Sunday, December 2, 2012
Caseys lose 42-7 in NJSIAA Non-Public Group 3 semifinals Saturday in Montvale
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Sunday, December 2, 2012
Red Bank Catholic's dream season is over. Despite steamrolling Shore Conference competition en route to a 10-0 record, the Casey's are home without a berth in the NJSIAA Non-Public Group 3 final after being dominated Saturday by St. Joseph Regional of Montvale, 42-7. St. Joseph, the top-ranked team in New Jersey, held RBC to just 65 total yards and four first downs in the semifinal game played in Montvale, according to All Shore Media. The Caseys, who had averaged 38 points a game while building its previously undefeated record, had no answer for Joe's defensive front or its many offensive weapons, including junior running back and kicker Mark Fossati and quarterback Spencer Aukamp. The Green Knights amassed 348 total yards in the game. "…
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Lady Gaga concert forces moves for individual and team tournaments
A move by the NJSIAA to add a week to the dual meet season in wrestling – pushing back both the 2013 state team and individual tournaments – has Toms River Regional School District officials looking at the calendar and trying to see if it can continue to host some of those state events. Since 2004, the Toms River district has hosted the state team group championships and the Region VI event at Pine Belt Arena. The dates are usually booked well in advance, with the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association setting the following year’s tournament schedule even as the current tournament is finishing. But a complicated series of events that led to the state individual championships being set for the second weekend in March created…
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
NJSIAA incorporates the new Group V this season.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association released its classifications last week for the upcoming high school football season, following the executive committee's approval to create a Group V designation in the four public school sections in May. "This creates a greater opportunity for schools and for student-athletes," Jack DuBois, NJSIAA assistant director who is in charge of football, said following the approval. "It increases the number of teams playing in the playoffs from 128 to 160. At the same time, it eliminates 16 consolation games that schools didn't want to play anyway." The proposal also allows teams with records under .500 to participate in the playoffs if they are needed to fill an eight-team bracket. "We …
Michael Megill
9:10 am on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Why don't we give everyone a trophy and call it a day. Allowing teams with records under .500 to qualify for play-offs simply indicates the standards are too low. I understand why professional sports expand the post season . . . money. But why do this at the High School level? more ›