Ben Watson

*Click here for a Lakewood-Long Branch photo gallery by Bill Normile* LONG BRANCH - Lakewood ensured an earlier loss to Long Branch this season would become a distant memory when the Piners used a stifling defensive effort and a strong fourth quarter to pick up a 44-28 win that put the defending Shore Conference Tournament champions back into the semifinals...

POINT PLEASANT BEACH – Point Pleasant Beach boys basketball coach Nick Catania admits he does not take losses well, but he takes them better than senior point guard Matt Farrell. For the past 11 months, Farrell and the Garnet Gulls have been sitting on a loss to Lakewood in last year’s Shore Conference Tournament final and Saturday in their home gym, the Gulls took another step toward a championsh