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BY GREG DOMORSKITHE OCEAN STAR

POINT PLEASANT BEACH — Itseemed like a heavy weightwas finally lifted off theshoulders of the Point Pleas-ant Beach girls basketballteam on Tuesday.The Gulls won their first

game of the season, a 43-28home victory over HenryHudson. The win was alsoKristen Haycook’s first as a

head coach. According toHaycook, the season for theGarnet Gulls is starting tolook brighter after sevenlosses.“The girls were used to

working so hard, and havenot been getting the results,”Haycook said. “They deservethis win and I am proud ofthem. Our team has got somuch better from the firstweek. We just had to staypositive and keep going for-ward. We now know what itfeels like to win and I hopewe can build on this momen-tum.”For Point Pleasant Beach,

Sam Trabbatoni scored nine

points, which included six inthe second half. She alsograbbed eight rebounds.Kate Becker had nine pointswith seven rebounds andtwo steals. Sydney Schifanofinished with eight pointsand three steals. ShannonLane finished with sevenpoints. Cameron Barnes andErinne Regan both finishedwith four points. The Garnet Gulls never

trailed to Henry Hudson.Point Beach scored the firstseven points of the game butthe Admirals battled back,scoring the next six. The two


POINT PLEASANT BEACH —The Point Pleasant Beachwrestling team had to feelpretty confident headinginto Monday’s road matchagainst Rumson Fair-Haven.The Bulldogs of Rumson

forfeited six bouts, surren-dering a total of 36 points tothe Garnet Gulls.The Bulldogs would go on

to win only three bouts, oneof which was by forfeit,while the Gulls had 11 wins,four of which were by pins.

The match started off withthe 220-pound bout betweenPoint Beach’s Forrest Gard-ner and Rumson’s JackWoods, which went rightdown to the wire.Woods was down a point

late in the third period,which caused him to be ex-tra aggressive. Gardner tookadvantage and caughtWoods off guard, taking himto the mat and pinning him5:53 into the match.“I told him [Gardner] that

I think we met his long-lostbrother,” Bower joked. “Bothwrestlers were really aggres-

sive. Sometimes, we have toget him [Gardner] to calmdown a little bit.”Point Beach heavyweight

Cade Watkins was up nextand fell behind four pointsearly, but went on to pin hisopponent just 11 seconds intothe second period. After-ward, the Bulldogs did notput a wrestler on the mat inthe 106, 113 and 120-poundweight classes. This causedthe Gulls to jump out to a 30-0 lead. Point Beach’s 126-pounder,

Roddy Rupp, would go on topin his opponent in the thirdperiod before Rumson for-feited the next three

BY DOMINICK POLLIOTHE OCEAN STAR

POINT PLEASANT BORO — It wasan exciting game for the fansTuesday night, as the Pan-thers claimed a win over theWildcats 54-50.“We’ve been struggling, so

any win feels really good,”said coach Kevin Hynes afterthe game. “The kids executed.They made shots and wecame up with big reboundswhen we needed them.”Though the game had a

slow start, the players settledin and started hitting theirshots, ending the first quarterwith a one-point Panther leadat 9-8.Pinelands Regional came

out big in the second quarterscoring 16 points, while thePanthers only added 11 totheir total. The first half end-ed with the Panthers trailingthe Wildcats 24-20.The third quarter was an

exciting one, as Pantherspoint guard John Venturi, whowas on the bench for most of

the first half due to foul trou-ble, really started to find hisrhythm. He calmly hit two, 3-pointers from the corner thatreally kept the Panthers in thegame.“I don’t really like to show

that much emotion,” he said.“After every make I just needto focus on the next play.”Coming out of a timeout

with 2:21 left in the third, thePanthers went on a 6-0 run totake the lead into the fourthquarter, 38-36.Hynes had faith that since

the boys kept the game closefor three quarters of play, avictory was a definite possi-bility.“It gave them the belief

that, hey, you know what?We’re in this if we play smartand keep it close, and we’llhave an opportunity to win atthe end of the game,” he ex-plained.The fourth quarter was

nothing short of thrilling forthe fans.Pinelands Regional kept

fighting and with 3:49 left inthe game, both teams foundthemselves tied at 44. The

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STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR

Point Beach’s Cory Gross defeated John Robinson 12-3 in the 170-pound weight class on Monday.

