Barry Brown

RUMSON - When Rumson-Fair Haven Chris Champeau and his players looked at the schedule prior to the start of the 2016-17 season, none of them could have figured they would be entering a home game against a loaded Roselle Catholic team on Jan...

LONG BRANCH - The Neptune boys basketball team has proved to be a second-half team during the early part of the 2015-16 season, but Saturday at the Hoop Group Boardwalk Showcase, the Scarlet Fliers faced a second-half buzzsaw. Mater Dei Prep, ranked No...

When Ben Gamble accepted an offer to become the Mater Dei Prep head boys basketball coach in June, he brought a lot with him to the program – more than a decade of experience as an assistant under Bob Hurley at St. Anthony, a one-year turnaround of the Cardinal McCarrick program, and nine transfers who wanted to play for Gamble and be part of a Seraphs turnaround...

LITTLE SILVER - It took the Neptune boys basketball team seven tries to beat a Shore Conference Class B North opponent last season and it took a 3-7 start for those Scarlet Fliers to shake out the cobwebs and and turn into the Shore Conference Tournament semifinalist team they eventually became...

*Neptune-Pt. Beach photo gallery by Sports Pix NJ* MIDDLETOWN - During the depths of a 3-7 start in coach Joe Fagan's first season at Neptune, Fagan assured his team that if they simply remained committed to the system he was implementing, the Scarlet Fliers would be in their customary spot competing for a Shore Conference Tournament title...

Shore Conference Tournament Bracket *Scroll Down for Video Highlights* MANALAPAN – The Neptune boys basketball team’s first 10 games of the season at one point represented a nightmare start to both the 2014-15 campaign and to first-year coach Joe Fagan’s tenure as the man in charge of the Scarlet Fliers...

By Bobby Klatt - Shore Sports Network contributor LONG BRANCH - After struggling to close out wins against high-level opponents early this season, Neptune halted that trend by jumping out early and never looking back in upsetting one of its oldest rivals, previously undefeated Lakewood, 50-44, at Saturday's Boardwalk Hoop Group Showcase...

It's that time again, as the annual Boardwalk Hoop Group Showcase featuring match-ups between some of the Shore Conference's top teams will unfold at Long Branch High School with a five-game slate on Saturday. The 15th annual event, which has formerly been held at venues like Convention Hall in Asbury Park and Monmouth University, features some old-school rivalries and nine Shore teams in action a

By Bobby Klatt - Shore Sports Network contributor RED BANK - Another balanced scoring night powered Red Bank Catholic's 59-42 win over visiting Neptune on Thursday to make it back-to-back wins over Top 10 teams and set up a big early-season game against Colts Neck in Class B North next week...