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By Eric BraunOCEANPORT- Monmouth Parkhosted their 1st Annual Twilightracing this past Thursday night withlive racing until 7pm. The inaugu-ral racing also helped benefit theMonmouth Park Charity Fundwhich hosted over 150 people for aTwilight Cocktail Party. The eventhonored Dennis Drazin (Presidentof Drazin & Warshaw Law Firm)and John Forbes (President of theNJTHA).

The Monmouth Park CharityFund was established back in 1946by Armory Haskell and PhilipIselin and it was created to raiseand distribute money to non-profitagencies in Monmouth County thatprovide services related to health,those at risk in the community andthose in need of special services.According to Executive DirectorMary Ann Martin, Haskell andIselin along with their wivesdevised a plan that would thank theresidents of Monmouth County formaking their dream of revivingMonmouth Park a reality. Theydecided to hold a charity ball andcarnival at the racetrack. Themoney raised the events were to goback into the community, a tradi-tion upheld by the newly namedMonmouth Park Charity BallCommittee. Since the inception ofthe first Charity Ball, the organiza-tion has helped raise over $8.6 mil-lion for the residents and organiza-

tions of Monmouth County. Monmouth Park will continue its

Twilight racing every Thursdaythroughout the month of August.This is just another of great thingsthat the new ownership of thefamed Monmouth Park is rollingout to attract more crowds. In addi-tion to the twilight racing, the trackwill also have live bands everyThursday night following the startof the last race and continuing until9pm. Monmouth Park's CharitableFoundations next event is theAnnual Winner's Circle FashionShow to be hosted on August 24thfrom 11am-3pm in the Turf Club.For additional information or tomake reservations, you can contactthe foundation at 732-571-5325.

Twilight Racing Comes To Monmouth Park

PHOTO: ERIC BRAUNFrancesca Attardi and Mike Veritasenjoying the first night of TwilightRacing at Monmouth Park.

PHOTO: ALYSSA SPAKOWSKIDiane Garback, Nancy Nicola, Dennis Drazin, Hope Haskell-Jones, JohnForbes and Kathy Nicola.

PHOTO: ERIC BRAUNNancy Nicola, Kathy Nicola, Diane Garback, Bill Anderson, Mike Musto,John Forbes, Dennis Drazin, Nona Balaban and Hope Haskell-Jones.

Jersey Sporting News • August 14 - August 28 Page 3

By Josh LashleyFour local NJSIAA state place-winners

from this past March don’t have all thatfar to travel in their quest to further theiracademic and wrestling careers. In fact,Hayden Hrymack (Christian BrothersAcademy), Lex Knapp (Lacey TownshipHigh School), Jalen Ramos (CentralRegional High School) and KenTheobold (Toms River South HighSchool) are staying right here in the NewJersey to attend Rutgers University inNew Brunswick.

Theobold, a District 24 and Region 6champ, placed second in the 145-poundweight class and finished with a senioryear record of 40-2. Knapp, who won theDistrict 24 and Region 6 titles, finishedsecond at 220 pounds and had a seniorrecord of 42-1. Hrymack, a District 22and Region 6 winner, placed fifth in thestate at 195 pounds. Ramos placed eighth

in the state at 126 and had 39 during the 2011-2012 season.

Rutgers finished last season with anoverall mark of 13-8 and they were 5-1against Eastern Intercollegiate WrestlingAssociation opponents. The head coachfor the Scarlet Knights is former JacksonMemorial and Lock Haven Universitystandout wrestler Scott Goodale.Goodale also had a remarkable tenure asJackson Memorial's head coach beforetaking the post at Rutgers. Joining theScarlet Knights' coaching staff as anassistant for the 2012-2013 season isFrank Molinaro, a three-time state cham-pion from Southern Regional. Molinarowas a four-time All-American for PennState University and won the NCAANational championship at 149 poundsthis past March. The Nittany Lions wereNCAA team champions in 2011 and2012.

Local Wrestlers Ready For Rutgers

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIHayden Hrymack wrestled for CBA in the 195 lbs division.

