Elijah Barnes

In the seventh season of his second stint as head coach, Ben DiBiase led Freehold Boro boys basketball to places it hadn't been in 50-plus years.

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.

Whether basketball or activism, Scottie Lewis is not afraid to embrace a project. His latest is his most challenging and important yet.

*Click here for a photo gallery of the boys Senior All-Star Game by Ray Richardson* TOMS RIVER - It's the Super Team That Never Was. Two years ago, Central Regional's boys basketball team featured a stellar sophomore class that included guard Maks Gruszecki, center Elijah Barnes, swingman Jaden Rhoden and rugged forward Denis Corbin under former coach Steve Zengel...

The Mater Dei boys basketball team earned another chance to play the No. 1 team in the state by beating Gloucester Catholic, 79-53, Wednesday in the NJSIAA South Jersey Non-Public B first round, but the Seraphs will have to take on the Patrick School Friday without their best player...

WEST LONG BRANCH - For about three quarters of the Shore Conference Tournament championship game against defending champion and top-seeded Mater Dei Prep, the Marlboro boys basketball team put itself in position to complete an improbable run to its first ever Shore Conference Tournament title...

Shore Conference Tournament Championship Saturday, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. At Ocean First Bank Arena, Monmouth University No. 1 Mater Dei Prep (23-3, 12-2) vs. Marlboro (17-5, 11-3) Note: Listen to the game live on 1160/1310 AM or streaming on the Shore Sports Network...

Click Here for Information on SCT Final Tickets TOMS RIVER - The Mater Dei boys basketball team is no stranger to Shore Conference Tournament comebacks and in order to preserve their latest high-wire act Tuesday in the SCT semifinals against No...

TOMS RIVER - A matter of minutes after scoring the 1,000th point of his high school career, Mater Dei Prep senior Elijah Barnes was reflective about the achievement and all of the stops he has made along the way. Prior to Barnes' milestone basket in the final minute of Mater Dei's 80-55 win over Manasquan in the Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Sunday, another Monmouth County native an

They are the type of players who create a buzz in the crowd when they get a step on a defender while slashing in the lane or get out ahead of the defense on the break. The best dunkers have that mixture of power and explosiveness that make them more than worth the price of admission at a Shore Conference basketball game...

TINTON FALLS - For 25 days, the Mater Dei boys basketball team had to live with a harsh, new reality: for the first time since the core of the team had been together, they were no longer the best team in the Shore Conference. Monday at the Ranney School, the Seraphs - the No...

MIDDLETOWN - As much as Mater Dei Prep and Ranney have grown into rivals during their respective two-year meteoric rises, the two had yet to play the kind of classic, down-to-the-wire game that is an essential part of any rivalry. Thursday at Mater Dei, the rivalry between the Seraphs and the Panthers reached the next level and so did Ranney...