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BY DOMINICK POLLIOTHE OCEAN STAR

POINT BORO — Last Thursday’srainy conditions made for a wetand wild South Jersey Group IIchampionship soccer game.The Point Boro girls soccer

team hosted West Deptford onAl Saner field in a battle to seewho would get the right towear a ring.West Deptford entered the

tournament with the 8-seedand beat out the top-seededCedar Creek using that mo-mentum to carry them into thefinals.Once the game started

though it was the Panthers thatjumped out to a 3-0 lead earlyin the second half.Devon Wondolowski got

things started for Boro with agoal in the 16th minute. She re-ceived a pass in the box fromKaitlyn Seitter and fought her

way past a West Deptford de-fender for the score.The Panthers next goal was

the result of a Robin Fiorentinopenalty kick. Wondolowski hadbeen taken out in the box goingafter a loose ball and Fiorentinowas tasked with the kick. Hershot went right and the goaliechose correctly but was tooslow to make the stop.At halftime the score was 2-0

in favor of Point Boro but theyquickly added their third scoretwo minutes into the secondhalf. Wondolowski chaseddown a pass from Julia Fitzsim-mons and crossed it into thebox to Seitter who was runningtowards goal. West Deptford’sgoalie stepped out to make thestop but Seitter put the ball be-tween the goalie’s legs and intothe goal.“We played really well. We

came out a little tentative,which I expected but then they

kind of built into the game,”said head coach Mike Edolo.“We created a lot of chancesand scored some great goals.”The three-goal lead was

short-lived as West Deptfordfought their way back into thegame.Two minutes after Seitter’s

goal the referee whistled for ahandball in the box on PointBoro. While the handball wasnot intentional West Deptfordwas awarded a penalty kick.Gabby Sileo took the shot

and laced one left past Borogoalie Amye Zalesky for thescore.Then, just a minute later,

West Deptford turned a count-er attack into their second goal.This time it was Sam Buddwho bested Boro’s Amy

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Seitter’s overtime goal lifts Panthers to sectional title

STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR

The Point Boro girls soccer team defeated West Deptford 4-3 in overtime to win the South Jersey Group II championship last Thursday. Junior Kaitlyn Seitter [No. 20] hit the golden goal 21 seconds into overtime.

“Every year you have a game that really defines who you are as a player andthis is one of them. They handled the adversity and they came out and won.”

MIKE EDOLO Point Boro Head Coach

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POINT BORO — GeorgianCourt University [GCU] willwelcome a Panther to theirDivision II girls lacrosse teamfor the 2017 season.Point Boro senior Lauren

Onnembo earned a scholar-ship to play for the Lions’team in addition to moneyfor academics.Onnembo has been a mem-

ber of Point Boro’s girlslacrosse team since her fresh-man year and while the teamhas had trouble producingwins, it still produces talent.“I’m sure you know our

team doesn’t have the bestrecord,” said Onnembo. “Nota lot of players get noticedand move on to play at thenext level.”When Onnembo decided

she wanted to break thatnorm she received help from

former assistant coach MollyMcCourt who also used toplay lacrosse for GCU. On-nembo went to work email-ing and contacting coaches aswell as attending lacrossecamps at different campusesin an effort to get noticed.At GCU’s camp she earned

some recognition and wentback to play in GCU’s annualseven-on-seven high schooltournament in October. Fromthere it only got better as shewas eventually asked to playfor the Lions and recently an-nounced her commitment viaTwitter.Onnembo is pleased that

she is able to continue play-ing the sport she loves at thenext level and it is an addedbonus that she received ascholarship, something herparents are also pleased with.“They’re really happy be-

cause I’m getting a scholar-ship,” stated Onnembo.“They’ve been waiting for it

Onnembo excited to playlacrosse for Georgian Court


LAUREN ONNEMBO

The Point Boro seniorearned money for

lacrosse & academics

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POINT BORO — One of PointBoro football’s toughest gamesof the regular season was a 33-27 victory over the RaritanRockets at home.As fate would have it, the

Panthers were paired with theRockets Friday night on AlSaner field in the first round ofthe Central Jersey Group IIplayoffs.This time, it was the Rockets

who avenged their earlier losswith a 17-7 win over Boro.The first quarter was a de-

fensive battled that embodiedhow evenly matched the twoteams truly are. The teams ex-changed possessions all theway down to the final secondsof the quarter.