Point Beach gets betterof Rumson-Fair Haven

POINT BEACH WRESTLING NOTEBOOK

Venturi scores ateam-high 15 points


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John Venturi [above] led the team with 15 points in Tuesdaynight’s win at home. Jack Fitzsimmons [right] also added fourpoints with two steals.

Panthers win thrillerPOINT BORO 54 BOYS BASKETBALL PINELANDS 50

Gulls win first gamePOINT BEACH 43 GIRLS BASKETBALL HENRY HUDSON 28

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SEE GULLS PAGE 29

SEE BEACH PAGE 28

Bulldogs forfeit six matcheson Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Point Beach snapsa seven-gamelosing streak

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It is really easy to walkaway when things are notgoing well. Most of us havedone just that and will do itagain in the future, but trueleaders don’t quit and stickthrough challenging timesto somehow find a light atthe end of the tunnel. Sam Trabbatoni, a senior

captain of the Point Pleas-ant Beach girls basketballprogram, went through theGulls’ seven-straight losses

to open up the season. Shedidn’t complain or judgeothers. Instead Trabbatonialways encouraged herteam to get better, whichhelped lead the Gulls totheir first win on Tuesday, a43-28 result over HenryHudson. She scored ninepoints and grabbed eight re-bounds.“Sam encourages the

team to get better every sin-gle day, whether it is in

practice or games,” PointBeach coach Kirsten Hay-cook said. “She is one of thehardest-working girls on theteam, always hustling fromthe first whistle to the last. “What makes a team suc-

cessful is not always abouthow many points each girlscores, but also who is do-ing the little things in gamesor practice that don’t alwaysshow up in the statisticsbook,” she continued. “Youcan always count on Sam todo whatever it takes tomake our team successful.”Trabbatoni said playing

basketball has been one ofthe highlights of attendingPoint Pleasant Beach HighSchool.“I love the group of girls

we have here,” she said. “Wehave been through a lot,which has only motivatedus to keep on getting better.I am proud to be a leader onthis team because we al-ways walk off with our

heads held high knowingwe try our hardest.” Trabbatoni is a three-

sport athlete at Point Pleas-ant Beach also competing insoccer and golf. When Tra-bbatoni graduates, she plansto be a pre-medical studentin college. Trabbatoni saidher goal is to work in hospi-tal administration.

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KRISTEN HAYCOOKPoint Beach girls basketball coach

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2015 CHAMPIONS OF ST. PETER’S CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENTThe G. Harold Antrim School girls basketball team won the St. Peter’s Christmas Tournament championship on Jan. 14., with CoachRay Cervino’s [top left] guidance. Team members include Mackenzie Malpass [top, from left], Nicole Sharkey, Regina Schliep, ToniAbdy, Mykayla Hughes, Maddie House, Abby Angelucci, Kate Durrua, Kristin Ohlinger [bottom, from left], Olivia Bilotti, Sara Shwahla,Megan Durrua, Allie House, Justine Bouton, team manager, and Grace Pluemacher [not pictured]. For the full story on the girls’ suc-cess, see the Point Pleasant Beach section of this issue.