Jim Dowd’s Shoot for the Stars Foundation host-ed its 15th annual Monmouth vs. Ocean CountyHigh School All-Star Game on Sunday, August 5 atthe Red Bank Armory. For the 10th time in 15years, Monmouth County came out on top in thecharity game, claiming an 8-5 win.

For the second year in a row, proceeds fromevent ticket sales, raffles and memorabilia auctionswent to benefit the FoodBank of Monmouth andOcean Counties. Dowd cited the difficult econom-ic climate when explaining the decision to contin-ue having the event benefit the FoodBank. “Forevery dollar donated, they can serve three meals,”Dowd said prior to this year’s event. “Last year, Ithink we donated $20,000. So, it was 60,000 meals

they could provide.”The game itself saw the Monmouth County all-

stars dominate the first two periods, bursting out toa 5-0 lead before Brick Memorial’s Steve Brunonetted Ocean’s first goal late in the second period.Ocean added a pair of goals to begin the third peri-od and narrow Monmouth’s lead to 5-3, but couldnot reduce the gap to fewer than two goals the restof the way. A goal by Wall’s Tommy Panico withjust over two minutes to skate sealed Ocean’s fate,giving Monmouth a 7-4 lead. The teams exchangeda pair of goals in the final minute before arriving atthe 8-5 final.

Middletown South defenseman Jimmy Burns,who contributed a goal, was named the MVP for

the Monmouth side while a multiple-goal effortfrom Brick’s Andrew Reiss earned him game MVPhonors for Ocean. Other Monmouth County goalswere scored by James Martello (CBA), HunterRotchford (RFH), Trevor Grossman (RBC) andMike Stickle (RBC). Middletown South’s ChrisConnor scored twice. Ocean County received goalsfrom Bruno, Nick Spinelli (Brick Mem.), DavidKearns (Brick) and a pair from Reiss.

Red Bank goalie Charlie Fox recorded 11 savesin a strong effort for Monmouth before giving wayto Zach Peras (Howell) and Chet Tooker (RBC).Monsignor Donovan’s Alex Mollicone, PointBoro’s Nathaniel Bissey and Brick Memorial’s TimSchiess minded the net for Ocean.

Monmouth All-Stars Prevail In 15th Annual Charity Game

By Ted KaiserBELMAR— Seaview Jeep earned thetop seed in the Jersey Mike’s JerseyShore Basketball League playoffs thanksto a 9-1 regular season record. RutgersUniversity star Eli Carter played a keyrole in that success and continued to liftSeaview with 36 points in a 109-93 firstround win over Stevens Gutter Cleaning.Carter dueled with Rutgers teammateMyles Mack who pumped in game-high44 points. Stevens Gutter Cleaning waswithout forward Wally Judge, anotherRutgers product. Mack had to pick up theslack without Judge and he tried kept hissquad in the game.

Seaview slowly pulled away and woneach quarter of the contest. Carter’s scor-ing prowess was on full display with sixthree-point field goals. His shooting

was contagious as former CBA standoutMatt McMullen (16 points) knockeddown four triples, and Brian Dougher(15 points), Rashid Sparks and BrandonHall each drilled a pair. Sparks alsoadded a team-high 11 rebounds.

In the semifinals against T&T Coast,Seaview could not seem to get on trackin the second half. Rashid Sparks was hotfrom outside for most of the game. Hefinished with a game-high 30 pointsincluding seven three-pointers. But EliCarter could not shake off the defense ofNeil Thompson and T&T went on for a111-102 win. Seaview Jeep was biddingfor their first championship since 2004,but instead will have to settle for theNorth Division crown and a first placeregular season finish.

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By Mike CelliThis summer is a

great time to be anathlete. The 2012Olympics are show-casing some of the best athletes in theworld along with some local individu-als competing on the highest stageever. The back stories for some of theathletes are amazing. Throughout theyear our athletes shine with a spirit ofpositive energy. Their performancesexhilarate and inspire us to succeed.Competitions and life require disci-pline, focus and hard work along withenergy to fuel us. Sometimes evenwith all those elements, we do not fin-ish first but for some, the reward is thecompetition and knowing that they

tried their verybest.

