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Jermaine Corbett, Defense Help Long Branch Roll into CJ Group IV Semifinals
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.
Holmdel’s Timmy McDonnell Makes Incredible Comeback to Basketball Court After Near-Fatal Accident
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,’’’ Clare McDonnell said...
Colt Neck Drops a Thriller to Trenton in CJ Group IV Final
A buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Colts Neck was just off the mark in a one-point loss to Trenton.
Long Branch Wins OT Thriller on 2-Point Conversion For its First State Title Since 1999
Long Branch won an instant classic over Freehold in overtime to take home the Central Jersey Group IV state sectional championship.
Point Boro Falls to Hillside in CJ 2 Final to Finish Just Short of Perfect Season
Hillside stopped Point Boro's bid for a perfect season with a 20-13 win in the Central Jersey Group II championship game.
Ashante Worthy’s 4 Combined TDs Help Freehold Reach First State Final Since 2010
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.
St. Rose Falls to Gloucester Catholic in Non-Public South B Final
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 inning resulted in a 9-4 loss to perennial power Gloucester Catholic in the NJSIAA Non-Public South B ch
Neptune Takes Allentown to the Brink in 10-Inning Loss in Central Jersey Group III Final
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...
Slugger Josh Jackson Leads Surprising Monmouth Regional to Hot Start
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 challenging lineup...
Brandon Mology, Sam Sestito Get St. Rose’s Pitching Staff Off to Outstanding Start
WALL TOWNSHIP - First-year St. Rose baseball coach Rich Lanko doesn't want to get too ahead of himself in the early going, but he has to admit that the group he inherited reminds him an awful lot of some other special Purple Roses teams.
Lanko was an assistant under former coach Jim Agnello when St...
Shore’s Michael Jelliff Hit Two Grand Slams in the Same Inning: ‘I Can’t Believe I Just Did That’
It was the Shore Conference baseball equivalent of witnessing Halley's Comet streak across the sky or seeing lightning strike the same spot twice.
Even after Shore Regional senior second baseman Michael Jelliff achieved a feat on Opening Day that probably hasn't been done in generations in the Shore, if ever, it still did't register...
Baseball All-Star Game Featuring the Shore’s Top Underclassmen Set to Debut This Summer
Fifteen years ago, Mike McGarrell had a vision for a local high school baseball all-star game featuring top underclassmen and a charity component, but then life got in the way.
McGarrell, a 1980 graduate of what was then St. Joseph's and is now Donovan Catholic, was diagnosed in 2005 with multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer of the blood and bones...