TIM MORRIS Heshy Moses (l), head coach of the Freehold Borough High School girls soccer team, and Kevin Kane (r), chairman of Boro Girls Soccer ’06 fundraising organization, check out the sign heading into Freehold Borough that acknowledges the state championship won by the Colonials in the fall. The signs, from funds raised by the committee, were put up all around the entrances to Freehold Borough. The Freehold Borough High School girls soccer team continues to reap the rewards of their magnificent state championship season.
The Colonials and head coach Heshy Moses were honored previously by the Freehold Borough Council, which gave each team member and the coaching staff a copy of the council’s resolution congratulating them on becoming the school’s first State Group championship team.
The Freehold Regional Board of Education had give them medals for their accomplishment at its December meeting.
Boro Girls Soccer ’06, a fundraising organization headed by chairman Kevin Kane, was able to raise enough funds through its sponsorship program to purchase championship rings for every member of the team and coaching staff. They received their rings and other commemorative items at a dinner at the Freehold Elks Lodge No. 1454 on March 28. In addition to the rings, the girls received championship jackets, a championship patch for their varsity jackets, a commemorative booklet and a DVD of the season and the championship-game day by Glenn Mayrose (who works for WABC TV).
Road signs signaling that Freehold Borough is the home of the 2006 State Championship girls soccer team were put up at entrances to the town last week.
Kane said the idea behind the awards ceremony was that the girls “deserve all the recognition they can get.”
The 2006 Colonials were 21-1-1 and won four championships. They captured the Shore Conference B North Division and Shore Conference Tournament crowns before beginning their run to the NJSIAA State Group III title.
The Colonials won the Central Jersey Group III title at home beating Hopewell Valley, 1-0, in overtime on a golden goal by Shannon Mayrose assisted by Jenn Paulicci.
Freehold Borough went on to win its fifth overtime match of the year, 1-0, over Shawnee. Amy Flanagan’s perfect serve on a corner kick was headed in by Mayrose and sent the Colonials to the Group final in Lawrenceville at The College of New Jersey. The State Group III final turned into a scoreless tie between the Colonials and Ramapo. After two overtimes didn’t settle the issue, the two teams shared the state crown.
Freehold Borough finished the year with 20 shutouts in its 22 games.
– Tim Morris