Whether we arecompeting on aworld stage or just

to get through the day, once it’s com-plete we have won and are ready forthe next challenge. We are all athletes. We all face challenges each day givenour role or position in life. Sometimeswe win and other times we lose. It isimportant that we look at all the com-petition in our field, but the mostimportant reflection is our own. Yoursuccess is a product of your hardwork. Be proud of yourself, yourteam, your country and your family.Keep working hard because there areno limits.

“Be Proud Of Yourself”


By Michael RogersMonmouth University is known for having a wide

variety of summer camps for all ages and for justabout every sport you can think of. One of the spe-cialty camps run on the campus of MonmouthUniversity is a youth basketball camp that is run byHead Coach King Rice. Coach Rice led Monmouthto an 8 - 2 season last year after joining the Hawksfrom Vanderbilt where he was an assistantcoach.Aside from Coach Rice, campers alsoreceived instruction from some former players whoplayed at the Division I level and in professional bas-ketball including former Tar Heel players DerekPhelps and Brian Reece. Phelps was a starting pointguard on the 1994 North Carolina NationalChampionship team and then went on to play in theNBA for another 13 seasons. Brian Reese was also astarter on the National Championship team and alsoplayed for 10 years in the NBA. All three players

were McDonald’s All Americans while at NorthCarolina.

Rick Callahan is another instructor at the summercamp. According to Coach Rice, Callahan is one ofthe best teachers of the game of basketball with over30 years of college coaching experience. Also help-ing with instruction are present MonmouthUniversity players including: Jesse Steele, Ed Waiteand Marcus Ware.

The camps have been running since the end ofJune and will continue for the month of August. Thecamp is open to players in grades 3 -10 and runsfrom 9-3 Monday through Friday. The gym is alsoopen an hour before and an hour after the official

times of the camp so that the campers can ask anyquestions and work on their game. The camp takesplace in the main gym on the campus of MonmouthUniversity. “This is a great opportunity for youngplayers to get involved, receive some top rateinstruction, and have some fun with the great gameof basketball, “ said Rice.

Anyone interested in any of the camps in Augustcan register on any Monday at the main gymnasiumat 8:30 AM. All a camper needs are sneakers, shortsand a willingness to learn the game of basketballfrom qualified instructors in a safe and fun envior-ment. If any additional information is needed youcan reach Sam Ferry at [email protected].

By Christopher D. Johnson, MDThe scaphoid bone is one of the eight bones of thewrist and it is the one that is most commonly frac-tured. Scaphoid fractures may occur when peoplefall on an outstretched hand and these falls canalso break one or both bones in the forearm. Ascaphoid fracture is particularly dangerous. Thebone has a very poor blood supply, so when it isinjured, it needs to be treated correctly for optimalhealing. If treated incorrectly, these injuries willmost likely evolve into wrist arthritis. It is a veryimportant injury to both recognize and treat in atimely manner.After the injury, pain and swelling are noticeableon the thumb side of the wrist in an area known asthe “anatomical snuff box”. This area serves as avaluable landmark in identifying the scaphoidbone in the wrist. X-rays may show if there is a

fracture or a dis-placement. Insome cases anMRI may be nec-essary. Treatmentof a scaphoid frac-ture will bedependent on theexact location ofthe fracture withinthe scaphoid bone.Recovery of thefracture willinclude casting orsplinting and modi-fied activities while the fracture heals. Somepatients also require surgical treatment to avoidcomplications of pain and decreased function.

Scaphoid Fracture of the Wrist

Christopher D. Johnson,MD, FA C S

Great Basketball Camp At Monmouth University

Former MU Men’s SoccerStars Face World’s BestWEST LONG BRANCH — A pair of formerMonmouth University men's soccer standouts arepreparing the face the world's best in the comingweeks. Seattle Sounders FC goalkeeper BryanMeredith will face Champions League winnersChelsea FC tonight (July 18) at 9:30 p.m. (TV -ESPN2), while defender Anthony Vazquez will suitup with the Puerto Rican National Team againstreigning World Cup and Euro 2012 Champion Spainon August 15.

