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1-12 Asbury Park PressSunday, October 1 8, 1 987 Red Raiders9 Cabrera off to a blazing start Titans shock Hornets a defensive end, he recorded Week USTYtAR tory for the Red Raiders. "When Efrain touches the football, anything can happen," Ciccotclli said. He's very fast, strong and has a great desire to be the best." WJU I hi TUBE 6MAtS Wit5 thLfJli OH CARRIES kW Id SSW SWAtt iffiiz Wt7 roucHt yvliy By THERESA SHEVLIN Press Staff Writer KEYPORT In the fall of 1985, sophomore Efrain Cabrera was a starting defensive lineman for Keyport High's football team. During the summer of 1986, Cabrera asked coach Mike Ciccotclli if he could play fullback and he worked all summer preparing himself. "Over the summer, I told Chick (Ciccotclli) that I wanted to run the ball and start as fullback or halfback," Cabrera said.

"I studied the playbook over the summer, worked on my speed and Chick gave mc a tryout in the fall." With the help of the playbook and John Kemp (the starting halfback for Keyport at the time), Cabrera earned himself a spot as fullback and played defensive end as well. "In my first game as a fullback against Manchester, I gained 238 yards and scored four touchdowns," Cabrera said. "That's when I knew that's what I wanted to do." Cabrera had an outstanding junior season, both on ofTcnsc and defense. He gained 1,104 yards (fourth at the Shore) and scored 1 7 touchdowns. As Gulls' return success Press Staff Report POINT PLEASANT BEACH Point Pleasant Beach returned to the football field yesterday exhibiting aggressive enthusiasm.

The host Garnet Gulls responded with a 31-0 non-conference victory against Manchester. Point Beach was forced to forfeit last week to Kcansburg because of a lack of players. "You just witnessed 28 young kids' opinions that Point Beach football will survive," said coach Bob Grace after the game. "We've had the best week of practice, as far as intensity is concerned. We're still banged up a bit.

"Everyone counted us out but the kids responded." Many spectators came out to support the team on this Homecoming Day. They weren't disappointed. After a plane flew over with a "Go tackles for losses. "Efrain's success as a fullback is something that he had to develop and work on," Ciccotclli said. "At first, he was running into people and it didn't come natural.

As the season progressed, he started becoming more of a running back and began utilizing his speed and following blocks. "This year, everything comes natural. It's just a matter of giving him the football and letting him go." In the Red Raiders' first three games, he gained 498 yards on 44 carries and scored seven touchdowns. He is tied for the Shore lead in scoring with 42 points and is first in rushing yards. He has also recorded six sacks on defense.

He is also The Press' Athlete of the Week. Cabrera, who is the team's captain this year, has set high goals for this season. But they are goals he feels are attainable. "I want to achieve over 1,000 total yards rushing in as few carries as possible," Cabrera said. "My goal for the season is a 350-yard game, and it is possible." So far this season, Cabrera's best game was 198 yards on 13 carries against Admiral Farragut, a 43-7 vic i -j J' 4r 4 -MIL: i'kt Cabrera not only stars on gridiron, but on the track as well.

In the spring, he runs the 100 and 200 meters and competes in the long jump for the Red Raiders' track team. In his sophomore year, Cabrera was first at the Central Jersey Group I meet in the 100 meters with a time of 10.8. In his junior year, he was out for most of the track season with a pulled hamstring, but still managed to defend his CJ I 100-meter title in 10.8 and placed second in the long jump at 22 feet. Cabrera's goals are to better the one's accomplished in his previous year's which he feels he continually has to work for. "What I accomplished junior year, I have to do again this year," he said.

"In football, I want to gain over 1,000 yards. In track, I want to begin the season with a 10.8 in the 100. I have to work extra hard in football without John Kemp. The gift from God for mc is my power to keep on achieving." if i Lopez scored the final touchdown with 1:04 remaining in the game. The Red Raiders marched 65 yards in seven plays to open the scoring at 7:43 of the first period.

Quarterback Lou Tomasello sneaked over from the one for the points and Tom Parnaby kicked the extra point. The key play was a 42-yard pass completion to the six, from Tomasello to Dan Calicari. On the Red Raiders' next scries, Carbrera's 61 -yard run and Parnaby's kick upped the margin to 14-0 with 5:28 left. A 3 1 -yard punt returned 17 yards by Steve Antonucci set up Keyport at the 24 early in the second period. A 15-yard penalty moved the Raiders back, but Cabrera ran for 17 yards and Tomasello hit Antonucci for a 32-yard touchdown pass.

