Christmas Classic 2016

By Tyler Calvaruso SSN Correspondent TOMS RIVER – It has been a long time coming for Toms River North, but the wait is over. The Mariners captured their first WOBM Christmas Classic title since 2004 Friday, soundly defeating Point Pleasant Boro, 67-52...

TOMS RIVER - For three quarters, the WOBM Christmas Classic final was not pretty, and that is exactly how Freehold Township's defense has made life for its opponents. In Friday's WOBM Christmas Classic final between the third-seeded Patriots and top-seeded host Toms River North, Freehold Township again took on a high-octane offense and slowed it to a crawl. ...

TOMS RIVER - The lopsided wins and breakneck pace with which the Toms River North boys basketball team has played to open the season was bound to meet some serious resistance sooner rather than later and the resistance came in the form of St...

Tweets by @Matt_Manley // WOBM Christmas Classic At Pine Belt Arena Semifinals (3) Freehold Twp. 54, (2) Manasquan 39 Ryan Zyskowski scored 18 points off the bench and the Patriots locked down the Shore's top scorer to beat the Warriors and advance to the WOBM Classic championship on Friday...

By Bobby Klatt SSN Correspondent TOMS RIVER - Behind a balanced scoring attack with three players in double digits, seventh-seeded Toms River North broke Wednesday’s WOBM Christmas Classic semifinal game open late to pull off the 56-45 upset of the third-seeded Ewing 56-45 and move on to Friday’s final...

Updates every minute - View full tournament Girls WOBM Christmas Classic At Pine Belt Arena Semifinals - Click Here for the story by Bobby Klatt on both WOBM semifinals (7) Toms River North 56, (3) Ewing 45 (5) Point Boro 61, (9) Red Bank 57 Consolation (10) Brick Memorial 40, (11) Toms River East 32 Shaunna Bruker scored 17 points and Cass Ball added 12 to lead the Mustangs over the Raiders... Re

TOMS RIVER - Following an anxious couple of minutes at the end of his team's WOBM Christmas Classic quarterfinal against Marlboro Tuesday at Pine Belt Arena, St. Rose boys basketball coach Dennis Devaney lamented not being clearer with his players about what he wanted them to do while protecting a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter...

By Bobby Klatt SSN Correspondent TOMS RIVER - After suffering its first loss of the season to Long Branch on Thursday, Manasquan bounced back Tuesday by defeating Red Bank Catholic, 51-46, for the second time in eight days to move on to the semifinals of the 2016 WOBM Christmas Classic...

Tweets by @Matt_Manley // WOBM Christmas Classic At Pine Belt Arena Quarterfinals (3) Freehold Twp. 64, (6) Wall 35 Senior Steve Staklinski scored 16 points and the Patriots (5-0) raced out to an early 22-point lead to bury the Crimson Knights (3-2) and advance to the WOBM semifinals on Thursday...

Girls WOBM Christmas Classic Quarterfinals At Pine Belt Arena (3) Ewing 62, (6) Donovan Catholic 39 Sophomore Jaycee Lowe led four Ewing players in double figures and the Blue Devils handled the Griffins to advance to the WOBM semifinals on Wednesday...

TOMS RIVER - If at any point during the offseason or preseason first-year Red Bank Catholic head boys basketball coach Tyler Schmelz needed to convince his players to buy in and be ready from day one of the 2016-17, all he had to do was turn the calendar back one year...

Scores from the first round of the WOBM Christmas Classic.