Melissa Wilhelm

For the first time in its program's history, the Toms River North girls soccer team will hang an NJSIAA sectional championship banner. The Mariners - the No. 2 seed in the South Jersey Group IV tournament - traveled south to top-seeded Eastern on Friday and beat the Vikings, 3-1, to capture their first ever sectional title...

TOMS RIVER - Since winning the Shore Conference Tournament in 2012, the SCT has been cruel to the Toms River North girls soccer team. Despite drawing high seeds each of the past three years, the Mariners have lost on their home field each time before they could ever get back to the semifinal...