Mid-week report

Lots of honor scores to list, but first some highlights from Monday & Tuesday.

#1 Brick Memorial kept it rolling (I should make a macro for that), improving to 21-0 in points and shooting 3103 behind Amanda Shelters (629), Victoria Bird (639) and Jillian Stuart (704).  #2 Brick Township had a great day themselves, totaling 2898 behind Emily Silber (623) and Caylin Ryan (639), but, well, Memorial.

Most of the rest of the top 10 were right around their averages, though #6 Ocean Township hit a new season high with 2806 in one of their two wins.  Dana Henry (641-608) and Jenn Ingulli (662-614) continue to impress.

Big North average leader, #10 Wayne Valley freshman Marissa Cosentini, fired 611 to lead her team to a 4-bowler 2129 and take hold of the best-team-in-conference mantle, at least for now.  Unranked GMC squad Colonia shot a season high 2270, so they may be one to watch.

One of my "keep an eye on" teams, West Deptford, shot a season-high 2330 and is trending up. Howell & Freehold, two teams so close in resume that I listed them as tied at #15 in NJ, played a predictably close match, with Howell winning 2-1, but Freehold taking the total wood moral victory 2342-2305. Should be fun to watch that Shore-Central-B battle all season.

600s

Julianna Forbes, Brick Township 603
Aimee Sherman, Jackson Memorial 631
Katie Robb, Kingsway 659
Heather Melendez, South Plainfield 626
Laryssa Fiore, Colonia 624
Carla Hansen, Gloucester Tech 613
Emily Alvarez, South Brunswick 637
Amelia Brunda, Holy Angels 603
Kristen Kane, Paramus Catholic 642
Rhianna Smith, Hopatcong (boys team) 623

Several of the top-ranked boys teams had slightly subpar matches, so we'll let them turn the page.  An exception was #3 East Brunswick, with a 3090 Monday (Daniel Lenk 748) and 3117 Tuesday.  #7 Brick Township had a solid 3105 on Monday before dropping off on Monday (despite Jordan Maliza's 728).

#11 Cherry Hill East nearly got their season average back above 200 with their 3073 match. #18 St. Joseph (Metuchen) and #20 Sussex Tech each cracked 3000, and look to move up.

#6 Toms River South is having a great week.Tuesday they carded 3178, Monday a season-high 3349 (#2 in NJ for the season), and Saturday they won their Roll With the Indians tournament.  They also came in second in the RWTI.  Yes, two TRS teams entered, and they both reached the finals in a tournament that featured both Brick schools among others.  This is a frightening group.

I'm-not-bad-at-this department: "keep an eye on" teams Montville and Warren Hills each broke 3000 and have pulled their season averages up from early-season totals and each could be ranked now.

I'm-not-good-at-this department: I chose Jackson Memorial as a team to watch, but not Jackson Liberty.  All that happened is that Liberty went out Monday and hammered Memorial 3-0 / 2892-2564 behind Josh Bottieri's 722.

But the worst call I made was having Sayreville in the "just missed" section.  I go where the numbers take me most of the time, but this was predictable, as the Bombers have a lot of talent. They showed it on Monday, shooting a huge 3287 (highlighted by Chris DeOcampo's 717) that only four teams in the state have topped in 2016. They, uh, may be ranked next time.

700s
Tyler Kohutanycz, South Brunswick 704
Kyle Chirichello, Brick Township 733
Rich Prozzo, Toms River South 710
Derek Lewandowski, Ridgefield Park 745
Austin Devereux, Manasquan 749
Nick Cilento, Pompton Lakes 749
Kyle Oliveri, Toms River South 731
Justin Malfitano, Toms River North 715
Anthony Fama, South Brunswick 715
Nathan Tombo, St. Joseph-Montvale 728

Thanks to all the coaches who responded to my email blast the last few days.  I received a lot of encouragement, a few corrections, many promises to pass along the link and several sets of tournament results I hadn't been able to locate on my own. Thanks to anyone who didn't respond, but took the time to check it out.