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With everything he accomplished as an amateur basketball player, Tahj Holden is not one to run away from high expectations. At the high school and college levels, he has played on teams with the highest of goals and went on to meet every one of them...

Bob Klatt - the head boys basketball coach at Mater Dei for the last 18 years - said Wednesday he was informed he is no longer the head coach of the program after a meeting Wednesday morning with athletic director Dennis Tobin, and multiple sources who asked to remain anonymous have indicated the school is preparing to hire former Cardinal McCarrick coach Ben Gamble as its next head coach... Read

Holmdel's Three-point Barrage Buries Red Bank LITTLE SILVER - Following its NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III first-round loss Wednesday night to 15th-seeded Holmdel, a number of Red Bank players emerged from the locker room, still dressed in their uniforms, to shoot around with one another as the gym was all but emptied out...

The opening night of the NJSIAA Tournament was a successful one for the Shore Conference, which went a cumulative 12-4 across four sections of Groups II and IV - including one head-to-head matchup between Freehold Township and Brick Memorial in Central Jersey IV...

Shore Conference Tournament Championship Friday, Feb. 27, 8:30 p.m. At the Multipurpose Activities Center, Monmouth University No. 1 Christian Brothers Academy (20-4) vs. No. 11 Rumson-Fair Haven (21-4) Note: Listen to the game live on the radio on WOBM 1160/1310 a...

Shore Conference Tournament Semifinals Wednesday, Feb. 25 At Collins Arena, Brookdale Community College   No. 1 Christian Brothers Academy (19-4) vs. No. 4 Toms River North (19-4), 6 p.m. The first of the two Shore Conference Tournament semifinals features two teams looking to end streaks of different degrees...

Snow knocked out almost all of the Shore Conference Tournament opening round on Tuesday, pushing the action to Wednesday evening. With the round of 16 holding firm on Thursday, the seven teams with first-round byes – Christian Brothers Academy, Lakewood, Freehold Township, Toms River North, Wall, Red Bank and Manalapan – will have a distinct advantage over their opponents thanks to the extra rest

Shore Conference Tournament Seeds, Pairings and Brackets For weeks, we have all been hearing about how wide-open this Shore Conference Tournament is going to be and beginning Tuesday (weather permitting), we’ll finally find out for sure...

The Shore Conference Tournament is a little more than a week away, which means we are a little more than a week away from figuring out what in the world is going on in this year’s Shore Conference. It’s not unusual for a few teams to have a claim to the No...

WEST LONG BRANCH – The first golden era of Point Pleasant Beach boys basketball ended in the mid-1960’s, and the last several years have seen the resurrection of Beach Ball, culminated by a 49-41 win over Christian Brothers Academy in the Shore Conference Tournament final Saturday at the Multipurpose Activities Center on the campus of Monmouth University.

Shore Conference Tournament Bracket No. 18 St. Rose at No. 2 Christian Brothers Academy, 4 p.m. If not for the recent run of snow, these two teams would have played already. This is an interesting game on a few levels, and perhaps the most intriguing is that St...

Click Here for the Shore Conference Tournament Bracket   No. 26 Lacey at No. 7 Neptune, 5 p.m. The closest thing to Neptune that Lacey has seen this season is Toms River South, which has a guard-heavy roster that plays bigger than its modest overall size. The...