Mike Iasparro

TOMS RIVER - Middletown North head coach Mike Iasparro faced an emotionally wrenching choice heading into Sunday's Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinal against Ranney. He decided to coach the game only a day after the death of his mother, Carol, at 67 years old from pancreatic and liver cancer...

MIDDLETOWN - Middletown North sophomore guard Rob Higgins does not get rattled, and that goes for more than just on the basketball court. On Tuesday, the Shore Conference's leading scorer somehow walked away with barely a scratch when he flipped his Jeep twice in a frightening one-car crash on Harmony Road in Middletown...