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v' B8 Asbury Park Nov. 6, 1983 Henry Hudson unseats Bernard C.J. X-Country Ml "7 i 1 1 v'1- Ocean's Chris Lee (5) and John Hayes (76) of Red Bank collide on passing play during Oass North football game yesterday won by Ocean, 13-0. Ocean registers 7th straight win surges to the front at the start of WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP Henry Hudson Regional School played giant-killer yesterday at the Central Jersey cross country championships, beating Bernards, the perennial ti-tleholder, by a single point, 44-45 in the Group I race. "Somebody said it's been seven years since Bernards was beaten, but its been close to 10," said Henry Hudson coach Vinnie Whitehead, now on the verge of a state championship after nine years as coach of the Admirals.

"Whatever, it's been a long time." Holmdel's girls team claimed the only other Shore area team title and its first major meet championship of the season in the Group race. Adele Federico's first-place finish led the Hornets to the championship over runnerup Somerville. Raritan placed second to powerful North Hunterdon in the girls Group in run as eight Shore girls teams qualified for the All-Groups championships next week at Holmdel Park. Also making the grade were Manala-pan, Middletown South and Marlboro in Group TV; Rumson in Grup II and Henry Hudson and Keyport in Group I. Other boys teams qualifying for the All-Groups championships along with Henry Hudson were Long Branch iri Group HI and Red Bank and Rumson-Fair Haven in Group n.

Henry Hudson's victory over Bernards stole the show in the team results while Andy Martin's victory over North Hunterdon teammate Brad Hudson was the highlight of the individual competition. Hudson suffered his first loss of the season as Martin broke the meet record with a 15:18 clocking, 23 seconds better than the 1981 mark set by Manalapan's Tom Fischer. "I knew we had a shot if we could run close together," said Whitehead. "The key was how close together our fourth and fifth people were. We did it today.

We really came through in the most important race since, well, cross country at Hudson." Bill Loughran, the Monmouth County and Shore Conference champion, was the pace-setter on this biggest day in Henry Hudson cross country history. Loughran ran second to Bernards' Jim Nielsen as the Mountaineers senior reversed two earlier-season losses to Loughran. Loughran's younger brother Dan, a junior, was next across for the Admirals, taking seventh place for the Admirals to fuel the upset. Bernards picked up the fourth and fifth positions. Chris Kelty finished eighth for the Admirals.

Bill Moskowitz was 12th and Bill Glester was 15th to complete Henry Hudson's top five. County Park yesterday. Randi Engle, the Shore Conference titilist, led Marlboro. Linda Strzepek of Freehold Township was 10th. Henry Hudson's Kim Cuny took seventh in the Group I race.

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GM parts are fit better and last longer and our winning service department carries a 1 JSi LITTLE SILVER The Ocean football team has now linked together seven straight wins, but the last jewel on their victory chain contains a few ugly kinks on it. Sluggish on offense, periodically uninspired on defense, Ocean still managed to edge Red Bank, 13-0, yesterday in Shore Conference Class North action. The Spartans, seventh-ranked and owners one of most powerful offenses in the Shore, made it into the end zone just twice against the Bucs and had great difficulty displaying their trademark, the Wig play. That Ocean is playing host Long Branch next week, in the battle for Class North supremacy, probably best explains its lethargy yesterday. The Spartans, no doubt, were looking ahead to The Big Test.

"We sure didn't play a very good football game today, with all the mistakes we made in key spots," said Ocean coach George Conti Jr. "But our defense was strong in spots and we did enough good things to win." A 16-yard run by Nick Kacandes and a 14-yard pass to Chris Lee helped Ocean move the ball deep into Red Bank territory on its first offensive possession. But the Buc defense stiffened and held on a fourth-and-two at the 10, turning back the first Ocean threat. Ocean finally got rolling on its next series, driving 26 yards in six plays to take a 6-0 lead. A fumble by Steve Montgomery gave the Spartans good field position and Matt Errico capped the short march with a one-yard TD plunge.

The Bucs just couldn't get anything going offensively in the first half, recording one first down, one pass completion (for 8 yards) and 33 total yards. The third quarter was a bit of a fiasco, with fumbles and flags dominating the action. Red Bank (1-6), which has now failed to score a touchdown in all six of its losses, continually hurt itself with CONV. HALL S20 'AV sPOH'S SKATEWAY MARLBORO '3WNSHIP TICKETS ON SALE ICKEmON (201 1 778-2888 PERFORMANCE Point Beach girls, Memorial boys win Asbury Park Press fumbles in the third quarter, three times coughing up the ball. First, Muller lost the football on his first carry of the quarter.