Seattle meets Chelsea in a friendly game for thethird time in the past four years, with The Blues tak-ing the first two meetings. Meanwhile, a trip toPuerto Rico is unprecedented from a reigning WorldCup champion.

By Ted KaiserBELMAR— InvestorsSavings Bank hoped tomake another title run inthe Jersey Mike’s JerseyShore Basketball League.They won their playoffopener, but could notadvance past the semifinalsafter running into eventualchampion Sterns Trailer.The 2011 champions earneda solid first round win overlongtime JSBL entryLarson Ford. ISB pulled offan 87-80 defensive victoryover the Fordman. RutgersUniversity’s Dane Millerhad a game-high 23 pointsand 13 rebounds to help hissquad hold on.

ISB had opened up a 16-point lead at halftime, butin classic JSBL fashion, theopponent made a big run.Larson Ford stormed backand closed to within 79-77on a lay-up by KareemCollins (17 points). FormerCBA and Florida standoutDan Werner (17 points, 7assists) came back with abucket and ISB held steadyto close out the win. Center Paul Williams had a double-double with 10 pointsand a game-high 18 rebounds. Jonathon Jones added 16 points and 14 rebounds forLarson Ford.

Against Sterns Trailer in the semifinals, ISB ran into a red-hot Manny Ubillawho scored 36 points. Jerome Seagears poured in 41 points for ISB and Nick Leonadded 19 points but it wasn’t enough as Sterns went on for a 111-99 win. ISB waswithout Dane Miller and Dan Werner who helped them in that first round victo-ry. Seagears tried to make up for their absence; however, ISB clearly needed onemore scoring option to keep up with Sterns.


PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIDespite winning the f irs t game of the play-o ffs Investors Savings could not make i t tot h e t o p s p o t .

Defending Champs Ousted in JSBL Semis


Monmouth University Football Ready To Soar In 2012By Michael Rogers

The Monmouth University footballteam is coming off of a 5-6 seasonwhile within the Northeast Conferencethe Hawks played .500 football bywinning four and losing four games.Head Coach Kevin Callahan returns forhis 20th season and will look toimprove on his overall career record of109 wins and 86 losses. "We are look-ing to improve on last year’s recordand we should surprise some teamsthis season,” said Coach Callahan.

Last season, the Hawks offense aver-aged almost 25 points per game andwith players returning at many keyoffensive positions, the offense looksto be explosive once again. Thedefense however, gave up an average ofalmost 29 points per game so CoachCallahan is looking to address this bymaking the defense one of this year’sstrength by bringing in depth along thedefensive line and in the secondary.

Bill Launch returns at linebackerafter posting 21 tackles last seasonAccording to Launch, “there are a lotof players returning who played quali-ty minutes last season.” Dan Sullivanalso returns after posting 67 tackles atlinebacker which should be a strengthposition for the Hawks. The incomingclass of freshmen and sophomores willalso give the Hawks depth at line-backer and along the defensive line.Players adding strength at the line-backer position include: Tom Winters(Brick) and John Sieczkowski(Manalapan). Jack Eisenstadt joinsMonmouth University on the defen-

sive line after a super career atRumson/Fair Haven while JoeJohnson who won the defensive playerof the year award in Ocean County willjoin the Hawk secondary. CoachCallahan likes the young players andsaid," It's obvious these playersworked hard in the off season to set thefoundation for what needs to be donethis season".

On offense, the Hawks should beeven more explosive this season withquarterback Kyle Frazier returning as athird year starter. He has shown totalcommand of the offense. Last seasonFrazier completed 65 % of his passesfor almost 1200 yards in the six gameshe played. Julian Hayes returns at run-ning back after leading the Hawks inrushing last season with 805 yards andhe scored 14 touchdowns. WhenFrazier looks to throw the football hehas a variety of talented targets tothrow to. Tristan Roberts returns atwide receiver after catching 37 passesfor 429 yards last season and scoringsix touchdowns. On the other side ofRoberts is receiver Mitchell Pollardwho caught 57 passes for 677 yardsand scored five touchdowns. MitchellPollard also returns after grabbing 53passes for 582 yards and one touch-down last season.

