Baseball: NJSIAA Tournament Preview
With the NJSIAA playoffs kicking off Monday with a slate of 25 games involving Shore Conference teams, it’s time to take a look at who has the best shot to hoist the big trophy in Toms River on June 8.
With the NJSIAA playoffs kicking off Monday with a slate of 25 games involving Shore Conference teams, it’s time to take a look at who has the best shot to hoist the big trophy in Toms River on June 8.
It was an upset-filled week in Shore Conference baseball as teams jockeyed for spots in the NJSIAA and Shore Conference Tournaments, and another legendary head coach reached a career milestone.
All six Shore Conference divisions crowned champions last week and the Ocean County Tournament whittled down the field to the final four teams as the postseason starts to heat up.
Some 400 people packed the main banquet room at the Sheraton in Eatontown Sunday for an event that’s both a celebration of past success and an introduction to one of the shore’s signature annual events.
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.
A pair of rare sights highlighted last week in Shore Conference baseball - one a positive milestone and the other resulting in two teams being disqualified from state tournament participation.
Not only is Red Bank Catholic’s Quenton Nelson quite possibly the top recruit in New Jersey but the junior is considered among the top high offensive linemen in the country.
Expectations have always been high for Toms River South during head coach Ken Frank’s 35 years in the dugout, but as much as those expectations are born out of a winning culture, they are also attributable to exceptional talent that pours into the program.
Two weeks into the season, there are only three undefeated teams left in the competitive Shore Conference baseball landscape.
Strong starts by a host of programs that flew under the radar in the preseason and a burgeoning dogfight in Class A North highlighted the first week of Shore Conference baseball this spring.
The Shore Basketball Coaches Association has made its selections for All-Shore, All-Division and Players and Coaches of the Year. All selections were made by the Shore Conference coaches.
Normally at this time of year if you get into a sports conversation with Point Pleasant Beach High School Athletic Director Ellen Magliaro it will be about her beloved New York Yankees. However these days the guys in pinstripes are a bit of an after thought because she is too busy dealing with a pair of basketball teams who have helped make this the most memorable winter in Garnett Gulls history.