Central Jersey

It has been 43 years since the Shore Conference produced a Group IV champion and while it is likely that drought continues, there are a few Shore squads to keep an eye on.

Shore Conference boys basketball scores and recaps from Monday, Jan. 29, powered by HiLyte.

Sam Young delivered a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the eighth and Sam Collins went the distance to power Point Boro to the CJ 2 title

The adaptability of junior Camryn Foltz and senior twins Eva and Catherine Gibson supplied enough versatility for top-seeded Colts Neck to upend ninth-seeded Middletown North in the Central Jersey, Group 3 quarterfinals

With most of the Shore Conference teams being aligned in the Central Jersey brackets it’s been a section where local teams have thrived over the years. Last season the Shore won four of the five championships and two seasons ago it was a clean sweep with Manalapan in Group V, Jackson Memorial in Group IV, Matawan in Group III, Rumson-Fair Haven in Group II and Shore in Group I all taking home titl

With 24 Shore Conference teams all dreaming of making it to that first weekend in December for the NJSIAA sectional championships, do-or-die time begins this weekend. The Shore has teams in 10 different state playoff brackets, and here is a look at the match-ups in the five Central Jersey brackets...