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Turnaround season endsin first round of playoffs

Rockets stuff Boro’soption offense to advance

to next round

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Gene Franceschini carries the ball during Friday’s playoff gameagainst Raritan. Point Boro lost the game at home 17-7 to bringan end to a productive and exciting season.

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It only took the PointBoro girls soccer team 21seconds of overtime beforethey found the back of thenet to win the South JerseyGroup II title over WestDeptford last Thursday.For junior Kaitlyn Seitter,

her game-winning strikefrom just outside the box isthe result of years of prac-tice, hard work and dedica-tion.

“I started playing when Iwas four and my dad playedwhen he was in high school.He introduced me to thegame and I always liked be-ing in a team atmosphere,”said Seitter. “It gave me away to be with all of myfriends while having funand I ended up falling inlove with the game.”Her love of the game is

evident every time she

steps on the field. Seitter al-ways goes after the ball, isalways shooting and is al-ways supporting her team-mates.Seitter dedicates a lot of

her time to her craft, play-ing for the Players Develop-ment Academy out of TomsRiver in addition to homeworkouts to improve fitnessand strength.She is constantly improv-

ing her skills and looks toquality professional athletesas role models.“I try and model my play

after Alex Morgan, SydneyLeroux and Christie Ram-pone,” she explained. “I tryto take a piece of each oneof their games - Alex Mor-gan's touch and ball skills,Sydney Leroux's physicalityand fitness and ChristieRampone's work ethic.”It was only fitting that

Rampone, a Point Boroalum, was on hand to wit-ness Seitter’s overtime goal

and cheer on the Panthersin their victory.The team’s season came

to an end Tuesday in theGroup II tournament butthe loss only motivates Seit-ter to keep improving.“Every year we have been

progressing one round at atime in states so I hope wecan get another sectional ti-tle and make it to the fi-nals,” stated Seitter. “Formyself I hope to have assuccessful as a season that Idid this year with connect-ing with Devon [Won-dolowski], scoring goalsand having assists. With theformation we play, it is ex-tremely important to stayconnected with the otherforward in order to be suc-cessful.”Only a junior, Seitter is on

a path of continued successand looks forward to hersenior year as a member ofthe Point Boro girls soccerteam.

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Seitter’s OT strike clinches sectional title


SUMMER OLIPHANT

POINT BORO TENNIS NOTEBOOK

Panthers hope to keep

swinging in offseason


POINT BORO— From the out-side looking in it is easy towrite off Point Boro’s girlstennis season as a losing one.Their final season record satat 3-15 and did not includeany post-season play.Despite this, the season

falls under the success cate-gory for head coach Bob Galeand the members of the team.At the start of the season

the goal was not to beat everyteam they played but to workhard, improve their play andgrow to love the game.“I thought they responded

very well,” said Gale. “We im-proved as the season wenton, had some competitivematches and still had a greattime each and every day.”Seniors Summer Oliphant,

Mackenzie Mertikas andAbby Dalton continually fos-tered a positive attitude thatthe rest of the younger play-ers adapted from preseasonto the end of the season.Being such a young team

left the whole year open toimproving different aspectsof the game within a gameenvironment.“I thought we made im-

provement with our groundstrokes being more consis-tent and I’m hoping that wehave more girls play in theoffseason,” explained Gale.

Before the start of the sea-son the Panthers coach madeit a point to explain how im-portant it is to keep the rack-et in hand year round. Thisway the players never losethat touch and are ready toget back to work come nextseason.“I would like for them, if

they are not involved in othersports, to possibly play in aleague or take more lessons,”he said. “As with anythingelse you’re going to get outwhatever you put into some-thing. I think our girls arecommitted.”For Gale, the work does not

end with the players. Thelong time coach is constantlylooking for ways to improvehis coaching to better servethe needs of his players.“I’m always picking the

minds of other coaches to seewhat works for them and I’malways looking for new anddifferent drills to help us,”stated Gale. “Otherwise we’regoing to continue to try andget better every day and con-tinue to do things the rightway.”Oliphant, Mertikas and

Dalton will surely be missednext year but the young teamgained much needed experi-ence and the younger playerswill be sure to carry on theirlove of the game.

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.

Despite losses, seasonwas positive for

young Point Boro team

PHOTOS COURTESY OF PAMELA BURNS

WE ARE THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSThe Lavallette Elementary School boys and girls soccer teams both won the conference championship. The games were played atBay Lea in Toms River under the lights. The boys game went into penalty kicks and Lavallette ended up victorious 4-3 over DealSchool. The girls team faced Lakehurst and won in regulation 2-1.

