Shore Wins Five Of Six Contests To Increase Lead In Head To Head Matchups Versus GMC
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–Here is an update on the performance of the Greater Middlesex Conference against teams from the Shore Conference in football this season. Over the first seven weeks of the season, the Shore was 22-15 in 37 games. In week eight, the schools of the GMC did not do too well against the Shore Conference. The teams from the Shore won 5 of 6 the games played against the GMC with the only loss coming by way of a 21-12 Sayreville victory over Howell in a battle of unbeatens. In forty-three games, the Shore has compiled a record of 27-16 versus their Middlesex County foes. In addition, the GMC has been outscored by the Shore, 963-635 including a 114-59 outscoring in week 8, and a 170-71 outscoring in all the games played on September 12th.
Breaking things down by Division, the GMC Red is 6-5 vs. their Shore Conference opponents following EB’s victory while the White is 3-4. The Blue Division is 2-9 while the Gold is 5-9. Red Division teams have been outscored by Shore teams 189-173 while GMC White teams have outscored their Shore counterparts by a 106-89 margin. Despite Bishop Ahr’s manhandling of Monmouth Regional and JFK’s bashing of Holmdel, the GMC Blue has been outscored by the Shore, 372-134 while the conference made of Monmouth and Ocean County schools have outscored GMC Gold opponents by a 305-222 margin. The GMC will be looking to improve their standing against the Shore Conference with 14 games on tap this week including Toms River East at Old Bridge, Brick Township at Monroe, North Brunswick at Colts Neck, South Brunswick at Middletown North, J.F. Kennedy at Neptune and Bishop Ahr at Matawan.
Meanwhile, the breakdown of the Shore’s success by Division goes like this: Shore Federal is 3-0, Shore Patriot is 6-4, Shore National is 4-1, Shore Liberty is 7-3, Shore Constitution is 2-2, and Shore American is 5-6. Howell leads the Shore in success with a 2-1 record versus GMC competition despite the loss to Sayreville (21-12) with wins over Piscataway (26-14) on opening day, and Woodbridge in week two (37-7). Keyport/Henry Hudson is also undefeated against GMC foes with a 42-14 win over Metuchen and a 20-12 victory over Highland Park. South Plainfield and Highland Park are 0-3 against the Shore while New Brunswick, Colonia, Carteret, and Piscataway are 0-2. Perth Amboy has split against Shore teams by defeating Marlboro 38-0, and then losing to Colts Neck 7-0.
Speaking of Marlboro, the Mustangs are 0-2 against the GMC following a defeat on Thursday to J.P. Stevens. Speaking of the Hawks, they are also 1-1 following an opening week loss to Middletown North and their win over Marlboro. Monmouth Regional is 2-1 vs. GMC including a 37-14 loss to Bishop Ahr, a 53-14 win over South Plainfield, and a last minute 23-20 victory over Highland Park. Cardinal McCarrick is 2-1 with wins over Mater Dei and Point Beach while Dunellen is 1-1 with a loss to Red Bank, and a win over Mater Dei. Kennedy is also 1-1 with a win over Holmdel (51-14) and a loss to Red Bank (34-0). Sayreville is 3-0 after beating Howell, Freehold Township as well as East Brunswick (defeated Freehold Township and Jackson Memorial) while Monroe, and Spotswood are 1-0.
Last season in the various state tournament and consolation games, the Shore Conference played the Greater Middlesex Conference 14 times, and went 11-3. The Shore, which went 6-3 in the state tournament meetings, and 5-0 in the consolation game meetings, outscored their GMC opponents by a margin of 348-131. In addition, the Shore won all four Central Jersey sectional championships with Asbury Park becoming the CJ Group I champ, Manasquan winning CJ Group II, Freehold Boro winning in CJ Group III, and Brick Memorial winning in Central Jersey Group IV. Only Piscataway earned a sectional championship for the GMC by winning in North Jersey Section 2 Group IV.