1. SPORTS
The Ocean Star
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2015 PAGE 33
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 34
FIELD HOCKEY 35
FISHING TIPS 37
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — Last Thursday’s
rainy conditions made for a wet
and wild South Jersey Group II
championship soccer game.
The Point Boro girls soccer
team hosted West Deptford on
Al Saner field in a battle to see
who would get the right to
wear a ring.
West Deptford entered the
tournament with the 8-seed
and beat out the top-seeded
Cedar Creek using that mo-
mentum to carry them into the
finals.
Once the game started
though it was the Panthers that
jumped out to a 3-0 lead early
in the second half.
Devon Wondolowski got
things started for Boro with a
goal in the 16th minute. She re-
ceived a pass in the box from
Kaitlyn Seitter and fought her
way past a West Deptford de-
fender for the score.
The Panthers next goal was
the result of a Robin Fiorentino
penalty kick. Wondolowski had
been taken out in the box going
after a loose ball and Fiorentino
was tasked with the kick. Her
shot went right and the goalie
chose correctly but was too
slow to make the stop.
At halftime the score was 2-0
in favor of Point Boro but they
quickly added their third score
two minutes into the second
half. Wondolowski chased
down a pass from Julia Fitzsim-
mons and crossed it into the
box to Seitter who was running
towards goal. West Deptford’s
goalie stepped out to make the
stop but Seitter put the ball be-
tween the goalie’s legs and into
the goal.
“We played really well. We
came out a little tentative,
which I expected but then they
kind of built into the game,”
said head coach Mike Edolo.
“We created a lot of chances
and scored some great goals.”
The three-goal lead was
short-lived as West Deptford
fought their way back into the
game.
Two minutes after Seitter’s
goal the referee whistled for a
handball in the box on Point
Boro. While the handball was
not intentional West Deptford
was awarded a penalty kick.
Gabby Sileo took the shot
and laced one left past Boro
goalie Amye Zalesky for the
score.
Then, just a minute later,
West Deptford turned a count-
er attack into their second goal.
This time it was Sam Budd
who bested Boro’s Amy
POINT BORO 4 GIRLS SOCCER WEST DEPTFORD 3
Seitter’s overtime goal lifts Panthers to sectional title
STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR
The Point Boro girls soccer team defeated West Deptford 4-3 in overtime to win the South Jersey Group II championship last Thursday. Junior Kaitlyn Seitter [No. 20] hit the golden goal 21 seconds into overtime.
“Every year you have a game that really defines who you are as a player and
this is one of them. They handled the adversity and they came out and won.”
MIKEEDOLOPointBoroHeadCoach
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BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — Georgian
Court University [GCU] will
welcome a Panther to their
Division II girls lacrosse team
for the 2017 season.
Point Boro senior Lauren
Onnembo earned a scholar-
ship to play for the Lions’
team in addition to money
for academics.
Onnembo has been a mem-
ber of Point Boro’s girls
lacrosse team since her fresh-
man year and while the team
has had trouble producing
wins, it still produces talent.
“I’m sure you know our
team doesn’t have the best
record,” said Onnembo. “Not
a lot of players get noticed
and move on to play at the
next level.”
When Onnembo decided
she wanted to break that
norm she received help from
former assistant coach Molly
McCourt who also used to
play lacrosse for GCU. On-
nembo went to work email-
ing and contacting coaches as
well as attending lacrosse
camps at different campuses
in an effort to get noticed.
At GCU’s camp she earned
some recognition and went
back to play in GCU’s annual
seven-on-seven high school
tournament in October. From
there it only got better as she
was eventually asked to play
for the Lions and recently an-
nounced her commitment via
Twitter.
Onnembo is pleased that
she is able to continue play-
ing the sport she loves at the
next level and it is an added
bonus that she received a
scholarship, something her
parents are also pleased with.
“They’re really happy be-
cause I’m getting a scholar-
ship,” stated Onnembo.
“They’ve been waiting for it
Onnembo excited to play
lacrosse for Georgian Court
STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR
LAUREN ONNEMBO
The Point Boro senior
earned money for
lacrosse & academics
SEE GEORGIAN PAGE 37
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — One of Point
Boro football’s toughest games
of the regular season was a 33-
27 victory over the Raritan
Rockets at home.
As fate would have it, the
Panthers were paired with the
Rockets Friday night on Al
Saner field in the first round of
the Central Jersey Group II
playoffs.
This time, it was the Rockets
who avenged their earlier loss
with a 17-7 win over Boro.
The first quarter was a de-
fensive battled that embodied
how evenly matched the two
teams truly are. The teams ex-
changed possessions all the
way down to the final seconds
of the quarter.
RARITAN 17 FOOTBALL POINT BORO 7
Turnaround season ends
in first round of playoffs
Rockets stuff Boro’s
option offense to advance
to next round
SEE PLAYOFFS PAGE 35
STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR
Gene Franceschini carries the ball during Friday’s playoff game
against Raritan. Point Boro lost the game at home 17-7 to bring
an end to a productive and exciting season.