POINT BORO BOYS CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK

Freshman qualifies for Meet of ChampionsBY DOMINICK POLLIOTHE OCEAN STAR

POINT BORO— Holmdel Parkboasted the best of the best inNew Jersey cross-country lastSaturday as the site of theGroup II Championships. ThePoint Boro boys cross-countryteam competed in the race andattained an eighth place teamfinish.“It was a very respectable

finish for us and one of thebest for me as a coach,” saidhead coach Kevin Conheeney.“It highlights to me, as well asour future athletes, that we de-serve to be running with thebig dogs and we can continueto set our sights on qualifyingfor this meet and eventuallymoving up the ladder to win a

position in the Meet of Cham-pions.”Boro freshman Devin Hart

was the lone Panther to qualifyfor this year’s Meet of Champi-ons. He led the boys team witha time of 16:35, which was goodenough for 10th.It was Hart’s first time run-

ning the course and he was thefirst freshman across the finishline. Senior captain Dylan Pe-ters hit a personal best on thecourse for a 17th place [17:01]finish.“It was rewarding to all of us

as a team to have an individualqualify for this prestigiousevent in New Jersey runningbut I found it equally reward-ing to see Dylan be excited forhis teammate qualifying forthis honor,” said Conheeney of

his captain. “I know it wouldhave been a great situation in aperfect world where they bothwould share this honor but Ifeel that they both know thattheir success was the accumu-lated result of having each oth-er to train with over the sea-son.”For the rest of the team it

was Cortlandt Dalik in 56th[18:00], Logan Carter in 85th[18:31], Nick Pettinato in 99th[18:42], Matt Schwartz in 101st[18:45] and Luke Dragon in112th [18:54].The team finish is a testa-

ment to the hard work the Pan-thers have continued to putforth throughout the season,something Conheeney hopesto be the new standard founda-tion for future teams.

“I continue to be impressedwith this team’s ability to reachdeep down and put perform-ance after performance into aneven higher gear. To step upeach time the level of competi-tion gets better,” he said. “Ihope that the future Point Boroteams embrace this as the stan-dard of what can be accom-plished with focus, attitude,commitment and training.”The Meet of Champions is

tomorrow at Holmdel Park.The boys race is scheduled tobegin at 11:45 a.m.

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

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POINT BORO — The thingabout cross-country is that asthe season comes to a closethe meets get bigger and thecompetition gets tougher.On Saturday the Point Boro

girls cross-country teamcashed in a seventh place fin-ish at the Group Champi-onships at Holmdel Park onSaturday against a lot of strongcompetition.“The group meet is highly

competitive. You basically takethe 20 best Group II sizedteams in the state and putthem in one race. Everybody istrying to get an edge becauseonly the top three teams andtop ten individuals get to ad-vance,” explained Boro coachBilly Kostenko. “It is high

stakes and you really have tobe sharp and focused for theentire 5000 meters.”While the Panthers seventh

place team finish did not movethem on to the Meet of Cham-pions, junior Katie Bragen fin-ished seventh [19:47] to moveon to the Meet of Champs asan individual.“Katie raced well against

some very good competition.It seemed like there was agroup of girls from fifth to 10ththat were trading spots thewhole way but from two mileson Katie claimed her spot andvery nearly sneaked into sixthat the end,” stated Kostenko.“This is her first time makingMeet of Champs for cross-country and it is a nice rewardfor a girl who puts so muchtime and effort into training.”

Bragen led the Panther packwith teammate DanielleTsougarakis being the nextBoro runner across the finishline. Tsougarakis came in 19thwith a time of 20:46.For the rest of Point Boro it

was Rachel Pausz in 43rd[21:27], Lily Brouder in 71st[22:11], Natalie Murphy in 78th[22:21], Kristi Lennon in 106th[23:22] and Olivia Zahorskytook 110th [23:35].“I was so impressed by the

way the girls competed. Beforethe race, we talked about notbeing intimidated by thecourse or the competition andjust going out and competingour hardest,” said Kostenko.“And to their credit the girlsdid exactly that. We really ranvery well as a team.”

Despite not moving on as ateam, Boro’s seventh place fin-ish was a strong performancethat Kostenko hopes to contin-ue building on with the futureof the program.“I talked to the girls about

being better than 10th place soto finish seventh was a suc-cess,” he said. “Seventh placemakes third place seem muchmore attainable than if we hadfinished 14th or 18th or some-thing like that.”The Meet of Champions is

tomorrow at Holmdel Park.The girls race is scheduled tobegin at 11 a.m.