Monmouth University also has twobig targets at tight end with TylerGeorge (36 catches/ 282 yards) andMichael McLafferty (14 catches/ 184yards) both returning. After finishingstrong last season, the Hawks willlook to start the season strong as well.

Coach Callahanis excited about his20th season as coach and likes the atti-tude, talent and leadership that thisteam has shown. "If we continue tomake progress everyday and everyoneremains focused and on the same page,we can improve on last year’s record aswell as surprise our great fans this sea-son. The Hawks open the season witha road game at Lehigh University onSeptember 1, 2012.

PHOTO: MICHAEL ROGERSMonmouth University players works on plays during a pre-season work-out .

PHOTO: MICHAEL ROGERSMonmouth Universi ty footballCoach Callahan responds to ques-tions during media day.

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By Eric BraunCOLTS NECK —International Polo Club ofColts Neck founder SimonGarber has opened his pas-sion for polo and his gen-erosity to the communityand surrounding areas.Garber combines his twogreatest loves: polo and fam-ily all in one setting. He isjoined during competitionwith his three older sonsShaun, Jeffrey and Tyler,while his wife Lina, hisdaughter Enette andyoungest son Shane supportthe men from the sidelines

of every meet. This year’s Kings Polo

Classic held on August 5thbenefited two great founda-tions, the Vet-I-Care and theBeauty Foundation. Vet-I-Care is a non-profit organi-zation that helps familiessecure the resources for need-ed specialty and emergencycare for their pets whichthey otherwise would not beable to afford. The organiza-tion is completely funded bydonations and charity eventsthat bring communitiestogether. The BeautyFoundation is a non-profitorganization that strives toinspire the courage, strengthand confidence to fight can-cer. It was created in 2008 tosupport and empower fami-lies who are actively fight-ing cancer through generousdonations and social events.In the beginning that moneyraised was given to womenfor groceries, childcare andother small expenses but astime went on, the organiza-tion opened their funds tonot just women, but to menand children being treated forcancer. To date they havesupported over 200 familiesfrom all over the country.

The International PoloClub of Colts Neck that wasfounded by Garber started theKings Polo Classic as a wayto open the community upthe sport of polo and at thesame time bring them

together to support variouscharities such as Vet-I-Careand the Beauty Foundation.This event charged a $200cover and held silent auc-tions throughout the polomatch with all proceedsbeing shared equally.

Polo gives the communi-ty a different type of event tocome to and support whilegiving back at the sametime. When asked about hisfamilies involvement in thischarity event, Jeffrey Garberadded "that while we all loveto win and score goals, ourmain objective is to bringeveryone together to providean avenue where they cangive to an organization thathelps to support and educatepeople on the sport of polo.Polo is not just about greatsportsmanship and the thrillof the game, but also aboutsharing our great fortune to

benefit others”. Garber andhis family continue to leadthe way in providing atremendous atmosphere forsuch a great sport and chari-

ty events. For every KingsPolo Classic match there isa partnership with founda-tions that need donations tosupport their endeavors.

Francesca Attardi (mother breast cancersurvivor) and Lou Lou (breast cancer sur-vivor) there to support beauty foundationamid vet-I-care charity event. Part of the fundraiser was a silent auction.

Fran Attardi, Heidi Martyniuk Brzyski, andCarolyn Gleason.

Nacho Figueras makes a play for the ball.

ALL PHOTOS BY ERIC BRAUNInternational Polo Club of Colts Neck Vet-I-Care hosted the Kings Polo Classic at BucksMill Park in Colts Neck, to benefit Vet-i-Care and the Beauty Foundation for CancerCare charities on Sunday, August 5 .

Kings Polo Classic A Winner All Around


By Eric BraunHOWELL — One year ago, a group of 13 soccerplayers came together to form the U8 HowellUnited Rebellion girls’ travel soccer team inMonmouth/ Ocean Soccer Association (MOSA) inthe National III division. Pretty much strangers toeach other off the field as well as strangers to thetravel game of soccer the team has climbed thecompetition ladder and they are heading intoMOSA’s Premier division.