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It only took the Point
Boro girls soccer team 21
seconds of overtime before
they found the back of the
net to win the South Jersey
Group II title over West
Deptford last Thursday.
For junior Kaitlyn Seitter,
her game-winning strike
from just outside the box is
the result of years of prac-
tice, hard work and dedica-
tion.
“I started playing when I
was four and my dad played
when he was in high school.
He introduced me to the
game and I always liked be-
ing in a team atmosphere,”
said Seitter. “It gave me a
way to be with all of my
friends while having fun
and I ended up falling in
love with the game.”
Her love of the game is
evident every time she
steps on the field. Seitter al-
ways goes after the ball, is
always shooting and is al-
ways supporting her team-
mates.
Seitter dedicates a lot of
her time to her craft, play-
ing for the Players Develop-
ment Academy out of Toms
River in addition to home
workouts to improve fitness
and strength.
She is constantly improv-
ing her skills and looks to
quality professional athletes
as role models.
“I try and model my play
after Alex Morgan, Sydney
Leroux and Christie Ram-
pone,” she explained. “I try
to take a piece of each one
of their games - Alex Mor-
gan's touch and ball skills,
Sydney Leroux's physicality
and fitness and Christie
Rampone's work ethic.”
It was only fitting that
Rampone, a Point Boro
alum, was on hand to wit-
ness Seitter’s overtime goal
and cheer on the Panthers
in their victory.
The team’s season came
to an end Tuesday in the
Group II tournament but
the loss only motivates Seit-
ter to keep improving.
“Every year we have been
progressing one round at a
time in states so I hope we
can get another sectional ti-
tle and make it to the fi-
nals,” stated Seitter. “For
myself I hope to have as
successful as a season that I
did this year with connect-
ing with Devon [Won-
dolowski], scoring goals
and having assists. With the
formation we play, it is ex-
tremely important to stay
connected with the other
forward in order to be suc-
cessful.”
Only a junior, Seitter is on
a path of continued success
and looks forward to her
senior year as a member of
the Point Boro girls soccer
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SUMMER OLIPHANT
POINT BORO TENNIS NOTEBOOK
Panthers hope to keep
swinging in offseason
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — From the out-
side looking in it is easy to
write off Point Boro’s girls
tennis season as a losing one.
Their final season record sat
at 3-15 and did not include
any post-season play.
Despite this, the season
falls under the success cate-
gory for head coach Bob Gale
and the members of the team.
At the start of the season
the goal was not to beat every
team they played but to work
hard, improve their play and
grow to love the game.
“I thought they responded
very well,” said Gale. “We im-
proved as the season went
on, had some competitive
matches and still had a great
time each and every day.”
Seniors Summer Oliphant,
Mackenzie Mertikas and
Abby Dalton continually fos-
tered a positive attitude that
the rest of the younger play-
ers adapted from preseason
to the end of the season.
Being such a young team
left the whole year open to
improving different aspects
of the game within a game
environment.
“I thought we made im-
provement with our ground
strokes being more consis-
tent and I’m hoping that we
have more girls play in the
offseason,” explained Gale.
Before the start of the sea-
son the Panthers coach made
it a point to explain how im-
portant it is to keep the rack-
et in hand year round. This
way the players never lose
that touch and are ready to
get back to work come next
season.
“I would like for them, if
they are not involved in other
sports, to possibly play in a
league or take more lessons,”
he said. “As with anything
else you’re going to get out
whatever you put into some-
thing. I think our girls are
committed.”
For Gale, the work does not
end with the players. The
long time coach is constantly
looking for ways to improve
his coaching to better serve
the needs of his players.
“I’m always picking the
minds of other coaches to see
what works for them and I’m
always looking for new and
different drills to help us,”
stated Gale. “Otherwise we’re
going to continue to try and
get better every day and con-
tinue to do things the right
way.”
Oliphant, Mertikas and
Dalton will surely be missed
next year but the young team
gained much needed experi-
ence and the younger players
will be sure to carry on their
love of the game.
Dominick Pollio covers sports for The
Ocean Star. He can be reached at dpol-
lio@theoceanstar.com or 732-899-
7606 Ext 15. Follow him on Twitter
@dompollio.
Despite losses, season
was positive for
young Point Boro team
PHOTOS COURTESY OF PAMELA BURNS
WE ARE THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
The Lavallette Elementary School boys and girls soccer teams both won the conference championship. The games were played at
Bay Lea in Toms River under the lights. The boys game went into penalty kicks and Lavallette ended up victorious 4-3 over Deal
School. The girls team faced Lakehurst and won in regulation 2-1.