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

Bragen advances to Meet of Champs

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POINT BORO FIELD HOCKEY REVIEW

Up & down season reveals areas for improvement


POINT BORO — Finishingwith a regular season recordover .500 is definitely a posi-tive come the end of a seasonbut it also means there isroom for improvement.The Point Boro field hock-

ey team [9-8-1] had a seasonfull of ups and downs duringa year that saw a lot of mov-ing parts.After losing last year’s de-

fense to graduation headcoach Melissa Moberg wasconstantly looking for theright combination to makethe team click. With smalltweaks throughout the sea-son the Panthers proved to bea resilient team that continu-ally put up a fight.Their largest loss of the

season was a four-goalshutout to powerhouseOcean Township. Their otherlosses were by one or twogoals and one 3-0 loss to St.John Vianney.

“As far as goals we didwork very hard in the offsea-

son to prepare for the up andcoming season. I feel it didn’t

show at some games,” statedMoberg. “We had so muchpotential to win more gamesthan we did so that is thefrustrating part.”It was most frustrating in

the team’s final game of theseason when the Panthers

suffered a 1-0 loss to lower-seeded Ewing in the firstround of the state tourna-ment.Point Boro had opportuni-

ties to score but could notget the ball into the goal.Despite close losses like

the one to Ewing, the teamdisplayed lots of improve-ment in much of their game.This ranged from knowingwhere to be on defense tohaving sticks down and atthe ready around their oppo-nents’ goal.One thing that stood out

to Moberg was the girls’ abil-ity to adapt to the personnelchanges and different posi-tions. She saw them work to-gether and that was reflectedin all of their wins this year.Looking ahead to next sea-

son Moberg knows there is alot to be done, saying, “Nextyear we need to improve ourscoring. We do so manydrills to help improve it inthe game and it wasn’t in ourfavor at all this year.”In an effort to improve

this aspect of the game aswell as others, the Borocoach encourages her play-ers to continue working outand playing outside of theseason.“In the offseason I want

the girls to continue to stayin shape. I want them to lookinto a hockey camp for this

summer to go to together asa team,” explained Moberg.“This was the first time inyears the girls didn’t go to acamp and I feel it had an im-pact on us this season.”The Panthers graduate six

seniors in Avery Schatzman,Shea Blake, AllegraDrzymkowski, Kerry Domas,Maddie Emery and JaneBowden.Schatzman was a huge

force offensively as she al-ways created plays with herspeed and hard passes. Blakeand Drzymkowski led theBoro defense, always step-ping in when it was needed.While the talent will be

hard to replicate, Point Borohas a handful of underclass-men that learned from theirseniors play and leadershipthroughout the season. Ha-ley Hanrahan was a force allyear with more than onemulti-score game and willmost likely be a player tolean on come next season.For now the Panthers

hope to keep playing in theoffseason and return a forceto be reckoned with.

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

Boro’s final game was a1-0 loss to lower-seededEwing in state tourney


Point Boro junior Jackie Boud [in white] played an important role in the midfield throughout the season.

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Garnet Gulls knocked outof playoffs by Panthers


POINT BEACH — The six-seeded Garnet Gulls footballteam looked to keep theirseason going when they trav-eled to play the three-seededPalmyra Panthers last Fridayin the first round of the Cen-tral Jersey Group I playoffs.Point Beach jumped out to

a 10-7 lead to close out thefirst half but a 70-yard kickoffreturn from the Panthers tostart the third quarter tookthe momentum back.Palmyra eventually toppedthe Gulls 34-16.Point Beach’s first score

was a three-yard touchdownrun by Luke Frauenheim anda successful extra point at-tempt from Sean Gould putthem ahead in the secondquarter.Palmyra then knotted the

game at seven after receiverTaj Harris reeled in a 35-yardpass from Max Smyth. DannyKay booted the extra point

but Beach answered with a22-yard field goal from Gouldbefore the close of the firsthalf.The Gulls wanted to keep

hold of their lead in the sec-ond half but Harris had dif-ferent plans. He returned akickoff 70 yards to ignite thePanthers second half play.Palmyra added a 57-yard

pass from Smyth to KelvinHarmon in the third quarterto take a 21-10 lead headinginto the final quarter.The Garnet Gulls eventual-

ly answered with another 3-yard touchdown punch fromFrauenheim. They were un-able to convert the extrapoint attempt, leaving themat 16 for their final points ofthe game.Meanwhile the Panthers

