Raritan was on a mission Saturday, dominating Central from the jump to earn a trip to the Shore Conference Tournament semifinal for the first time since 2011.
Two key major decisions, an early tossup win and a wave of pin-falls set up Raritan's closer at 150 as the Rockets beat Point Boro to claim their second straight Central Group II title.
Some of the best teams in the NJSIAA Group II field will first duke it out for the Class A Central title, with frontrunner Rumson-Fair Haven looking to build on its first ever championship season.
Raritan has had a knack for peaking for the postseason and with a talented 2022 squad, the Rockets wouldn't mind a fast start to complement a championship finish.
Red Bank Catholic and Rumson-Fair Haven ratcheted up their rivalry in 2021 and are set to carry the competition into 2022 as two of the best in the Shore Conference.