POINT BORO BOYS CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK
Freshman qualifies for Meet of Champions
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THEOCEANSTAR
POINT BORO — Holmdel Park
boasted the best of the best in
New Jersey cross-country last
Saturday as the site of the
Group II Championships. The
Point Boro boys cross-country
team competed in the race and
attained an eighth place team
finish.
“It was a very respectable
finish for us and one of the
best for me as a coach,” said
head coach Kevin Conheeney.
“It highlights to me, as well as
our future athletes, that we de-
serve to be running with the
big dogs and we can continue
to set our sights on qualifying
for this meet and eventually
moving up the ladder to win a
position in the Meet of Cham-
pions.”
Boro freshman Devin Hart
was the lone Panther to qualify
for this year’s Meet of Champi-
ons. He led the boys team with
a time of 16:35, which was good
enough for 10th.
It was Hart’s first time run-
ning the course and he was the
first freshman across the finish
line. Senior captain Dylan Pe-
ters hit a personal best on the
course for a 17th place [17:01]
finish.
“It was rewarding to all of us
as a team to have an individual
qualify for this prestigious
event in New Jersey running
but I found it equally reward-
ing to see Dylan be excited for
his teammate qualifying for
this honor,” said Conheeney of
his captain. “I know it would
have been a great situation in a
perfect world where they both
would share this honor but I
feel that they both know that
their success was the accumu-
lated result of having each oth-
er to train with over the sea-
son.”
For the rest of the team it
was Cortlandt Dalik in 56th
[18:00], Logan Carter in 85th
[18:31], Nick Pettinato in 99th
[18:42], Matt Schwartz in 101st
[18:45] and Luke Dragon in
112th [18:54].
The team finish is a testa-
ment to the hard work the Pan-
thers have continued to put
forth throughout the season,
something Conheeney hopes
to be the new standard founda-
tion for future teams.
“I continue to be impressed
with this team’s ability to reach
deep down and put perform-
ance after performance into an
even higher gear. To step up
each time the level of competi-
tion gets better,” he said. “I
hope that the future Point Boro
teams embrace this as the stan-
dard of what can be accom-
plished with focus, attitude,
commitment and training.”
The Meet of Champions is
tomorrow at Holmdel Park.
The boys race is scheduled to
begin at 11:45 a.m.
Dominick Pollio covers sports for The
Ocean Star. He can be reached at dpol-
lio@theoceanstar.com or 732-899-7606
Ext 15. Follow him on Twitter @dompol-
lio.
POINT BORO GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THEOCEANSTAR
POINT BORO — The thing
about cross-country is that as
the season comes to a close
the meets get bigger and the
competition gets tougher.
On Saturday the Point Boro
girls cross-country team
cashed in a seventh place fin-
ish at the Group Champi-
onships at Holmdel Park on
Saturday against a lot of strong
competition.
“The group meet is highly
competitive. You basically take
the 20 best Group II sized
teams in the state and put
them in one race. Everybody is
trying to get an edge because
only the top three teams and
top ten individuals get to ad-
vance,” explained Boro coach
Billy Kostenko. “It is high
stakes and you really have to
be sharp and focused for the
entire 5000 meters.”
While the Panthers seventh
place team finish did not move
them on to the Meet of Cham-
pions, junior Katie Bragen fin-
ished seventh [19:47] to move
on to the Meet of Champs as
an individual.
“Katie raced well against
some very good competition.
It seemed like there was a
group of girls from fifth to 10th
that were trading spots the
whole way but from two miles
on Katie claimed her spot and
very nearly sneaked into sixth
at the end,” stated Kostenko.
“This is her first time making
Meet of Champs for cross-
country and it is a nice reward
for a girl who puts so much
time and effort into training.”
Bragen led the Panther pack
with teammate Danielle
Tsougarakis being the next
Boro runner across the finish
line. Tsougarakis came in 19th
with a time of 20:46.
For the rest of Point Boro it
was Rachel Pausz in 43rd
[21:27], Lily Brouder in 71st
[22:11], Natalie Murphy in 78th
[22:21], Kristi Lennon in 106th
[23:22] and Olivia Zahorsky
took 110th [23:35].
“I was so impressed by the
way the girls competed. Before
the race, we talked about not
being intimidated by the
course or the competition and
just going out and competing
our hardest,” said Kostenko.
“And to their credit the girls
did exactly that. We really ran
very well as a team.”
Despite not moving on as a
team, Boro’s seventh place fin-
ish was a strong performance
that Kostenko hopes to contin-
ue building on with the future
of the program.
“I talked to the girls about
being better than 10th place so
to finish seventh was a suc-
cess,” he said. “Seventh place
makes third place seem much
more attainable than if we had
finished 14th or 18th or some-
thing like that.”
The Meet of Champions is
tomorrow at Holmdel Park.
The girls race is scheduled to
begin at 11 a.m.
Dominick Pollio covers sports for The
Ocean Star. He can be reached at dpol-
lio@theoceanstar.com or 732-899-7606
Ext 15. Follow him on Twitter @dompol-
lio.
