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SPORTS The Ocean Star FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 PAGE 27 CROSS COUNTRY 29 WALL SPEEDWAY 30 FISHING TIPS 31 BY DOMINICK POLLIO THE OCEAN STAR POINT BEACH — Last year the Point Beach boys soccer team finished just above .500 (10-9-1), falling just short in the second round of section- als. This year the team, under the coaching of Mike Baiata, hopes to further improve on those results. Point Beach re- turns 12 varsity players and will be led by captains Joe La- Duca, Ryan Franzoni and Nick Antognoli. Other seniors that will be impact players are Rob Lis- senden, Jack McDonald and Mike Favato. “We’ve been working out a lot,” said McDonald about the Gulls’ offseason. “A lot of run- ning and fitness. We’ve been practicing together and just getting ready for the season as a team.” POINT BEACH BOYS SOCCER PREVIEW Point Beach heading for wins STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR The Garnet Gulls have created many opportunities on goal during preseason scrimmages. The team is eager to get the season underway. Strong defense, conditioning will bolster Beach squad this year SEE HEADING PAGE 29 BY DOMINICK POLLIO THE OCEAN STAR POINT BEACH — Motivated. This word embodies the Point Beach girls soccer team as they get ready to start their fall season. Last season came to an abrupt end when the Gulls lost to Shore Regional in the state semifi- nals for the third year in a row. “We always make it and we always lose to them at their place and it’s an awful way to end the season,” said senior captain Katie Gesumaria. “But we’re hoping to change that this year.” All the tools are falling into place and the pre- season has proved extremely beneficial for the young squad. “We’re really knocking the ball around well. First scrimmage against Jackson we out pos- sessed them but we didn’t have our defense in or- der,” explained head coach Adam Curtis. “The second game against old Brick we played really well. We dominated and our defense looked strong.” Point Beach gave up a late goal to Brick and lost 2-1 but Curtis was pleased with the strides the team is taking. Kate Malcolm, also a senior captain, is opti- mistic about the team coming together even though their defense lost some key players. “I know from playing defense we lost a big de- fender from last year, Cassidy Alia,” stated Mal- colm. “We have a lot of new young girls which I think once we find our rhythm we’re going to be able to stick together and have a good defense as well as a good offense too.” The Gulls compete in the B Central division and are looking to improve last year’s 8-8-1 over- all record. They are hungry to beat Shore Re- gional as well as St. Rose. “Shore has always been a tough competitor for us but I feel like we have a really strong team this POINT BEACH GIRLS SOCCER PREVIEW Garnet Gulls sure-footed going into fall season Seniors hope to avenge last season’s state semifinal loss to Shore Regional STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR Point Beach’s Katie Gesumaria dribbles the ball during last year’s state semifinal loss to Shore Regional. The Garnet Gull squad looks to avenge that loss this fall soccer season and boasts a mix of old and new talent that becomes stronger and more cohesive with each and every game. SEE GARNET GULLS PAGE 29 BY DOMINICK POLLIO THE OCEAN STAR POINT BORO — Between the sound of the tennis ball hit- ting the racket and bounc- ing off the court, words of encouragement and abun- dant laughter resonated from the Point Boro tennis practice. The girls tennis team has been preparing for the up- coming fall season with light hearts and a desire to better themselves while continually having fun. “Having a great record is nice. Don’t get me wrong,” said head coach Bob Gale. “But we’re just trying to get better today than we were yesterday.” Last year the Panthers closed out the season with an overall record of 4-13. This year marks the start of a rebuilding year and hope- fully the start of a program with familiar faces. POINT BORO GIRLS TENNIS PREVIEW Boro preseason in full swing Seniors Oliphant, Dalton & Mertikas to lead Panthers this fall STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR Head coach Bob Gale offers direction to Point Boro’s girls tennis team during a practice this week. The Panthers are a relatively young team and are looking to learn and grow together. SEE SWING PAGE 28
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SPORTSThe Ocean Star

