Isaac Hester led all scorers with 28 points and kept Ranney in the South Non-Public B final most of the way, but Trenton Catholic put the Panthers away to win the title.
After back-to-back years off championship-game heartbreak, Marlboro's all-senior team came through Monday with the program's first ever NJSIAA Central Group IV title.
Two years after losing to South Brunswick in the Central Group IV final, Marlboro conquered the Vikings Friday to earn another shot at the program's first sectional title.
Following its worst offensive half of the season, Marlboro used its defense and rebounding to get going and race past CBA and into the SCT championship game.
Darius Adams had a career-best scoring effort at the best possible time and Manasquan upended No. 1 Red Bank Catholic to earn another trip to the Shore Conference Tournament final.
A dominant defensive performance highlighted a Tuesday win for Brick Memorial over Central that clinched the Mustangs no worse than a share of the Class A South division championship.
Trent Sloan and Scott Gyimesi had big games and Geoff Schroeder came up big late as No. 6 Rumson-Fair Haven dominated its rematch with No. 1 Red Bank Catholic.