Bragen advances to Meet of Champs

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POINT BORO FIELD HOCKEY REVIEW
Up & down season reveals areas for improvement
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BORO — Finishing
with a regular season record
over .500 is definitely a posi-
tive come the end of a season
but it also means there is
room for improvement.
The Point Boro field hock-
ey team [9-8-1] had a season
full of ups and downs during
a year that saw a lot of mov-
ing parts.
After losing last year’s de-
fense to graduation head
coach Melissa Moberg was
constantly looking for the
right combination to make
the team click. With small
tweaks throughout the sea-
son the Panthers proved to be
a resilient team that continu-
ally put up a fight.
Their largest loss of the
season was a four-goal
shutout to powerhouse
Ocean Township. Their other
losses were by one or two
goals and one 3-0 loss to St.
John Vianney.
“As far as goals we did
work very hard in the offsea-
son to prepare for the up and
coming season. I feel it didn’t
show at some games,” stated
Moberg. “We had so much
potential to win more games
than we did so that is the
frustrating part.”
It was most frustrating in
the team’s final game of the
season when the Panthers
suffered a 1-0 loss to lower-
seeded Ewing in the first
round of the state tourna-
ment.
Point Boro had opportuni-
ties to score but could not
get the ball into the goal.
Despite close losses like
the one to Ewing, the team
displayed lots of improve-
ment in much of their game.
This ranged from knowing
where to be on defense to
having sticks down and at
the ready around their oppo-
nents’ goal.
One thing that stood out
to Moberg was the girls’ abil-
ity to adapt to the personnel
changes and different posi-
tions. She saw them work to-
gether and that was reflected
in all of their wins this year.
Looking ahead to next sea-
son Moberg knows there is a
lot to be done, saying, “Next
year we need to improve our
scoring. We do so many
drills to help improve it in
the game and it wasn’t in our
favor at all this year.”
In an effort to improve
this aspect of the game as
well as others, the Boro
coach encourages her play-
ers to continue working out
and playing outside of the
season.
“In the offseason I want
the girls to continue to stay
in shape. I want them to look
into a hockey camp for this
summer to go to together as
a team,” explained Moberg.
“This was the first time in
years the girls didn’t go to a
camp and I feel it had an im-
pact on us this season.”
The Panthers graduate six
seniors in Avery Schatzman,
Shea Blake, Allegra
Drzymkowski, Kerry Domas,
Maddie Emery and Jane
Bowden.
Schatzman was a huge
force offensively as she al-
ways created plays with her
speed and hard passes. Blake
and Drzymkowski led the
Boro defense, always step-
ping in when it was needed.
While the talent will be
hard to replicate, Point Boro
has a handful of underclass-
men that learned from their
seniors play and leadership
throughout the season. Ha-
ley Hanrahan was a force all
year with more than one
multi-score game and will
most likely be a player to
lean on come next season.
For now the Panthers
hope to keep playing in the
offseason and return a force
to be reckoned with.
Dominick Pollio covers sports for The
Ocean Star. He can be reached at
dpollio@theoceanstar.com or 732-
899-7606 Ext 15. Follow him on
Twitter Dompollio.
Boro’s final game was a
1-0 loss to lower-seeded
Ewing in state tourney
STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR
Point Boro junior Jackie Boud [in white] played an important role in the midfield throughout the season.
PALMYRA 34 FOOTBALL POINT BEACH 16
Garnet Gulls knocked out
of playoffs by Panthers
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THE OCEAN STAR
POINT BEACH — The six-
seeded Garnet Gulls football
team looked to keep their
season going when they trav-
eled to play the three-seeded
Palmyra Panthers last Friday
in the first round of the Cen-
tral Jersey Group I playoffs.
Point Beach jumped out to
a 10-7 lead to close out the
first half but a 70-yard kickoff
return from the Panthers to
start the third quarter took
the momentum back.
Palmyra eventually topped
the Gulls 34-16.
Point Beach’s first score
was a three-yard touchdown
run by Luke Frauenheim and
a successful extra point at-
tempt from Sean Gould put
them ahead in the second
quarter.
Palmyra then knotted the
game at seven after receiver
Taj Harris reeled in a 35-yard
pass from Max Smyth. Danny
Kay booted the extra point
but Beach answered with a
22-yard field goal from Gould
before the close of the first
half.
The Gulls wanted to keep
hold of their lead in the sec-
ond half but Harris had dif-
ferent plans. He returned a
kickoff 70 yards to ignite the
Panthers second half play.
Palmyra added a 57-yard
pass from Smyth to Kelvin
Harmon in the third quarter
to take a 21-10 lead heading
into the final quarter.
The Garnet Gulls eventual-
ly answered with another 3-
yard touchdown punch from
Frauenheim. They were un-
able to convert the extra
point attempt, leaving them
at 16 for their final points of
the game.
Meanwhile the Panthers
added a couple more scores
before the final whistle.