The team coached by Jason Cies and RobertVilla, both of Howell, took these group ofunknowns and battled through a tough but success-ful fall campaign finishing with a record of 4-4-2and a fourth place finish. The team took some dis-appointing losses during the fall season and beganworking on some adjustments during the winterbreak.

Things began to pay off for the girls as they cap-tured first place in the Goodsports U8 indoor season.Coach Cies and Villa continued to work the girls to getout of their recreation soccer mentality of bee hive soc-cer and to start opening the field. This approach paid offfor the players as they competed and battled fromNational III in the fall and up to National I in the spring.

The jump in talent only pushed the Rebellion to workeven harder and push each other in practice and games.The reward was a second place finish with a 7-1-2 recordand a slot into Premier for the upcoming season.

The success for the Rebellion girls’ team did not stopthere as they finished off their first year together bysweeping all four games of the Jersey Shore Champions

Cup to take first place and finished a hard fought sec-ond place in the Seaside Sand Blast. Howell finishedtheir first year with an overall record of 27-14-8 with105 goals for and 65 against.

When asked what the biggest challenge wasCoach Cies noted “the biggest challenge was creat-ing an environment that was fun for the girls andimprove their soccer ability while taking intoaccount their various skill levels and outside soccercommitments. Most of the girls only touched a soc-cer ball during practices while a select few play ontheir own 4-5 days out of the week.” The most grat-ifying part of this past season for both coaches waswatching the girls perform skills they were taughtwhile coming off the field with smiles on theirfaces.

The Rebellion philosophy is different from mosttravel teams as they prepare, teach and learn the old-

fashioned way, by simple logic and execution. Mostother teams pay for trainers and practice 3-4 days a week.The Howell Rebellion players and coaches keep it funand in perspective knowing that these are still U8 girlswho are still learning to be individuals both on and offthe field.

PHOTO: ERIC BRAUNHowel l ’s U8 soccer team is headied to the champi-o n s h i p s .

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By Ted KaiserBELMAR— T&T Coastreached their third con-secutive Jersey ShoreBasketball League cham-pionship game. The 2010champions and 2011 run-ner-up defeated top seedSeaview Jeep 111-102 inthe semifinals. SeaviewJeep seemed well-posi-tioned for victory afterthe first half. They led51-45 at the break, butthere were some discon-certing signs. RashidSparks, who finishedwith a game-high 30-points and seven three-pointers, and guard BrianDougher (13 points),were nearly perfect fromlong range. Rutgers starand leading scorer EliCarter (16 points) wasrelatively quiet. If Carterwas going to have an offnight then the hot shoot-ing of Sparks andDougher would have tokeep up even though sta-tistics were likely to keepthat from happening.

Sure enough, Sparksand Dougher cooled off abit in the second half.Sparks continued to hitsome key shots, but thebigger issue was Cartercould not get going. T&TCoast’s Neil Thompsonhounded Carter in a fullcourt press the entire game and itreally took a toll. Thompson, theformer Monmouth Regional stand-out, then used his defensive successto fuel a second half offensive out-

burst that left him with a team-high26 points. It seemed as ifThompson and fellow guard JasonWestrol (22 points, 10 rebounds,and six assists) could get into the

lane and to the rim on every posses-sion. With about five minutes toplay in the fourth quarter, T&TCoast held a double-digit lead withSeaview’s Carter on the bench. The

momentum carried until the finalbuzzer giving T&T another JSBLfinal appearance.

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIGage Day (35) of T&T Coast attempts to rise above a Sternsb l o c k .

Thompson, Westrol Carry T&T Back To Final

By Jim GarrettThis profile includes all positions on a high school

football team. The physical ability needed to be asuccess as a position player is absolutely a strongrequirement when a player is performing with obvi-ous position technique skills to reach the skill level tobe considered as a player who has the potential toplay on the college level. Each player must display aplaying profile that will picture him as a quality per-sonality player who carries out successfully, everypractice and game assignment the coaching staff hasassigned to the individual player.

