Joe Mahoney

MIDDLETOWN - Senior guard Joe Mahoney remembers what Ranney's boys basketball games used to be like only two seasons ago, before the Panthers became a must-see show in the Shore Conference. "My sophomore year, we probably had four or five Ranney fans in the stands,'' he said before smiling...

LITTLE SILVER - When playing against a senior-laden team like the Red Bank Regional squad they faced in the Albert E. Martin Buc Holiday Classic final Wednesday, Ranney freshmen Bryan Antoine and Scottie Lewis are literally boys among men...

LITTLE SILVER - Ranney freshman Scottie Lewis entered his first high school season already with a reputation as a top prospect in his class and with his own lofty expectations for how his high school career would begin. His first two games may not have met those expectations, but Lewis and classmate Bryan Antoine lived up to the hype Sunday at the Albert E...

By Bobby Klatt Shore Sports Network Correspondent TINTON FALLS - Ranney used a third quarter run to break the game open and start off the season in style, defeating St. Rose 68-55 in a Class B Central matchup Friday night. With four freshmen in the starting lineup and a new head coach, expectations were through the roof in the preseason for the Panthers...