Smyth took the ball in on his
own from one yard out and
Kay hit the kick to further the
lead.
Then it was Elijah Karnjay
who scampered 40 yards for
Palmyra’s final score of the
game. Point Beach blocked
the extra point attempt and
the game eventually closed
out with the Panthers up on
the Gulls 34-16.
It was a tough loss to close
out the season for Point
Beach, especially since they
managed to snag four inter-
ceptions in the game.
Declan Conway intercept-
ed the ball twice and added
seven tackles in the loss.
Conner Kells also picked off
Smyth twice and recorded
five tackles on defense.
On offense Frauenheim
finished the game with 167-
yards rushing and two touch-
downs on 35 attempts. Brad
Parry chipped in 68 yards on
13 carries. Kells caught two
passes for 82 and Tanner
Smith snagged a 20-yard re-
ception during the game.
The loss marks an end to
Point Beach’s season while
Palmyra advances to the
semifinal round where they
face Keyport High School.
Point Beach closes out the
year with an overall record of
5-5.
Dominick Pollio covers sports for The
Ocean Star. He can be reached at dpol-
lio@theoceanstar.com or 732-899-
7606 Ext 15. Follow him on Twitter
@dompollio.
Despite four Point Beach
interceptions, Palmyra
ends up on top
The Panthers had put to-
gether a drive that got them
an opportunity to score on a
Collin Ansbach field goal.
The kick went wide right as
the buzzer sounded and the
teams remained tied at zero
to start the second quarter.
The rest of the half almost
remained scoreless but the
Rockets put together a quick
scoring drive to go up 7-0
with eight seconds left in the
half.
It was a 38-yard pass from
Marc Carnivale to Jordan
Smith that capped an 87-yard
drive and put the first points
on the scoreboard. The Rock-
ets converted the extra point
attempt and the half closed
with the Panthers behind.
The halftime lead was
short lived though as Point
Boro opened the second half
with a 12-play drive that end-
ed in a Noah Husak one-yard
touchdown plunge. Ansbach
notched the kick to tie the
game at seven. It was not un-
til the last minute of the third
quarter that another score
was added.
This time it was Carnivale
that took the ball in from one
yard out and after the extra
point the Rockets were up 14-
7. He ran out of the shotgun
and actually fumbled the
snap before scooping up the
ball and wiggling his way into
the end zone.
After Raritan’s score the
Panthers had trouble getting
their offense going. They
were only able to squeeze out
two first downs in the fourth
quarter.
Raritan’s Gavin Toth hit a
24-yard field goal to further
Raritan’s lead with three min-
utes left on the clock.
On the following Point
Boro possession a small
spark was ignited after a 42-
yard pass from Husak to Hay-
den Frey. That spark was
quickly extinguished when a
tipped Boro pass ended up in
the hands of Raritan’s
Jahciere Jones who returned
the ball into Panther territory.
Raritan managed to run
out the final time left on the
clock to seal the win and
punch their ticket to today’s
semifinal game against
Delaware Valley.
Husak went 65 yards on 24
carries and was 4 of 13 for 95
yards in the air. Gene
Franceschini contributed 61
yards on the ground before
an injury sidelined him for
the remainder of the game.
The upset marks Point
Boro’s second loss of the sea-
son and brings a close to a
strong season for the Pan-
thers.
Dominick Pollio covers sports for The
Ocean Star. He can be reached at dpol-
lio@theoceanstar.com or 732-899-
7606 Ext 15. Follow him on Twitter
@dompollio.
Raritan interception ices game
PLAYOFFS
FROM PAGE 33
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Bergquist and Rachel Bai-
ley before pocketing the ball
in the bottom right corner of
goal.
West Deptford then
equalized with a Budd head-
er into the top left corner of
goal with less than 10 min-
utes left in the game. Both
teams battled hard for the
game-winner in those final
minutes but could not strike
gold before the end of regu-
lation.
The game headed to over-
time with West Deptford ex-
tra loud as they broke the
huddle. While Point Boro’s
cheer did not seem as loud,
it had a confidence and fi-
nality to it that said they
were ready to finish the
game.
“In the second half we got
up three nothing, got a little
bit to comfortable,” ex-
plained Edolo. ‘Their penal-
ty kick gave them a little bit
more momentum and we
got a little bit scared but we
reacted great.”
The Panthers reacted
quickly in the first overtime.
After Fiorentino stole a
West Deptford pass behind
midfield she headed it up to
Wondolowski. She created
space before dishing off a
pass to Julia Fitzsimmons
who immediately passed the
ball ahead to Seitter.
After a touch Seitter
fought her way around a
West Deptford defender
who was trying to shield her
from the ball. The junior
won possession and ripped
a left-footed strike from 19
yards out. The ball stayed
true from foot to net, just
out of reach of an out-
stretched West Deptford
goalie.
