Christmas Classic

Toms River, NJ- The Middletown South Eagles girls basketball team is headed back to the finals of the WOBM Christmas Classic for the second year in a row following a 46-43 win over Red Bank Catholic. Coming into the contest the Eagles were without their leader on the bench in head coach Tom Brennan due to medical issues so the Eagles played with heavy hearts and, as a unit, played for their coach.

TOMS RIVER - The Manasquan boys basketball team proved last year - as if it needed to be proven - that a slip-up in a tournament setting in December won't prevent a good team from making a tournament run in March. While the Warriors have their sights set on a build-up toward another state title run like the one that yielded them an NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II championship last year, they wouldn

TOMS RIVER - Toms River North junior Mike Nyisztor has seen opposing defenses try all sorts of things to keep him from getting his shot off over the last year, so when he draws a defensive assignment like the one coach Rory Caswell gave him on Monday in the WOBM Christmas Classic semifinals against Freehold Township, he can put himself in his opponent's shoes...

WOBM Christmas Classic - Bracket Semifinals At Pine Belt Arena (2) Toms River North 61, (6) Freehold Twp. 50 Senior Pat Marinaccio scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and the Mariners (5-0) pulled away for a win over the Patriots (3-2) to earn a spot in Wednesday's tournament championship game...

Story by Bobby Klatt Shore Sports Network Correspondent TOMS RIVER - Sayreville earned payback for last year’s NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV loss to Colts Neck by beating the Cougars 52-49 in the WOBM Christmas Classic quarterfinals Sunday night at the Pine Belt Arena...

TOMS RIVER - The wins may not necessarily be getting prettier as they go, but with each win to begin the season, the Donovan Catholic boys basketball team is passing a tougher test at each turn. The Griffins extended their perfect start to the season to four games Saturday by taking down Red Bank Catholic, 57-49, in the WOBM Christmas Classic quarterfinals...

TOMS RIVER - Most high school basketball coaches cringe at the site of one of their players attempting a shot seven feet behind the three-point line, let alone encourage their players to do it. The list of players Freehold Township boys basketball coach Brian Golub has implored to shoot the ball from that kind of distance is two players long...

Tweets by @Matt_Manley // WOBM Christmas Classic - Bracket Quarterfinals At Pine Belt Arena (6) Freehold Twp. 74, (3) Manchester 66 Junior Bobby Weise scored 26 of his career-high 30 points in the first half and shot 9-for-11 from three-point range to help lead the Patriots (3-1) to a win over the Hawks (3-1) to reach the WOBM semifinals for the second straight year...

TOMS RIVER – Two years ago, in Jim Dempsey’s first season as the head boys basketball coach at Toms River East after serving as an assistant in the program for 13 years, his Raiders jumped out to a 2-0 start to the season that included a first-round win at the WOBM Christmas Classic...

CLICK HERE FOR THE BOYS BRACKET CLICK HERE FOR THE GIRLS BRACKET 32nd Annual WOBM CHRISTMAS CLASSIC (2015) (TRN-  Toms River North Gym)                   (PBA-Pine Belt Arena)  Saturday, December 19 (BOYS 1st Round) 1:00     Freehold Township      70          Wall               58        Loser “A” 2:45     Manchester             56          Jackson Memorial   39        Loser “B” 4:30     Marlboro 

WOBM Christmas Classic - Bracket Opening Round At Pine Belt Arena (5) Sayreville 66, (12) Toms River North 58 Junior Kaitlin Esposito scored a team-high 16 points and junior Patrice Harding chipped in 14 as the Bombers outlasted the Mariners to advance to next Sunday's quarterfinal round...

TOMS RIVER - Three seniors for Red Bank Catholic scored in double-digits as the Caseys downed St. Rose, 68-55, in the WOBM Christmas Classic first round Saturday. After finishing Friday night’s win over Ocean on a 16-1 run, the Casey’s carried that momentum into their clash with the Purple Roses less than 24 hours later...