Then Montgomery let it go free on a run, followed by Muller's second fumble of the period. Muller's second fumble was crucial because it came after Jim Dudley ripped off a 46-yard run down the right side and the Bucs looked as if they might get some points. Ocean, meanwhile, was a picture of futility in the third period, four times being called for offensive holding. All told, the Spartans were penalized 9 times for 90 yards. Midway through the last quarter, with the verdict still in doubt, Ocean finally took command, using a key defensive play to wrap things up.

Buc quarterback Steve Montgomery, who suffered through a 1-13, two-interception afternoon, threw an interception to Ocean's John Garrity. This led to a missed 30-yard field goal by John Nies, but with good field position on their next possession, Ocean wasted no time moving in for the clincher. Errico raced 20 yards to highlight the drive and Kacandes raced 15 yards into the end zone to cap it, lifting the Ocean lead to 13-0 and keeping the Spartans record unblemished. Ocean 13 38-154 69 9-16-0 5-26 10 4-4 9-90 Red Bank 3 23-103 8 1-12-2 4 36 40 1-1 7-105 060 7 OO0O- First downs Rushesyards Passing yards Passing Punts Return yards Fumbleslost Penaltiesyards Ocean Red Bank Ocean Matt Errico 1 run (kick tailed) Ocean Nick Kacandes 15 run (Tom Hughes kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Ocean: Kacandes 14-50; Errico 10-36; Steve Brown 12-43; Craig Bass 2-20 Red Bank Jim Dudley 13-86. Dan Muller 6-16; Steve Montgomery 4-(- 3).

PASSING Ocean: Errico 9-16-0. 69 Red Bank Steve Montgomery 1-13-2, 8 RECEIVING Ocean: Chris Lee 2 29; John Nies 3-32; Steve Brown 2-7; Craig Bass 1-7. Red Bank: Vince Hill 18. Asbury Park Press Rose Johnson of Toms River East prepares for competition at the Shore Conference girls gymnastics championships yesterday at Toms River East. Johnson won the vaulting and floor exercise events.

Bonstein (H) 9 26; 3. Furlong (RBC) 9 23. 4 Johnson (TRE) 9 2. 5 Gina Suatola (J) 9 0 FLOOR EXERCISE 1 Johnson (TRE) 9 53. 2.

Cara Pianchino (F) 9 2, 3. Jamie Pelcher (H). Furlong (RBC) 9 26, 5 Bonstein (H) 9 16 ALL-AROUND 1. Kaiser (Rumson) 36 82. 2.

Furlong (RBC) 36 62, 3. Bonstein (H) 36.09, 4. Healey (RBC) 35 99, 5. Johnson (TRE) 35.93. 6.

Pelcher (H) 34 91. 7. Tie: Tilton (RBC), Randi Richter (Rumson) 3rJT9. 9 Pianchino (F) 33 89, 10 Pam Durnir, Fl) 1 So bring your car to Circle where dependable perform Kevin Reinold of Matawan (center) country championships at Mercer "The last three places was the key," said Whitehead, who praised the trio. "Bill (Moskiwitz) has been steady all year.

He played a really big role. He filled a gap we hadn't been getting earlier in the year. "Bill Glester fought off their fifth man who was 17th," said Whitehead, "and he almost caught their fourth man. He ran as hard as he could. "One more time and we'll be state champions," said Whitehead.

"We've only had one state championship ever at Henry Hudson, in gymnastics. "It'll be interesting next week, we're looking forward to After Federico, Holmdel packed three of its runners in the top 10 to beat back SomervLUe for its championship. Kammy Lain ran seventh and Lauren Jelm was eighth for the Shore Conference Class champs. Betsy O'Connor of Rumson was second to Federico and Julia Hicks of Monmouth was fourth. Raritan got a sixth-place finish from Christine Bessinger, the winner in this race a year ago; a seventh from Lee Ann Fiore and an eighth from Carol Benjamin as the Rockets ran second to North Hunterdon, which was led by Stacy Bilotta's first place.

Rose Simeone's third and Jamie Roberto's seventh paced Manalapan to a second place in Group IV as Janet Smith of J.P. Stevens won the individual title and Madison Central claimed he team championship. S.J. X-Country "They ran better than they did last week (Shore Conference)," said Petruski. "Next week (Saturday), it may be a different story.

Today, we ran on a flat course, next week we're at Holmdel. It may be different." Manchester's girls also finished second in Group n. Kathy Gravatt finished second in the individual race and Toni Ann Balista and Sandy Gravatt placed in the top 10. Other individuals to place in the top 10 in their respective races were Leslie Pillinger of Toms River North and Kelly McDonnell of Toms River East in Group IV; Nina Draddy of Lacey in Group and Kathy Babiak of Toms River South and Point Boro's Barbara Ohlott in Group m. BRICK MEMORIAL'S boys team has been looking for respect this year.

