Freehold Boro is in search of its first ever trip to an NJSIAA Group III championship game and will have to get past a 26-win Mainland squad to get there.
Griffin Linstra scored before the final buzzer sounded, but the officials overturned their initial call, giving Camden a stunning, controversial win over Manasquan.
Despite recent success for both teams in Group II, Camden and Manasquan will meet Tuesday night at Central for the first time since 2015 and a trip to Rutgers is on the line.
St. Rose buried Bishop Eustace for a second straight year and will now head to Rutgers for the Non-Public B championship game as the favorite to win its first state title since 1977.
St. Rose has been steamrolling toward a 2024 Non-Public B championship since it lost in the 2023 final. Can Bishop Eustace cook up a legitimate challenge to the Purple Roses?
St. Rose got within closing distance of its first NJSIAA sectional title since 2004 and turned to 6-foot-8 star Matt Hodge to finish off Bishop Eustace.
Saint John Vianney's Anthony Knox, Rumson-Fair Haven's Sonny Amato, Southern's Matt Henrich, and Brick Memorial's Harvey Ludington won boys state titles while Howell's Kylie Gudewitz, Middletown South's Thea Rowland, and Central's Liliana Alicea won NJSIAA state titles on Saturday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
Central Jersey Group III Final
(1) Ewing 57, (2) Ocean Township 41
For the second year in a row, Ocean Township fell to Ewing in the CJG3 finals. This is the third straight sectional for Ewing. Ocean battled foul trouble through out the game with Gamila Betton picking up four fouls in the first half...
Two years after going 0-21, Freehold Boro won its first NJSIAA sectional championship in 51 years by upending No. 1 seed Red Bank Saturday in the Central Group III final.
The Shore Conference has eight NJSIAA state finalists after Southern's Anthony Mason, Saint John Vianney's Anthony Knox, Donovan Catholic's Kurt Wehner, CBA's Alex Nini, Rumson's Sonny Amato, Southern's Matt Henrich, Brick Memorial's Harvey Ludington, and Hudson Skove won their semifinal matches on Friday night at Boardwalk Hall.