Joe Bellamy – Central Jersey Sports Radio

The total mount of money raised by the various iterations of what now is the Bellamy & Son Paving Marisa Rose Bowl was at $736,000 and counting heading into Thursday night’s 2023 edition, and that number is sure to climb.

Scroll down for information on how to make a donation to support the Marisa Tufaro Foundation.

The effort is no small task. Even the day after, when coaches were taking a breather, and the football players and cheerleaders could focus 100% on leaving for college, game organizer Marcus Borden – who began the event in 1994 as the Snapple Bowl – could be found washing game-worn uniform pants, and dropping off other equipment at various locations throughout Middlesex County.

The efforts of Greg Tufaro and his wife Cyndi – who founded the Marisa Tufaro Foundation in 2017 after the passing of their daughter, Marisa, from a rare form of cancer after enduring several open-heart surgeries and a transplant – have been unmatchable in that time, including their involvement in the game, and all the other charitable endeavors they undertake.

Throw in the massive sponsorship support of Joe Bellamy, the owner of Bellamy & Son Paving – also a founding and continuous sponsor of Central Jersey Sports Radio since its inception in 2000 – and you have all the makings of a successful game like the one played Thursday night at Nicholas Priscoe Stadium in Woodbridge, in which Team Rose beat Team Marisa 37-15, behind the arm and legs of North Brunswick’s Frankie Garbolino – the game’s MVP – who threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more.

But it’s the kids who win. It’s the pediatric patients and families who benefit year-round from the Marisa Tufaro Foundation. It’s the kids at the Lakeview School in Edison, and the PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick who will benefit from Thursday’s gate, and all the game’s sponsors. They’re the ones who win.

Click below to hear sideline reporter Korbid Thompson talk to game founder and organizer Marcus Borden, Joe Bellamy of Bellamy & Son Paving, and Greg Tufaro of the Marisa Tufaro Foundation at halftime of the 2023 Bellamy & Son Paving Marisa Rose Bowl:

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by Mike Pavlichko

A petition on the website Change.org to bring back fall sports in Piscataway after they were cancelled by the school board due to the coronavirus pandemic is nearing its goal of 500 signatures, with 408 as of noon on September 6th, continuing to gain support from the community.

Joe Bellamy, the father of current Chief football player Rocco Bellamy and 2018 senior football standout Joe – whose team went undefeated and won the first ever North Group 5 bowl championship – began the petition three weeks ago.

You can find the petition by clicking here.

The Piscataway high school football team is regularly one of the top public schools in the state, elevated to its highest profile under head coach Dan Higgins, who took over in 2003 and has seven state titles, ten finals appearances, and the aforementioned bowl championship to his credit.

The petition claims the Piscataway Board of Education’s vote to cancel fall sports – which includes the noted Superchiefs marching band – was made “prematurely without any notice to parents, students, or coaches.”

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Marcus Borden, Joe Bellamy and Greg Tufaro discuss the 2023 Marisa Rose Bowl

Petition to bring back fall sports in Piscataway gaining momentum