ATLANTIC CITY - The tale of Pat Toal’s excruciating loss in the Region VI heavyweight final had already been written, but the Raritan senior still had three days in Atlantic City to determine whether it would be the epitaph on his final season or a distant memory.
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ABERDEEN TWP. – The mere thought of winning an NJSIAA championship at Matawan was completely alien just three years ago, when juniors Jason Dunne and Joe Piscopo were just entering a program that was beginning to scratch the surface of respectability after hitting its low point just years earlier.
“When Joe
Sectional Semifinals
Central Jersey Group II
(1) Matawan 45, (4) Spotswood 42
Junior Joe Piscopo scored a team-high 13 points and led the defensive effort against Spotswood senior guard Jake Dadika as the Huskies edged the Chargers to advance to their first sectional final appearance since 1996.
Dadika - who became Spotswood's all-time leading scorer in a win over Manchester on Thursday night - finished with 19 points on 6-19 shooting, including
LONG BRANCH – Red Bank senior Corey Martin admitted that in the back of his car, he has been keeping his baseball equipment handy for whenever the boys basketball season ends. Martin may his glove and spikes ready when the time comes, but he and the Bucs are also not ready for this basketball season to end.
Red Bank kep
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ATLANTIC CITY — Shawn McCord was riding high and breathing easy heading into th
Red Bank Catholic sophomore Eddie Hahn scored nine of his 18 points in the final three minutes of the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime, but fifth-seeded Bishop Eustace pulled out a 67-63, double-overtime win over the No
Mark Ciccotelli, whose teams have won three NJSIAA sectional titles during his career, has left Neptune to take the head coaching job at St. John Vianney, the school announced on Friday.
Ciccotelli replaces Andy Carlstrom, who stepped down after this past fall
Sectional Semifinals
Central Jersey Group III
(6) Red Bank 42, (2) Long Branch 30
No Red Bank player reached double-figure scoring, but it did not matter as the Bucs shut down the Green Wave offense and advanced to their first sectional final since 2004. Sophomore Sadiq Palmer led Red Bank with nine points off the bench, eight of which came in the second half.
For the second straight game, the Bucs defens
The Monmouth Hawks enter the Metro Atlantic Athletic Tournament as the eighth seed, and in their first round match-up will take on the ninth-seeded Rider Broncs on Thursday at 5:00 p.m. at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts
Manalapan senior linebacker Chris Noesges, the Shore Sports Network Defensive Player of the Year this past fall, has committed to Assumption College, according to Braves coach Ed Gurrieri.
The 2013 Shore Sports Network Defensive Player of the Year, Noesges was the leader of a defense that allowed nine points per game in an 11-1 season as he finished with 130 tackles (4th in the Shore) along with 14 tackles for a loss, an interception and two fumble recoveries
Quarterfinals
Central Jersey Group IV
(2) Trenton 58, (7) Freehold Twp. 37
(3) Sayreville 65, (6) Jackson Memorial 57
The Bombers back-court duo of Rob Seraji and Corey Taite combined for 11 3-pointers and 48 poin
NEPTUNE – Last year, the Red Bank boys basketball team was a team that tragically lost its only senior and proceeded to lose its way.
Wednesday at Neptune in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III quarterfinals, it was their small group of seniors who led the way in the Bucs’ biggest win of a turnaround season.
Seniors
