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Asbury Park PressSunday, December 6, 1987 1-11 Scholastic Raecocas Valley shunts out Point Boro, 26-0 By JOHN BUSH by any quarterback. That thing was Ci Ox V- A A tt 1- is i Rancocas Valley's Sam Jenkins is pulled down by Point Boro's Rex Simon NANCY RtCHMONDAsbury Park Prau (26) and Mike Hasson during yesterday's Group III playoff game. completion of the game. "They followed him over, almost amounting to Press Staff Writer POINT PLEASANT Rancocas Valley didn't try to hide its arsenal from Point Pleasant Boro, even though the Red Devils' main weapon came in the form of 5-foot-9, 175-pound running back Sam Jenkins. And Jenkins couldn't be stopped.

He ran 39 times for 200 yards and a touchdown, caught another TD and carried Rancocas Valley (9-2) to a 26-0 win over Point Boro (8-3) in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association South Jersey Group III final yesterday at Alumni Field. The Panthers ended their season with two straight losses. "Jenkins is an outstanding football player," said Point Boro coach Al Saner. "They did everything that they wanted him to do and he did it better than we did. "Plus, we got a good old-fashioned whipping along the line-of-scrim-mage." "We started out giving me the ball as usual," said Jenkins, a senior.

"Unless they stopped me. We have a lot of weapons on the team at every position, so they don't really have to go to me. But they did. Jenkins was THE Rancocas Valley offense for much of; the first halt. He took the opening kickolT 29 yards to the Devils' 45.

He gained 39 yards and three first downs and took the ball to the 21 on the following seven plays. From there, Jenkins took a handoff from Quar terback Gene Kline, met a wall of, Point Boro defenders, spun around and sprinted into the end zone. "I was looking up and (the referees) didn't blow, the whistle," said Jenkins. "So I swung back around and I saw an opening and I went around them." "We hit him and he bounced off and he slipped and he ran and he did everything," said Saner. Willie Allen's extra point made it 7-0 with just 3: 1 1 elapsed in the game.

The Devils' defense took over, forcing two interceptions and a punt during the Panthers' next three series. The second interception was by Butch Van Dunk. The 5-9, 170-pound senior TRS From page 1-1 methodically responded with scores of their own, allowing Toms River South to borrow the momentum, but not keep it. "They didn't give us the opportunity to break their momentum with an incompleted pass," said Toms River South assistant head coach George Bossow. "We had trouble with teams that specifically run the ball, but coming in we felt their entire offense was stoppable.

We had people at the point of attack, but they still blocked us. They just outexecuted us that's the bottom line." The play in the Washington Township playbook that injured Toms River South most was one called 32-38 counter crisscross. Basically, the halfback takes a handoff one way, hands back to the wingback going the other way and he follows the backside guard. Yesterday Ross scored on that same play on runs of 59 and six yards. Ross' 59-yard run with 2:04 left in the second quarter broke a 7-7 tie.

Four plays later, Washington Township got the ball back when Pete Sandler stepped in front of a Carlos Hernandez pass intended for Lami-cella out of the backfield. On the next play, working from the South 46, the Minutemen guessed right again. Quarterback Dave Koerner moved left on an option. He made a great read, cut up field, shook the safety and went all the way for the touchdown. "We overcommitted on the option and we let it get out of the backfield," Bossow said.

"That really hurt." The Minutemen went into the locker room confident and ahead, yards on two carries to the Panthers' 45. From there, he went in motion from right to left, took off on a fly pattern, beat defensive back Rex Simon and caught Gene Kline's pass for a 45-yard touchdown. Allen's extra right on the money, over the shoulder. Sam never broke stride." Rancocas Valley added one mora score before the half ended, going 48j yards in seven plays. Jenkins ran foij 30 yards, 10 more were provided by Point Boro on a personal foul pcnaltyj and the final eight came when tlv Devils crossed evervone uo and ran handoff to fullback Otis Lang, whoj broke through the middle for thrf touchdown.