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 PAGE 27

CROSS COUNTRY 29WALL SPEEDWAY 30FISHING TIPS 31

BY DOMINICK POLLIOTHE OCEAN STAR

POINT BEACH — Last yearthe Point Beach boys soccerteam finished just above .500(10-9-1), falling just short inthe second round of section-als.This year the team, underthe coaching of Mike Baiata,hopes to further improve onthose results. Point Beach re-

turns 12 varsity players andwill be led by captains Joe La-Duca, Ryan Franzoni andNick Antognoli.Other seniors that will beimpact players are Rob Lis-senden, Jack McDonald andMike Favato.“We’ve been working out alot,” said McDonald about theGulls’ offseason. “A lot of run-ning and fitness. We’ve beenpracticing together and justgetting ready for the seasonas a team.”

POINT BEACH BOYS SOCCER PREVIEW

Point Beach heading for wins

STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR

The Garnet Gulls have created many opportunities on goal during preseason scrimmages. The team is eager to get the season underway.

Strong defense,conditioning will bolsterBeach squad this year

SEE HEADING PAGE 29

BY DOMINICK POLLIOTHE OCEAN STAR

POINT BEACH— Motivated. This word embodiesthe Point Beach girls soccer team as they getready to start their fall season.Last season came to an abrupt end when theGulls lost to Shore Regional in the state semifi-nals for the third year in a row.“We always make it and we always lose tothem at their place and it’s an awful way to endthe season,” said senior captain Katie Gesumaria.“But we’re hoping to change that this year.”All the tools are falling into place and the pre-season has proved extremely beneficial for theyoung squad.“We’re really knocking the ball around well.First scrimmage against Jackson we out pos-sessed them but we didn’t have our defense in or-der,” explained head coach Adam Curtis. “Thesecond game against old Brick we played reallywell. We dominated and our defense lookedstrong.”Point Beach gave up a late goal to Brick andlost 2-1 but Curtis was pleased with the stridesthe team is taking.Kate Malcolm, also a senior captain, is opti-mistic about the team coming together eventhough their defense lost some key players.“I know from playing defense we lost a big de-fender from last year, Cassidy Alia,” stated Mal-colm. “We have a lot of new young girls which Ithink once we find our rhythm we’re going to beable to stick together and have a good defense aswell as a good offense too.”The Gulls compete in the B Central divisionand are looking to improve last year’s 8-8-1 over-all record. They are hungry to beat Shore Re-gional as well as St. Rose.“Shore has always been a tough competitor forus but I feel like we have a really strong team this

POINT BEACH GIRLS SOCCER PREVIEW

Garnet Gulls sure-footed going into fall seasonSeniors hope to avenge last season’sstate semifinal loss to Shore Regional

STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR

Point Beach’s Katie Gesumaria dribbles the ball during last year’s state semifinal loss to Shore Regional. The Garnet Gull squad looks to avenge that lossthis fall soccer season and boasts a mix of old and new talent that becomes stronger and more cohesive with each and every game.

SEE GARNET GULLS PAGE 29

BY DOMINICK POLLIOTHE OCEAN STAR

POINT BORO— Between thesound of the tennis ball hit-ting the racket and bounc-ing off the court, words ofencouragement and abun-dant laughter resonatedfrom the Point Boro tennispractice.The girls tennis team hasbeen preparing for the up-coming fall season with

light hearts and a desire tobetter themselves whilecontinually having fun.“Having a great record isnice. Don’t get me wrong,”said head coach Bob Gale.“But we’re just trying to getbetter today than we wereyesterday.”Last year the Panthersclosed out the season withan overall record of 4-13.This year marks the start ofa rebuilding year and hope-fully the start of a programwith familiar faces.

POINT BORO GIRLS TENNIS PREVIEW

Boro preseasonin full swing

Seniors Oliphant,Dalton & Mertikas tolead Panthers this fall

STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR

Head coach Bob Gale offers direction to Point Boro’s girls tennisteam during a practice this week. The Panthers are a relativelyyoung team and are looking to learn and grow together.