Lassen excitedfor Boro lacrosse

BY DOMINICK POLLIOTHE OCEAN STAR

POINT PLEASANT — Bigger.Faster. Stronger. Smarter.That is the motto of coach

Guy Lassen, and the themefor the Point Pleasant Bor-ough boys lacrosse team asthey look to their inauguralseason as a varsity sport.Last year, with the help of a

few citizens, Lassen was ableto form a junior varsity team.A total of 37 players came outto play, some never havingtouched a lacrosse stick be-fore. Lassen has been coaching

for close to 17 years and be-lieves the sport can be thenext big thing in Point Pleas-ant.“My goal is really just to

make people aware that thereis a lacrosse program, thebenefits of lacrosse, and it’s afun sport,” he said.He said he hopes the town

will be just as enthusiasticabout embracing the newsport as the players are aboutplaying it.“I want to make it a main-

stream point,” he said.Lassen said he understands

how difficult it can be to starta new team and that it is aprocess that takes some time.From setting up drills, teach-ing the drills and teaching thegame, there is a bit of a learn-ing curve.Now that the team has one

season under their belt,Lassen said he hopes theycan come back and get rightinto it. Lassen looks to theupperclassmen to take thenew guys under their wingsand show them the ropes. Heis focusing his efforts on not

only teaching the playershow to play the game, but tocreate a passion for it as well.“You’re not going to prac-

tice hard if you don’t love it,”he said. “One of my goals isto have them grow to love thesport."The junior varsity team is

excited and looking forwardto the start of this year’s sea-son as a varsity program.Based on last year’s per-

formance, Lassen stressedhow the team’s enthusiasmand year around dedicationwill make the upcoming sea-son a successful one.“I have a core of athletes

who have had the stick intheir hands continually nowwhich will only make theprogram better,” said Lassen.One last challenge he has

to tackle is getting the sportto a younger audience.“The biggest challenge is

going to be creating a feederprogram,” said Lassen. “Ineed to get the lacrosse stickin the hands of third-gradersand second-graders.”Last spring, Lassen held a

lacrosse clinic every Sunday.Around 40 kids participatedin learning the sport and hehopes that number grows thenext time around.“I had third- and fourth-

graders with sticks in theirhands and that’s where I be-lieve the future is,” he said.As the varsity team’s head

coach, Lassen is very hopefulabout the future of lacrosse inPoint Pleasant. He is alwaysseeking enthusiastic athleteslooking to try something new.Any interested athletes can

contact the coach [email protected].

Dominick Pollio covers sports for TheOcean Star. He can be reached at [email protected] or 732-899-7606 Ext 15.

Around 40 playersparticipated on theteam last season

Colts Neck edgesBeach by a point

POINT BEACH BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK


COLTS NECK—Point PleasantBeach came up just shortagainst Colts Neck HighSchool on the road Saturday.The Garnet Gulls fell short61-60. Three of the Gulls’four losses this season werefrom no more than threepoints. Point Beach junior guard

Jimmy Panzini finished witha team-high 19 points, whilesenior guard Michael Frauen-heim added 18 points. PointBeach was without their topforward, Jesse Hill, who hasan ankle injury. For Colts Neck, Lloyd

Daniels finished with a game-high 25 points and ChrisO’Reilly added 18, which in-cludes eight from the charitystripe.

POINT BEACH VS. HENRY HUDSONPoint Beach hasn’t lost a

game in the B Central divi-sion this season, but thatstreak was in jeopardy thisweek when they went on toplay Henry Hudson on Tues-day.

The Garnet Gulls weredown 25-23 in the second halfbut won 51-45 in Highlands. For Point Beach, junior

Mike Rice scored a game-high 21 points, Frauenheimchipped in 14 and Panzini 13.Chris Coberg, a junior for-

ward at Henry Hudson, fin-ished with a team-high 18points and grabbed 13 re-bounds against Point Beach’sundersized front line withoutHill.The Garnet Gulls’ win over

the Admirals is the program’s35th straight in the B Centraldivision. Point Beach traveled to

Mater Dei on Thursday,which occurred too late forthis edition of The OceanStar. For full coverage, seenext week’s issue.Point Beach will host Mid-

dletown North High Schoolat 1 p.m. tomorrow.

