Boys XC place 9th in Shore; Girls, too

Today at Ocean County Park, both the boys and girls cross country teams placed 9th in the Shore Conference Championships. Leading the boys was again Pat Montalbano in 38th place and a time of 16:48 despite falling twice. Brian Miller came in 2nd for the team with a finish in 41st place at a time of 16:53. Jay Malejki and John Healy finished 56th and 60th, respectively with times of 17:10 and 17:14. Rob George finished off the scoring with a time of 17:22 and a 68th place finish. Jim Geant came in 79th at 17:30. Dave Liepa finished 132nd at 18:24 to round out the varsity roster. The boys Top 5 averaged a time of 17:05 to secure their Top 10 finish.

The girls also had a great race today. Their Top 5 average was 20:22 to finish only 10 points behind Brick Township. Lindsey Setaro led the way for the Eagles in 36th place, running a time of 19:42. Following Setaro, Isobel Graf finished in 19:59, good enough for 50th place. Brittany Ryan and Carole Spoth finished together in 70th and 71st place both at 20:40. Amanda Sheppard finished 78th at 20:52 to round out the scoring. Jackie Coleman and Ashley Horne rounded out the Top 7, both coming in at 20:55 in 82nd and 84th place.

Streak ends at 43

MIDDLETOWN-- On a cold, rainy night, the fans of the Middletown South football team were held speechless. The Irish flag, which has become a fixture in the student section this year, hung by a thread from its makeshift mast. The Eagles watched on from the sideline as they saw another team celebrate a win for the first time in 3½ years. The Ocean football team won the game 19-14. The teams traded touchdowns in the first and second quarters, going into the half tied at 14. The Eagles started off the second half with a good drive but it stuttered at the Ocean 40-yard line and were forced to punt. The Ocean defense stepped it up to hold the South offense to negative 11 yards in the second half. Ocean drove down the field into kicker Umit Kaygisiz’s range to make the score 17-14 at the end of the 3rd quarter. The teams traded punts throughout the fourth quarter until a well-placed punt landed the Eagles inside their own 15-yard line. A fumble on a pitch by Pat Campbell, which South recovered, pushed them back to their own 3 yard line. On the next play Campbell rolled out to his left and was hit by two Ocean defenders. After trying to force the ball away a flag was thrown for intentional grounding. Because the penalty occurred in the endzone, Ocean was awarded a safety and a 19-14 lead. The safety kick then rolled out of bounds allowing Ocean to continue to control field position after receiving the ball at South’s 45-yard line. The Ocean offense continued to pound the football up the middle to run the clock down finally ending the game with a kneel down with 20 seconds left. Ocean players stormed the field in celebration while the Eagles could only watch from an unfamiliar prospective. With the win, Ocean clinches the Federal Division crown, which had belonged to South for the last 7 years, because both teams now own the same record but Ocean wins the tie-breaker because of tonight’s win. This was the last regular season home game for Middletown South, with their last regular season game coming on Thanksgiving at Middletown North. The playoffs have not yet been announced.

South Football Wins Again

The Middletown South Football Team defeated Freehold Boro 34-7. Their winnig streak now at 43; they will take on Ocean next Friday at the Swamp. It is their last regular season game before the playoffs. Their first round opponet has yet to be announced but the game will most likely be at home on November 3rd.

Thursday in South Sports

The boy's soccer team tied a very good Toms River South team 0-0 yesterday. Goalies Mike Roura of Middletown South and Don Coder of TR South had 17 saves each.

The girl's soccer team secured at spot in the state playoffs with a 4-1 win over Neptune. Neptune jujmped out to a 1-0 lead with a goal by Bushe in the 13th minute. The Eagles tied the game with a goal by Hayes in the 37th minute. 9 minutes later Hayes scored again to give South the lead. Insurance goals were scored by Bruno and McDermott. Goalie Shawna Hagen needed to stop only 5 shots to secure the victory for the 7-7-2 Eagles.

