Saturday Results, Random Thoughts
There were only three games Saturday, but I still meant to post the scores before I left work. Sorry about that. Here they are if you haven't seen them.
Henry Hudson 2, St. Rose 1
RBC 6, Mater Dei 0
Manasquan 4, Point Beach 0
Henry Hudson beating St. Rose surprised me a bit, but it probably shouldn't have. They hung with Point Beach, they have some skill with guys like Patrovich, Devlin, and Cabrera, and they beat St. Rose last year. The Admirals are 3-3 after their first trip through the division, so a repeat performance might have them lined up for postseason play of some kind.
St. Rose, on the other hand, is in some hot water. They are 2-2-1 in B Central with two games against Asbury Park left, but only 2-4-1 overall. That means they should be okay within the division, but coach Tim McInerny takes pride in the out-of-division schedule his team plays, which may backfire this year. The idea of playing tough games out of division is great, but it's predicated on winning a high percentage of those division games. If St. Rose is only going to win 6 or 7 division games, then they probably won't have a good enough record to qualify for postseason.
I got caught up in work for the paper this past week and I didn't really get a chance to talk about some of the action I saw earlier this week. I caught Howell's win over CBA Monday, the first half of Manalapan's win over Middletown North on Wednesday, and TR South's win over Jackson on Wednesday night.
Howell and CBA played very even for the most part, but Howell took advantage of a mental letdown by CBA. After a scoreless first half, CBA went up 1-0, but gave up the game-tying goal after some of their players stopped playing while Cody Calafiore found Luke Glashan for the tying score. There was a side out call that went to Howell, and one of the parents stood up and yelled at the ref. The ref stopped to address the fan, while a few of the CBA players stopped thinking play was dead. But Howell had the ball, they quickly threw it in, and scored within about 10 seconds. Jim Lannon got the first of two yellow cards for arguing, and the team fell apart just long enough to give up the winning goal.
CBA has looked very good from what I've seen, but they seem to have trouble playing a full 80 minutes since routing Manalapan on opening day. Coach Dan Keane has conveyed that to me, and I can see what he means. As far as Howell goes, they look like the best team in the Shore, hands down. They are talented, tough, hungry, and their best player isn't even at full strength yet.
I couldn't stay for the whole Manalapan-Midd. North game, but I wanted to check out the Lions after they started the year 4-1. I picked them to finish last in the division, which as you might infer, was basically an uneducated guess. I came away with two impressions from this game: 1) Midd. North is a top-10 caliber team (as you can tell from the poll this week); and 2) There is a clear line drawn between the elite teams in A North and the rest of the field. Howell, CBA, Manalapan, and Freehold Twp. are the top four, while Midd. North, Colts Neck, Marlboro, and Midd. South are a level below. Any team can still beat any other team, but after watching them, I don't see Midd. North as a team that would beat one of the top teams in a big division game or an SCT game. Freehold Twp. still has a lot to prove to stay in that class, but those first two wins over CBA and Howell are hard to ignore.
The TRS-Jackson game was weird. Great game, but weird. Watching the game, I never felt like Jackson would lose the game. They were getting shot after shot, they kept Ian Martin in check early, and when they fell behind 1-0, they scored right out of the gate in the second half to tie it. It looked like the game was going to OT, then all of the sudden, Martin gets the ball in space, runs a beautiful give-and-go with John Nogiewich and the Indians are up with just over two minutes to go. And that was it. Jackson outplayed them, but TRS has some serious skill and their execution was great when they needed it.
I still have no idea who the best team in A South is. Brick coach Ken Lynch just told me TR North's Dan Huff has a pretty bad knee inury and is going to miss some time, something I guess I missed the boat on earlier this week. That kills North, but they still have the talent to win if they can gut out some games. Jackson, TR South, and TR East seem to be the big three, but North is still in the mix, and Brick has some quality wins as they sit at 4-3.
I'm covering Howell-Freehold Twp. Pt. II tomorrow, so look for coverage of that in Tuesdays' paper and hopefully the blog if I can get around to it tomorrow.
Henry Hudson 2, St. Rose 1
RBC 6, Mater Dei 0
Manasquan 4, Point Beach 0
Henry Hudson beating St. Rose surprised me a bit, but it probably shouldn't have. They hung with Point Beach, they have some skill with guys like Patrovich, Devlin, and Cabrera, and they beat St. Rose last year. The Admirals are 3-3 after their first trip through the division, so a repeat performance might have them lined up for postseason play of some kind.