The coaching staff wants to play the players whowill perform in a reliable fashion. The staff does notwant a player who does not feel a strong desire to

perform exactly the way the coaching staff hascoached each asignment with a total team coordina-tion philosophy. When your game performance isevaluated by the staff to grade your assignment per-formance, you cannot have missed any of your per-sonal assignments. You do not have the desire to playif you make mistakes in your assignments. When youmake assignment mistakes you are really telling thecoaching staff and your teammates you are not a ded-icated winning type of player. It merely shows thatyou are not to be trusted in game situations that mustbe played by everyone with a zero mental attitudethat never tolerates even one mental mistake.

The Profile Of A Successful High School Football Player

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDINeil Thompson (6) scored a team-high 26 points for T&T inthe semi f inals .

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By Eric BraunBRICK- With most of the hypebased around the success of theUnited States Women’s Nationalsoccer team this summer, a groupof young soccer players from TwinCounty have cemented themselvesas the best in the United States.Twin County Real Magic is a U15travel soccer team that recentlycaptured the US Club Soccer 2012National XI Cup Championshipsin Waukegan, IL.

The team, which is coached byKevin Farley and Steve Fitzpatrick,have been gradually building to elitestatus in New Jersey since the teamwas founded six years ago as a U9travel team. Since their inception,Farley and Fitzpatrick have developedan environment where the girls wouldwork hard and challenge themselves inevery practice and match. Accordingto Farley, “we never hold official try-outs or cut players, players that woulddecide to leave basically would cometo the conclusion that the team mightnot have been the right fit for them.”

Real Magic is composed of mostlyBrick Township players with most ofthe girls attending and playing forBrick Memorial, while others travelfrom Howell, Jackson, Toms River andOcean City. These young ladiesearned their way into the National XICup by winning the Mid-Atlantic

Regional finals this past July by goingan impressive 3-0 beating Academyteams who pay to play. When askedhow gratifying it is to beat the teamsthat are paying anywhere from $7,000-$10,000 for their kids to train with eliteprograms and get notoriety, Farleyadded “throwing money at a kid’s soc-cer development doesn’t guaranteeanything except next month you haveanother payment to make…then toturn around and get beat in major tour-naments by a little travel team fromTwin County…PRICELESS!”

Twin County took their swagger,determination and hardwork into theNational XI tournament at the end ofJuly and once again dominated theircompetition by going 4-0 enroute tobecoming National PremierChampions. With the win, TwinCounty has completed a magical sea-son where they finished second in NewJersey, seventh regionally and ninth

nationally. KevinFarley added “thatthe most gratify-ing part of this isthis we literallypreached to thegirls day in andday out for yearshow hard work,preparation, team-work, never givingup, pushing limits,getting comfort-

able in uncomfortable situations, hav-ing each other’s back – would bringthem rewards – and it culminated twoweeks ago in Waukegan with aNational Championship. We live bythe motto: Believe in You – Believe inUs – Believe in Team. It’s all about

Trust.The girls are not only National

Champions, but Farley and Fitzpatrickhave also prepared them for life les-sons both on and off the field. Farleyadded “The kids will be prepared whenthey hit the next level both on and offthe field and their parents won’t bethere in college to talk to their coach.The girls will need to learn how to dealwith things – this is what gets them to‘believe in You’. It’s not easy thiswhole experience but in the end – veryrewarding.”

Twin County soccer team after winning the US Club Soccer2012 National XI Cup Championships.

“Magic”al Season For Twin County Girls’ Soccer Team

By Ted KaiserBELMAR— An outstanding 2012Jersey Mike’s Jersey ShoreBasketball League season came toan end with a thrilling champi-onship game between SternsTrailer and T&T Coast. FormerFDU and Freehold Townshipstandout Manny Ubilla poweredSterns Trailer with a game-high 35points to lift Sterns to a 110-100victory for the crown. It was theteam’s first JSBL title since 2006.For T&T Coast, the appearance inthe final was their third straight,

but their second consecutive defeatsince winning the 2010 champi-onship.

