Basketball

MANASQUAN - While most teams are trying to fine-tune everything in these final weeks of the regular season to get ready for the tournaments, Manasquan boys basketball coach Andrew Bilodeau still feels like it's December for the Warriors. A team that has finally gotten a few games under its belt with its complete lineup is at least starting to resemble the unit Bilodeau envisions for the postseason

*Note: This story appears in the latest Shore Sports Network Journal When Holmdel senior guard Jeff Harris crumpled to the ground on a lay-up attempt during a fall-league game in October, his worst fears were confirmed. Harris had torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee while playing for the Hornets at Hoop Group Headquarters in Neptune on Oct...

By Bobby Klatt - Shore Sports Network contributor LONG BRANCH - After struggling to close out wins against high-level opponents early this season, Neptune halted that trend by jumping out early and never looking back in upsetting one of its oldest rivals, previously undefeated Lakewood, 50-44, at Saturday's Boardwalk Hoop Group Showcase...

LONG BRANCH - Senior Dan Largey continued his outstanding start to the season by dropping in a game-high 25 points to help Shore Regional cruise to a 58-36 nondivisional victory over winless Long Branch in the first of the five-game Boardwalk Hoop Group Showcase on Saturday...

Follow Scott Stump on Twitter for news and notes from around the Shore. While there were some interesting results in Ocean County and a last-second thriller in Class B North on Thursday night, St. Rose boys basketball coach Dennis Devaney quietly hit a huge milestone with his 500th career victory in a win over Henry Hudson...

By Bobby Klatt - Shore Sports Network contributor RED BANK - Another balanced scoring night powered Red Bank Catholic's 59-42 win over visiting Neptune on Thursday to make it back-to-back wins over Top 10 teams and set up a big early-season game against Colts Neck in Class B North next week...

The opening round of the 31st annual WOBM Christmas Classic presented by Barnabas Health produced little in the way of upsets although there were some anxious moments on Sunday for a couple of the boys top seeds.

*Note: Any baseball and basketball athletes with photos from Signing Day can send them to me at stump@allshoremedia.com or tweet them to me @Scott_Stump and I will add them to this post. A host of Shore Conference athletes across numerous sports, including basketball and baseball, signed their National Letters of Intent on Wednesday during fall's National Signing Day...

The family of Rutgers University student Tim McDonnell, 20, a former football and basketball player at Holmdel, is grateful for an outpouring of prayers and support after McDonnell was struck by a car early Saturday morning, leaving him in critical condition...

Former assistant Kevin McQuade has ascended to the head boys basketball job at Jackson Memorial after being approved by the Jackson Board of Education on Tuesday night. McQuade, who is also an assistant on the boys soccer staff, takes over for Joe Fagan, who brought the program to new heights...

Junior guard Peyton Wejnert, the top returning scorer in the Shore Conference, has transferred from Point Boro to Southern, his father confirmed Tuesday. As a sophomore, Wejnert finished third in the Shore Conference in scoring at 21.2 points per game and also averaged 7...

Mike Aaman, a former two-time Shore Conference Player of the Year at Raritan, will continue his career at Wagner College after transferring from the University of Rhode Island, Rockets boys basketball coach Denis Caruano said late Sunday night...