Greg Domorski covers sports for StarNews Group. He can be reached [email protected] or 732-899-7606 Ext 15. Follow him onTwitter @gdomorski.POINT BORO GIRLS BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK


POINT PLEASANT — Therewasn’t much drama in a girlsbasketball game betweenPoint Pleasant Borough andLakewood High School onFriday evening. The Pan-thers on Point Boro tookcontrol early and dominat-ed, winning 65-34 on theirhome court.Point Boro sophomore

guard Megan Hughes fin-ished with a game-high 25points and five steals. ThePanthers also had a great ef-fort from senior guard Lind-sey Havens, who finishedwith 15 points, six rebounds,five assists and nine steals.Lakewood had just one

player finish in double fig-ures in Phylice Beverette,who had 13 points. PointBoro led by 19 points at thehalf, with a 37-18 lead.

HAVENS LIGHTS UP PINELANDSThe Panthers went on to

play Pinelands RegionalHigh School on the roadWednesday and won theirfifth-straight game, 71-43.

Havens kept up with herhigh-scoring totals, with 27points and six rebounds. Havens was one of the

players who scored in dou-ble figures for the Panthers.Point Boro senior centerBrianna Skinner added 12points with 10 rebounds andthree steals. Hughes andPoint Boro sophomoreguard Amye Zalesky bothchipped in 10. Zalesky had agame-high five steals whileHughes had three.Point Boro improved to 7-

3 on the year whilePinelands dropped to 5-5. Point Boro went on to

play Central Regional HighSchool on Thursday, whichoccurred to late for this edi-tion of The Ocean Star. Forfull coverage, see nextweek’s issue.The Panthers will go on to

play Freehold Township onthe road tomorrow at 11:30a.m.

POINT BORO RELEASES STATSAFTER FIRST 10 GAMES

Three-pointers are thelongest and hardest shot to

hit in the game of basketballbut Havens makes themlook easy. The Panthers’ most prolif-

ic scorer averages 18 pointsper game this season andhas made team-best 23 3-pointers. Havens is alsosecond on the team in stealswith 22 and is tied for sec-ond in blocks with EmilyHenn. Both Henn andHavens had nine blocks thisseason. Skinner averages just less

than 10 points per game andleads the team in reboundsper game with 11.2. She alsohas a team-high 13 blocks.Ally Lassen is second on theteam in rebounds per gamewith 7.2.Hughes is the second

leading scorer with 12.8points per game, which in-cludes 10 baskets from be-hind the arc. She also leadsthe team in assists with 23.Zalesky missed half of the

first 10 games but leads theteam in assists and stealsper game. Zalesky has 3.2 as-sists per game and 3.4 stealsper game.

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POINT BEACH-MANASQUAN ICE HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

BY LEN BARDSLEYTHE OCEAN STAR

RED BANK — Point Beach-Manasquan ice hockey coachJim Dowd was back behindthe bench on Monday whenthe Warriors faced Red BankCatholic at Red Bank Armoryafter missing out two games.Dowd sat out two games

while an investigation wastaking place after he was ac-cused of allegedly kicking aplayer; the Wall Police didnot criminally charge him af-ter their investigation [see re-lated story].Dowd and Manasquan

faced a tough challenge miss-ing several players due to in-juries and illness, and the

Warriors fell to Red BankCatholic 10-0.Manasquan was missing

three starting players from itslineup against a talented anddangerous Casey team.“They have a couple kids

who are [among] the bestplayers in the state, let alonethe Shore,” said Dowd.Dowd played everyone

from the start of the gameagainst Red Bank Catholic.“We are going to find out

who can play and who can’t,”said Dowd. “The next couplegames everybody is going toplay and we will see who canplay and who can’t, and try tohelp out everybody and gofrom there.”Dowd was constantly try-

ing to instruct his youngteam during the game againstthe Caseys even as Red BankCatholic continued to scoreagainst the Warriors.“I have lost 14-1, 14-2, 10-0,”

said Dowd. “You teach them

when you are winning 6-0, orlosing 6-0, you try as hard asyou can right to the end. Ifyou are winning 6-0, you justdon’t rub it in, just keep goingand try as hard as you can.Anybody who has playedsports has gone through thisbefore.”Manasquan got off to a

good start against St. JohnVianney, but could not keepup with the Lancers in theend in an eventual 10-3 losson Wednesday at the JerseyShore Arena.The Warriors scored two

goals on their first two shotsof the game to take a 2-1 leadagainst the Lancers.Brandon Hawes scored on

a wrist shot with 13:59 left inthe first period.Manasquan took the lead

on a power-play goal byConor Tuzeneu.The Warriors were getting

some excellent goaltendingfrom junior Max Lyons.

