Brick Memorial's girls team continues at their force-of-nature pace, shooting 3087 in a win over Southern, with Victoria Bird (634), Amanda Shelters (620) and Jillian Stuart (657) crushing the pins. All five starters are AVERAGING 199+. But another Shore Conference team made some noise on Monday.
Manchester Township is a top team every year, to be sure, but the 2016-17 version is making a real case to be considered the #2 overall team. The Hawks are very solid top-to-bottom, with averages ranging from 193 to 168. On Monday, they put together their best performance of the year, and it was also the highest series by anyone other than Brick Memorial. Led by Kimberly Wolf's 649, Manchester totaled a healthy 2849. Again dominating Shore South-B, this is clearly the state Group 2 favorite, definitely a team to watch in February.
If all the groups hold from last year, Manchester's top competition may be another SC squad, Ocean Township, who rolled a strong 2642 on Monday. In Big North action, Holy Angels made their regular season debut count with a 4-player 2087. Greater Middlesex Conference leader Edison improved to 6-0/24-0 with 2 series in the 2400s; having shot 2700 in a tournament earlier this moth, we know they're capable of being in the Group III mix.
Toms River North Freshman Kamerin Peters continued her torrid early-season pace with a 619.
On the boys' side, Brick Memorial's case for #1 got a little stronger, with a huge 3292 led by John Boughton's 703. The other strong candidate, Woodbridge, fired 3153 & 3159 (led by James Stoveken's 726), but the latter match was actually a loss, as St. Joseph-Metuchen pulled off the upset with a big 3170, on the heels of a 3105 on Monday.
The GMC is neck-and-neck with the Shore Conference for strongest league in NJ. Woodbridge & St. Joseph are joined by East Brunswick (3299 on Tuesday behind Sam Bortnick's 747), South Brunswick (3108 featuring Tyler Kohutanycz's 722), and Old Bridge (3148 in a tie against South Brunswick), as well as Monroe and Sayreville, both in the top-20 in game average.
The top Shore Conference squads (aside from Brick Memorial) include Manasquan, off a 2991 series on Monday, Brick Township, whose 3162 on Tuesday featured Jordan Maliza going 300/756, Ocean Township, one of only 5 schools averaging over 200, and Toms River South, who's not far behind.
Livingston announced its presence with authority on Monday, defeating Seton Hall Prep with a 3126, and Sussex Tech topped 3000 again, with a 3043 (Joey Steele 723) against Sparta. Montville took charge of the NJIC with a 7-0 win over Madison in which they shot 2991. Big North results are just starting to trickle in, hope to get to a few later in the week.
Other 700s this week include:
Mike Curtis, New Egypt 731
Cameron LaPlant, JP Stevens 753
Kyle Schellberg, Dumont 709
Matt Gibney, Keansburg 749
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