The game began looking like asurprising Sterns Trailer blowoutas they opened up a double-digitlead midway through the first quar-ter. Rutgers guard Mike Poole (26points) was hot from the fieldearly on draining jumpers despitedefenders draped on him. T&TCoast got back into the game withthe help of its bench. Gage Daye,who had a team-high 27 points,and Dion Nesmith (14 points)

sparked T&T to close the gap tothree points after one quarter. Thestrong play carried into the secondas T&T actually held a three pointlead at the half.

But the first half showed twobad signs for T&T Coast. Theycould not stop the pick and rollthat was being keyed by guardManny Ubilla with formerMonmouth power forward BlakeHamilton (19 points) and Rutgersforward Derrick Randall (13


Sterns Trailer Wins JSBL Championship

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDISterns’ Jesse Steele (12) goes to the basket for alayup.

PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIFirst place Sterns team takes first place in the 2012 the JSBL Championships.

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By Eric BraunLONDON- At age 37, Christie Rampone’s journeywith the United States Women’s Soccer Team(USWNT) has come full circle for her. She startedher journey with the national team in 1997 andsince then has cumulated one World Cup Title andone silver and three Olympic Gold medals, with thelatest coming this past Thursday with their 2-1 vic-tory over Japan.

Rampone has endured a wonderful 15-year careerto date and reigning USWNT captain since 2008.Even with her recent case of Lyme disease, Christieremains one of the most recognizable defenders inthe world with her leadership, speed and athleti-cism. When asked in a recent interview aboutRampone, fellow New Jersey native and currentUSWNT teammate Carli Lloyd added “she’s theglue that keeps us together..she doesn’t yell orscream, but leads by example.”

After a heartbreaking loss to Japan in last year’sWorld Cup final, a game in which they led for themajority of the contest, the USWNT ended up losingin a shootout. Coming into this year’s LondonOlympics, Rampone noted that this is the most stressshe has ever had at the Olympics because the teamwanted desperately to get back to the gold medal gameand earn a rematch with Japan.

This past week Rampone and company did just that.After one of the best men or women’s soccer games ofthe year against Canada, a contest the USWNT won 4-3 in overtime off a header by Alex Morgan with :30seconds remaining, the USWNT earned their spot inthe finals against Japan. The gold medal game playedin front of 80,000 plus fans at Wembley Stadium, hadthe two teams battling back and forth giving eachother everything they had. The USWNT struck earlyon a goal from Lloyd off an assist from Morgan sevenminutes into the contest. Lloyd would get her secondgoal of the game late in the first half to put theAmericans up 2-0 at halftime.

Japan would not go quietly as they came out in thesecond half as they would climb to within one whenthey scored off a rebound shot late in the game, butthat would be the only score for Japan. Hope Solo,the world’s best female goalkeeper and one of the bestmen’s or women’s goalkeepers, saved the day for theAmerican squad with just over 15 minutes to go whereshe stuffed Japanese striker Yuki Ogimi from pointblank range.

The win was a redemption game for the UnitedStates and also gave them three straight Olympic goldmedals and four out of five since women’s soccerbecame an Olympic sport. As for Christie Ramponewho came out of Division I Monmouth University in1997, she has gone quietly about her business both onand off the field to become a symbol of the USWNTand women’s soccer across the world. She has risento fourth in the record books for the USWNT in mostcapped players with (266 games), behind Kristie Lilly(352), Mia Hamm (275) and Julie Foudy (272).

PHOTO:GETTYChristie Rampone celebrates in London after help-ing her teammates win another gold medal inwomen’s soccer.

points, 13 rebounds)setting the screen.The other issuewas the off-shoot-ing night of starguard JasonWestrol, the Man-asquan graduateand Bentley Col-lege national cha-mpion. Sterns ranthe pick and rollnearly every pos-session and turnedthe three-pointdeficit into aneight point leadheading into thefourth quarter.Fortunately forT&T Coast, Wes-trol (19 points)got hot in thefourth. He drainedback-to-back threepointers to bringhis squad withinsingle digits mid-way through thequarter. But thepick and roll, ledby playoff MVPManny Ubilla,proved unstoppable and Sterns Trailer would not allowa comeback en route to their championship.

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PHOTO: FRANCINE ATTARDIManny Ubila (13) jumps overtwo T&T players to get to thebasket.

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