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POINT PLEASANT BORO GIRLS TENNIS

“Our team this year is a lotof new faces. We’re replacingevery singles player that wehad last year,” explainedGale.In his fifteenth year as

coach of the team, Galehopes to instill a passion for

the sport that keeps playersreturning and encouragingfriends and classmates to trythe sport. He also hopes theybegin playing tennis through-out the year.“Getting the girls to play

tennis all year around- it’stough,” he explained. “We’rejust trying to get them in-volved in the sport.”

For that kind of commit-ment Gale looks to his sen-iors, especially his first andsecond singles players.Abby Dalton, who plays

first singles, and SummerOliphant, who plays secondsingles, are not just team-mates but best friends. Dur-ing the offseason theyworked out, ran and played

tennis against each other toget ready for the fall.“It’s really fun. Everyone

gets along great and we’relike a family,” said Dalton.“We can all joke around andthere’s no competitiveness.”Dalton has the simple goal

of getting better as a playerand improving as a team.Oliphant has the same ideaand is also interested in more

specifics, saying, “I wouldlove to improve my backhandduring the season. By the endI probably will.”Gale is happy about the

leadership the seniors exem-plify and the help they haveprovided the younger play-ers.“We have a lot of new play-

ers that have never played be-fore. They [the seniors] come

out every day with a great at-titude,” he said. “They lead byexample and I’m really happywith both of the seniors, theydo a great job for us.”He also hopes the under-

classmen work hard andwatch how the upperclass-men conduct themselves onand off the court.“When we’re in matches I

want them to watch how theyconduct themselves.Whether they win or lose Iwant them to see how itshould be done,” said Gale.“We pride ourselves on hav-ing a class program. Whetherwe win or lose we’re going tosmile, shake our opponent’shand and be a good person.”The Point Boro team is ex-

cited for the season and nottoo worried about winning orlosing. Both Oliphant andDalton hope to instill thatmindset into the youngerplayers.“I just think they have to

make sure it’s fun. They don’tneed to get too competitive,”said Oliphant with a smile.“We have a fun team. If youlose, it’s not a big deal. It’sjust fun to play.”Dalton wants them to take

advantage of the comingyears, saying, “I just thinkthat it doesn’t matter if youdon’t do so well this year-there’s always years to comethat they can improve. Beinga senior it’s just startling howwe don’t have another seasonand they can definitely bene-fit from having more yearsahead.”Look for these Panthers to

have a productive and funseason as they work theirway through the B South.They open the fall season onSept. 8 against Long Branch.The game is away with thefirst serve set for 3:45 p.m.

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

SWINGFROM PAGE 27

Win or lose, the Boro Panthers know how to have fun

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O Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr,great in virtue and rich in miracles,near Kinsman of Jesus Christ, faith-ful intercessor of all who invoke yourspecial patronage in time of need, toyou I have recourse from the depth ofmy heart and humbly beg to whomGod has given such great power tocome to my assistance. Help me inmy present and urgent petition. Inreturn, I promise to make your nameknown and cause you to be invoked. Say three Our Fathers, three HailMarys and Glorias. Publication mustbe promised. St. Jude pray for us allwho invoke your aid. Amen. ThisNovena has never been known to fail.This Novena must be said for 9 con-secutive days. WW

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POINT BEACH CROSS COUNTRY PREVIEW

Seniors lead young team

BY DOMINICK POLLIOTHE OCEAN STAR

POINT BEACH — The PointBeach cross country teamsknow that one of the biggestobstacles to overcome thisseason is simply havingenough runners to compete.According to Linda Feerst,

the head coach of both theboys and girls teams, therewere moments last seasonwhen the Gulls were short

runners and it was the girlsteam that took the hit.“We were short on girls.