“That’s a tremendous goal
to the win the game. All sea-
son we talked about making
sure of things. Today, al-
though we let the team back
in the game we did every-
thing we could,” said Edolo
after the game. “We wanted
to make sure this was ours
this year. I couldn’t be hap-
pier or more proud of every
one of these kids.”
“It felt amazing,” added
Wondolowski. “I think we
just needed that little break
to re-collect ourselves and
get ourselves situated and
then the product was amaz-
ing.”
After a dog pile on the
field the overtime victory
celebration ensued and the
team was presented with the
Sectional Champions tro-
phy.
“I think it means a lot be-
cause we don’t normally get
the respect we deserve,” ex-
plained Seitter. “With this
people will actually respect
us.”
Edolo was proud of how
his team fought hard to earn
the win, saying, “They want-
ed it last year and I told
them before the game from
the moment they first start-
ed playing soccer this is
what they’ve been preparing
for. Every year you have a
game that really defines
who you are as a player and
this is one of them. They
handled the adversity and
they came out and won.”
On hand to quietly wit-
ness the girls’ success was
Point Boro alum and captain
of the U.S. Women’s Nation-
al soccer team, Christie
Rampone. It was the cherry
on top that brought even
more smiles to the celebra-
tion.
“It’s insane that she is still
a part of our organization
and that she supports us so
much,” said Seitter about
Rampone.
“It felt really good to have
her here and see her support
her high school,” added
Wondolowski.
Point Boro went on to
compete in the Group 2
Championship tournament
on Tuesday at St. Augustine
Prep in Richland [see relat-
ed story].
For video highlights of the
thrilling overtime win watch
today’s Ocean Star Sports
Show on youtube.com.
Dominick Pollio covers sports for The
Ocean Star. He can be reached at
dpollio@theoceanstar.com or 732-
899-7606 Ext 15. Follow him on
Twitter @dompollio.
Boro holds off West Deptford rally
TITLE
FROM PAGE 33
STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR
Kaitlyn Seitter [in white] puts the ball between the goalie’s legs for Boro’s third goal of Thursday’s game.
STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR
The Point Boro girls soccer team defeated West Deptford 4-3 in overtime to win the South Jersey Group
II championship last Thursday. The team rushed the field to surround Kaitlyn Seitter after she hit the
golden goal 21 seconds into overtime to win the sectional title.
STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR
Devon Wondolowski [in white] scored Boro’s first goal in the 16th minute of Thursday’s title game.
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It was lights out, all out,
whatever you want to call it
this past weekend as big bass
took center stage in
Monmouth and Ocean County
waters. Sunday was the more
insane of the two days as 20-40
lb bass were up on the surface
and hitting artificials that were
thrown at them. Big poppers
or swim shads were taking fish
as soon as they were thrown in
the surface commotion.
Boaters that were snagging
and dropping bunker also
scored well but it wasn’t neces-
sary to do to catch. Casting the
artificials was much easier.
Boats trolling also had a field
day catching the same size
fish.
It has been two weeks now
since this big bass action has
started in the bunker schools
that have shown up in our area
and the action has not let up.
Even the big blow last week
didn’t change the action. Gale
force winds that were forecast-
ed for last Saturday never
materialized but the winds
were still strong at 25-30 mph.
This however didn’t keep any
boats off the water. There was
a great bite right off of Sea Girt
and Spring Lake Saturday
morning for the first hour right
after first light. Sunday’s epic
action was centered more to
the south from Lavallette
down to the Seaside Piers. On
Sunday well over 150 boats
were in the Seaside area with
no shortage of big bass being
caught.
There has also been a
decent presence of peanut
bunker in the surf along the
beach. Surfcasters had good
action on Sunday as smaller
bass from shorts up to about 15
lbs pushed the bait tight right
onto the beach. It was classic
fall blitz action with birds, bait,
and bass all balled up together.
Fly fishers too easily caught
bass especially if you were
casting from your boat.
So the fall has been shaping
up as a good one to this point
in time. The weather has also
cooperated in that it has been
warm and not cold. You can’t
argue with mid 50 degree air
temperatures in November
while out on the water and
catching fish to boot. Water
temperatures this past week-
end were 59 degrees which is
slightly on the warmer side for
mid-November. Usually by
this time of year ocean temper-
atures are around 55 degrees so
we are about two weeks
behind schedule in dropping
water temperatures which is a
good thing. With slowly cool-
ing ocean temperatures our
bass season could extend well
into December. If sandeels
move inshore the season will
definitely extend. These baits
usually show up inshore when
the water temperature gets
into the lower 50 to upper 40
degree ranges.
Blackfish season with a 6
fish daily bag limit measuring
at least 15 inches opened this
past Monday and will run
through December 31st. This is
great news for toggers as limit
catches should be made on the
inshore artificial reefs and
wrecks with the nice condi-
tions we are now experienc-
ing. In the next few weeks
some of the largest blackfish
should be caught. Blackfish are
a great eating fish with a thick
white flaky meat. Anglers will
also be able to catch sea bass
and porgies on the same pieces
they are blackfishing.
