Cross country teams make statements at Shore Conference Championships

Today both the girls and boys cross country teams ran at Holmdel Park for the Shore Conference Championships.

The girls placed ninth, with a team average 21:08. The Eagles missed eighth place by just one point. The top 6 for the team all finished the race within 12 seconds, and 8 places of each other.

The boys finished eight in the standings, with the help of a 17:31 team average. The Eagles brought their top 5 across the line within 35 seconds, which they also did at the Monmouth County Championships.

Both teams will run at Thompson Park in Jamesburg on Saturday, November 3rd for the Central Jersey Group 3 State Sectionals.

Football beats down on Ocean

The Eagles football team won a key road game at Ocean by a score of 33-0. The win secured South a berth in the Central Jersey Group 3 playoffs. The seedings and schedule for the post-season should be released in the next week.


Alumni Update

Knowshon Moreno made sure his name was heard early and often in the Bulldogs game against Florida at the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. He racked up 188 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns on 33 carries, all career highs. Its good for Georgia that Moreno played the way he did and didn't get hurt or wear down, because Georgia didn't have a quality backup running back.

Middletown South football plays 'do-or-die' game in Ocean

Despite the rain, the Eagles football squad will travel down to Ocean to play in what Coach Antonucci called a 'do-or-die' game. South needs to win this game in order to guarantee their spot in the state playoffs.

The boys and girls cross country teams will run at Holdmel Park on Monday for the Shore Conference Championships. They had originally been scheduled for Saturday, but were pushed back due to expected bad weather. The girls go off a 3:30 PM and the boys at 4:00.

Boys soccer wins in season finale; Alumni Update

The boy's soccer team pulled out a 2-1 victory against Southern Regional. Brian Clabby and Alex Rozycki scored the two Eagles goals, sending the program into an offseason with a positive to build off of.

Alumni Update

Knowshon Moreno is looking to build off his 157 yards and SEC Freshmen of the Week performance. Moreno is obviously earning his keep, on and off the field, as he was Georgia's first freshmen to be a game captain in the modern era.

Nick Macaluso and the Stanford Cardinals look to win their third straight road game, this one against Oregon State.

Former harriers Rob George and Anthony Garrido will run at their respective conference championships this Saturday.

Football falls to Freehold 27-21

The Middletown South Football team lost their second game in a row, this time to Freehold Boro 27-21. The Eagles held a 14-7 lead in the third quarter but the Colonials scored to tie it at 14. After striking back with a touchdown, the Eagles ensuing kickoff was returned for 82 yards for a Freehold touchdown. Another score by Freehold and a failed fourth down conversion secured the Colonials win.

Tomorrow, the boys cross country team will travel to Poughkeepsie, NY to run at the Section 1 Coaches Invitational. Scott Clayton ranked the Eagles tenth in the shore in his most recent Top 10.

Girls and Boys XC Run at Monmouth County Champs while Field Hockey plays in SCT

Both the girls and boys cross country raced at the Monmouth County Championships today. The boys placed 6th with a team average of 17:42. The girls ran well and finished 10th with a team average of 22:01. Complete results of all races are available here: http://www.lfrauloracingsystems.com/. Scott Clayton will have a full story available HERE soon.

The field hockey team lost a tough road game today at number one seeded Ocean in the Shore Conference Tournament.

South Sports Saturday

Last night the Football team lost a tough overtime game to Toms River North 27-24. The Eagles now stand at 5-1. They take on Freehold Boro next week at the Swamp for what will essentially decide the Federal Division champion.

The Boys soccer team was shutout by Brick Memorial 3-0, and the girls lost to #4 Jackson, also by a score of 3-0 in their games yesterday.

Yesterday afternoon, the Field Hockey team defeated Point Boro 3-0 in the Shore Conference Preliminary Round and will take on top-seeded Ocean in the next round.

The boys cross country team ran at the Old Bridge Classic this afternoon and took 3rd place overall in the Varsity A race. The girls team finished 8th despite a strong performance.

Former Middletown South great Knowshon Moreno made his first career start at tailback for the Georgia Bulldogs and ran for a season high 157 yards, in a 20-17 win over Vanderbilt on a last second field goal.

Another Middletown South Alum, Nick Macaluso registered 3 tackles in Stanford's loss to TCU.

Big Game on Tap for Tonight

The Eagle's Football team will take on Toms River North in a battle of undefeated teams tonight on the road. TR North (4-0) comes off a game where they defeated Jackson 28-7 on the strength of four touchdown passes by quarter back Anthony Penna. The Eagles need to keep this pace as Freehold Boro continues to win and put pressure on the Eagles for the Federal Division Title.

The Field Hockey team plays in the First Round of the Shore Conference Tournament on the Turf at 3:30 against Point Boro.

Boy's Soccer takes on Brick Memorial while the girls play at Jackson Memorial this afternoon.

Both Cross Country teams will toe the line tomorrow at Thompson Park in Jamesburg for the Old Bridge Classic.

Knowshon Moreno will make his first career start this weekend for the Georgia Bulldogs, replacing injured senior RB Thomas Brown. The game will be on ESPN 2 at6:00 PM on Saturday.

Nick Macaluso made six tackles last week in Stanford's upset of #2(or #1 depending on which poll you look at) USC. He now has 11 tackles, one for a 13 yard loss, and one 12 yard quarterback sack. The 2-3 Cardinals take on TCU this weekend, looking to build off that huge win in Los Angeles.

South Soccer falls

Both the boy's and girl's soccer teams have struggled this season and yesterday they tried to right their respective ships against the Marlboro Mustangs

The girls were able to play to their 3rd tie of the season, a 0-0 contest. The boys, though, suffered another loss, 5-0.

You can check ShoreConferenceSports.com for the score of the Football game, it should be up later today.

South Sports Weekend

Well, there was a lot going on all this week so I haven't been able to post as much as I would have liked but I just watched the Yankees fall down 0-2 and want to try and not think about it.

Both the Boy's and Girl's Soccer teams played Marlboro today. I'll have full results on that sometime tomorrow.

Tomorrow the Girl's Cross Country team will run at the Shore Coaches Invitational coming off a 5th place finish last week at Warinanco Park.

The Football team will play at Lakewood tomorrow at 2:30. Coach Antonucci will be sure that his Eagles don't suffer a letdown from last weeks down-to-the-wire game against Wall.

Also, Knowshon Moreno will look to improve on his current average of 86.4 yards a game (which puts him on pace for over 1,000, by the way) when the #12 Georgia Bulldogs head into Tennessee to play the Volunteers. The game can be seen at 3:30 on CBS.