Lyons reached behind himto pull the puck off the goalline after making one saveduring the second period.The Lancers broke the

game open with two power-play goals late in the secondperiod.

Nick Ventura added athird-period goal for the War-riors in the loss.The Warriors hosted rival

St. Rose on Wednesday in agame too late to be coveredin this edition of The CoastStar.

Manasquan will take onManalapan in a non-divisiongame on Tuesday.

Len Bardsley covers sports for StarNews Group. He can be reached [email protected] or 732-223-0076 Ext 29.

Co-op team has a couple of tough games as Dowd returnsWarriors face two ofthe top teams in ShoreConference in St. John

Vianney & RBC

COURTESY OF JEAN HERRINGTON

Point Pleasant Borough goalie, Cooper Klotz, stretches for a save in Friday night’s game against Red Bank Catholic.

COURTESY OF JEAN HERRINGTON

MATT KIMAK

RED BANK 7 ICE HOCKEY POINT BORO 3

Point falls short to Red Bank CatholicBY DOMINICK POLLIOTHE OCEAN STAR

BRICK — Point Pleasant Bor-ough’s ice hockey team lost toRed Bank Catholic by a scoreof 7-3 this past Friday at theOcean Ice Palace.The Panthers struck first

with a goal off the stick ofOwen Herrington, taking ad-vantage of an assist from team-mate Matt Kimak.

Coach Alex DePalma washappy to start the game on agood note, saying, “We cameout playing well and setting thetone early.”Unfortunately, following a

penalty by the Panthers, RedBank Catholic responded witha power play goal followed bytwo more goals, all from differ-ent players.With another goal from Her-

rington, it looked like Borowould close out the first period

only down by one. Catholic’sEvan Hoey had something elsein mind though, scoring a goalwith 11 seconds to go in thefirst period, putting Red Bankup 4-2 at the end of the first.Both teams scored relatively

early in the start of the secondperiod. With assists from Hoeyand John Gattuso, Catholic’sGriffin Hurley increased theirlead with another power playgoal.

Boro’s Ryan Patterson re-sponded minutes later with apower play goal of his own,keeping the Panthers withintwo at the close of the secondperiod.With only the third period

left to play, Red Bank answeredthe call and finished the gamewith goals from Hoey andTodd Goehring. Boro failed toscore again as the game endedwith a final score of 7-3 in favorof Red Bank Catholic.

In a game that saw play fromtwo goalies for the Panthers,DePalma is still proud of hisplayers.“Red Bank is a very good

team, very big and very physi-cal, but I thought our boysplayed well,” he said. “Theyworked hard.”With the team being

plagued by injuries, DePalmasaid he hopes everyone will beready and healthy for the nextgame. The loss puts the Pan-

thers at a record of 5-4-3. Theteam will travel to take on St.Rose tonight with the puck setto drop at 8 p.m. Last time thetwo teams played, they tied 6-6. Coverage can be found in

next week’s edition of TheOcean Star.

Dominick Pollio covers sports for TheOcean Star. He can be reached at [email protected] or 732-899-7606Ext 15.