With a 20-0 lead, the Devils didn't throw the ball in the second half. With a defense that held the Panthers to four first downs and five yards rusty ing for the entire game, they didn'j need to. i "I've never seen us more domif nant," said Lazaruk. "That defense blended together about midseason and they've been tough ever since." i "They beat us on the line of scrim mage defensively," said Saner. "Wt tried everything, we gambled, we did everything we could and nothinj helped us." Three fumbles hurt the Panther chances in the second half as well, th( most costly coming after Kevin Hynes recovered a Jenkins fumble on Devils' 36.

The Panthers moved th ball to the 20, but on third-and-six receiver Glen Thur fumbled a Colomj-bino pass at the 17 and the Devils recovered. Rancocas Valley Point Boro First Downs 12 5 Rushes yards 46 212 15 4 Passing yards 45 83 Passing 1-6 1 8-20-2 Return yards 117 66 Punting 3-24 7-34 Fumbles-lost 3-1 4 3 Penalties 4-35 6-55 Rancocas Valley 14 6 0 6 26 Point Boro 0 0 0 00 Sam Jenkins 21 run (Willie Allen kick). Jenkins 45 pass from Gene Kline (Allen kick). -j' Otis Lang 8 run (kick blocked). Butch Van Dunk 82 punt return (kick failed).

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS i RUSHING Jenkins 39-200, Lang 2-11, David Minor 1-3, Kline 4- (-2); Rex Simon 6-7, Michael Hasson 4-9, Anthony Colombino 4- (-14). Thomas Webber 1-2. PASSING Kline 1-5-1 45. Jenkins 0-1-0: Colombino 8-19-2 83, Glen Thur 0-1-0. RECEIVING Jenkins 1-45: Hasson 2-17, Brad Sakele 2 17, Thur 2 13, Simon 1-26.

Michael Meyers 1-10. Keyport From page 1-1 i .4 final TD. Five plays later Parnaby took it the final three yards, going off-tackle right to make the score 20-12. I The Keyport defense was able to hold Asbury Park's explosive offense in check all game, led by Jcffcoat, who recovered a fumble and hit anything wearing black and blue. Asbury Park struck first in the opening quarter after Ken Davis partially blocked a George Mazur punt, giving the Blue Bishops the ball at the Keyport 35.

Keyed by a 25-yard screen pass to Joe Johnson, Asbury Park scored eight plays later to take a 6-0 lead with 7:25 left in the first quarter. Keyport Asbury Park First Downs 9 7 Rushesyards 33 139 40-76 Passing yards 77 98 Passing 513-0 8 17-1 Return yards 31 54 Punting 7-33 3-29 Fumbles-lost 1-0 4-3 Penalties 5 35 4-33 Keyport 0 6 7 7 20 Asbury Park 6 0 0 6 12 A Tony Reevey 1 run (kick failed). Lou Tomasello 2 run (kick failed). Efrain Cabrera 54 run (Tom Parnaby kick). A Wright 1 run (run failed).

Parnaby 3 run (Parnaby kick). INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Cabrera 22 131, Parnaby 7-0, Tomasello 3-8, Steve Antonucci 1-0; Wright 14-17, Reevey 7-0, Larry Johnson 14-52. Dennis Foster 5-7. PASSING Tomasello 5-12 0 77, Cabrera 0-1-0; Wright 8 1 71 98. RECEIVING Dan Calicari 4-72, Antonucci 15; Joe Johnson 1-25, Tommy Davis 2-21; Calvin Codgill 1-8, Johnson 3-23, Neptune Madison Central First Downs 14 13 Rushes-yards 41 135 44-282 Passing yards 97 33 Passing 6-14-0 2-3 0 Return yards 41 47 Punting 4-42 4-26 Fumbles-lost 21 1-0 Penalties 4 46 6-30 Neptune 0 3 0 69 Madison Central 6 6 8 6 26 Ed Walsh 92 run (kick failed) Vinnie Lisanti 3 run (run tailed) Matt Gartley 27 field goal Brian Donnelly 26 pass from Walsh (Donnelly pass trom Walsh).