Coach Bill Darnell pointed out that the local papers haven't really recognized his squad and neither has the school. "We were at a pep rally and all the teams were introduced except us. Maybe now, people will look at us. What happened is that we opened the season with dual meets against Lakewood and Toms River North. We're 0-2 and no one knows what to expect." Darnell's team used a completely different formula for its championship than Point Beach.

Not one Mustang finished in the top 10; Craig Enz, who placed 11th, was Memorial's top runner. What made the difference is that just 30 seconds separated Memorial's first and fifth runners. Frank Martin, Chuck Thieme, Pat Carroll and John Widl were Memorial's other scorers. "All year long, we have lived and died in a pack," said Darnell. "We've always done well in the big meets.

We just don't have that one great, great runner. "We came here to win," continued Darnell. "We're not good enough to not try and win and still win." Toms River North, paced by Ron Hankins, finished fourth in Group IV. Hankins placed sixth. Lakewood, led by Herbie Williams (4th) and Pat Dedham (9th), was fifth.

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Point Beach won the Group I meet with 42 points, edging Haddonfield (44). Meanwhile, Brick Memorial's won the Group championship with 100 points with Bridgetown following with 122 points. Point Beach and Brick Memorial led a field of 12 Shore teams that qualified for the NJSIAA Group Championships at Holmdel Park Saturday. Other girls teams to qualify were Toms River East and Toms River North in Group IV, Point Boro and Toms River South in Group HI, and Manchester and Lacey in Group n. Other boys teams to qualify were Toms River North and Lakewood in Group TV, and Point Boro in Group m.

Point Beach's girls team has been running a close second all year and yesterday's first-place finish felt good, said coach John Canro. "So far, it's been seond, second, second I'm tired of seconds. This feels so much better," said Cancro, whose team was led by Gladden and third-place finisher Mary-Lynne Hughes. Gladden's win was a bit of a surprise considering she has a slight leg injury and finished second in the Ocean County championship (to Hughes). "I just wanted to run today," said Gladden.

"I've laid back for a week and I wanted to run at least one race." And run she did as she clocked a personal best It was also her firsttime under 19:00. "She didn't just break it, she crashed it," said Cancro. "I had a feeling we could win because we had split with Haddonfield in the other two meets we've been at." Hughes, who sat out last week with a cold, finished third in the race at 18:49. Toms River East, which has won the SJ Group IV championship the last three years, finished second to Shawnee. Raider coach Bob Petruski, though disappointed, could not find fault with his girls' running.

DOVER TOWNSHIP Chris Kaiser of Rumson won the balance beam and the uneven bars to take the all-around title last night at the Shore Conference gymnastics meet at Toms River East High School. Rose Johnson of host Toms River East won vaulting and floor exercise, but fell twice on the balance beam, costing her a chance to win a second straight all-around crown. Kaiser won the all-around title with 36.82 points. Chris Furlong of Red Bank Catholic was second with 36.62 points. Cora Bonstein of Holmdel, Tara Healey of Red Bank Catholic and Johnson followed.

Kaiser won the balance beam with a 9.16 score; she was the only person to score better than 9.0 in the event. Her winning score in the uneven bars was 9.36. Kaiser also compiled an 8.2 in vaulting to tie Cora Bonstein of Holmdel, Beth Popolo of Red Bank Catholic and Chris Furlong of Freehold for third place in that event. She did not place in the top five in floor exercise. Johnson, a sophomore, won the vaulting and floor exercise, the same two events sho took last year.

Her score in vaulting was 9.4 and she also scored 9.53 in floor exercise. Popolo fell on her dismount from the balance beam and was transferred to Riverview Hospital, Red Bank, last night for x-rays and treatment. Her condition at press time was not known. This was a final major tuneup for area girls gymnastics teams. State sectional competition in central and south jersey is next week with the NJSIAA Championships in two weeks.

The boys state sectionals are next Saturday with the NJSIAA finals on November 15. Sites have not been finalized. VAULTING 1. Rose Johnson (TRE) 9 4, 2 Anke Sweermk (Rumson) 9 3. Tie: Cora Bonstein (H).

Chris Kaiser (Rumson), Beth Popolo (RBC), Chris Furlong (F) 82 BALANCE BEAM 1. Kaiser (Rumson) 9 16, 2. Furlong (F) 8.93: 3. Tara Healey (RBC) 873, 4. Bonstein (H) 8 43, Monica Titlon (RBC) 8 Sf.

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