After the school announced Tuesday it was cleared to resume its season, the Ranney boys basketball team is on pause again after backing out of its next two scheduled games.
First COVID-19 took Andrew and Matt Solomon away from their Manasquan basketball teammates. After the virus claimed the life of their father, it brought their team even closer together.
Last-minute schedule changes, changing clothes in random areas and prolonged shutdowns have become the norm for Shore Conference High School hockey teams in 2021.
Manasquan is the 14th Shore Conference boys basketball program to shut down for two weeks due to COVID-19, wiping out two big games vs. No. 2 Ranney this week.
The NFL has announced it will admit 22,000 fans into Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida with 7,500 of those being vaccinated healthcare workers.
With Governor Phil Murphy announcing the resumption of organized indoor sports for Saturday, the NJSIAA winter season remains on track for a mid-to-late-January start.
The start to the 2020-21 high school basketball season in N.J. will be delayed by more than a month and the NJSIAA will not sponsor a postseason state tournament.