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The Class A North division may or may not have a team in the field that will reach the Shore Conference Tournament semifinals or win an NJSIAA sectional title, but is has at least seven teams that have a reasonable amount of hope to challenge for either...

For four out of the last six years, the Lakewood boys basketball program has gone just about unrivalled in the Shore Conference Class B South. During that time, the Piners have won every outright Shore Conference division titles and the only reason any other B South team got a chance to win one was because Lakewood moved out of the division for two seasons...

The emergence of Ranney and Mater Dei Prep last year turned B Central from a division of small school Davids into the division of Goliath, at least considering the top teams in the division. Not only are Ranney and Mater Dei Prep again loaded to the brim with talent heading into the 2016-17 season, but Point Beach and St...

Class A Central has some pretty impressive credentials thanks to some great performances by its member teams in recent years. In 2015, Rumson-Fair Haven won the Shore Conference Tournament, Manasquan won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II title and Shore Regional won the Central Jersey Group I championship...

Shore Conference realignment changed Class B North more than it did any other division, with four prominent teams moving out and four new ones coming in. All four teams that left – Colts Neck, Neptune, Matawan and Red Bank – have been successful programs in recent years and two of the teams that replaced them – Monmouth Regional and Middletown South – each won only two games last year...

The Class A South race was a race in name only last year, as Toms River North won its third division title in four years by sweeping through the regular season at 14-0. The Mariners have established themselves as a perennial contender for the division crown ever since Rory Caswell took over six years ago and the returning group at Toms River North suggests the top of the standings could very well

Will Middletown South and Middletown North square off in a state final for the first time in history? That is the question heading into this weekend's action in the North II Group IV bracket, where the Eagles are the No. 1 seed and the Lions are right behind them at No...

NJSIAA Non-Public A Championship Sunday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m. At Kean University Christian Brothers Academy (23-1) vs. Seton Hall Prep (19-2-2) From the time the final horn sounded signaling the end of last year’s NJSIAA Non-Public A championship game, CBA’s returning players have had their sights set on the game that awaits Sunday night at Kean University...

A nondivisional game between two top-five teams in the Shore, a critical Class A South game and several other matchups that could be the difference in securing a playoff berth headline Week 8 in Shore Conference football. Don’t look now, but there are just two weeks left in the regular season...

Since the Shore Conference schedule was released back in the spring there has been one game that stands out among the others, and this week it’s finally here. On Friday night at “The Swamp”, No. 1 Middletown South and No. 2 Toms River North will meet in a titanic clash between top-six teams in the state...

The Shore Conference Tournament kicks off Thursday and while the top eight teams – CBA, Marlboro, Toms River South, Ocean, Toms River North, Freehold Township, Middletown North and Matawan – all have byes to Saturday, 16 more teams will do battle to sort out the rest of the round of 16...

The midway point of the season is here, and with it some massive divisional games headlining the Week 6 slate. The two heavyweights in Class A Central will get together in what will almost certainly decide the division champion for the third season in a row...