At a special ceremony during the most recent Council meeting, Mayor Lisa Crate proudly proclaimed Wednesday, April 10 to be Brick Memorial High School Girls Bowling Team Day in honor of the team capturing the NJSIAA Group 3 State Championship this past season.
“I am proud to recognize the Mustangs Girls Bowling Team on their outstanding season and on winning another state championship for their school and our community,” said Mayor Crate. “These achievements are the result of all of the hard work these exceptional young women have put in to becoming the best team they can be. We are all proud of you!”
The Mustangs finished the season with a record of 23-0. They won the Shore Conference Class A South Championship, the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 3 Championship and the overall Group 3 Championship by defeating the Lacey Township High School Lions.
This is the fourth consecutive championship for the Mustangs and the ninth overall in the program’s history.
Mayor Crate presented the official proclamation to Head Coach Tori Boughton and presented the team members with Certificates of Commendation.
The members of the team are Brooke Collins, Cameryn DeMarco, Keira Fahnholz, Megan Guidone, AJ Jonkoski, Kendra Macomber, Faith Perrin, Olivia Salvatore, Kaitlyn Weitzell Sanchez and Patricia William.
The text of the Mayoral Proclamation:
WHEREAS, Brick Township has some of the most storied and successful interscholastic high school sports programs in the State of New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, the Brick Memorial High School Girls Bowling Team stands as perhaps the most consistently successful and dominant in our community’s history; and
WHEREAS, this past season, the Mustangs Girls Bowling Team was once again a force to be reckoned with, compiling a record of 23-0, winning the Shore Conference A South Championship and winning the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 3 Championship with a victory over Woodbridge High School; and
WHEREAS, their season was capped off with a resounding 2-0 victory over the Lacey Lions in the NJSIAA Group 3 Championship, marking the fourth consecutive title and ninth overall for the Mustangs; and
WHEREAS, the members of the NJSIAA Group 3 Champion Mustangs Bowling Team are Brooke Collins, Cameryn DeMarco, Keira Fahnholz, Megan Guidone, AJ Jonkoski, Kendra Macomber, Faith Perrin, Olivia Salvatore, Kaitlyn Weitzell Sanchez and Patricia Williams; and
WHEREAS, the Mustangs were most ably led by Head Coach Tori Boughton, a proud alumnus of Brick Memorial High School where she excelled on the lanes and was twice named Bowler of the Year by the Asbury Park Press and was named to their all-decade team.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, LISA CRATE, Mayor of the Township of Brick, in the County of Ocean, in the State of New Jersey, in recognition of their remarkable season and their capturing the NJSIAA Group 3 Championship, do hereby proclaim Tuesday, April 10, 2024 to be Brick Memorial High School Girls Bowling Team Day in the Township of Brick and I call upon all residents to join me in congratulating Head Coach Tori Boughton and the members of the Mustangs Girls Bowling Team on their accomplishments and thank them for representing our community in such an exemplary manner.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hereby affix my signature on the day ninth day of April 2024.
Lisa Crate, Mayor