Sometimes we only had fourgirls,” said Feerst. “So youneed five to compete.”This year the girls team

consists of six runners andthe boys team boasts eight. Itdoes not leave a lot of wiggleroom for absences but it isenough to put forth a com-petitive team, somethingPoint Beach will be sure todo.“We did well with time last

year,” said senior ConniePietranico, a member of thegirls team since her freshmanyear. “I would definitely like

to improve my time and Ithink my teammates feel thesame way- to get faster andbeat our competitors.”Pietranico is the captain of

the girls team and, along withsenior Jill Lamb, hopes tocontinually improve theyounger runners on the team.Rachel Hennessy, Carly Kellyand Suzanne Kuhne repre-sent the sophomore class andwill play crucials role inevery race this season.A newcomer to the team is

freshman Emma Cupolo,someone Feerst hopes cancontribute to the team for thenext four years.

On the boys side of thecourse there is more depthand a core group of key re-turners led by sophomorecaptain Jim Dyson. Senior IanGaynor and sophomoresEthan Jaravata and VincentKenney return to the squadthis year and will provide themajority of the boys points.The team is rounded out

by sophomores Daniel Yang,John LaCicero, Ryan McGro-gan and Blake Biundo.Both teams have been

working in the offseason to

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Garnet Gulls to beled by captains

Pietranico & Dyson

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Nick Antognoli of Point Beach fights for possession duringWednesday’s scrimmage against Brick Township. Antognoli is con-fident the team’s level of fitness will propel them past oppenentsthis year.

“We’re physically fit, I think,with the conditioning we’vebeen doing,” added Antognoli.Soccer, it’s usually play untilyou drop sometimes. The teamwith the better fitness will havethe better outcome usually.”The Garnet Gulls have been

practicing regularly during theearly hours of the day to beatthe heat and are ready to getthe season underway.Their goals for the fall sea-

son are simple: Win the divi-sion, make it past the firstround of the Shore ConferenceTournament and win section-als.

The team lost seven or eightseniors to graduation last yearbut have all the necessary toolsto move forward and be a con-tender.“They have big shoes to fill,”

stated assistant coach AndrewWalsh. “The young kids havethe talent, it’s just going to takesome time.”The defense remains a

strong aspect of the Gulls teamas that is where most of theolder players call home base.“We have been playing very

solid out of the back with manyof our older players on thebackfield and in goal,” said Ba-iata. “We are younger up frontbut have a lot of potential.”In goal is veteran Franzoni,

who recorded 155 saves lastyear. Leading the way on of-

fense for Point Beach is ArisPapoutsakis. He led the teamwith 8 goals last season and Ba-iata hopes his numbers only goup.The key piece to the Point

Beach puzzle is their chem-istry- something the seniorsfeel is coming along nicely asthe season approaches.“What we did well last year

was that our team was reallywell connected. All of the kidson the team were mostly closefriends and know how eachother played,” explained LaDu-ca. “This year we have to learnto adapt and just learn to worktogether. From the past fewscrimmages I thought welooked really well.”The older members of the

team are also hoping to helpthe underclassmen develop, asthey are the future of the pro-gram.

“Everyone on JV [junior var-sity] will prove a lot in the nextcouple years and they’re goingto step up,” said Antognoli.“We’re seeing a lot of kids stepup now.”“We want to show them to

work together as a team andnot as separates,” added Favato.“Teach them that we can bemore than a team. We’re like afamily of soccer players.”Antognoli is confident in

what this fall season will yield,saying, “I think overall thisteam is just going to keep mov-ing forward. I don’t really seeany steps back and we’re justgoing to grow together andstay connected and have eachother’s backs.”The Point Beach boys soccer

team opens up the season onWednesday Sept. 9 againstManasquan. The game is athome and slated to begin at3:45 p.m.

Big shoes to fillHEADINGFROM PAGE 27

year so I think we have a re-ally good chance at finallybeating them,” saidGesumaria confidently.“Every game we lost last

year was 1-0 or 2-0 in doubleovertime so we held in theremost of those games,” addedMalcolm. “Our record does-n’t really show how well thatwe played last year.”