added a couple more scoresbefore the final whistle.Smyth took the ball in on hisown from one yard out andKay hit the kick to further thelead.Then it was Elijah Karnjay

who scampered 40 yards forPalmyra’s final score of thegame. Point Beach blockedthe extra point attempt andthe game eventually closed

out with the Panthers up onthe Gulls 34-16.It was a tough loss to close

out the season for PointBeach, especially since theymanaged to snag four inter-ceptions in the game.Declan Conway intercept-

ed the ball twice and addedseven tackles in the loss.Conner Kells also picked offSmyth twice and recordedfive tackles on defense.On offense Frauenheim

finished the game with 167-yards rushing and two touch-downs on 35 attempts. BradParry chipped in 68 yards on13 carries. Kells caught twopasses for 82 and TannerSmith snagged a 20-yard re-ception during the game.The loss marks an end to

Point Beach’s season whilePalmyra advances to thesemifinal round where theyface Keyport High School.Point Beach closes out theyear with an overall record of5-5.


Despite four Point Beachinterceptions, Palmyra

ends up on top

The Panthers had put to-gether a drive that got theman opportunity to score on aCollin Ansbach field goal.The kick went wide right asthe buzzer sounded and theteams remained tied at zeroto start the second quarter.The rest of the half almost

remained scoreless but theRockets put together a quickscoring drive to go up 7-0with eight seconds left in thehalf.It was a 38-yard pass from

Marc Carnivale to JordanSmith that capped an 87-yarddrive and put the first pointson the scoreboard. The Rock-ets converted the extra pointattempt and the half closedwith the Panthers behind.The halftime lead was

short lived though as PointBoro opened the second halfwith a 12-play drive that end-ed in a Noah Husak one-yardtouchdown plunge. Ansbachnotched the kick to tie thegame at seven. It was not un-til the last minute of the thirdquarter that another scorewas added.This time it was Carnivale

that took the ball in from oneyard out and after the extrapoint the Rockets were up 14-7. He ran out of the shotgunand actually fumbled thesnap before scooping up theball and wiggling his way intothe end zone.After Raritan’s score the

Panthers had trouble gettingtheir offense going. Theywere only able to squeeze out

two first downs in the fourthquarter.Raritan’s Gavin Toth hit a

24-yard field goal to furtherRaritan’s lead with three min-utes left on the clock.On the following Point

Boro possession a smallspark was ignited after a 42-yard pass from Husak to Hay-den Frey. That spark wasquickly extinguished when atipped Boro pass ended up inthe hands of Raritan’sJahciere Jones who returnedthe ball into Panther territory.Raritan managed to run

out the final time left on theclock to seal the win andpunch their ticket to today’s

semifinal game againstDelaware Valley.Husak went 65 yards on 24

carries and was 4 of 13 for 95yards in the air. GeneFranceschini contributed 61yards on the ground beforean injury sidelined him forthe remainder of the game.The upset marks Point

Boro’s second loss of the sea-son and brings a close to astrong season for the Pan-thers.


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Bergquist and Rachel Bai-ley before pocketing the ballin the bottom right corner ofgoal.

West Deptford thenequalized with a Budd head-er into the top left corner ofgoal with less than 10 min-utes left in the game. Bothteams battled hard for thegame-winner in those finalminutes but could not strikegold before the end of regu-lation.

The game headed to over-time with West Deptford ex-tra loud as they broke thehuddle. While Point Boro’scheer did not seem as loud,it had a confidence and fi-nality to it that said theywere ready to finish thegame.

“In the second half we gotup three nothing, got a littlebit to comfortable,” ex-plained Edolo. ‘Their penal-ty kick gave them a little bitmore momentum and wegot a little bit scared but wereacted great.”

The Panthers reactedquickly in the first overtime.After Fiorentino stole aWest Deptford pass behindmidfield she headed it up toWondolowski. She createdspace before dishing off apass to Julia Fitzsimmonswho immediately passed theball ahead to Seitter.

After a touch Seitterfought her way around aWest Deptford defenderwho was trying to shield herfrom the ball. The juniorwon possession and rippeda left-footed strike from 19yards out. The ball stayedtrue from foot to net, justout of reach of an out-stretched West Deptfordgoalie.

“That’s a tremendous goalto the win the game. All sea-son we talked about makingsure of things. Today, al-though we let the team backin the game we did every-thing we could,” said Edoloafter the game. “We wantedto make sure this was oursthis year. I couldn’t be hap-pier or more proud of everyone of these kids.”