SAM TRABBATONI


SYDNEY SCHIFANO

teams were tied at eight atthe end of the first quarter.The Garnet Gulls jumped

out to a 22-17 lead at the halfand created more separationin the third quarter. Beckerhad a putback basket to in-crease Point Beach’s lead to27-18. With 30 seconds left inthe third quarter, Barnesmade a layup to build theGulls’ lead to 33-21. After theGulls started the fourth quar-ter cold from the field, theyfinished strong, winning by 15points, 43-28.Haycook is proud of her

team and said the Gulls havethe talent to compete withmost teams in the B Central,which is why the coachingstaff pushes them hard to getbetter in practice.“I and the rest of the

coaching staff always be-lieved in them,” Haycooksaid. “They can pretty muchwin any game in the [divi-sion] and they always try re-ally hard.”Trabbatoni said she hopes

the Gulls can continue tobuild off this win and turnaround a season that has notstarted off the way they imag-ined.

“It has been a long timecoming,” Trabbatoni said,about the Gulls’ first win.“We have been working real-ly hard and deserved to comeout on top. It was a just amatter of time when thingsreally started to click for us.”

REGAN SCORES 16 POINTSAGAINST ASBURY PARK

Point Pleasant Beach lost59-42 to Asbury Park HighSchool on Friday, trailing 41-15 at the half. It was a toughloss for the Garnet Gullssquad but Regan had a greatgame. She was on fire fromthe field with a team-high 16points.The Gulls, though, had

trouble keeping up with theBlue Bishops’ Arabia Foster,who came away with a game-high 18 points. She was one ofthree players from AsburyPark to score in double fig-ures.Point Beach went on host a

competitive Mater Dei squadon Thursday, which occurredto late to be covered in thisedition of The Ocean Star.For full coverage, see nextweek’s issue.Point Beach will travel to

St. Rose on Tuesday. ThePurple Roses are the topteam in the B Central.

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Point Pleasant won their second-straight match after defeating Donovan Catholic on Wednesday.

POINT BORO WRESTLING NOTEBOOK

Point Pleasant Boroughrouts Donovan Catholic


COLTS NECK — The PointPleasant Borough and Dono-van Catholic wrestling teamsgot straight down to businesson Wednesday evening.There were no pre-match in-troductions and the time ofthe event was changed be-cause of the snow.However, the trip to Toms

River was well worth it forthe Panthers as they defeatedthe Griffins 55-12.

Point Boro won all butthree bouts with one of thebetter matches of the daycoming at the 170-poundweight class. Point Boro’sMichael Marx took on Dono-van Catholic’s Carlos Leon.Marx took down and near-

ly put Leon on his back, butthe clock saved the wrestleras the first period ended. Thetwo wrestlers continued tobattle and Marx finally fin-ished the job when he pinnedLeon in the third period.Point Pleasant was coming

off a 41-27 win over CentralRegional on Saturday. ThePanthers won the first fivebouts in the middle weights,but the Golden Eagles domi-

nated the upper weight class-es.The Panthers’ only victory

in the upper weight classeswas from 220-pounder Do-minic Infante, who pinnedhis opponent in 1:04.Point Pleasant will go on to

host Wall at 6:30 p.m., today.The Panthers will then gocompete in a quad match onSaturday at Barnegat HighSchool. Point Boro will takeon Barnegat, Lacey and TomsRiver North.

Greg Domorski covers sports for StarNews Group. He can be reached [email protected] or 732-899-7606 Ext 15. Follow him onTwitter @gdomorski.

Michael Marx has bigwin for Panthers in the

170-pound bout

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FIRST PLACE!Matthew Polaski, of Point Pleasant and a member of Ace Gymnastics, competed in the 18thAnnual Star Struck Invitational, hosted by Star Bound Gymnastics Academy at the Atlantic CityConvention Center on Jan. 18. Polaski won a first place in three events, the vault, high bar andparallel bars, in addition to taking second place in all around for level 4, division age six-sevenyears.

matches. Rumson failing toput wrestlers on the mat in-creased the Gulls’ lead to 54-0.

