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1. TOMS RIVER NORTH 11-0.
Last week: No.‚1. The Mariners' defense held Toms River East to just 125 yards of total
offense and Anthony Penna's 7-yard first quarter TD pass to Adam Carey was all Toms River
North needed as it set a school-record for wins in a season and clinched outright possession
of the Shore Conference American Division championship with a 10-0 win over Toms River East.
It was the Mariners' first win over the Raiders since 2002 and also gave them their first
divisional title since 2002. Next game: Saturday vs. Mainland (10-1) in the NJSIAA South
Jersey Group IV championship game.
2. LONG BRANCH 10-1.
Last week: No.‚2. Shawn Brown returned the opening kickoff for a TD and also on an
interception return and a 76-yard run as the Green Wave clinched a tie for the overall Shore
Conference Liberty Division championship with Red Bank Catholic and Wall and a share of the
Liberty Division non-public championship with Wall with a 48-0 romp over Red Bank. Next game:
Sunday at Rutgers University vs. Moorestown (11-0) in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III
championship game.
3. HOWELL 10-1.
Last week: No.‚3. Tim Lamirande threw three TD passes, one of them to David Hayes, who also
ran for 100 yards and two TDs, as the Rebels avenged a loss to Freehold Township last year
with a 34-14 win. Next game: Friday at Rutgers University vs. West Windsor-Plainsboro South
(10-1) in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV championship game.
4. LACEY 9-2.
Last week: No.‚4. Mike Mancini ran for 129 yards and two TDs in the first half and R.J. Roe
caught a 30-yard TD pass from Warren Smith, kicked a 30-yard field goal and four extra points
as the Lions, playing without tailback Tom Rickmers (bruised knee) and most of the game
without fullback Justin Pandorf rolled to a 37-0 win over Central to make it seven straight
wins. Next game: Saturday vs. Shawnee (8-3) in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III championship
game.
5. ASBURY PARK 10-1.[U1][QL]
Last week: No.‚ 5. Derrell Bell had two interceptions, Carl St. Surin returned an interception for a TD and Will Johnson, Rashawn Roberts and George Stephens each had TDs as the Blue Bishops defeated Neptune, 26-3, to reach double-digit in wins for the first time since its went 11-0 in 1984. Next game: Friday at Rutgers University vs. No.‚ 6 Keansburg (10-1) in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I championship game.[U1][QL]
6. KEANSBURG 10-1.
Last week: No.‚ 6. Anthony Valle threw TD passes to Josh Bakala and Scott Pillar and running
back Justin Laguna returned to action after missing three games with a fractured fibula as the
Titans clinched a share of the Shore Conference Patriot Division championship with Asbury Park and Rumson-Fair Haven with a 34-7 win over Mater Dei. It is Keansburg's first divisional title
since 1996, when it went 11-0 and won its last sectional title and recorded double digits in
wins. Next game: Friday at Rutgers University vs. No.‚ 5 Asbury Park (10-1) in the NJSIAA
Central Jersey Group I championship game.
7.RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN 9-2.
Last week: No.‚ 7. The Bulldogs rested most of their starters in preparation for the NJSIAA
Central Jersey Group II championship game against Carteret in a 61-0 loss to rival Red Bank
Catholic. Rumson remains ranked because its starting team defeated Holmdel when Holmdel was
unbeaten and is 9-1. Next game: Sunday at Rutgers University vs. Carteret (8-3) in the NJSIAA
Central Jersey Group II championship game.
8. HOLMDEL 10-1.
Last week: No.‚8. Ryan Haslett rushed for 163 yards to go over the 1,000-yard mark for the
season and Glenn Grainger scored a TD and kicked three extra points to go over the 100-point
mark for the season as Holmdel set a school-record for wins in a season with a 21-12 win over
Keyport in the final game of the holiday rivarly between those two schools. Next game: Season
completed.
9. POINT BORO 10-1.
Last week: No.‚9. Shane O'Connor ran for a TD and threw a TD pass to Bob Stowe and Skylar
Engelken had a TD as the Panthers defeated Point Pleasant Beach, 23-0, for their eighth
straight win over the Garnet Gulls. Next game: Friday vs. West Deptford (9-2) in the NJSIAA
South Jersey Group II championship game.
10. SOUTHERN 8-3.
Last week: No.‚ 10. Todd Kaiser threw three TD passes, to Eric Sharkey, as the Rams set a
school-record for wins in a season with a 30-15 win over Barnegat. Next game: Season
completed.
Dropped out: None.
Poll below....This will be the last major high school football post on blogger. The new Top 10 and accompanying poll is also available on the new web site...
1. TOMS RIVER NORTH 11-0.
Last week: No.‚1. The Mariners' defense held Toms River East to just 125 yards of total
offense and Anthony Penna's 7-yard first quarter TD pass to Adam Carey was all Toms River
North needed as it set a school-record for wins in a season and clinched outright possession
of the Shore Conference American Division championship with a 10-0 win over Toms River East.
It was the Mariners' first win over the Raiders since 2002 and also gave them their first
divisional title since 2002. Next game: Saturday vs. Mainland (10-1) in the NJSIAA South
Jersey Group IV championship game.
2. LONG BRANCH 10-1.
Last week: No.‚2. Shawn Brown returned the opening kickoff for a TD and also on an
interception return and a 76-yard run as the Green Wave clinched a tie for the overall Shore
Conference Liberty Division championship with Red Bank Catholic and Wall and a share of the
Liberty Division non-public championship with Wall with a 48-0 romp over Red Bank. Next game:
Sunday at Rutgers University vs. Moorestown (11-0) in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III
championship game.