“It felt amazing,” addedWondolowski. “I think wejust needed that little breakto re-collect ourselves andget ourselves situated andthen the product was amaz-ing.”

After a dog pile on thefield the overtime victorycelebration ensued and theteam was presented with theSectional Champions tro-phy.

“I think it means a lot be-cause we don’t normally getthe respect we deserve,” ex-plained Seitter. “With thispeople will actually respectus.”

Edolo was proud of howhis team fought hard to earnthe win, saying, “They want-

ed it last year and I toldthem before the game fromthe moment they first start-ed playing soccer this iswhat they’ve been preparingfor. Every year you have agame that really defineswho you are as a player andthis is one of them. Theyhandled the adversity andthey came out and won.”

On hand to quietly wit-ness the girls’ success wasPoint Boro alum and captainof the U.S. Women’s Nation-al soccer team, ChristieRampone. It was the cherryon top that brought evenmore smiles to the celebra-tion.

“It’s insane that she is stilla part of our organizationand that she supports us somuch,” said Seitter aboutRampone.

“It felt really good to haveher here and see her supporther high school,” addedWondolowski.

Point Boro went on tocompete in the Group 2Championship tournamenton Tuesday at St. AugustinePrep in Richland [see relat-ed story].

For video highlights of thethrilling overtime win watchtoday’s Ocean Star SportsShow on youtube.com.

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

Boro holds off West Deptford rallyTITLEFROM PAGE 33


Kaitlyn Seitter [in white] puts the ball between the goalie’s legs for Boro’s third goal of Thursday’s game.


The Point Boro girls soccer team defeated West Deptford 4-3 in overtime to win the South Jersey GroupII championship last Thursday. The team rushed the field to surround Kaitlyn Seitter after she hit thegolden goal 21 seconds into overtime to win the sectional title.


Devon Wondolowski [in white] scored Boro’s first goal in the 16th minute of Thursday’s title game.

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It was lights out, all out,whatever you want to call itthis past weekend as big basstook center stage inMonmouth and Ocean Countywaters. Sunday was the moreinsane of the two days as 20-40lb bass were up on the surfaceand hitting artificials that werethrown at them. Big poppersor swim shads were taking fishas soon as they were thrown inthe surface commotion.Boaters that were snaggingand dropping bunker alsoscored well but it wasn’t neces-sary to do to catch. Casting theartificials was much easier.Boats trolling also had a fieldday catching the same sizefish.It has been two weeks now

since this big bass action hasstarted in the bunker schoolsthat have shown up in our areaand the action has not let up.Even the big blow last weekdidn’t change the action. Galeforce winds that were forecast-ed for last Saturday nevermaterialized but the windswere still strong at 25-30 mph.This however didn’t keep anyboats off the water. There wasa great bite right off of Sea Girtand Spring Lake Saturdaymorning for the first hour rightafter first light. Sunday’s epicaction was centered more tothe south from Lavallettedown to the Seaside Piers. OnSunday well over 150 boatswere in the Seaside area withno shortage of big bass beingcaught.There has also been a

decent presence of peanutbunker in the surf along thebeach. Surfcasters had goodaction on Sunday as smallerbass from shorts up to about 15lbs pushed the bait tight rightonto the beach. It was classic

fall blitz action with birds, bait,

and bass all balled up together.Fly fishers too easily caughtbass especially if you werecasting from your boat.So the fall has been shaping

up as a good one to this pointin time. The weather has alsocooperated in that it has beenwarm and not cold. You can’targue with mid 50 degree airtemperatures in Novemberwhile out on the water andcatching fish to boot. Watertemperatures this past week-end were 59 degrees which isslightly on the warmer side formid-November. Usually bythis time of year ocean temper-atures are around 55 degrees sowe are about two weeksbehind schedule in droppingwater temperatures which is agood thing. With slowly cool-ing ocean temperatures ourbass season could extend wellinto December. If sandeelsmove inshore the season willdefinitely extend. These baitsusually show up inshore whenthe water temperature getsinto the lower 50 to upper 40degree ranges.