POINT BEACH VS. MATAWANPoint Beach was coming

off a match where they nar-rowly defeated Matawan onSaturday at home. Zack Schaller, a 152-

pounder, had a big win in the13th bout to put the Gulls up36-30. The result clinched the

match for the Garnet Gulls.Even if a Gull was pinned inthe final bout and the scorewas tied 36-36, the Gullswould have more pins overallas a team, which would causethem to win.“A lot of our kids came

through in a lot of toughmatches,” Bower said. “Theywere really tough in the low-er weight classes. We reallywrestled well through themiddle and didn’t let upmany points where we didn’thave to.”

POINT BEACH VS. NEPTUNE

Point Beach also competedagainst Neptune that day.The Gulls won 12 of the 14bouts.Point Beach will go on to

compete against Red BankCatholic and Central Region-al tomorrow. The match isscheduled to start at 9 a.m.and will be held at CentralRegional High School.

Greg Domorski covers sports for StarNews Group. He can be reached [email protected] or 732-899-7606 Ext 15. Follow him onTwitter @gdomorski.

Point Beach beats RumsonGULLSFROM PAGE 25


Point Pleasant Beach won 11 bouts against Rumson on Monday.


The New York NationalBoat Show will run todaythrough Sunday at the JacobK. Javits Convention Center,655 West 34th St., New York,The main entrance is 11thAve. at 35th St. Show hoursare today 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.,Friday, 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.,Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Admission prices are adults,16 and older, $15, 15 andyounger are free whenaccompanied by an adult.If you are a saltwater or

freshwater fly fisher then youwon’t want to miss theSomerset Fly Fishing Showthat takes place tomorrow,Saturday and Sunday at theGarden State Exhibit Centerin Somerset. This is thelargest and best saltwaterand freshwater fly fishingshow in the northeast duringthis winter show season. “Flyfishing isn’t part of the showit is the show”, says showdirector Chuck Furimsky. Headded, “This year, manufac-turers have expanded theirpresence from any previousyear. All the big names in thesport are showing their latest

gear for your informationand pleasure. Dealers will bestocked with everything,show specials, plus state-of-the-art rods, reels, waders,and clothing. Back again willbe the International FlyFishing Film Festival, onenight only, Friday, January 23at 6:30 p.m., $15; $10 inadvance.”I will add that there will

also be many of the indus-try’s most talented fly tiers atthe show. They will be locat-ed in the fly tiers aisle and

will be spinning up some ofthe most effective saltwaterand freshwater patterns forour area. You can watch andlearn and even tie with manyof them. Another highlight ofthe show will be the manyinstructional seminars thatwill be presented throughoutthe three-day period. For thesaltwater enthusiast theseseminars will range fromopportunities from aroundthe world to where, when,and how to fly fish our localbeaches, jetties, back bays,and inshore waters. If youcome to the show onSaturday, I will be giving apresentation on striped bassthat will cover how to catchstriped bass on the fly fromApril through December inour local waters. I will goover the tactics, techniquesand fly tackle to use, whenand where to go, and discussthe chronological order of

bait migrations that we seealong our coast that stimu-late blitzes to occur.I will also show the partic-

ular flies you should use toemulate each of the baits thatwe see along our coast. Mypresentation will be at 12:30p.m. in the Strike Room in theadjacent Doubletree hotel. Ifyou come to the show onSunday my Shore Catch part-ner Captain Gene Quigleywill be giving the same pres-entation at 1:15 p.m. at thesame location.Show hours are Friday 10

a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday 8:30a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and Sunday9 a.m. to 4:30p.m.. Admissionis adult $18 for one day, $28for two-day pass, $38 forthree-day pass; childrenunder 5 free, under 12 is $2,scouts under 16 in uniformare free, active military are$10. Admission is cash only atthe gate. You can expect

Saturday to be the mostcrowded day so get thereearly if you plan to attend.Check out more info atwww.flyfishingshow.com/somerset-nj.The Recreational Fishing

