Coach Scarpa has 25 years of experience coaching High School Football and is most noted as “The Defensive Coordinator” with the number one defense in the shore. His defenses have consistently finished in the top ten. He is the former defensive coordinator at both Toms River East and Monsignor Donovan High Schools (Now Donovan Catholic). He has served a combined 23 years as a color analyst for the Toms River Schools TV 21, LSN Sports, and the NFHS Network respectively. Coach Scarpa’s blog will appear weekly during the high school football season.
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FYI:
The Shore Conference boasted 3 divisional champions last season- Toms River North, Red Bank Catholic and Rumson-Fair Haven and one Group State Champion, TR North.
Group 5 Semifinals
Toms River North wins SJ-5 Title and faced Edison at Cherokee. If successful they would play the winner of West Orange (my Alma Mater) and Passaic Tech
North and Edison played @ Cherokee High School
West Orange and Passaic Tech Sunday November 20th 2:30 PM @ Franklin
Group 2 Semifinals
Rumson wins SJ-2 Title and faced Willingboro @ Cherokee High School. If successful they would play the winner of Caldwell and Westwood
Rumson and Willingboro Sunday November 20th 11:00 AM @ Cherokee
Non-Public B Semifinals
#1 Red Bank Catholic defeated #8 Gloucester Catholic 62-7 and went on to play #4 Holy Spirit @ Red Bank Catholic then went on to play DePaul and lost 19-17
Rumson lost to Caldwell 18-14 in their State Final.
Toms River North defeated Passaic Tech at Rutgers 28-7 to become the first ever Group 5 State Champion. North finished the season as the LSN Sports and the #1 team in the Top Ten.
First ever Group State Championships results
Group 1 State Championship Woodbury 31 over Mountain Lakes 7
Group 2 State Championship Caldwell 18 over Rumson 14
Group 3 State Championship Old Tappan 24 over Delsea 14
Group 4 State Championship Millville 18 over Northern Highlands 14
Group 5 State Championship Toms River North 28 over Passaic Tech 7
Coaching Carousel:
Former Barnegat Head Coach Rob Davis named Head Coach at Egg Harbor Township
C’mon man!
As you know I have been very vocal about TR North (American Division) playing TR East and TR South Liberty Division- (5 Division’s lower) North defeated South 60-0 with an early running clock and North defeated East 70-6 with an equally early running clock.
Our Next Game: Week 0 Friday August 25th
St. Augustine @ Donovan Catholic and Rumson @ Middletown South
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