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ASBURY PARK PRESS APP.COM 1C sports TUESDAY 09.27.16 a I I A A $22,995 $19,992 3 5 A A 7 3 2 6 8 1 1 6 0 0 Allpricesincludeallcoststobepaidbyaconsumerexceptlicense, A A A A I 9 8 $14,995 2 0 1 4 Escape 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 a A I I A I I A a The Red Zone Road Show, presented by RWJBarnabas Health, is back for its second season with plans to visit even more of the Shore in 2016. The weekly show is filmed in front of a raucous atmosphere of players, coaches and fans at the site of that Red Zone Game of the Week. We break down the match- ups, talk to the stars and experience the enthusiastic frenzy. And once again, the ost town with the most video views in its iven contest period will win $1,000 for i ts school district. (For more details, visit APP.com/contests .) Check out this episode featuring Long Branch hosting unbeaten Wall on Wednesday at noon at APP.com/RoadShow.

TANYA PHOTOGRAPHER Long Branch head coach Dan George participates in the making of the Red one Road Show on Monday at Long Branch High School. The Green Wave ill host unbeaten Wall in this Red Zone Game of the Week. It was a week when some teams made statements; Middletown South, the No. 1ranked team in the Asbury ark Press Top 10, showed for the second straight week it knows how to grind out a win; and there were some big-time performances by running backs. oms River North and Mater Dei Prep took major steps toward winning their respective divisions with esounding victories.

oms River wild 62-34 win on Saturday night at its Gernerd Field sent people scurrying hrough the record books to see if Brick had ever allowed that many points in a game since it started its program in 1958. The answer is no. Brick had never even allowed 50 points in a game in its 58-plus-season istory. The most it had allowed in a single game before Saturday night was 48 against Jackson Memorial i 1985 and Ocean in 1993. The win further solidified Toms River status as the favorite in Shore Conference Class A South.

he Mariners are tied for the divisional lead with Central (3-1, 3-0) and are a half-game ahead of Toms River outh (2-1, 2-0). ater Dei Prep, which has never won a Shore Conference football divisional championship, defeated PETER PHOTOGRAPHER Mater Dei Prep, shown celebrating a touchdown Saturday against Keyport, has established itself as the favorite in Shore Conference Class Central. SeeWEEK Big statements made in Week 3 TR RBs among highlights STEVEN FALK The goal was a medal at the Paralympics. Robert Griswold achieved that, earning bronze in the 100-meter backstroke last month in Rio de Janeiro. ut not the end.

The Freehold Township native has much more a head, starting with a visit to the White House. Gris- old, 19, is part of the U.S. Paralympics delegation that ill meet President Barack Obama on Thursday. Then get back in the pool to prepare for a January return to Carson-Newman University, where he swims on a Division II scholarship. Most important of a ll, make time to speak to young kids about over- oming challenges.

I love talking to kids about my story, sparking an interest and a belief, can do something if I work hard Griswold said. just as good as having amedal riswold has cerebral palsy after being born with islocated hips and knees. He walks with a limp, un, and has limited use of his legs in the pool. Yet he excelled against nondisabled swimmers for Freehold Township High School and the Ocean County YMCA, experiences that primed him for the big stage in Rio. He competed in five events, but the 100 backstroke as his best shot at a medal.

Cong Zhou of China won he gold handily in 1:02.90, and then it was a tight race or silver and bronze. got to the last 15 meters, and I was in so much COLLEGE CORNER THOMAS P. PHOTOGRAPHER Robert Griswoldof Freehold Township displays the bronze medal he won in the 100-meter backstroke at the Rio Paralympics during a visit Monday to the Toms River YMCA. Griswold sharing bronze from Rio JERRY CARINO The numbers from Monmouth recent meet, which ended on Sunday, show just how difficult it will be for the Oceanport racetrack to survive amid the rising tide of competition from neighboring states, with steep eclines across the board for 57 days of acing. Making the statistics even more alarming is the act that no relief is in sight in terms of alternative evenue streams, with recent polling showing the proposal to expand gaming outside Atlantic City by building two casinos in North Jersey, with Monmouth Park in line to get a share of the revenue, will likely be defeated in November's referendum.

The most dramatic and disturbing numbers of all were the 26 percent declines in both on-track and total handles, where Monmouth Park makes the majority of its revenue. On-track handle amounted to 22,431,306, a 26.59 percent drop from 58 days of acing in 2015, while total handle was $196,272,397, or PETER PHOTOGRAPHER Horses get their morning workout as the sun rises at Monmouth Park, which saw steep declines in wagering and a ttendance in 2016. Monmouth Park closes for eason amid steep declines STEPHEN EDELSON COMMENTARY.