Scott Stump

WALL TOWNSHIP - Time to shake the dust off the Wall boys basketball championship banner.
Displaying the poise of a champion despite not having won the bracket in 46 years, the top-seeded Crimson Knights came up with crucial stops, key rebounds and clutch free throws in the final two minutes on Tuesda…

TINTON FALLS - Four years ago, the talk was all about the future for a special group of eighth-graders who were eager to transform Ranney from a basketball backwater into a national power.
Buzz about capturing Shore Conference and state titles, maybe even winning the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions, w…

LONG BRANCH - In the 44-year history of the NJSIAA playoffs, no Long Branch team had ever been able to utter the statement the Green Wave made after Friday night's victory.
"We're still the champs,'' senior linebacker Luke Arnold said. "Back-to-back feels so good…

Long Branch dominated on both sides of the ball in a 42-0 win over Middletown North to begin the defense of its state title.

As doctors assessed the damage after Timmy McDonnell was hit by a drunk driver nearly four years ago, they had one urgent request for his parents.
“They said, ‘You have 24 hours, call your church to get someone here for last rites,’’’ C…

A buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Colts Neck was just off the mark in a one-point loss to Trenton.

Long Branch won an instant classic over Freehold in overtime to take home the Central Jersey Group IV state sectional championship.

Hillside stopped Point Boro's bid for a perfect season with a 20-13 win in the Central Jersey Group II championship game.

Senior QB Ashante Worthy spearheaded a team effort with 244 total yards and 4 TDs and freshman Ahmad Dixon had a kickoff return for a score to send Freehold to its first state final since 2010.

WEST LONG BRANCH - St. Rose may have ended one win short of its goal on Wednesday, but the young Purple Roses showed they may have the ingredients to come back and finish the job next season.
An underdog St. Rose squad fell in an early four-run hole but rallied to tie the game before a five-run innin…

Neptune-Allentown photo gallery by Ray Richardson
ALLENTOWN - Neptune entered this season's state tournament as an afterthought and exited it on Friday with widespread respect after the greatest run by a Scarlet Fliers baseball team in nearly 100 years came to a wild end...

A hitter getting respect from an opponent usually means not seeing many fastballs and getting a steady diet of breaking stuff on the outer half of the plate.
A team getting respect means having to frequently face opponents' No. 1 pitchers, who are often lined up specifically to face a chall…