Mike Boden 2 run (pass tailed). Ron Riggans 27 pass from Maurice Revels (run failed). INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Anthony Singletary 15 64. Robbie White 16-49, Maurice Revels 9 27 Ed Walsh 20-189, Tom Angelucci 13-58. Mike Boden 4-11.

Vin Lisanti 4-13, Rich Barcelo 3 9 PASSING Maurice Revels 6 14 0. 97 Ed Walsh 2-3-0, 33. RECEIVING Claude Collins 2-36. Rob bie White 2-34, Anthony Singletary 1-5, Ron Riggan 1-27. point made it 14-0 with the first quarter.

"The play I was excited about for (Jenkins) was the darned touchdown pass," said Rancocas Valley coach Bruce Lazaruk of his team's only Colongo into the line. Colongo was hit, but bounced to the outside, picked up a great block from Chris Tillison and rumbled in for the score. Neptune From page 1-1 mistake in the third quarter put them down for good. On fourth-and-four at the Neptune 36, Walsh ran six yards to a first down at the 30. Two plays later he gunned the ball to Donnelly behind two defenders in the end zone for a game-breaking score.

"We called for a switch, what we call a switch stunt," Amabile said of Walsh's key, first-down run. "The defensive end was supposed to go up the football field. I don't know why but the kid went inside, he didn't belong inside, and the quarterback went right around him. That hurt us, that really hurt us. "I thought that was the big, big play in the game.

Not so much the 92-yard touchdown or the fumble, that -A 1:04 left in picked off an Anthony Colombino pass at the Devils' 10 before being brought down at his own 26. "The better the defense does, the better the offense does," said Jenkins. Thus inspired, Jenkins ran for 29 Wash. Twp. 13 52-321 0 0-2-0 78 4-30 1-0 7-55 TRS 17 17-115 169 15-34-2 56 237 1-1 1-5 First Downs Pass'ng yards Passing Return yards Punting Penalties Washington Twp ..7 14 6 7 34 Toms River South 0 7 12 0 19 Chris Tillison 1 run (Mike Dulude kick).

Matt Kennedy 4 pass from Carlos Hernandez (Jim Lutzweiler kick). Ralph Ross 58 run (Dulude kick). Dave Koerner 46 run (Dulude kick). Tom Sutaris 7 pass from Hernandez (pass failed). Ross 6 run (kick failed) LaBarca 17 pass from Hernandez (pass failed).

Geno Colongo 37 run (Mark Rago kick). INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Ralph Ross 12-142, Chris Tillison 20-86. Geno Colongo 13-58, Dave Koerner 7-35. TR: Vince Muse 9-51, Pete Lamicella 7-63, Carlos Hernandez 1-1. PASSING Koerner 0-2-0-0.

TR: Hernandez 15-33-2-169. LaBarca 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING TR: LaBarca 5 -67, Sutaris 3-31, Kennedy 2-11, Muse 2-16, Lamicella 2-36. Tom Krill 1-8. The Indians, however, came out in the second half winging.

Hernandez clicked on eight of his first nine passing attempts in the third quarter. Hernandez capped the drive with a seven-yard scoring pass to Tom Sutaris. South gambled and went for two points, but Hernandez' pass to Chip LaBarca fell incomplete. But with their lead trimmed to 21-13 with 1 1:30 left in the third quarter, Washington Township showed wnatft they wre made of The Minutemen drove 63 yards, converting a fourth and one alone the way. Ross culmi nated the drive with a six-yard run on the counter play for a 27-13 lead.

South came right back. Hernandez found LaBarca in the corner of the end zone for a 1 7-yard score. The two-point conversion failed but the Indians had again cut into the lead, 27-19. won the South Jersey Group II title with a victory over Sterling (8-3). NEW PROVIDENCE 29, MOUNTAIN LAKES Dennis Lonergan scored on a 5-yard run and threw for two TD as New Providence (9-1-1) won the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 title.

