Eagles streak reaches 40

The Middletown South Football team extended their Shore Conference record winning streak to 40 straight games with a win over Wall 20-7. South started off the scoring with an interception return for a touchdown by junior Josh Matthews in the first two minutes of the game. Junior quarterback Pat Campbell ran for 76 yards on 17 carries to help lead the Eagles. The stingy defense allowed only 1 yard in the first half and prevented the Knights from achieving a first down until late in the 3rd quarter. The Eagles will play Lakewood at the Swamp next week.

The field hockey team defeated the Howell Rebels by a score of 1-0 yesterday. Beth McLaughlin scored the goal in the 45th minute while the Eagles stopped 8 shots to shut out the Rebels.

The boy’s soccer team lost a tough game to CBA 2-1. The Colts jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Mike Razzoli in the 54th minute. Tony DiMaria sent the game into overtime with a goal in the 70th minute but the Eagle’s defense allowed Razzloli to put another shot in the goal for the victory. The win was CBA coach Dan Keene’s 400th of his career and brought the Colt’s record to 4-5-1. The Eagles’ record drops to 1-6-2.

Weekly Wrapup

Earlier this week, the Middletown South Field Hockey team defeated Middletown North 2-1 handing the Lions their first loss of the season. Sophomore Katie Bruno scored both goals, one in the 9th minute, the other in the 38th, with 2 assists from Beth McLaughlin. This was the first time this group of seniors had beaten North during their four years. The victory brought the Eagle’s record to 4-2-1 and back into the thick of A North Conference.

The boy’s soccer team lost on Wednesday 1-0 to Manalapan. The Manalapan goal was scored in the 44th minute when George Quintano redirected a pass from teammate Eric Illisije past Eagle goalie Mike Roura. The loss dropped South’s record to 1-5-2,

Also on Wednesday, the Lady Eagles soccer team dropped a 2-1 decision to Manalapn. South’s record is now 1-6.

This afternoon the boy’s soccer team played the CBA Colts, I’ll have results tomorrow.

As of this writing, the Eagles Football Team is beating the Wall Knights 20-0 at the end of the third quarter, while preventing the Knights from achieving a first down during the first half.

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Boy's Soccer Wins under the Lights while Boy's XC takes a loss

Monday night the Middletown South Eagles topped the Middletown North Lions 2-0 in a game under the lights on the turf at Middletown South. After having North score an own goal early in the game, Tony DiMeria extended the lead that the Eagles would not relinquish. This was Coach Reid and the Eagle's first win of the season bringing their record to 1-4-2.

The Boy's Cross Country team was defeated by perennially undefeated Christian Brothers Academy. Pat Montalbano once again lead the way for the Eagles, followed by Jay Malejki, Rob George and Brian Miller. Rounding out the Top 7 were Jim Geant, Anthony Garrido and John Healy. The boy’s next meet is the Shore Coach’s Invitational on Saturday October 7th at Holmdel Park.

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Boy's Soccer vs. North

In a special night game, the Middletown South Boy's Soccer Team will take on their cross town rivals at 7:00 on the turf at Middletown South.

Passaic County Coaches Invitational

At the Passaic County Coaches Invitational, which was run at Garrett Mountain, Middletown South's Boy's Cross Country finished fourth in Varsity Boys Group 3. They finished 6 points behind Wayne Valley, who is ranked 19th in the state by The Star Ledger. Pat Montalbano led the team with an 11th place finish and a time of 17:34. Rob George and Brian Miller finished back to back in 21st and 22nd place with times of 17:57.44 and 17:57.81 respectively. Anthony Garrido (31st) and John Healy(32nd) also finished in consecutive places. Garrido ran a time of 18:27 and Healy ran 18:28. Jim Geant was the last South runner across the line in 46th place with a time of 19:30.

The Girl's Team won their group with three of their runners in the Top 10 and six in the Top 20. Leading the way was 7th place Isobel Graf (20:50), followed by Lindesy Setaro (9th, 21:18), Carole Spoth (10th , 21:22), and Ashley Horne (15th, 22:17). Rounding out the team's Top 6 were Carly Clifton (18th, 22:26) and Jamie Mastroberti (19th, 22:31). The girl's held off West Milford's girls by 6 points to lock up the victory.

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Eagles Extend Streak to 39

The Middletown South Football team crushed the Central Golden Eagles 56-0. David Dosil ran all over Central with 227 yards and 4 touchdowns. Pat Campbell threw a 17 yard touchdown pass to Dayon Lane in the first quarter. With the large lead backup quarterback Ryan Mullen got a chance to play, scrambling for a 25 yard touchdown run. Chris Bunge had 2 touchdowns, one for 8 yards and another for 51.

Also yesterday, the MHSS boy's soccer team lost to Colts Neck 3-2 in Overtime. The winning goal was scored by Sorsby3 minutes into the overtime period. Goals scored by Caruso and DeMaria provided the offense for Middletown South.

Cross Country Win for the Eagles

Middletown South Cross Country defeated Manalapan Tuesday by a score of 24-31 at Holmdel Park. Pat Montalbono was the Eagle's first runner acros and second overall with a time of 18:03. Following close behind were Jay Malejki (18:16), third place overall, fourth place Brian Miller (18:23) and Rob George (18:37) finished fifth overall. Rounding out the scoring for South was John Healy (18:46) in 10th place. The Eagles run at Garret Mountain on Saturday in the PCCA Invitational.

Wednesday the 20th the boy's and girl's soccer teams play Howell High School. The boys are away while the girls are home.

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Middletown South Beats Pinelands

On Saturday, Middletown South defeated Pinelands 34-6 to extend their Shore Conference record winning streak to 38 games. Senior running back Brian Meeker took four carries for 108 yards and three touchdowns despite suffering from a separated shoulder he injured during practice. Junior quarterback Pat Campbell threw a touchdown pass in the first half to extend the lead to 14-0. Sophomore Matt Martino intercepted a pass and ran it back for a touchdown to make it 20-0 at half time. Pinelands punched in a touchdown late in the game for their only score.

The Randolph Invitational was rained out on Friday for the Middletown South Cross country team. Their next meet is Tuesdayat Holmdel Park vs. Manalapan.

Saturday the 1-0 football team travels to the Pinelands for a 1:00 PM game. I will have results posted Sunday morning.

For schedules of all of Middletown High School South's sports teams you can go here.

Middletown South vs. Middletown North Dual Meet

Middletown High School South defeated Middletown High School North in cross country Tuesday at Holmdel Park. The results show Middletown South's top six finishing before North's first man; Pat Mantalbano (South, 17:44), Rob George (South, 18:12), Jay Malejki (South, 18:12), Brian Miller (South, 18:13), Anthony Garrido (South, 18:37) , and Jim Geant (South, 18:47). Middletown North's top runners were John Nardini (18:54) who came in 7th, 8th place was Carrol (18:59). South's John Healy (19:03) finished 9th while North runner Morris rounded out the top 10 with a 19:22 time. This was both team's first meet and a long season awaits them. They will both run against each other, as well as many other teams, again at the Randolph Invitational in a special Friday night invitational.

Hello, everyone. My name is Jim Geant and I will be reporting all the sports happenings at Middletown High School South. I am a sophmore at South. I run cross country and play baseball and an all-around sports fanatic. I look foward to bringing you all the sports news during the 2006-2007 school year.