On Wednesday they scrim-maged a young Lakewoodsoccer team and the varsitysquad only played the first 15minutes. In that short times-pan they produced four goalsand displayed solid passingand defense, while creating alot of opportunities in frontof their opponent’s goal.“We’re pretty balanced.

We’re a really smart team andgood at knocking the ballaround,” said Curtis after thegame. “If we can put that to-gether and start playing a lit-

tle faster we’ll have, I think, asuccessful season.”Curtis, Malcolm and

Gesumaria are excited aboutwhat the future holds withthe majority of the team be-ing young and upcomingplayers.“We’re a pretty young team

this year. We only have threeseniors on the team,” ex-plained Curtis. “We’re reallylooking to get better eachgame and improve on ourrecord from last year.”

Gesumaria agrees with hercoach, saying, “We have a lotof talent to work with andthey’re all willing to step up.They’re young but I thinkwe’ll be able to pull some-thing together with the talentwe have.”The commitment the new

and old members of the teamhave shown during the off-season and preseason is gen-erating a positive outlook forthe fall season.“We did some track work-

outs just to get our fitnessback up,” said Malcolm.“Since we started preseason alittle late this year we wereable to come in more fit.”

“The girls are highly moti-vated so they’ve been run-ning on their own,” addedGesumaria. “We’ll leave prac-tice and we’ll see girls goingto the track to run. They’remotivated.”Now, all that is left for

them to do is put all thepieces together on the field

and improve each and everygame.“We’re looking to build and

get stronger and get more co-hesive as a unit every game,”said Curtis.Point Beach opens up their

season Wednesday Sept. 9against Manasquan on theroad. The game is scheduledto begin at 3:45 p.m.

Young players ready to step upGARNET GULLSFROM PAGE 27

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WALL SPEEDWAY RESULTS

Lots of competition to getto winners circle at Wall

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WALL — The fact that sevendifferent drivers visited thewinner’s circle in seven mainevents at Wall StadiumSpeedway on Saturday nightproves that the competitionis tougher than ever at theshore speedway. Despite thefact that six of those raceswere double features forthree divisions the pointchampionship races in allclasses remain tight with justfour regular season Saturdaynight races remaining.In the Snap-on Sportsman

25-lapper Shanon Mongeau of

Manchester jumped to thelead two laps after a lap fourrestart and raced on to histhird win of the year in theclass and his fourth of theseason. Early leader EricLane of Howell overcame re-cent tough luck here to finishsecond while defendingchampion Kevin Davison andChris Lane, both of Howell,were third and fourth. Brick’sRobert Sutphin was fifth.

“It is a real pleasure todrive this car,” Mongeau said.“They work hard on it and itshows on the race track. EricLane is doing a great job andis real fast. We needed the carto be good to win.”With 30 cars entered for

competition in the O’Shea’sAuto Repair Factory Stocksdefending champion ScottRiggleman of Manchesterand point leader Joe Mon-geau of Brick were winnersin twin 20 lap main events.In the first feature Riggle-

man took over on lap 11 whenGerry Koenig and JerryStanzione tangled whilefighting for the lead. Mon-geau advanced to second atthe finish with title con-tender Joey Helberg of Unionthird and Rich Mongeau andRonnie Mullen, both of Brick,fourth and fifth.

In the second FactoryStock main Mongeau racedthrough the pack to take thelead on lap 16. Both Helbergand Rich Mongeau chal-lenged before settling for sec-ond and third, with Howell’sSteve West and Richie Byrneof Wall completing the topfive.Wall’s Robert French won

the first of two Green FlagDriving Experience LegendCars features wrestling withdefending champion BrianSpencer of Edison most ofthe way. Kyle Dealaman ofWarren, Eatontown’s Mal-colm Campbell, Jr. and LukeMarzano were third throughfifth.