RANDOLPH 14, WEST MORRIS 13: Quarterback Matt Nardolillo threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Cecil Barrett and hit Ross Marshall with a two-point conversion with six minutes to play to lead Randolph (11-0) to a the North Jersey Sec. 2, Group 3 title. HOLY SPIRIT 15, NOTRE DAME 8: Al Mallen threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Chris Stoll and Chris Murray scored on a 1-yard run as Holy Spirit won the SJ Parochial A title. FRANKLIN 35, WEST WINDSOR 17: Mike Thomas scored on runs of 66 and 3 yards as Franklin (II -0) defeated West Windsor (9-2) to win the Central Jersey Group 3 title. PETERSON-KENNEDY 13, BAYONNE 7: Vincent Freeman scored on a 43-yard double coverage.

He still split the scam and ran by the kids. "That throw was as impressive as any throw I've seen made all season The first Washington Township touchdown came on a one-yard run by Tillison following a fumbled punt by LaBarca. fourth-down call was a big play." The second half totally belonged to Madison Central's wishbone. The Spartans owned the ball for 33 of the halfs first 41 offensive plays. They held Neptune without a first down until there was only 3:27 left in the game and were sitting on a 26-3 lead.

Neptune scored a 21-18 come-from-bchind victory over Manalapan in the opening round of the state playoffs Nov. 21. The Scarlet Fliers, however, were beaten by Asbury Park on Thanksgiving. The Spartans opened the playoffs with a stunning, 33-0 victory over highly regarded East Brunswick. Madison Central ended its season 9-2, winning its last seven.

Neptune, appearing in its first state sectional final, was 7-4. The Scarlet Fliers reached the Central Jersey Group IV playoffs two years ago in Amabile's first season at Neptune. MimMS. STEVE SCHOLFtELOAabury Park Prast Toms River South's Vincent Muse loses the ball as he is tackled along the sideline by Washington Township's Tony Cima (63) and Dave Koerner. The ball rolled out of bounds and the Indians retained possession.

Union wins 4th straight title But the South defense could not make a stand. Washington Township bulled its way to the Indians' 37. The Minutemen sent burly fullback Geno run and Andrew Johnson tallied on a 13-yard run as Paterson-Kennedy (10-0-1) beat Bayonne (1 0-1) to win the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 title. ST. JOSEPH'S 7, BERGEN CATHOLIC 0: Gilbert McNeill threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Matt McLoughlin in the fourth quarter to give St.

Joseph's of Montvale (9-2) a victory over Bergen Catholic (9-2) in the North Jersey, Parochial A title game. BERGENFIELD 14, WAYNE VALLEY 0: Tom Fasano passed for a touchdown and a two-point conversion as Bergen-field (10-1) won the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 3 title. RIVER DELL 7, HAWTHORNE 6 Rich Kyasky scored on a 6-yard run with 6:43 left in the third quarter and Mike Quinn added the extra point to lead River Dell (1 1-0) to the North Jersey, Section Group 2 title. CRESSKILL 21, POMPTOM LAKES 7: rushed for 149 yards and leadji Cresskill (11-0) to the North Jersey, Section 1, Group I title. The Associated Press i EUGENE PIERCE kicked a 20-! yard field goal on the first overtime 1 possession and Union captured its i fourth straight North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 title with a 17-14 victory over Roxbury.

I It marked the second straight year I that Union (11-0) has defeated Rox-1 bury to win the title for coach Lou Rettino. POPE JOHN 22, MORRIS CATHOLIC 7: Mike Mammon threw a game-winning 50-yard touchdown pass to Chris Piela as Pope John of Sparta won North Jersey Parochial for the 1 Ith time in 1 3 years. GLASSBORO 8, PAULSBORO 0: Quar-, terback Kevin Lester connected with 1 Dale Pitts on a 72-yard scoring play as Glassboro (10-0-1) defeated Paulsboro (8-3) to win the SJ I. DELRAN 20, STERLING 0: Quar- terback Tony Sacca scored on runs of 16, 7 and 3 yards as Delran (11-0).