Blackfish season with a 6fish daily bag limit measuringat least 15 inches opened thispast Monday and will runthrough December 31st. This isgreat news for toggers as limitcatches should be made on theinshore artificial reefs andwrecks with the nice condi-tions we are now experienc-ing. In the next few weekssome of the largest blackfishshould be caught. Blackfish area great eating fish with a thickwhite flaky meat. Anglers willalso be able to catch sea bassand porgies on the same piecesthey are blackfishing.Bob over at Fishermen’s

Den in Belmar reports “Wellthe verdict is in the boats didvery good with the opening ofblackfish season. There werelimits taken by many. Bothwhite leggers and green crabsput fish in the boat. Striperfishing was off the charts thelast few days. Boats off OceanCounty have had some of thebest bass fishing in yearsthanks to the bunker. Theparty boats got in on the actionyesterday with nearly all onboard limiting out, Some fishwere 30 and 40 lb fish. Youroptions are many, trollingspoons, trolling the new mojorig, live bunker or jigging allworked well. Party boatanglers did well jigging withcrocks. The bunker are the key.They move the fish to put itsimple. Surf fishing has alsobeen very good. Anglers comein the shop every day with fishor reports of catching multipleshort fish. The largest surf fishthis week was taken by DonWalker of Jackson. It weighed19 lb 8 oz caught on a bomberin Belmar. I am hearing fromsome anglers that they aredoing poorly in the surf. The

fish are feeding on smallbunker that are always on themove you must be mobilealways watching for birds andsigns of fish breaking, swirlingor other anglers hooked up.This has been a good fall forboaters and surf anglers. Keepon the move and it doesn't hurtto have a few friends that willpoint you in the right direc-tion. Good luck and rememberrelease all you don't need, theyare our future.’’Chuck Furimsky, of the

International Fly TyingSymposium has announced“Fly tiers from around theglobe will demonstrate theirartistic use of fur, feathers, tin-sel and braid to create artificialfishing flies at the 25thAnniversary Edition of theInternational Fly TyingSymposium. The November21-22 event will be held at theGarden State Exhibit Center,50 Atrium Dr., in Somerset. Inaddition to demonstrations bythe nearly 100 artistic fly tiersfrom the United States, othernations represented includeCanada, France, Italy, theNetherlands, South Africa andSwitzerland. “In all, we antici-pate a potpourri fly tiersdemonstrating salmon, trout,bass, saltwater, and upwards of2,000 assorted artificial fly pat-terns,” said Symposium direc-tor Chuck Furimsky.Admission to the pre-Thanksgiving event is $15 onSaturday, $12 on Sunday or $22for both days. Symposiumhours are 9-5 on Saturday, 9-4:30 on Sunday. Parking isfree”.Capt Howard Bogan of the

Big Jamaica out of Briellereports “There is an earlymorning trip on Thanksgivingday from 6:30 am to 12:30 pm

for striped bass. For reserva-tion information call 732-528-5014”Capt Ryan of the Jamaica II

out of Brielle reports “10 hoursea bass 7:30 am November 20and 24. 12 hour sea bass 5:00 amNovember 22, and 25. 14 hoursea bass/cod marathon-everySaturday at 3:00 am andSunday November 29th. 18hour offshore sea bass/cod12:30 am November 27 and 28December 3, 10, 12, 17, 19, 20.’’Announcements of Interest:

November 21-22, 25thAnniversary Edition

International Fly TyingSymposium. Garden StateExhibit Center, 50 Atrium Dr.,Somerset, check outwww.internationalflyty-i n g s y m p o s i u m . c o m .November 21, 20th AnnualRahway Fishing Flea Market,St Thomas Church, 1400 StGeorges Ave., Rahway, 9:00am-2:00 pm.

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

FISHING TIPS BY JIM FREDA

An epic week for big bass fishing

TIP OF THE WEEKFROM JIM FREDA

The Tsunami 6.5 inchheavy weighted swimshad in the pearl color isthe artificial you want toget down deep quick tocatch big bass. From theboat cast out as far asyou can, let the lure sinkto the bottom, and thenretrieve back slowly.Strike hard as soon asyou feel a bump.


RICHLAND— The Point Borogirls soccer season came to aclose Tuesday night with a 2-1loss to Holmdel in the GroupII state tournament. The gamewas played out on the turf fieldat St. Augustine Prep Schooland mimicked the physicalityof an actual football game atmoments.The intensity and physicali-

ty of the contest only demon-strated the desire that bothteams came with in an effort tocontinue their soccer season.

