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Nearly every high school in New Jersey has collected uniforms and is putting a close to the spring sports season, but Rumson-Fair Haven athletic director Chris Lanzalotto is the busiest man in the Garden State thanks to an incredible performance by the Bulldogs spring sports teams across the board.

When Matt Bruno recorded the strikeout to secure the Bulldogs’ second straight section championship, the celebration was much more subdued than a year earlier.

RBC has enjoyed tremendous success in the Shore Conference, winning four straight tournaments over the last five years. But when it came to the state playoffs, the Caseys have endured heartbreak in a variety of ways.

The lobby of the Eck Center was filled with athletes and proud family members. The line was long to get to the table for pictures for Red Bank Catholic’s spring Signing Day ceremony, a testament to an athletic department that continually produces student-athletes who move on to play collegiately in just about every sport the school offers.

Three years ago, the New York Giants helped launch girls flag football in the Shore Conference, a sport spearheaded by Middletown South football coach Steve Antonucci.

Winston Kelenc-Blank’s path to Division I golf was unique. The Rumson native spent his high school years at the Peddie School in Hightstown where he helped the Falcons win the 2021 Prep “A” state championship.

The pickleball boom is real. That was evident at the borough’s recent parks and recreation committee meeting Feb. 6 when pickleball players, almost 25 of them, turned up at a public input session to discuss continuing improvements to East Side Park.

Just a year ago, Alex Bauman was a two-sport standout for Red Bank Catholic. Now he’s responsible for one of the most thrilling finishes in the college football bowl season.

The changing of the guard can send shockwaves through a football program, especially when the team has enjoyed tremendous success.

The Bulldogs head coach continues to mold RFH as an elite state power and back-to-back losses to nationally ranked teams will only help a talented team learn how to handle all comers when the post-season rolls around.