From the Sidelines with Coach Scarpa

2024 Shore Conference football divisions.
The L or W after a team name indicates my opinion on whether the team was a loser or winner by these new divisional placements. Separating the teams by whether they are in Monmouth or Ocean County has never been a fair way to pick a teams/schools divisional placement IMHO. I believe that geography, rather than level of play, has been, in some cases, the more important factor in developing these new divisions. I agree that there is no perfect solution to creating new divisions and that the new divisions resemble the older past divisions, however, the beauty of the most recent divisions was that a teams record was primarily used to move a team up or down a division, much like ice hockey has been successfully doing for years.

Class A North:
Colts Neck
Long Branch
Marlboro
Middletown South
Red Bank Catholic-W
Rumson-Fair Haven

Class A South:
Brick Memorial
Donovan Catholic
Howell-L
Jackson Memorial
Point Boro-L
Toms River North-W

Class B North:
Freehold Boro
Freehold Township
Matawan
Middletown North
Ocean
Red Bank-L

Class B South:
Brick
Central-L
Lacey
Toms River East-L
Toms River South-W
Southern

Class C North:
Holmdel
Manalapan
Manasquan
Raritan
St. John Vianney
Wall-W

Class C South:
Barnegat
Jackson Liberty
Lakewood
Pinelands
Point Beach-L
Manchester-W
New Egypt-L

Class D North:
Asbury Park
Keansburg
Keyport
Monmouth
Neptune
Shore-W

AMERICAN DIVISION
Donovan Catholic
Middletown South
Red Bank Catholic
Rumson-Fair Haven
Toms River North
*Wall – Down Colonial

COLONIAL DIVISION
Colts Neck
Long Branch
Manalapan
*Point Boro- Up American
Raritan
*Red Bank- Down Constitution

CONSTITUTION DIVISION
Asbury Park
*Holmdel – Up Colonial
Manasquan
Ocean
Shore
St. John Vianney

FREEDOM DIVISION
Howell
Jackson Memorial
Lacey
Marlboro
Middletown North
*Southern- Down Independence

INDEPENDENCE DIVISION
*Brick Memorial- Up Freedom
Brick
Freehold Boro
Freehold Twp
Matawan
*Barnegat- Down Liberty

LIBERTY DIVISION
*Central- Down Patriot
Monmouth
*Neptune-Down Patriot
Pinelands
TR East
TR South- Up Independence

PATRIOT DIVISION
Jackson Liberty
Keansburg
*Keyport- Up Liberty
Lakewood
*Manchester- Up Liberty
Point Beach

1 American Division – Colonial Division
Wall has yet to recover from past issues and should move down to the Colonial Division
Point Boro, unlike others in the Colonial Division, has consistently had winning seasons and playoff appearances and should come up to the American Division

2 Constitution Division – Colonial Division
Red Bank has been struggling lately and should come down to the Constitution Division in order to have any success
Holmdel, based on it’s success, should come up to the Colonial Division

3 Freedom – Independence
Southern has not been able to muster up a successful season in the Freedom Division and should come down to the Independence Division.
Brick Memorial has been able to show signs of their former selves, and should move up to the Freedom Division

4 Liberty Division – Patriot Division
Central and Neptune have both struggled of late and would be more productive in the Patrit Division
Keyport and Manchester appear to have turned the corner and are ready to be challenged in the Liberty Division