Alliance has announced,“The New Jersey MarineFisheries Council unani-mously voted to support atwo fish bag limit for stripedbass beginning sometime in2015, with one fish at 28 toless than 43 inches, and a sec-ond fish equal to or greaterthan 43 inches. The decisionat the council's regular meet-ing in Galloway Townshipmust now be picked up byNew Jersey legislators, as anychanges to striped bass regu-lations in the state must bemade through Trenton by anact of law.The Atlantic States Marine

Fisheries Commissionrecently mandated a 25 per-cent or better reduction byall coastal states on stripedbass harvest beginning in2015, with ASMFC technicalcommittee members approv-ing New Jersey's proposal ofone striper at less than 43 and

one striper at 43 or greater asmeeting that 25 percentreduction goal. As for NewJersey's bonus striped bassprogram which utilizes theunused commercial quota ofstriped bass through a $2 tagsystem, the New JerseyMarine Fisheries Councilalso voted to convene theirstriped bass advisory com-mittee to look at possiblechanges to the program.Captain Howard Bogan of

the Big Jamaica out of Briellereports “The Jamaica isscheduled to sail on specialcod, pollock, and ling tripsevery Saturday sailing at 1a.m. For further informationcall 732-528-5014 or go towww.bigjamaica.com.”Captain Joe of the Jamaica

II out of Brielle reports “Ourwinter schedule is 12 hrwreck Trips- 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.Wednesdays, Saturdays, andSunday. Whiting everyFriday at 6 a.m.”

Jim Freda covers fishing for Star NewsGroup. He can be emailed at [email protected].

TIP OF THE WEEKFROM JIM FREDA

If you are contemplating

between purchasing two

different size boats don’t

forget to check what the

insurance and slip fees will

be on each before you buy.

This may be a considera-

tion when it comes to total

money out of pocket.

FISHING TIPS BY JIM FREDA

National Boat Show held this weekend

DON PESANTE THE OCEAN STAR

ALL STATEPoint Pleasant’s Gabe Pesante [from left], Sam Monaco andKenny Fellows received All State soccer awards January 11 atthe Soccer Coaches Association of New Jersey 46th AnnualAwards Banquet in Edison. Dan Nobbs [not pictured] wasalso recognized.

Boro players never let up,though, truly relying on theirfans for support.“Once we got the energy

back up in the building wefed off the fans and thathelped us pull it out,” saidVenturi.With the game still tied,

Venturi hit a jumper fromjust inside the arc to take atwo point lead. Quickly fol-lowing, Matt VanNostrandstole the ball from a Wildcatwhile playing press defenseand put in the layup to makethe score 48-44.Pinelands Regional saw

some foul trouble in thefourth quarter, putting thePanthers in one-and-oneshooting opportunities. ThePanthers’ Mike Larson was atthe line and missed his firstshot, but due to a lane viola-tion on the Wildcats, Larsonwas able to continue shoot-ing, making two more pointsto keep the Boro ahead.With the score 50-44 and

less than a minute to go,Pinelands battled back with a

4-0 run, coming within twopoints of the Panthers.After the Panthers scored

another point on a foul shot,the Wildcats hit a jumper inthe paint, making the score51-50 in favor of the Pantherswith only 14.5 seconds to go.The Panthers had victory

in their sight and took advan-tage of the Wildcats’ foultrouble, hitting three morefoul shots to close out thegame 54-50.Coach Hynes was proud of

his team.

“We played clutch whenwe needed to be clutchtonight,” he said.Venturi lead his team with

15 points in the game, six ofthose from beyond the arc.Larson, scoring all his pointsin the second half, finishedwith 11 points. VanNostrandadded scores of his own fin-ishing with nine points andan important steal. A total ofseven Panther players scoredin the win over the Wildcats.In a game that saw players

diving into the stands for

loose balls, it was a nail-biterto the end.Coming out victorious,

Point Pleasant Boro looksahead to its next game athome versus Central Region-al. Tip off was at 6:30 lastnight, and coverage of thegame can be found in nextweek’s edition of The OceanStar.

Dominick Pollio covers sports for TheOcean Star. He can be reached at [email protected] or 732-899-7606 Ext 15.

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