3. HOWELL 10-1.
Last week: No.‚3. Tim Lamirande threw three TD passes, one of them to David Hayes, who also
ran for 100 yards and two TDs, as the Rebels avenged a loss to Freehold Township last year
with a 34-14 win. Next game: Friday at Rutgers University vs. West Windsor-Plainsboro South
(10-1) in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV championship game.
4. LACEY 9-2.
Last week: No.‚4. Mike Mancini ran for 129 yards and two TDs in the first half and R.J. Roe
caught a 30-yard TD pass from Warren Smith, kicked a 30-yard field goal and four extra points
as the Lions, playing without tailback Tom Rickmers (bruised knee) and most of the game
without fullback Justin Pandorf rolled to a 37-0 win over Central to make it seven straight
wins. Next game: Saturday vs. Shawnee (8-3) in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III championship
game.
6. KEANSBURG 10-1.
Last week: No.‚ 6. Anthony Valle threw TD passes to Josh Bakala and Scott Pillar and running
back Justin Laguna returned to action after missing three games with a fractured fibula as the
Titans clinched a share of the Shore Conference Patriot Division championship with Asbury Park and Rumson-Fair Haven with a 34-7 win over Mater Dei. It is Keansburg's first divisional title
since 1996, when it went 11-0 and won its last sectional title and recorded double digits in
wins. Next game: Friday at Rutgers University vs. No.‚ 5 Asbury Park (10-1) in the NJSIAA
Central Jersey Group I championship game.
7.RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN 9-2.
Last week: No.‚ 7. The Bulldogs rested most of their starters in preparation for the NJSIAA
Central Jersey Group II championship game against Carteret in a 61-0 loss to rival Red Bank
Catholic. Rumson remains ranked because its starting team defeated Holmdel when Holmdel was
unbeaten and is 9-1. Next game: Sunday at Rutgers University vs. Carteret (8-3) in the NJSIAA
Central Jersey Group II championship game.
8. HOLMDEL 10-1.
Last week: No.‚8. Ryan Haslett rushed for 163 yards to go over the 1,000-yard mark for the
season and Glenn Grainger scored a TD and kicked three extra points to go over the 100-point
mark for the season as Holmdel set a school-record for wins in a season with a 21-12 win over
Keyport in the final game of the holiday rivarly between those two schools. Next game: Season
completed.
9. POINT BORO 10-1.
Last week: No.‚9. Shane O'Connor ran for a TD and threw a TD pass to Bob Stowe and Skylar
Engelken had a TD as the Panthers defeated Point Pleasant Beach, 23-0, for their eighth
straight win over the Garnet Gulls. Next game: Friday vs. West Deptford (9-2) in the NJSIAA
South Jersey Group II championship game.
10. SOUTHERN 8-3.
Last week: No.‚ 10. Todd Kaiser threw three TD passes, to Eric Sharkey, as the Rams set a
school-record for wins in a season with a 30-15 win over Barnegat. Next game: Season
completed.
Dropped out: None.
Poll below....This will be the last major high school football post on blogger. The new Top 10 and accompanying poll is also available on the new web site...
posted by Tony Graham at 10:51 AM
11 Comments:
A tough one here because it was not really Rumson that lost 62-0 it was its JV team. Are we really penaizing the Varsity squad because the coach made this decision? On the other hand, I do not know the last time I saw any sectional finalist lose 62-0.
they should definitely drop, they lost...they knew what they were doing and that's the risk and sacrifice they made...if they win the championship, you can have them ranked again.
Well if you go by talent and potential then RFH MAY be a lower tier top 10 team. If you are judging based on performance and recognition, then RFH clearly does not deserve to be ranked at all. It should be simple to find 10 other teams that performed better and deserve a ranking.
RFH should not drop in the poll. They proved themselves during the season when it counted for playoffs. Period the end!
The Thanksgiving game should not affect their standing because it means absolutely nothing! A coach and team should have the right to practice a better-safe-than-sorry approach and keep their best players out of harm's way for their final high school sectional title game. A game that they have been preparing for since Pop Warner.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for these boys and they should not have risked themselves for a game that is merely a tradition. Coach Fallon made the choice based on what was best for his team at this point in their lives. Perhaps a team should be given an option to play after a states game rather than have a coach be put into a position that Coach Fallon was placed; he was damned with either decision and the respective consequences. I'm sure it was the most diificlt call he has ever had to make as a coach!
GO DAWGS!
a loss is a loss you never see any other schools pull that stunt and stunt it is.Come on fallon you should have played your starters.
"I'm sure it was the most diificlt call he has ever had to make as a coach!"
Although I am personally not too sure that Rumson should drop from the rankings, I am not going to let this little bit of hyperbole go unchecked. What you just said anonymous is ridiculous. Teams make that decision every year. It goes hand in hand with making the finals. Yet, this was the first year I can remember that an entire team was rested in this way to the tune of a 63-0 dumper whipping.
Now I do not think this reflects on the team as a whole, it does make the finals a MUST win for Rumson. Because if they lose...
"They proved themselves during the season when it counted for playoffs. Period the end!"
No it is not the end. It is a black mark on their record and it will go in the history books. A team that gets beat 61-0 does not deserve to be ranked. Period the end!
you got to drop them because it wasn't a gurantee that rumson was gonna win if the starters did play.
61-0 counts as a regular season loss. C'mon writers, it is no different than if key members of a team were injured.
why isnt asbury park ranked higher
You lose 61-0 you should drop out of the rankings. It is embarassing that they stayed in there...once again have some guts. They lost whether it was JV or not...they LOST. That is what rankings are about, Wins and Loses. Steve Falk dropped the ball here.
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