Bob over at Fishermen’s
Den in Belmar reports “Well
the verdict is in the boats did
very good with the opening of
blackfish season. There were
limits taken by many. Both
white leggers and green crabs
put fish in the boat. Striper
fishing was off the charts the
last few days. Boats off Ocean
County have had some of the
best bass fishing in years
thanks to the bunker. The
party boats got in on the action
yesterday with nearly all on
board limiting out, Some fish
were 30 and 40 lb fish. Your
options are many, trolling
spoons, trolling the new mojo
rig, live bunker or jigging all
worked well. Party boat
anglers did well jigging with
crocks. The bunker are the key.
They move the fish to put it
simple. Surf fishing has also
been very good. Anglers come
in the shop every day with fish
or reports of catching multiple
short fish. The largest surf fish
this week was taken by Don
Walker of Jackson. It weighed
19 lb 8 oz caught on a bomber
in Belmar. I am hearing from
some anglers that they are
doing poorly in the surf. The
fish are feeding on small
bunker that are always on the
move you must be mobile
always watching for birds and
signs of fish breaking, swirling
or other anglers hooked up.
This has been a good fall for
boaters and surf anglers. Keep
on the move and it doesn't hurt
to have a few friends that will
point you in the right direc-
tion. Good luck and remember
release all you don't need, they
are our future.’’
Chuck Furimsky, of the
International Fly Tying
Symposium has announced
“Fly tiers from around the
globe will demonstrate their
artistic use of fur, feathers, tin-
sel and braid to create artificial
fishing flies at the 25th
Anniversary Edition of the
International Fly Tying
Symposium. The November
21-22 event will be held at the
Garden State Exhibit Center,
50 Atrium Dr., in Somerset. In
addition to demonstrations by
the nearly 100 artistic fly tiers
from the United States, other
nations represented include
Canada, France, Italy, the
Netherlands, South Africa and
Switzerland. “In all, we antici-
pate a potpourri fly tiers
demonstrating salmon, trout,
bass, saltwater, and upwards of
2,000 assorted artificial fly pat-
terns,” said Symposium direc-
tor Chuck Furimsky.
Admission to the pre-
Thanksgiving event is $15 on
Saturday, $12 on Sunday or $22
for both days. Symposium
hours are 9-5 on Saturday, 9-
4:30 on Sunday. Parking is
free”.
Capt Howard Bogan of the
Big Jamaica out of Brielle
reports “There is an early
morning trip on Thanksgiving
day from 6:30 am to 12:30 pm
for striped bass. For reserva-
tion information call 732-528-
5014”
Capt Ryan of the Jamaica II
out of Brielle reports “10 hour
sea bass 7:30 am November 20
and 24. 12 hour sea bass 5:00 am
November 22, and 25. 14 hour
sea bass/cod marathon-every
Saturday at 3:00 am and
Sunday November 29th. 18
hour offshore sea bass/cod
12:30 am November 27 and 28
December 3, 10, 12, 17, 19, 20.’’
Announcements of Interest:
November 21-22, 25th
Anniversary Edition
International Fly Tying
Symposium. Garden State
Exhibit Center, 50 Atrium Dr.,
Somerset, check out
www.internationalflyty-
i n g s y m p o s i u m . c o m .
November 21, 20th Annual
Rahway Fishing Flea Market,
St Thomas Church, 1400 St
Georges Ave., Rahway, 9:00
am-2:00 pm.
Jim Freda covers fishing for Star News
Group. He can be emailed at
jimfreda@optonline.net.
FISHING TIPS BY JIM FREDA
An epic week for big bass fishing
TIP OF THE WEEK
FROM JIM FREDA
The Tsunami 6.5 inch
heavy weighted swim
shad in the pearl color is
the artificial you want to
get down deep quick to
catch big bass. From the
boat cast out as far as
you can, let the lure sink
to the bottom, and then
retrieve back slowly.
Strike hard as soon as
you feel a bump.
BY DOMINICK POLLIO
THEOCEANSTAR
RICHLAND — The Point Boro
girls soccer season came to a
close Tuesday night with a 2-1
loss to Holmdel in the Group
II state tournament. The game
was played out on the turf field
at St. Augustine Prep School
and mimicked the physicality
of an actual football game at
moments.
The intensity and physicali-
ty of the contest only demon-
strated the desire that both
teams came with in an effort to
continue their soccer season.
Holmdel scored first in the
22nd minute of the game. Han-
nah Lee turned a throw-in
from Gabby Bair into a shot to
the upper corner against a
Point Boro team that was on
its heels early.
“I think really that second
half demonstrated everything
we’re about. That first half we
were a little bit shell-shocked,”
said head coach Mike Edolo. “I
don’t even really think they
had the better play I think they
felt more comfortable on turf.”