Parnaby converted again. On Keyport's next series, Tomasello connected with Calicari for a 35-yard touchdown toss. Tom Falkowski J6 the 1 Press Staff Report KEANSBL'RG After not having to play last week because of a forfeit win over Point Beach, Keans-burg coach Frank Kuhl had to work his team extra hard for yesterday's Shore Conference Class contest against Holmdel. One of the areas Kuhl worked on was his special teams, a weak area in the Titans' loss to Highland Park. The work paid off as several key plays by the special teams paced Kcansburg to a 20-18 win over the Hornets.

The Titans are now 3-1 and in first place (3-0) in Class D. Holmdel dropped to 2-2(1-1). "We've been working especially hard with the special teams for the last three weeks," said Kuhl. "They hurt us quite a bit in our first loss and we've been concentrating on it." A blocked extra point, a fumble recovery run back for a TD on a kickoff and the stopping of a Holmdel two-point conversion that could have tied the game were the highlights. Senior Robert Shechan was involved in two of the plays.

Trailing 12-7 at the start of the third quarter, Kcansburg kicked off and Holmdel's Lee Brady fumbled the ball after being hit by the Titans' Michael Reeves and Jamie Nieradka. Sheehan picked up the loose ball and ran it 23 yards for the TD. This play ignited Kcansburg for the remainder of the afternoon. "I saw Brady go down and then I saw the ball pop loose," said Sheehan. "I picked it up and couldn't believe it when there was no one around.

I just ran it right in." Against a charged-up Keansburg defense, the Hornets could go nowhere on their next possession and were forced to punt. The Titans took over on "the Holmdel 40 and, six plays later, had third-and-10 from the 13. John Mi-hovch threw a pass to James Ferraro which was deflected by defender Eric Jaeger. However, the ball fell into the hands of Maurice Wheeler, standing in the end zone for the TD. Mihovch kicked the extra point, giving Keansburg a 20-12 lead with 7:43 left in the third quarter.

Holmdel had a chance to tie the game with 2:29 left after Brady, who gained 124 yards and scored three, touchdowns, capped a four-play, 48-yard drive with a five-yard run. The Hornets lined nn for thp tivo-nnint conversion but quarterback Daryl Zas-low was hit by Anthony Meyer and! Shechan as he went back to pass. "Meyer made'a nice play on stopping the two-point attempt," said Kuhl. "He did a fine job on defense all afternoon." It was an outstanding afternoon for Mihovch, a senior who completed 1 3 of 23 passes for 1 56 yards and two touchdowns. "We wanted to establish John this afternoon," said Kuhl.

"He had an excellent game and proved he's a prime quarterback. But this was a total team effort today." Holmdel Keansburg First Downs 11 9 Rushes-yards 40-121 25-23 Passing yards 100 156 Passing 4-11-0 13-23-0 Return yards 28 94 Punting 6 30 3-22 Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-1 Penalties 5-55 2-9 Holmdel 6 6 0 6 18 Keansburg 0 7 13 0 20 Lee Brady 19 run (kick failed). Mike Reeves 42 pass from John Mihovch (Mihovch kick). Brady 1 run (kick failed). Robert Sheehan 23 fumble return (kick failed).

Maurice Wheeler 13 pass from Mihovch (Mihovch kick). Brady 5 run (run failed). INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Lee Brady 22-124, Keith Levant 6-13. Wheeler 8-19, Mihovch 12-1. Reeves 5-3.

PASSING Daryl Zaslow 4-10-0. 100; Brady 0-1-0, Mihovch 13-23-0, 156. RECEIVING Drew Piscatelli 3-72, Howie Teitelbaum 1-28. Reeves 3-66, Wheeler 5-42, Anthony Meyer 5-48. tunnel," he said.

"I see a little light and I think that's good." TR North Marlboro First Downs 22 12 Rushes-yards 54-227 19-80 Passing yards 78 216 Passing 9-20-2 9-19-0 Return varHc fit 44 Punting 2-19 3-33 Fumbles-lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties 3-25 2-20 TR North 0 3 0 7 Marlboro 0 3 12 0 Robbie Bender 28 field goal. TRN Corey Reading 26 field goal. John Wilburn 8 run (kick failed). Eric Bethea 64 pass from Wilburn (p tailed). TRN Ryan Klein 19 run (Reading kick).

