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Matawam Gains Reven HP nn Branclb tops 1-OU ge9 gli Long MATAWAN TOWNSHIP -The Matawan Regional High School football team yesterday got its revenge over the only team it couldn't beat last year but it didn't come easily It took a grand fourth-quarter defensive effort by the Huskies, the top-rated pre-season team, to halt the lightly regarded Long Branch Green Wave and preserve a 14-6 victory in Shore Conference Class Competition. The triumph was Matawan's ninth straight since suffering 13-0 at the hands of Long Branch in last year's season opener. The crucial series of plays began late in the final period, immediately following Matawan's second and decisive touchdown. Taking the ball on their own 20-yard line, the Tim Wilson-led Wave rolled to the Matawan four-yard line in 15 plays, helped by a 17-yard Wilson-to-Sam Mills pass. But at that point the Huskie defense swarmed allover Wilson on third down for a six-yard loss and on the following play Matawan's Ed (Yv7NW IK; k- A 1 111 1 VfvVry YMI A Sun- Sept 28, 1975 Asbury Park Press A football game won by Brick 27-14.

ill rr I I A rSm S1 a -V'' I wfe I Cr Jfc 1 Jeffrey Macintosh of Central Regional carries ball into the Brick Township line for short gain in Class Steward broke up a would-be pass from Wilson to-John Canessa on the goal line. The Matawan stand preserved the Huskies' second and winning TD, which came half-way into the third quarter. After two unsucessful plays, the Huskies' Ken Mandeville couldn't find a pass receiver on fourth down so he rambled thorough the middle of the Long Branch defense nine yards to the end zone. The touchdown climaxed a 74-yard drive involving 12 plays, all but one of them on the ground and all but one of the rushes short, except for a 13-yard right end sweep by Rickey Butler, A Mandeville-to-Rick Derechailo pass was good for two-point convesion. The Huskies also scored first, two-thirds of the way into the initial quarter, when Mandeville, the tailback in the single wing operation, passed four yards to Butler in the end zone.

The TD capped a 70-yard, 11 -play drive highlighted by a 25-yard run over right guard by fullback Gary Weber, the 1974 team's leading scorer and rusher. The kick attempt for a point-after-touchdown failed. But the joy of the partisan crowd turned sour almost before the Matawan band members tool their seals as Long Branch tied the score on the next series of plays, Wilson and Bob Grandinetti giving them a real jolt. Long Branch's Mike Canessa returned the Matawan kickoff 14 yards. The Wave moved up 15 yards when Wilson was roughed while passing.

Then Wilson went four yards on a sneak before passing to Grandinetti in the clear for a 48-yard scoring play. Wilson's attempted sneak for an extra point was foiled. After that Long Branch threatened once before Matawan's big stand, getting to the 13-yard line early in the second quarter before the Huskies took possession of the ball after throwing Wilson for two consecutive three-yard losses. Despite the loss. Long entral Gives Scare to Brick Green Prevail 27-14 But Big BERKELEY TOWNSHIP Two touchdowns by Mike Orenchuk overcame a surprisingly strong Central Regional attack yesterday and gave Brick Township a 27-14 victory in a Shore Conference Class A football game.

Although Brick's Green Dragons had been rated second in Central Jersay in a pre-season ranking by the Asbury Park Press, the team looked more like pretenders than contenders until things began to jell late in the second poriod. The unparalleled discipline which always murks Warren Warriors, Griffins, Lions, Gulls Victors uses two-platoon system almost exclusively, said there would be other two-way players joining Gawdun next week. "We have to get the best players in there," he said. Dspite the trouble Central caused Brick, Wolf said tie was not disappointed by the game. "They have a very good team and they are well-coached," he said.

"They were up for the game and we were lucky to win. I'm just glad we did win it." Alter the game, Wolf went to the Central locker room to congratulate Gardi and his team on the game they played. BRICK 0 8 1- CtNTRAL 7 0 0- Gravely run (Excl kick) Orenchuk, II run (kick tailed) Orenchuk, 6 run (kick foiled) DiMicco 12. run (Orenchuk kick) Gravely 1. run (tei kick) Gawdun 31, run (Aulisi kick BRICKCENTRAL First Downs Rushcs-vards passmq yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Peonies 12 34 209 28 S2 120 2 22 3-1 10 105 10 38 31 59 149 616 1 4 30 20 445 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Brick, Orenchuk.

14-8, Sctole 12-62, Gawdun 3-41 Central, King 1 7-32. Mac Intosh 14 25, Gravely 4 8 Rcceivina Brick, Orenchuk 1-28. Central, Francesco 4-62, C. Allen 1-1. Passing, Brick, Jonssen 2 22 0.

