Hurricanes going to Jersey? Yo!

The Manatee Hurricanes going to New Jersey?

Yo!

That coach Joe Kinnan's team is close to a deal to play Don Bosco Prep is wonderful and I'm proud Manatee will make that trip.

I'm a Jersey Boy, who graduated from DePaul Catholic H.S., in Wayne, N.J., not far from where the 'Canes will play the 2009 national champs in Ramsey.

The DePaul Spartans were pretty good themselves, losing only once in the two years I went there, but that was w-a-a-a-y back in the day.

Try 45 years ago.

The 'Canes planned trip evokes some wonderful memories.

Going to the Pequannock-DePaul game, a good rivalry

Hanging out at the Milk Barn in Pompton Lakes, N.J., afterward.

Following the duel between Fairlawn High's Bruce Jankowski and DePaul halfback Tommy Zampetti for the state scoring lead.

Jankowski went to Ohio State.

Zampetti went to Vietnam.

He was wounded but came back, thank goodness.

A good guy.

Those are the kind of kids and times that come to mind, thinking about Manatee's trip to North Jersey in September.

Not the morons in "Jersey Shore," who, with one exception, are all from New York.

Where the 'Canes are headed is my New Jersey.