Results of Monmouth County Championships

As posted yesterday, the Middletown South boy's cross country team finished 5th in the Monmouth Cross Country Championships. Pat Montalbano led the way once again with a 16th place finish at 17:35. Brian Miller and Rob George came in 25th and 27th with times of 17:50 and 17:52. Jay Malejki ran 18:10, which was was good enough for 52nd. John Healy finished in 57th place with a time of 18:20. Jim Geant ran a time of 18:36 finishing in 76th place. Dave Leipa was the last man acorss the line in 109th place with a time of 19:14.

The girl's cross country team also finished 5th in the County Championships. Isobel Graf and Lindsey Setaro crossed the line back to back in 33rd and 34th to lead the team. Their times were 21:22 and 21:23, respectively. Carole Spoth finished 39th at a 21:26 clip. Brittany Ryan and Amanda Sheppard rounded out the top 5 finishing in 46th and 54th at 21:42 and 21:53. Jackie Coleman crossed the line at 22:00, good for 57th place. Ashley Horne finished out the team with an 82nd place finish and a time of 23:00.

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Recap

On Monday, the Middletown South Boy's soccer team won on a late goal by Rob Dill. That goal, scored in the 76th minute, propelled the Eagle's to their 2nd win of the season. Mike Roura earned the shutout with 11 saves. The win improved South's record to 2-11-2.

Today, the Boy's cross country team finished 5th as a team in the Monmouth County Championsips. CBA, Colts Neck, RBC and Manalapan finished ahead of the Eagles. Individual times, as well as the girl's results, were not available at this post.

Manhattan Invitational Results

The results of yesterday's Manhattan Invitational were posted today. Pat Montalbano led the way for the boy's cross country team in 59th place with a time of 14:06 on the 2.5 mile course at Van Cortland Park. Jay Malejki and Rob George came in 68th and 74th place only three seconds apart at 14:18 and 14:21. John Healy finished right behind George with a time of 14:22. Brian Miller and Jim Geant finished 78th and 85th at 14:22 and 14:29. Dave Leipa finished 122nd with a time of 15:05. The next race for the Eagles is Tuesday at Holmdel Park for the Monmouth county Championships.

Girls Soccer loses in OT

The Girl's Soccer team lost to Red Bank Catholic in overtime by a score of 1-0. Sarah Gray scored the winning goal in the 99th minute. South goalies Stephanie Horn and Shawna Hagen combined to stop 7 of the 8 shots on goal but RBC goalie stopped all 7 that came her way.

Yesterday the Boy's Cross Country team placed 12th in the Manhattan Invitational. The other race results were not immediatly available.

South Football Streak extended to 42

The Middletown South Football teams won their record 42nd consecutive game with a 46-20 win over Toms River North. The Eagles jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead on touchdowns by Dave Dosil and Sean Barber. TR North cut the lead with a 17 yard touchdown pass by Arin West. Pat Campbell gave the Eagles another score on a 40 yard run which, after a missed extra point, made the score 20-7. West threw another touchdown pass, this one to Adam Carey to cut the lead to 6 points. The 6 point margin would be the closest TR North got to South as the Eagles out scored the Mariners 19-6 the rest of the game to improve their record to 6-0.

The Boy's soccer team lost to Colts Neck High School 3-1 on Friday dropping their record to 1-11-2. Mike Roura stopped 11 of the 14 shots on goal but counterpart Eric Gasser stopped 8 of 9.

Today the Boy's Cross Country team heads up to Van Cortland Park in New York City to run the Manhattan Invitational. Their race begins at 1:28. They will be running against 40 other teams from states such as New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Rhode Island and Florida.

Boys XC wins; Girls take loss

Yesterday the boy's cross country team shut out Freehold Township 15-48 to improve their dual meet record to 4-1. Pat Montalbano and Rob George led the way both coming in with times of 18:04. Jay Malejki came in close behind at 18:05 to lock up 3rd place. John Healy and Brian Miller rounded out the scoring finishing together at 18:16 to take 4th and 5th place. Jim Geant came across the line at 18:18 to take 6th place. In other news, the team was ranked 8th in NJSIAA Group 3 in The Star Ledger.

The girl's cross country team lost to Freehold Township 19-38. Carole Spoth led South with a 3rd place finish and a time of 22:01. Kristin Ingegnere and Jackie Abeltin finished 8th and 9th with times of 23:07 and 23:09.

