By Scott Stump - Senior Editor
Updated June 16, 12:45 p.m.
The Shore Conference Baseball Coaches Association Senior All-Star game featuring teams from Monmouth and Oceanty counties and the Shore alumni game following it have been postponed to June 25 at 4:30 p.m. at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, according to SBCA president Art Gordon of Manasquan.
Gordon said that the Lakewood BlueClaws informed him that the field was too wet on Monday from the rainstorm on Sunday and is not playable, postponing the game from its original date of June 16.
The game is now Wednesday, June 25 at 4:30 p.m., which means that the all-stars from two of the Toms River schools and Southern will now be able to participate. The graduations for all of those schools are on Monday night, which originally meant that they would not have been able to play.
Any team that does not have a representative means that the team's coaching staff did not come to the minimum amount of SBCA meetings, meaning that team's players are not allowed to participate in the all-star game by SBCA rule.
This will the last chance to see stars like Colts Neck pitcher Anthony DeSclafani, a Florida recruit who was recently drafted in the 22nd round by the Boston Red Sox and other college recruits like Raritan's Charlie Rivera (Seton Hall), Red Bank Catholic's Tom Higgins (Wagner) and Kyle O'Neill (Pacific), St. Rose's Owen Stewart (Monmouth) and Colts Neck's Ethan Jackson (St. Peter's). It also gives fans a chance to see the stars of teams who may not have been on their favorite team's schedule and gives some small-school standouts like Monsignor Donovan's Ken Ouimet, Point Beach's Shane Ferguson and Henry Hudson's Brian Olofson a chance to shine.
Also, stick around for the 7:30 p.m. game following the senior all-star game on June 25, as a team of former Shore Conference stars takes on a team of New Jersey state troopers with the proceeds going to charity.
Brick Memorial's Rich Bishop will be the head coach for the Ocean County squad, and his assistants will be Jackson head coach Frank Malta, Barnegat head coach Tom Sutaris and Brick Memorial assistants Evan Rizzitello and Karl Gordon. Colts Neck's Mike Yorke will be Monmouth County's head coach, and his assistants will be Neptune head coach Bob Huzzy, Mater Dei head coach Pat Riddell, Matawan head coach John Kaye, Manalapan head coach Brian Boyce, St. John Vianney head coach Mike Morgan and Colts Neck assistant coaches Bob Jack, Anthony Iachello and Dave Irvine.
MONMOUTH COUNTY SENIOR ALL STARS
SCHOOL PLAYER # COLLEGE
ASBURY
PARK FRANKIE VANEGAS 5 BLOOMFIELD
COLTS NECK JOE DENORA 7 WILLIAM
PATTERSON
ANTHONY DESCLAFANI 16 UNIV. OF FLORIDA
ETHAN
JACKSON 22 ST.
PETERS
CHRIS
COUTROS 13 STEVENS INST OF TECH
FREEHOLD BORO MATT YUHAS 10 LONGWOOD
RYAN KRESKY 5 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON
FREEHOLD TWP CHRIS BALLESTER 15 RUTGERS/NWK.
HENRY HUDSON BRIAN OLOFSON 5 BROOKDALE/N.C.
WESLEYAN
LONG BRANCH SHAWN BROWN 4 COLLEGE
OF NJ
MANALAPAN MATT COOK 11 CALDWELL
NICK TURANO 9 ROWAN
PAT FLANAGAN 47 CEN. CONN/RAMAPO
MANASQUAN THOMAS PHILLIPS 11 STEVENS
INST. OF TECH
MARLBORO JEFF PAGLIO-PIZZI 6 NJ
INST. OF TECH
MATAWAN MATT MIZEREK 41 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON
DAN GERAN
5 RAMAPO
MATER DEI SEAN BEINERT 5 YORK COLLEGE
MONMOUTH REG. MATT
SLOWINSKI 14 FRANKLIN & MARSHALL
NEPTUNE BRANDON LEWIS
OCEAN SEAN DASILVA 2 BROOKDALE
RARITAN CHARLIE RIVERA 21 SETON HALL
RED BANK CAT. KYLE O’NEILL
5 PACIFIC
TOM HIGGINS 4 WAGNER
RED BANK REG. KYLE GRANT 37 COLLEGE OF N.J.
RUMSON D.J. BRECKENRIDGE 3 ROANOKE
T.J.
GELTZEILER 2 KEAN
ST. JOHN VIANNEY CHRIS RUFFLER 11
N Y INST OF TECH
GREG CASO 26 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON
ST. ROSE OWEN
STEWART 27 MONMOUTH
CASEY CANNON 49 UNIV OF DELAWARE
SHORE REG. ROB SOMERS 7 WILLIAM
PATTERSON
WALL TWP. DAN CAMANO 7 FORDHAM
OCEAN COUNTY SENIOR ALL STARS
SCHOOL PLAYER # COLLEGE
BARNEGAT SEAN DEERING 9 BELMONT
ABBEY
ALEX
TYNAN 13 BRANDEIS UNIV.
MATT
MCNEAL 11 KEAN
BRICK MEMORIAL TOM MURRAY 42 DREW
EVAN
MANCINI 18 FELICIAN
JOHN
ROCA OCEAN
CTY COL
BRICK PEDRO SERRANO 7 BROOKDALE
CHRIS
SORICE 13 UNDECIDED
RAY
JOHNSON 15 CARNEGIE MELLON
KURT
LOFTUS 14 VALLEY FORGE
CENTRAL REG. EVAN
BEATTIE 4 BLOOMFIELD
MIKE
FAY 7 OCEAN CTY COL
CHRIS SIMCZUK 1 BROOKDALE
ROCCO BUGLIONE 3 OCEAN CTY COL
JACKSON MEM. RYAN GUARINO 22 E. STROUDSBURG
CORY
CARR 18 UNIV OF NEW
HAVEN
PAUL
ALVEAR
WIL
WARDELL
MANCHESTER DAVE MURAWSKI 21 OCEAN CTY COL
MIKE
ROBERTS 3 SETON HALL
BOB
JOHNSON 1 OCEAN CTY COL
MON DON KEN OUIMET 7 BROOKDALE/WIDENER
ANDY
GANNON 32 UNDECIDED
POINT BEACH SHANE
FERGUSON
9 BRIDGETON ACAD.
NICK
ARDITO 33 DESALES
POINT BORO WES WATERMAN 11 UNDECIDED
SOUTHERN REG. SHANE JUNGER 25 FELICIAN
CHRIS
LAVOIE 32 STOCKTON
TOMS RIVER
EAST RYAN DOLAN 31 ALBRIGHT
CHRIS
WEDDING 12 STOCKTON
STEVE
FERENO 14 UCONN