Pitching is the name of the game in the preseason Shore 16 and for the second straight year, the non-public teams of the Shore are leading the field to open the season.
Freehold Boro is in search of its first ever trip to an NJSIAA Group III championship game and will have to get past a 26-win Mainland squad to get there.
Two years after going 0-21, Freehold Boro won its first NJSIAA sectional championship in 51 years by upending No. 1 seed Red Bank Saturday in the Central Group III final.
It has been multiple decades since either of the two NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III finalists won a sectional title. For one of Red Bank and Freehold Boro, the drought ends Saturday.
With just two weeks left in the 2023-24 boys basketball season, the top teams in the Shore Conference continue to battle for their spots in Shore Sports Network Shore 16.
South Jersey Group III has four state-title contenders, but the road in Central Jersey remains wide-open -- giving Red Bank and a handful of other Shore squads a shot.
As St. Rose rumbles toward its first ever Shore Conference Tournament final, the top 10 gets a shake-up after a highly-competitive start week of Shore Conference Tournament play.
Shore Conference boys basketball scores and recaps from the quarterfinals of the 2024 Shore Conference Coaches Cup on Friday, Feb. 9, powered by HiLyte.