Jackson Memorial manufactured early offense, made plays behind starter Joe Princiotta and broke out the heavy lumber late in a 7-1, SCT win over Toms River North.
Point Boro held off a relentless Jackson Liberty team looking for its 19th straight win and won the program's first ever Ocean County Tournament title.
Greg Hanlon twice came through in the clutch and Brick Memorial edged St. John Vianney in the Shore Conference Tournament opening round to earn a shot at No. 1 seed Middletown South.
For the second straight day, Jackson Liberty overcame an early three-run deficit and advanced to the program's first ever Ocean County Tournament championship game.
Nick Guzzi threw five dominant innings and sophomore Frank Dominici ignited the offense as Point Boro topped Toms River East to reach its first Ocean County Final.
Southern - the No. 14 seed in the Ocean County Tournament - outlasted No. 6 Lacey Thursday to reach the county tournament semifinals for the second time in three years.
Joe Escandon took a perfect game into the sixth and a no-hitter in the seventh and while he got neither, the senior left-hander and his CBA teammates added to the program's rich legacy by winning a ninth MCT title.
No. 9 Middletown South erased an early 3-0 lead to beat No. 1 Manalapan on Friday and set itself up to win the Class A North title with two wins next week.
Sean Turner provided the necessary offense and pitcher Brandon Sansone shut out Point Beach to give Mater Dei the edge in a down-to-the-wire B Central race.