Holmdel scored first in the22nd minute of the game. Han-nah Lee turned a throw-infrom Gabby Bair into a shot tothe upper corner against aPoint Boro team that was onits heels early.“I think really that second

half demonstrated everythingwe’re about. That first half wewere a little bit shell-shocked,”said head coach Mike Edolo. “Idon’t even really think theyhad the better play I think theyfelt more comfortable on turf.”Despite the Panthers taking

time to get acquainted to thestyle of the field, they wereable to get off some shots inthe first half and created somedangerous looks around thebox.“We had a couple of good

chances and they didn’t go in,”

stated Edolo. “Their onechance- I literally think theyhad one chance in the first halfand it went in. That happens.”Things went further south

for Point Boro with a merefour minutes left in the firsthalf when goalie Amye Za-lesky came out and challengedBair for a loose ball outside thebox.While neither player collid-

ed with the other during theplay, it appeared Zalesky’s footgot jammed into the turf re-sulting in a knee injury. ThePanthers’ defensive leader wasassisted off the field and fresh-man Riley Sexton was put ingoal for the remainder of thegame.Holmdel quickly took ad-

vantage six minutes into thesecond half and Lee and Bair

teamed up for another goal.This time Bair turned a passfrom Lee into a goal past a div-ing Sexton.But the Panthers continued

to do what they have done allseason: persevere. They con-tinued to chip away at theHolmdel defense before De-von Wondolowski was able toput a ball away with less thannine minutes left in the game.Point Boro visibly turned up

their play and pace in the clos-ing minutes of the game butthey could not break throughthe Holmdel defense a secondtime before the final whistlethat marked the end of a his-toric year for the Panthers.“They really, really fought,

played with heart and demon-strated their character. That’sthe thing about this team,” ex-

plained Edolo. “They’re allamazing characters, amazingpeople and I’m proud of everysingle one of them – proud ofwhat they accomplished allseason long.”Edolo also expressed his

pride in the seniors and howthey led the team all seasonlong.“Our seniors all year pulled

the group together and taughtthem how to lead, what itmeans to be a leader, what itmeans to show up every singleday and work as hard as youpossibly can and they taughtthem how to deal with adver-sity and keep on going,” hesaid.The loss was tough, espe-

cially for a team that accumu-lated 19 wins on the season butthe girls stood tall after the

game and it was easy to seethey would not take the seasonfor granted.Edolo made sure the team

knew not to define their sea-son by Tuesday’s final score.He summed up the season,

saying, “It was phenomenal.Without a doubt this was thebest collective team that I’vecoached and I feel like if youcame to see a game you sawthat. You saw the spirit theyhad, the passion they had, howmuch they cared for each oth-er, how much they fought foreach other and how muchthey wanted to be there foreach other.”“I couldn’t be happier with

them,” he continued. “I could-n’t be happier with them thisseason.”

POINT BORO GIRLS SOCCER NOTEBOOK

Panthers fall short in Group II Championship tournamentWondolowski scoredBoro’s lone goal in lossto Holmdel on Tuesday

COURTESY OF ROBIN BERGQUIST

A PASTA PARTY SURPRISE!U.S. Women’s National soccer team captain and Point Boro alum Christie Rampone dropped by the Boro girls soccer team’s pasta party the night before the quarterfinal round of the South Jersey GroupII state tournament. She offered encouraging words to the team that made their way to Thursday’s final round. Point Boro beat West Deptford in overtime 4-3 for the sectional title.

and it’s actually happened sothey’re excited.”Onnembo is pretty familiar

with success in athletics as amember of the girls soccerteam. The Panthers recentlywon a sectional title in theSouth Jersey Group II brack-et. Onnembo has been a keyrole player off the benchthrough the Panthers 19-winseason.Outside of playing lacrosse

in college Onnembo will pur-sue a major in elementary ed-ucation.Another perk of attending

GCU will be how close it is toPoint Pleasant. Less than ahalf hour away in Lakewood,Onnembo will be close tohome, which was importantin making her final decision.“I like how it’s close be-

cause I don’t know if I’mready to go far away fromhome yet,” she explained.While the experience will

surely be exciting, it comeswith some jitters but Onnem-bo knows she always has Mc-Court to look to for advice.

“It gives me a sense ofcomfort because she knowssome of the girls,” said On-nembo. “She’s been throughthe process and the experi-ence so it’s nice to know I canalways turn to her if I needto.”The GCU girls lacrosse

team is coming off a strong2015 campaign in which theywent 11-5 and fell just short ofwinning the Central AtlanticCollegiate Conference titlegame. Before Onnembo joinsthat top-level team though,she still has one more springseason with the Panthers.Last season Onnembo hit

six goals and dished out fiveassists with Point Boro. Theyplay in a tough A-Central di-vision but this year the teamwill be under new manage-ment.Lauren Conaty, also a GCU

alum, will be leading the Pan-ther team and Onnembohopes this year they can findtheir first win since 2013.


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