K. Allen 6-16-1. OFFICIALS Waldever, Zigmund, Davis, Weiss, Dougherty. Inside Scoreboard E2 Baseball Standings E2 Racing E2 About Tennis Efi Week in Review E16 Press Carrier E21 Dragon six. Four plays later, Ed Gravely bucked over from the one for the first of two TD's he was to score.

"We had them with their buck to the wall but we let up," said Central couch John Gardi. "They played well and they had a good team but they know they were in a game today." Brick fought back with its first sustained drive of the day, a 67-yard march that was climaxed with Oren-chuk's 11 -yard slant for the touchdown. But the kick failed and Central held a 7-6 lead. Then came the play that ran for two touchdowns and passed two more to lead Point Pleasant Beach over Freehold. The Garnet Gulls Mounted a 27-fl lead with three minutes to play before Leon Hayes and Charles Richardson scored for the Colonials.

Hayes scored on a 45-yard pass from Tim O'Connor and Richardson ran eight yards. John Barnstead ran for both Colonial conversions. Hartigan scored from the eight in the second quarter and on a one-yard sneak in the fourth quarter. He passes for scores to Steve Bates and Chip Sherman covering 15 and 13 yards respectively in the second quarter. Hartigan passed to Bates for one conversion and Kevin Farmer converted on a kick.

Wolf's teams seemed to be missing perhaps the results of a lost week of practive because of heavy rains. While it won, Brick also made simple mistakes like three 15-yurd penalties for personal fouls after the play hud ended. "I can't remember that ever happening before," Wolf admitted. "But they'll hear about it. We have a lot of work to do.

We have to work on everything." Central jumped off to a 7-0 lead late in the first period when Tom Consiglio returned a Brick punt to the Green Pat Cashin fell on a Seraph fumble late in the second quarter to make it 30-0 at the half. Bill Taylor plunged over from one yard out for the only score of the night in Middletown's upset at Bay- Night Games onne. That score came after the Lions received the opening kickoff and marched 79 yards in 21 plays. Kyle Parks kicked the extra point. The remainder of the game was a defensive struggle with neither team penetrating the other's 20.

Bayonne's deepest penetration was to the Middletown 24 in the third perod. Quarterback Tim Hartigan marked the turning point of the game. With fourth down and 22 yards to go on its own 31, Central tried to punt. But a bud snap from center sailed over the head of kicker Russ Dezendorf and Brick took over on downs at the Golden Eagle six. Orenchuk dashed in on thtt.

first pluy from scrimmage. After that, the game was all uphill for Central. George Gawdun, Brick's standout defensive back, intercepted a pass at the Dragon 44 and returned it to the Central 27. Two plays later Scott DiMicco ran off tackle for a 12-yard TD. Determined not to quit, Central drove 72 yards in 12 plays, the longest sustained drive by either side, with Gravely bucking over from the one for the score.

A fumble recovered at Brick's 33 gave Central a chance late in the third period to tie the score. But Brick's defense held firm and the Dragons took over on downs on the 16. Gawdun, used Wolf as a spot defensive player during the game, scored the final TD on a 31-yard off-tackle play. "They set it up for me by calling plays on the other side before I came in," said the 6-1, 190-pound senior who was a first team All Shore defensive back last year. "But I was hoping I wouldn't have to play offense.

I was hoping they would move the' ball better. It's tiring playing both ways and it's hard to get up for both ways." But Wolf, who normally Asbury Park Press Tailback Ken Mandeville of Matawan (42) lifts the football into the air after scoring a critical touchdown during game yesterday against Long Branch. Matawan, rated as the top Shore team in this week's Asbury Park Press Poll, struggled to a 1 4-6 win. Battle of New Jersey Is Won by Princeton Branch's coach, Frank Glazier, received hearty applause from many in the audience for staying close with such a highly rated team. He wasn't surprised, however, saying: "We go into every game to win." Long Branch 6 0 0 06 Matawan Reg.

6 0 6 0 14 Matawan Butler 4 pass trom AAande-vulle (kick failed). Long Branch Grandinetti 48 pass from Wilson (run failed). Matawan Mandeville 9 run (Der-echailo doss from Mandeville) LB. MR. First downs 11 11 Rushes-yardage 33 83 40 182 Passing yardage 120 29 Returns yardage 2-16 2-38 Passes 6-15 0 5-12 2 Punts-average 3 33 3-36 Fumbles-lost 2 1 3-1 Penalties yardage 6-45 3-45 Individual Statistic RUSHING: Long Branch, Canessa 8 49, Batina 5-18.

M. Canessa 3-11, Fed- erltl 1-4. Wilson 16 Matawan, WeDer 14-80, Butler 7 45, Steward 12-34, Mandeville 7 23. RECEIVING: Long Branch, Mills 5-72. Grandinetti 1-48; Matawan, Neal 1-15, Steward 1-9, Butler 1-4, Derechailo 14, Weber 1-3.

