52assists while Catherine Luick added 63 goalsand 18 assists. Maeve Cowley scored 48

goals and 27 assists while goalie RebeccaBarille was strong in goal all season and tal-lied 96 saves and a record of 17 - 2. “I amso happy with what this team has accom-plished,” commented Head Coach LisaCapriponi after their final game.

RBC Girls’ Lax Has Season To Remember

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIRBC’s Maeve Cowley f l ies high to intercept a pass .


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