Courtney Hagaman

TRENTON - A valiant effort by St. Rose, a seesaw game that came down to the final minute on Monday night, it was all a prelude to a simple, immutable fact: Marina Mabrey was not going to let Manasquan be denied an NJSIAA Tournament of Champions title...

NJSIAA Tournament of Champions Final Manasquan (28-4) vs. St. Rose (32-1) When: Monday, 6:30 p.m. Where: Sun National Bank Center, Trenton Tickets: Parking is $10. Tickets are $8 for adults, $2 for students/senior citizens. Starting lineups St...

TOMS RIVER – With one win in the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions this coming week, Manasquan senior Marina Mabrey can make history, but not even history would be good enough for the McDonald’s All-American and University of Notre Dame recruit...

*Manasquan-St. Rose photo gallery by Sports Pix NJ* WEST LONG BRANCH – When Marina Mabrey submitted her paperwork to transfer from Point Pleasant Beach High School back to Manasquan High School in early January of last year, the Manasquan players and coaches knew they were getting the player they needed to push the program to the top of the Shore Conference...

Manasquan senior and University of Notre Dame recruit Marina Mabrey played her usual standout game in 26 minutes of action against rival St. John Vianney in the Shore Conference Tournament semifinals on Tuesday night, but it was the six minutes when she was not on the floor that would make or break the Warriors’ chances of defending their SCT crown later this week.

The WOBM Christmas Classic served as a launching pad last season for the Manasquan girls basketball team, which won the Shore Conference Tournament and was one win away from an NJSIAA Tournament of Champions title.

Photo Gallery by Bill Normile Shore Conference Tournament Bracket   WEST LONG BRANCH – Prior to their Shore Conference Tournament championship game against St. Rose on Saturday, junior Marina Mabrey had waited two years to get back to the SCT final and the Manasquan girls basketball program had not brought home an SCT championship trophy in 31 years. ...

Shore Conference Tournament Bracket BRICK – The last time Manasquan junior Marina Mabrey played on the losing end of a Shore Conference Tournament game, she scored 33 of her team’s 54 points while her then-teammate Katelyn Flaherty scored the other 21...

Manasquan had already shown under second-year coach Lisa Kukoda that it was a team to be respected, so the next step entailed getting over the hump against a perennial Shore Conference power.

*Follow Managing Editor Scott Stump on Twitter* TOMS RIVER - In her initial year at the helm of Manasquan’s girls basketball team last season, Lisa Kukoda’s first order of business was making sure the Warriors’ program didn’t go off a cliff...