For some of us the glory days are but a distant memory but not for a group of men who this summer will once again try and prove that that memories can still be made even if you’re not in the prime of your baseball career.
The Monmouth University football team finished off it’s spring schedule with the annual Blue/White game on Saturday, April 27. Listen to audio from the game.
Twenty-two years after leading the Piners to an Shore Conference Tournament title as a player, coach Randy Holmes watched as his team turned in a relentless defensive performance that sparked the Piners to a 39-33 win over Point Pleasant Beach to end the two-decade championship drought.
Lakewood senior Tyrice Beverette quieted a storm of Lakewood turnovers and sank 7-of-8 free-throw attempts down the stretch to help the top-seeded Piners close out the No. 5 Mariners 55-47 to clinch a spot in the SCT championship game for the first time since 1995
The Point Beach Garnet Gulls as they advanced to their first Shore Conference Tournament final in 50 years on Wednesday night with a 50-47 win over Manasquan.
Red Bank Catholic led the whole game as the Caseys went on to overwhelm Middletown South 46-29 in a Shore Conference girls semi-final game at Brookdale Community College.
No. 3 seed Point Boro upset 12-time SCT winner St. John Vianney 61-58 in a semifinal game of the Shore Conference tournament.
Trailing by four points early in the fourth quarter and struggling to contain Manalapan senior Anthony Firkser, Point Beach rediscovered its game on both ends and closed out the Braves 52-45 at Collins Arena to advance to the Shore Conference Tournament semifnals for the second time in three seasons.
Freshman Ryan Jensen came off the bench to score seven points, including the go-ahead three-point play with 3:16 left in the fourth quarter, to complement double-figure outings by Walsh and senior J.R. Hobbie in third-seeded Manasquan's 45-41 victory over sixth-seeded Jackson Memorial in the Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals at Brookdale Community College.
Damien Singleton scored 11 of his team-high 18 points in the fourth quarter and sank the game-winning free throw with 5.1 seconds remaining to send the fifth-seeded Mariners to a thrilling 58-57 win over fourth-seeded Colts Neck (18-4) in the Shore Conference quarterfinals at Brookdale Community College.
Monmouth, which trailed by as many as nine points in the first half, climbed within a single point on three occasions in the second stanza, but succumbed to a 19-6 run by Mount St. Mary’s over a seven-minute span, to fall 71-59 in Northeast Conference action
Trailing by 15 points in the second half, the Monmouth University men’s basketball team climbed within 57-56 with 47 seconds remaining, but ultimately fell 60-56 at Wagner in the Northeast Conference opener