In the second Legend Car20-lapper Campbell led mostof the 20-lap distance to awin that was so popularevery driver in the 16 carfield drove past the winner’scircle to congratulate him.Both French and Spencerchallenged before finishingsecond and third with Deala-man fourth and Marzanofifth.Defending champion Brian

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The Point Beach cross country teams get in an early morning track workout as they prepare for the fallseason. Although a small squad, the Gulls hope to cash in strong finishes throughout the year.

prepare for this fall.“We’ve been running a lot,”

said Pietranico. “We run onthe track and the beach. We’llgo to Holmdel Park andsometimes the ManasquanReservoir.”This season they hope to

make more noise in the BCentral after only beating As-bury Park and Ranney. Thegirls team only managed awin against Asbury Park.

With both teams consistingof many young runners itgives the seniors the oppor-tunity to teach and leavethem with advice for the fu-ture.Besides the obvious run-

ning techniques, Pietranicowants the younger membersof the team to remember tohave fun and not take thingstoo seriously.“I would say definitely not

to worry and to just try yourbest and do the best you cando,” she said.

The Garnet Gulls will opentheir season with the OceanCounty Meet on Friday Sept.18. Their first league meet ison Sept. 22 with Henry Hud-son and will be held at OceanCounty Park.

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

Young Garnet Gulls to contributeTEAMFROM PAGE 29

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Yellowfin tuna of varioussizes have been present inthe area of the Bacardi for thelast several weeks and havebeen caught by trolling, jig-ging, or casting to these fish.This past Saturday howeverwas an epic day for boatersthat were in the right area asmost report double digitcatches and limits for all onboard. The exciting partabout it was that the tunawere being caught on topwa-ter stickbaits and poppers.Some boaters report it waslike casting to bluefish, it wasthat amazing. Small 80-150gram jigs were also veryeffective as the tuna are feed-ing on 4-5 inch sandeels. Youdo need however to be in theright area to connect withthese fish.In the next few weeks our

inshore ocean waters willstart to take on that fallappearance with improving

clarity and water tempera-tures remaining in the lowseventy degree ranges. Smallbaits in the form of bayanchovies, also known asrainfish, various sizes ofspearing, and mullet will allmake their appearance. Withthese conditions and bait you

can expect to see some of oursouthern pelagics show upsuch as false albacore, skip-jack tuna, bonito, andSpanish, chub, and bulletmackerel within severalmiles from the beach. Pelagicspecies means that they livein the open ocean but willfrequent the neritic coastalzone along the beach whenthe conditions are right.For many anglers the allure

of catching any of thesespecies replaces the desirefor a burly bass when theyare on the scene. Skippiesand albies will top the listdue to their electrifyingbursts of speed and reelscreeching runs when thesteel hits home. The initialrun after they are hooked isdefinitely the most memo-rable part of the fight as itwill have one wondering ifyou have enough backing onyour reel. Add to this the

visual component of beingable to see these speedstersblister across the surface andyou will easily become fullyengrossed by the fightingability of these two fish.So keep your eyes open

especially in the early morn-ing hours when the seas areoil slick calm. The skippiesand albies will be seen skip-ping across the surface of thewater in a parabolic manner.Try to get ahead of the pod

of fish and then cut yourengines and let them come toyou. These pelagics can bevery skittish and will soundquickly if you run and gunright into them or if theyhear your engine noise.Fluke fishing is good along

the inshore waters as keepersin the 4-6 pound range arebeing caught. Party boats arereport some pool winnerswith even slightly larger fish.The lumps, reefs, and wrecks

are all holding fish. In therivers and bays it is stillmostly shorts that are beingcaught with a few keepershere and there.The Manasquan River

Marlin and Tuna Club 35thAnnual Offshore Open is cur-rently underway and will runthrough September 5th.Weigh-ins are nightly at