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING TRN: Ryan Klein 32-158. Wylie 11-53. Dustin Finley 11-26. Andr Levine 6-38, Glenn Messinger 5-16. PASSING TRN: Dustin Finley 9-20-2.

78. John Wilburn 9-19-0. 216. RECEIVING TRN: Matt Wylie 5-55. Ke Ryan 1-8.

Mike Hildicft 3-15 Mike Lorertj 39. Eric Bethea 5-159. Glenn Messinger 2-18. Asbury Park Press TIME FOR ADJUSTMENTS Manasquan defensive coordinator Don Reid talks with several of his defensive players during yesterday's Shore Conference Class South game with Wall. The Big Blue defeated the visiting Crimson Knights, 15-14.

Keyport clobbers Allentown, 47-8 Gulls Football" banner, Point Beach put together a long march during the game's first few minutes. Starting from their own 35, the Gulls moved the ball consistently downfield. Running back Ned Martin opened things with four successive carries, netting 13 yards. Then quarterback Lee Linton took over. Linton passed to Trent Wolfersbergcr for 14 yards, putting the ball at Manchester's 38.

After a short Wolfersbergcr run, Linton connected with Joe Michigan for eight yards and a first down at the 26. Following an incompleted pass, Linton scrambled for 17 yards giving Point Beach a first down. at the II. Martin completed what he started when he swept around right end for the score. It appeared that everything was going Point Beach's way as Linton's extra point kick hit the crossbar and sailed through.

Point Beach was in full flight by the second quarter, scoring 17 points. The first touchdown was set up by the ftVst of two Linton interceptions. Taking over on Manchester's 43, Martin carried three times netting a first down at the 32. Linton completed a pass to Wolfersbergcr for eight yards to the 24. A run lost a yard and then Linton passed to Michigan for 12 yards to the 13.

Linton scooted around left end and dived into the end zone for the TD. Linton intercepted another pass on Manchester's next possession, giving Point Beach the ball at the Hawks' 34. Linton's 36-yard field goal followed. Point Beach closed its scoring in the first half when the Gulls' punt return unit tackled the Manchester punter at the Hawks' 10. On the next play, freshman Aaron Bosco blasted through the Manchester line for the score.

Manchester Point Beach First Downs 4 13 Rushes-yards 25-19 46-109 Passing yards 39 91 Passing 4-25 3 8-18-0 Return yards 80 31 Punting 6-23 5-34 Fumbles-lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties 5-37 9-75 Manchester 0 0 0 00 Point Beach 7 17 7 0 31 Ned Martin 1 1 run (Lee Linton kick). Linton 13 run (Linton kick). Linton 36 field goal. Aaron Bosco 10 run (Linton kick). Martin 2 run (Linton kick).

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Thurston Moore 6-20, Ed Hosier 9-36. John Spear 1-3, Dennis Adams 9-(-40); Trent Woltersberger 8-32. Bosco 4-5. Martin 14-39, Linton 5-46. Andrew Crowe 1-2.

Stephen White 2-2. Dan Morgan 2(1 7). PASSING Adams 4-24 3. 32; Spear 0-1-0. Linton 8-17-0, 91; White 0-1-0.

0. RECEIVING Marquis Goins 1-10. Ken Palmer 1-10, Moore 1-7, Dan Hilliard 1-12; Wolfersljfrger 3-30. Joe MichigV, 3-25. Rob Toledo 1-6.

Jerry Hurst 1-30. blocked the kick, but Keyport had a 27-0 lead with 7:07 left in the half. Cabrera ran 47 and 62 yards for touchdowns on Keyport's only two scrimmage plays of the third period and Parnaby added two more conversions to make the score 41-0 with 54 seconds left in the quarter. Tim Maglosky partially blocked a Keyport punt to set up Allentown's touchdown. The Redbirds took possession at the Red Raiders' 39 and, four plays later, Chris Serbes circled right end for the score.

Falkowski threw to Manny Bonnilla for a two-point conversion. "Except for the Vailsburg game, the team's lived up to my expectations," Ciccotclli said. "We self-destructed there." Vailsburg beat Keyport 26-14 last week after Keyport had taken an early 14-0 lead. "They had a bad taste in their mouths after that game," he said. "All week they thought about coming back." to complete a 64-yard play and give Marlboro its 12-point lead with 7:07 to go in the third quarter.

