TOMS RIVER - Monday night's girls Shore Conference Tournament semifinal between St. Rose and Manasquan was following an all-too familiar script in the final seconds of the fourth quarter, at least as far as St. Rose was concerned. The deja vu, however, was short-lived...

TOMS RIVER - In a conference with three top-five teams in New Jersey that returned most, if not all, of their starters from last year, the St. John Vianney girls basketball was fighting an uphill battle to repeat at Shore Conference Tournament champions with just one returning starter and plenty of youth and inexperience to boot...

Shore Conference Tournament Semifinals Monday, Feb. 20 At Pine Belt Arena, Toms River   No . 2 Red Bank Catholic (22-2) vs. No. 3 St. John Vianney (21-3), 6 p.m. In the first rematch of the semifinal double-header on Monday night, defending Shore Conference Tournament champion St...

TOMS RIVER - It shouldn't be that easy to overlook the fact that Toms River North entered Sunday's Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals on an 18-game winning streak, or that the program has three trips to the semifinals in the last four years, or the fact that the Mariners have won 32 straight Shore Conference Class A South divisional games or that they have won 20 games or more in five of co

TOMS RIVER - A matter of minutes after scoring the 1,000th point of his high school career, Mater Dei Prep senior Elijah Barnes was reflective about the achievement and all of the stops he has made along the way. Prior to Barnes' milestone basket in the final minute of Mater Dei's 80-55 win over Manasquan in the Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Sunday, another Monmouth County native an

TOMS RIVER - Marlboro coach Mike Nausedas said he believes as 6-6 Mustangs senior Dan Weiss goes, so goes his team. So when the senior did not score a point in Marlboro's second meeting against Freehold Township during the regular season, the Mustangs could only go so far without one of their top scoring threats involved...

Tweets by @Matt_Manley // Shore Conference Tournament - Bracket Quarterfinals At Pine Belt Arena (2) Ranney 79, (7) Middletown North 63 Sophomore Bryan Antoine scored a game-high 33 points, including the 1,000th of his young high school career as the Panthers (20-3) pulled away to beat the Lions (14-9) and advance to the SCT semifinals for the first time in program history...

TOMS RIVER - The Red Bank Catholic girls basketball team jumped all over seventh seeded Toms River North in Saturday's Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinal at Pine Belt Arena and never looked back, rolling to a 54-33 win. Junior Hayley Moore came off the bench to score a game-high 14 points on four three-pointers to help the No...

TOMS RIVER - The attention St. John Vianney senior center Kimi Evans drew in the low post Saturday against Neptune in the Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals at Pine Belt Arena created plenty of open looks for her teammates. When those shots misfired during a stretch of the second half, Vianney's best option was its first - double-teams be damned: give the ball to Evans...

TOMS RIVER - The Manasquan girls basketball team knew a rematch with St. Rose was likely just over the horizon in the Shore Conference Tournament, but the Warriors quickly learned Saturday that they would have to first get past a determined version of eighth-seeded Middletown South...

TOMS RIVER - Last weekend, the St. Rose girls basketball team was just seconds away from leaving no doubt that it was the No. 1 team in the Shore Conference heading into the Shore Conference Tournament. This weekend, the Purple Roses were the No...

Tweets by @Matt_Manley // Girls Shore Conference Tournament - Bracket Quarterfinals At Pine Belt Arena (1) Manasquan 70, (8) Middletown South 53 Junior Dara Mabrey and sophomore Faith Masonius scored 19 points apiece and the Warriors turned away the Eagles to advance to the SCT semifinals for the fourth straight year...