Brielle Yacht Club in Brielle.The Ray Catena Auto Groupis the presenting sponsor andhas offered the Ray CatenaAudi Challenge a $4,000 cashaward to the largest yel-lowfin. This is in addition tothe Comstock challenge,awarding $4,000 to thelargest longfin. These awardsare included in the baseentry. The tournament offersCalcuttas for every eligiblespecie with this year’s esti-mated payout to exceed$175,000. Last year’s tourna-ment paid over $165,000 tothe winners and raised fundsfor numerous fishing andconservation related chari-ties, including the RFA, RFA-NJ, the Catch a DreamFoundation, MenhadenDefenders, Re-Clam the Bay,New Jersey Beach BuggyAssociation and the GeorgeBurlew Scholarship Fund,providing scholarships tomarine biology graduate stu-dents. Go towww.mrmtc.com/offshore-open for further details”. Bob over at Fishermen’s

Den in Belmar reports “Flukefishing was good this week-end as we saw plenty of bigfish coming from offshore.One angler on Parker Pete’scharter boat weighed an 8pound, two 6 pound, one 5pound and a 4 pound fluke.Mike Vegott 8 years old andhis father had 6 keepers withMike getting a 4 pound fishon their private boat. Ananger on the Captain Cal hadan 11 pound fluke. In the surf

we saw some action as BillMassey from Wall had twokeeper fluke and a short bass.There were also ome smallbass were taken on clams.The offshore fishing wasgood with anglers gettingplenty of ling and cod. Wealso we weighed in twobigeyye tuna 175 poundeach.”Captain Howard Bogan of

the Big Jamaica out of Briellereports “The Jamaica is sail-ing Saturday night at 7:30p.m. Day trips sail every dayat 7:30 a.m. Family FunFishing Trips sail Sunday,Monday, Tuesday, andWednesday at 4:30 to 8:30p.m. Fishing and fireworkstrips sail every Thursdaynight from 5 to 10 p.m.Presently we are catchingfluke on the 4:30pm trips. Forreservations and informationcall 732-528-5014 or go to ourwebsite atwww.bigjamaica.com.”Captain Ryan of the

Jamaica II out of Briellereports “Fluke fishing wasgood most of the week aslong as conditions were rea-sonable. We had quite of fewnice fish four, five and sixpounders. Bucktailers aredoing best with teasers andGulp baits. Young Kim fromEdison had a limit of fluke to7 pounds, Carter Mann fromAtlantic Highlands had alimit of fluke to 5 pounds,Edward Custer fromBordentown had a limit offluke to 6.5 pounds. Half DayFluke daily except Mondays8 a.m. and 2 p.m.All Day Fluke Super

Marathons the next threeMondays, September 7, 14,and 21st, 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.”

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

TIP OF THE WEEKFROM JIM FREDA

If you cannot get bunker

when you go out, try mov-

ing out to 55 feet of water

from Spring Lake down to

Asbury and just blind cast

out swimming plugs rfom

your boat. Striped bass

have been holding on in

these waters.

FISHING TIPS BY JIM FREDA

Yellowfin tuna present in waters

Doyle of Ronkonkoma, NYwon the 35-lap “TripleCrown” race for the EliteMaintenance Limited LateModels with point leader An-thony Crimaldi of Port Mon-mouth and Dominic Casolaof Holmdel second and third.Daryn Miller and Jackson’sHowie Conk were fourth andfifth.Crimaldi came back to take

his first win of the year in thenightcap over Bayville’s MikeTillett, Casola, Doyle andMiller.Wall Stadium returns to ac-

tion this Saturday (Sept. 5)featuring the Downs FordModifieds in a 40-lapper, theLimited Late Models in a 40lapper, the Factory Stocks ina 25-lapper, the Green Mon-ster Insulation 4 CylinderStocks in a 30-lapper and aSportsman 25-lap main event.Spectator seating opens at5:00 p.m. and qualifying is setfor 5:30 p.m. followed bymain events.Wall Stadium presents pro-

fessional motorsports eventson Saturdays and Sundaysthrough September with spe-cial post-season races in Oc-tober and November. Thespeedway is located on Route34 in Wall Township, N.J., justone mile north of GardenState Parkway exit 98 and In-terstate 195 exit 35B. Thespeedway hotline number is732-681-6400, while [email protected] is thetrack’s email address. Moreinformation is also availableat www.wallspeedwayrac-ing.com.SPORTSMAN FEATURE

