Basketball Team of the Week

St. Rose closed its historic season by winning its first NJSIAA sectional title in 19 years, then going toe-to-toe with the best team in N.J. in the final game.

Marlboro closed its regular season with six straight impressive wins and rode the wave of momentum back to the NJSIAA sectional semifinals.

Last week, Manasquan closed out a dominant run to its third Shore Conference championship in four years, setting itself up for a potentially historic season for the program.

The teams lined up to face Ranney in the Shore Conference Tournament knew the Panthers were no ordinary 11th-seed and for the last week-and-a-half, the Panthers have proved them right.

With its win over Shore last week, Ocean ended a 51-year division-championship drought by clinching the Shore Conference Class C South title.

Since a 0-4 start to the season, Middletown South has rattled off 11 straight wins, including back-to-back wins over Red Bank Catholic and Rumson-Fair Haven last week.

Southern took two major steps toward winning a Class A South division title last week with home wins over rivals Jackson Memorial and Toms River North.

Raritan continued its perfect start to the 2022-23 last week with hard-earned wins over Central and Hillsborough.

With a senior-laden team, Manchester made it farther in the Shore Conference Tournament than any Hawks team in the last 18 years.

Rumson-Fair Haven was the Shore's best team last week, but to thank its Class A Central rival for a show of sportsmanship, the Bulldogs are passing the honor to Holmdel.

Playing without one of its top players, Manalapan upset CBA and set itself up to join the Shore Conference Tournament field with a strong finish.

After a rocky 2021 and a 3-4 start to 2021-22, Jackson Memorial has found its groove and is the latest Jersey Mike's Team of the Week.