Despite the Panthers taking
time to get acquainted to the
style of the field, they were
able to get off some shots in
the first half and created some
dangerous looks around the
box.
“We had a couple of good
chances and they didn’t go in,”
stated Edolo. “Their one
chance- I literally think they
had one chance in the first half
and it went in. That happens.”
Things went further south
for Point Boro with a mere
four minutes left in the first
half when goalie Amye Za-
lesky came out and challenged
Bair for a loose ball outside the
box.
While neither player collid-
ed with the other during the
play, it appeared Zalesky’s foot
got jammed into the turf re-
sulting in a knee injury. The
Panthers’ defensive leader was
assisted off the field and fresh-
man Riley Sexton was put in
goal for the remainder of the
game.
Holmdel quickly took ad-
vantage six minutes into the
second half and Lee and Bair
teamed up for another goal.
This time Bair turned a pass
from Lee into a goal past a div-
ing Sexton.
But the Panthers continued
to do what they have done all
season: persevere. They con-
tinued to chip away at the
Holmdel defense before De-
von Wondolowski was able to
put a ball away with less than
nine minutes left in the game.
Point Boro visibly turned up
their play and pace in the clos-
ing minutes of the game but
they could not break through
the Holmdel defense a second
time before the final whistle
that marked the end of a his-
toric year for the Panthers.
“They really, really fought,
played with heart and demon-
strated their character. That’s
the thing about this team,” ex-
plained Edolo. “They’re all
amazing characters, amazing
people and I’m proud of every
single one of them – proud of
what they accomplished all
season long.”
Edolo also expressed his
pride in the seniors and how
they led the team all season
long.
“Our seniors all year pulled
the group together and taught
them how to lead, what it
means to be a leader, what it
means to show up every single
day and work as hard as you
possibly can and they taught
them how to deal with adver-
sity and keep on going,” he
said.
The loss was tough, espe-
cially for a team that accumu-
lated 19 wins on the season but
the girls stood tall after the
game and it was easy to see
they would not take the season
for granted.
Edolo made sure the team
knew not to define their sea-
son by Tuesday’s final score.
He summed up the season,
saying, “It was phenomenal.
Without a doubt this was the
best collective team that I’ve
coached and I feel like if you
came to see a game you saw
that. You saw the spirit they
had, the passion they had, how
much they cared for each oth-
er, how much they fought for
each other and how much
they wanted to be there for
each other.”
“I couldn’t be happier with
them,” he continued. “I could-
n’t be happier with them this
season.”
POINT BORO GIRLS SOCCER NOTEBOOK
Panthers fall short in Group II Championship tournament
Wondolowski scored
Boro’s lone goal in loss
to Holmdel on Tuesday
COURTESY OF ROBIN BERGQUIST
A PASTA PARTY SURPRISE!
U.S. Women’s National soccer team captain and Point Boro alum Christie Rampone dropped by the Boro girls soccer team’s pasta party the night before the quarterfinal round of the South Jersey Group
II state tournament. She offered encouraging words to the team that made their way to Thursday’s final round. Point Boro beat West Deptford in overtime 4-3 for the sectional title.
and it’s actually happened so
they’re excited.”
Onnembo is pretty familiar
with success in athletics as a
member of the girls soccer
team. The Panthers recently
won a sectional title in the
South Jersey Group II brack-
et. Onnembo has been a key
role player off the bench
through the Panthers 19-win
season.
Outside of playing lacrosse
in college Onnembo will pur-
sue a major in elementary ed-
ucation.
Another perk of attending
GCU will be how close it is to
Point Pleasant. Less than a
half hour away in Lakewood,
Onnembo will be close to
home, which was important
in making her final decision.
“I like how it’s close be-
cause I don’t know if I’m
ready to go far away from
home yet,” she explained.
While the experience will
surely be exciting, it comes
with some jitters but Onnem-
bo knows she always has Mc-
Court to look to for advice.
“It gives me a sense of
comfort because she knows
some of the girls,” said On-
nembo. “She’s been through
the process and the experi-
ence so it’s nice to know I can
always turn to her if I need
to.”
The GCU girls lacrosse
team is coming off a strong
2015 campaign in which they
went 11-5 and fell just short of
winning the Central Atlantic
Collegiate Conference title
game. Before Onnembo joins
that top-level team though,
she still has one more spring
season with the Panthers.
Last season Onnembo hit
six goals and dished out five
assists with Point Boro. They
play in a tough A-Central di-
vision but this year the team
will be under new manage-
ment.
Lauren Conaty, also a GCU
alum, will be leading the Pan-
ther team and Onnembo
hopes this year they can find
their first win since 2013.
Dominick Pollio covers sports for The
Ocean Star. He can be reached at dpol-
lio@theoceanstar.com or 732-899-
7606 Ext 15. Follow him on Twitter
@dompollio.
Happy to be close to home
GEORGIAN
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