Camila Chamorro earns inaugural All-Shore MVP after undefeated Barnegat run

Camila Chamorro did more than steer Barnegat through an undefeated debut season. She turned the Bengals into the standard for the Shore Conference, finishing with 3,203 passing yards, 43 touchdown passes and only two interceptions, while adding 586 rushing yards, three more scores and 29 flag pulls on defense.

That production was not just empty volume. Barnegat went 12-0, won the South Division and closed the year with a 39-12 victory over Middletown South in the Shore Conference Tournament final on May 27, when Chamorro threw four touchdown passes, ran for another score and piled up 269 total yards with five touchdowns. The championship was Barnegat’s first Shore Conference title in any sport since the school joined the league in 2006.

The All-Shore team tells a bigger story about where girls flag football is headed on the Shore. The conference reached 30 teams in its sixth season, a sign that the region has moved well beyond the novelty stage and into real competitive depth. New Jersey then formalized that growth on May 4, when the NJSIAA approved girls flag football as its 35th sanctioned sport by a 311-18 vote, setting the stage for varsity championship play in the 2026-27 school year.

The selections also show which player types now define the sport. Middletown South’s Cam Czwakiel earned first-team recognition after accounting for 2,095 passing yards and 26 touchdowns, then adding 1,147 rushing yards and nine more scores. Colts Neck freshman Daryn Heal announced herself as one of the Shore’s most complete young players, leading the conference with 1,055 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns, while also catching 33 passes for 495 yards and three scores, making 47 tackles and intercepting five passes.

Barnegat’s rise was not built on Chamorro alone. Freshman Julia Giangregorio finished with 703 receiving yards and nine touchdowns, giving the Bengals another major playmaker and showing why the program’s first season ended with a title run. Manalapan’s Lyla Ottenheimer and Barnegat’s Syrah Holmes rounded out a list that spread recognition across programs and regions, while Shore Conference commissioner John Tierney remained a key figure in the sport’s growth. With about 140 New Jersey high schools fielding teams statewide after the pilot era began in 2021, the All-Shore honors now read like a roadmap for a fast-maturing game.