Tonight at 7:00 the Eagle's Football Team plays Tom's River North (4-1) at the Swamp. This one is sure to be an exciting matchup with South's 41 game winning streak on the line.

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XC cruises to victory

The boys cross country team shut at Marlboro 15-50 yesterday. South had their top 7 runners in before Marlboro first, and has 9 out of the top 10. Brian Miller, Pat Montalbano, Rob George, Jay Malejki and Jim Geant all crossed the line together as a pack at 18:48. John Healy finished 6th with a time of 18:55. Marlboro's top runner was Rich Roman in 7th place with a time of 19:06. Dane Couch and Conner Givens finished out the top 10, coming across together at 19:17.

The girls cross country team also defeated Marlboro by a score of 20-41. Isobel Graf led the way for the Eagles with a 21:29 time, followed by Lindsey Setaro at 21:47. Amanda Sheppard, Brittany Ryan and Ashley Horne finished 4th, 6th and 7th with times of 22:17, 22:21 and 22"25 respectively to earn the win for South.

Weekend Recap

I apologize for the lateness of this post, it's been a busy weekend.

On Friday night the Middletown South Football team won its 41st straight game with a 51-0 beating of Lakewood. Dave Dosil ran for 201 yards as well as punching in 5 touchdowns. Lakewood played tough the entire game even shutting the Eagles out 2 minutes into the 2nd quarter. Dosil ran that first touchdown in from 5 yards out and the floodgates opened from there. The next possession Pat Campbell threw an 87 yard touchdown pass to Brian Meeker and another Dosil score with a field goal by Matt Stahl put the Eagles up 23-0 at the half. In the second half, South continued to pile on the score with three touchdown runs by Dosil of 5, 1 and 88 yards to put the game out of reach. Ryan Mullen scampered for a 22 yard score to close out the scoring. The Eagles play a tough Toms River North in a nondivisional matchup.

The Eagles Field Hockey team improved their record to 8-2-1 with a win over Freehold Township by a score of 3-2. Lindsey Carroll, Katie Bruno and Jordan Hickman scored the Eagles’ goals.

The Boy's Soccer team lost another close game 2-1 to Marlboro High School. JJ Caruso scored South's only goal.

A the Shore Coach's Invitational the Boy's Cross Country team finished 7th in the Varsity C race. Pat Montalbano and Jay Malejki finished 29th and 30th with times of 17:29 and 17:37. Finishing 34th with a time of with a time of 17:42 was Brian Miller. Jim Geant finished 39th at 17:44. Rob George finished off the scoring for South with a 45th place finish at 17:52. Rounding out the Eagles' top 7 were John Healy and Anthony Garrido whom finshed 53rd and 83rd. Healy and Garrido came in at 18:01 and 18:58 respectively. The boy's 5-man average was an outstanding 17:41 to vault them into their 7th place finish.

The Girl's Cross Country team also ran at Shore Coach's. They finished 4th in their C division race. Isobel Graf and Lindsey Setaro finished back to back at 23rd an 24th with times of 21:14 and 21:16. Ashley Horne and Brittany Ryan came in 38th and 40th place respectively in times of 21:49 and 22:04. Carole Spoth finished 48th in 22:21 to finish off the scoring. Jamie Mastroberti and Carly Clifton came in 55th and 68th respectively to round out the team. Mastroberti and Clifton came in at times of 22:36 and 22:58. The Top 5 average for the team was 21:47.

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Busy Wednesday in South Sports

Wednesday the Middletown South Field Hockey team defeated Manalapan by a score of 6-0. Katie Bruno scored 2 goals to lead the team. The team improves their record to 7-2-1.

The Boy's Soccer team lost their 5th overtime game this season by a score of 1-0 to Freehold Township. The game-winning goal was scored by Brian Cooney and assisted by Bobby Searby in the 96th minute of the game which dropped the Eagles' record to 1-7-2.

The Lady Eagles soccer team won 2-0 with a goal scored by Kate Krivitsky in the 22nd providing all the offense the Eagles needed to hold off Freehold Township. Megan Lepkoski scored a goal in the 72nd minute to put the game away.

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