That was after Wilburn's eight-yard run snapped a 3-3 halftime deadlock. "Bethea has never played football before," said Tardiff. "He's the stepbrother of Ben McAlister who started for us at that position (flanker) before he had a knee operation. So Eric came out (for football) and didn't even know how to get in a stance. He gives us the one thing Marlboro has never really had, great speed." North, which received a magnificent effort from senior Ryan Klein (122 of his 156 yards rushing came in the second half), reached Marlboro territory on eight of its nine possessions.

Five times it penetrated the Marlboro 30-yard line but ca(me away with only a field goal by Corey Read Press Staff Report KEYPORT It was a buck, a blast and a belly yesterday for Keyport running back Efrain Cabrera as the Red Raiders pummcled Allentown, 47-8, in a Shore Conference Class football game. Cabrera scored touchdowns on runs of 62, 61 and 47 yards and piled up 186 yards in just nine carries, before setting out the final period. All three touchdowns came on first-down plays off the right side of his line. Coach Mike Ciccotclli explained the terminology. "The buck is right up the gut, the blast is between the guard and the tackle and the belly is outside the tackle," he said.

"They looked like the same play, but they were all different." Keyport (3-1) scored two touchdowns in each of the first three quarters, then Ciccotclli turned the game over to the reserves. Sophomore Jack By TONY GRAHAM Press Staff Writer MARLBORO TOWNSHIP The Marlboro football team earned its pins yesterday. "Sec these," said Marlboro coach George Tardiff pointing to a blue "MILS Pride" pin attached to his jacket after the Mustangs' 15-10, pins-and-nccdles victory over Toms River North in a non-conference game. "Last week when we lost (to Middle-town South) we didn't give them the pins." said Tardiff. "We figured we need more pride than that.

Now, we're going to give them the pins because they showed the pride." Marlboro (2-2) showed some rapid-fire scoring punchjjvith a pair of third-quarter touchdowns to build a stangs Allentown Keyport First Downs 13 14 Rushes-yards 28-46 28-279 Passing yards 101 130 Passing 12-27-4 6-8-0 Return yards 120 141 Punting 3-32 2-16 Fumbles-lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties 1-5 10-95 Allentown 0 0 0 88 Keyport 14 13 14 6 47 Lou Tomasello 1 run (Tom Parnaby kick). Etrain Cabrera 61 run (Parnaby kick). Steve Antonucci 32 pass from Tomasello (Parnaby kick). Dan Calicari 35 pass from Tomasello (kick failed). Cabrera 47 run (Parnaby kick).

Cabrera 62 run (Parnaby kick). A Chris Serbes 2 run (Manny Bonnilla pass from Tom Falkowski). Jack Lopez 2 run (kick failed). INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Serbes 8-35. Travis Bailey 9-23, Cabrera 9-186, Parnaby 7-20, Darryl Lee 3-23.

Lopez 5-19. PASSING Falkowski 12-27-4101, Tomasello 6-8-0130. RECEIVING Jason Marsilios 7-68. Todd Kolbe 2-13. Bonnilla 2-12, Calicari 2-77, Steve Antonucci 2-43, Bill Siegle 1-15.

ing and a Ryan 19-yard TD gallop. "We did it all today except put the ball in the end zone and that's my fault because I'm the head coach," said North first-year coach Rick Dis-poto. "Offensively, we're getting better," said Dispoto. "I think we had some great performances by key individuals. But we didn't put the ball in the end zone and that's the bottom line.

"But as far as young men are concerned I think our guys showed their character. Being down 15-3, there are not that many teams that could drive the length of the field twice. We punched it in once. We were just about a minute behind on the other one." Tardiff said he believes his two-year-old program is making progress. "I see light at the end of the survive Mariners' late rally 15-3 lead.

Then it hung on for dear life. North (1-3) scored early in the fourth quarter and then drove from its own 19 to the Marlboro seven-yard line with 24 seconds remaining in the game. On fourth down, a blitzing Eddie Birdsall flushed North quarterback Dustin Finley out of the pocket where he was tripped up at the five by Robbie Binder on the final play of the game. Along with its new-found pride, Marlboro showed the powerful right arm of senior quarterback John Wil-burn and an exciting new receiver, junior Eric Bethea. Bethea (5 catches for 159 yards), a legitimate home run threat, caught a Wilburn pass at the Nqffth 35-yard line and sprinted the rest of the way.