St. Rose, on the other hand, is in some hot water. They are 2-2-1 in B Central with two games against Asbury Park left, but only 2-4-1 overall. That means they should be okay within the division, but coach Tim McInerny takes pride in the out-of-division schedule his team plays, which may backfire this year. The idea of playing tough games out of division is great, but it's predicated on winning a high percentage of those division games. If St. Rose is only going to win 6 or 7 division games, then they probably won't have a good enough record to qualify for postseason.
I got caught up in work for the paper this past week and I didn't really get a chance to talk about some of the action I saw earlier this week. I caught Howell's win over CBA Monday, the first half of Manalapan's win over Middletown North on Wednesday, and TR South's win over Jackson on Wednesday night.
Howell and CBA played very even for the most part, but Howell took advantage of a mental letdown by CBA. After a scoreless first half, CBA went up 1-0, but gave up the game-tying goal after some of their players stopped playing while Cody Calafiore found Luke Glashan for the tying score. There was a side out call that went to Howell, and one of the parents stood up and yelled at the ref. The ref stopped to address the fan, while a few of the CBA players stopped thinking play was dead. But Howell had the ball, they quickly threw it in, and scored within about 10 seconds. Jim Lannon got the first of two yellow cards for arguing, and the team fell apart just long enough to give up the winning goal.
CBA has looked very good from what I've seen, but they seem to have trouble playing a full 80 minutes since routing Manalapan on opening day. Coach Dan Keane has conveyed that to me, and I can see what he means. As far as Howell goes, they look like the best team in the Shore, hands down. They are talented, tough, hungry, and their best player isn't even at full strength yet.
I couldn't stay for the whole Manalapan-Midd. North game, but I wanted to check out the Lions after they started the year 4-1. I picked them to finish last in the division, which as you might infer, was basically an uneducated guess. I came away with two impressions from this game: 1) Midd. North is a top-10 caliber team (as you can tell from the poll this week); and 2) There is a clear line drawn between the elite teams in A North and the rest of the field. Howell, CBA, Manalapan, and Freehold Twp. are the top four, while Midd. North, Colts Neck, Marlboro, and Midd. South are a level below. Any team can still beat any other team, but after watching them, I don't see Midd. North as a team that would beat one of the top teams in a big division game or an SCT game. Freehold Twp. still has a lot to prove to stay in that class, but those first two wins over CBA and Howell are hard to ignore.
The TRS-Jackson game was weird. Great game, but weird. Watching the game, I never felt like Jackson would lose the game. They were getting shot after shot, they kept Ian Martin in check early, and when they fell behind 1-0, they scored right out of the gate in the second half to tie it. It looked like the game was going to OT, then all of the sudden, Martin gets the ball in space, runs a beautiful give-and-go with John Nogiewich and the Indians are up with just over two minutes to go. And that was it. Jackson outplayed them, but TRS has some serious skill and their execution was great when they needed it.
I still have no idea who the best team in A South is. Brick coach Ken Lynch just told me TR North's Dan Huff has a pretty bad knee inury and is going to miss some time, something I guess I missed the boat on earlier this week. That kills North, but they still have the talent to win if they can gut out some games. Jackson, TR South, and TR East seem to be the big three, but North is still in the mix, and Brick has some quality wins as they sit at 4-3.
I'm covering Howell-Freehold Twp. Pt. II tomorrow, so look for coverage of that in Tuesdays' paper and hopefully the blog if I can get around to it tomorrow.
posted by Matt Manley at 9:20 PM
6 Comments:
For manasquan, who is this Algor kid? I keep reading the paper and see him scoring goals. I also believe he is tied in most goals for Squan with Groezinger. I was also wondering why McMahon hasnt been playing for them.
McMahon is hurt but i dont know why, Algor is a sophmore who has scored 2 goals in his first varsity season.
is thaT true manley?
i was at the Point Boro game when Algors goal was said to have been iniguez's. Therefore, algor has 3 goals.
I thought he had only2 goals, one agianst Holmdel, and one agianst Point Beach
thats what the paper messed up on, he had 1 against boro too, but inigiuez got credit for the goal and he wasnt even in the game when that goal went in
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