– 25 Laps – 1. Shanon mon-geau, 2. Eric Lane, 3. KevinDavison, 4. Chris Lane, 5.Robert Sutphin, 6. AndrewKrause, 7. Kenny Van Wickle,8. Larry Thompson, 9. ScottBrannick, 10. Ricky Collins, 11.Dave Bailey, 12. Matt Lang-bein, 13. Robert Vassilatos, 14.Joe King, 15. Jason Caruso, 16.Roland DeMartino1ST FACTORY STOCK

FEATURE - 20 Laps – 1. ScottRiggleman, 2. Joe Mongeau, 3.Joey Helberg, 4. Rich Mon-geau, 5. Ronnie Mullen, 6. Jer-ry Stanzione, 7. Ron Booth, 8.Gerry Koenig, 9. Scott Sipe,10. Mike Montano, 11. JohnBowers, 12. Richie Byrne, 13.Dan Springfield, 14. SteveWest, 15. Whitey Miller, 16.Tim O’Shea, 17. JoshMatthews, 18. Matt Badessa,19. Tom Rajkowski, 20. MartyVan Druten, 21. Tiffany Ole-jnik, 22. Bill Stockert, 23. BobHaberstick, 24. Neil Rutt, 25,Joe McGrath2ND FACTORY STOCK

FEATURE – 20 Laps – 1. JoeMongeau, 2. Helberg, 3. RichMongeau, 4. West, 5. Byrne, 6.Mullen, 7. Rutt, 8. Stockert, 9.O’Shea, 10. Sipe, 11. Rick Pat-terson, 12. Badessa, 13. Ra-jkowski, 14. Riggleman, 15.Koenig, 16. Chris Felber, 17.Miller, 18. Stanzione, 19. TonyBartone, 20. Van Druten, 21.

Montano, 22. Matthews, 23.Springfield, 24. Booth, 25. Mc-Grath1ST LEGEND CARS FEA-

TURE – 20 Laps – 1. RobertFrench, 2. Brian Spencer, 3.Kyle Dealaman, 4. MalcolmCampbell, 5. Luck Marzano,6. Chris Gall, 7. Vinny Collet-ti, 8. Raven Schrantz, 9. JimSylvester, 10. Casey Ro-bicheau, 11. Nick Van Wickle,12. Steven Woytysiak, 13. PeterBruno, 14. Roger Nickerson,15. Matt Marzano, 16. BethMacFarlane

2ND LEGEND CARS FEA-TURE – 20 Laps – 1. MalcolmCampbell, 2. French, 3.Spencer, 4. Dealaman, 5. LukeMarzano, 6. Colletti, 7. Ro-bicheau, 8. Gall, 9. Sylvester,10. Van Wickle, 11. Schrantz,12. Woytysiak, 13. Bruno, 14.Nickerson, 15. Matt Marzano,16. MacFarlane

1ST LIMITED LATEMODEL FEATURE – 35 Laps– 1. Brian Doyle, Ronkonko-ma, NY, 2. Anthony Crimaldi,3. Dominic Casola, 4. DarynMiller, 5. Howie Conk, 6. Bill

Vanderveen, 7. MichelleMoorman, 8. John Parker, 9.Jim Moorman, 10. MikeTillett, 11. Cole Ormsbee, 12.Ronnie Mullen, 13. Glen Conk

2ND LIMITED LATEMODEL FEATURE – 25 Laps– 1. Anthony Crimaldi, PortMonmouth, 2. Tillett, 3. Caso-la, 4. Doyle, 5. Miller, 6.Howie Conk, 7. Mullen, 8.Vanderveen, 9. MichelleMoorman, 10. Parker, 11. JimMoorman.

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