PASSING: Long Branch, Wilson 6-15-0, 120; Matawan Mandeville 5-12-2, 29. OFFICIALS Carlone, Byrne, Naiman, Lormer. PRINCETON (AP)- The Princeton Tigers opened their season here yesterday with a 111-7 victory over Rutgers in the nation's oldest collegiate football rivalry in a game marked by crucial penalties. Rutgers took a 7-11 lead two-thirds through the first quarter when fullback Curt Edwards capped an 11-play, 71-yard drive with a 3-yard plunge over right guard slot. Following the kickoff, which was downed in the end zone, Princeton quarterback Ron Beible handed off to Mike Carter, who fumbled at the 29.

Defensive end Nate Toran recovered for Rutgers atthe2K. On the next play, Rutgers quarterback Matt Allison handed off to Keith Davis, who scampered around right end for an apparent score, but a holding penalty brought the ball back to the 41 yard line. Four plays later a 30-yard Bill Bradley field goal attempt was wide to the right. Five minutes 'into the second period, Princeton's Scott Morrison booted a 31-yard field goal to narrow the gap. The day's final score came at the end of a 12-play "series' early in the third period when Beible scored on a keeper from less than one yard out.

Rutgers fans managed to tear down only one of the goal posts, but this year they waited until after the game. Last year's contest, which ended in a ti-ft tie, was marred when Rutgers fans tore down the goal post with two minutes left in the game, preventing Princeton from attempting a game-wining extra point kick The loss dropped Rutgers record to 1-1. The win gave Princeton a 53-12-1 edge in the football rivalry dating back to 18u9. Last year's B-(i contest was the series' only deadlock. The predicted quarterback duel between Allison, a former Philadelphia Phillies farmhand, and Beible, in his third year in the signal-calling spot, was won handily by the Princeton star Filling in for the injured Bert Kosup.

Allison completed six of 17 passing attempts, but managed only 34 yards Beible completed 13 of 21 attempts for 135 yards. Both quarterbacks had one pass intercepted. Rutgers defensive back Jim Teatom intercepted an errant Beible toss at the Rutgers 44 late in the second period and returned it 42 yards to the Princeton 14, only to have the play called back on a clipping penalty Nine plays later Bradley's second field goal attempt, from the 15 was wide to the left. Rutucrs 7 0 0 0 7 Princi'lon 0 3 7 0 10 Rut Edwards run (Bradley kick) Pn FG Morrison .10 Pri Bmble I run (Mortisoit kick A Manasquan High School had a surprisingly easy time in beating Ocean Township, 38-26, last night. In other games played last night St.

Joseph's ripped Mater Dei 42-0, Middletown Township surprised Bayonne 7-0 and Point Pleasant Beach took Freehold 27-6. Manasquan quarterback Mark Lockenmeyer ran for two touchdowns and fired a 75-yard scoring pass to split end Dan Richey on the final play of the first half to power the Blue Warriors at Ocean Township. The underdog Spartans twice jumped into the lead in the first half before Lockenmeyer took over. With Ocean leading 14-6 he scored on two and seven-yard sweeps and then broke Ocean's back with his long bomb to Richey on the final play of the half. A pair of scores by Man-asquan's Jim Roberts hiked the Warriror's lead to 38-14 in the final quuarter before Ocean tallied a pair of late touchdowns on a three yard run by Brian Clayton and a George Avallone scoring pass.

Quarterback Brian Hanifan passed for two touchdowns, ran for a third, threw for a pair of two-point conversions and ran for another to lead St. Joseph's over Mater Dei at Toms River. It was the second straight overwhelming victory for coach Bob Fiocco's Griffins, a week after a 44-0 victory over St. James of Carney's Point. Hanifan swept left end from the two in the second quarter and threw a four-yard TD pass to Pete Murray in the third and swept in from three yards out in the fourth for his three scoring plays.

Dan Cook's 52-yard option pass to end Bill Strohmenger opened the Griffins' scoring in the first period. Minutes later, Brent Vuyovich intercepted a Peter Cahill pass and took it in from the 32. mmM pil, fttff 111 Rutgers Princeton 12 IV 40-liO 57 196 34 I JS 79 60 6 17 1 13 211 7 43 4-29 11 4-2 ,14. First downs Rushes vords Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles lost Penalties-yards 4 36 and hits receiver Bob. House for scholastic football season with a Beordsley Asbury Pork Prest a touchdown (right) during third quarter of 1.0 7 victory, (see story E-5).

A SCORING TOSS Neptune quarterback game against Toms River High School South Jim Valente (12) rears back (left) yesterday. South opened the 1975 s4 4.