Elijah Mitchell

Scottie Lewis, Bryan Antoine and their teammates on Team Rio and Ranney have become one of the must-see enterprises in N.J. and on Tuesday, Team Rio put on a one-time show at another Shore institution - the JSBL.

WEST LONG BRANCH - On a team loaded with talent, Mater Dei Prep senior Elijah Mitchell plays a crucial role that is especially magnified in the postseason. Someone needs to be the player doing the dirty work of defending the opponent's top threat, grabbing rebounds, generating some offense and generally subverting his ego to do whatever is necessary to get a win...

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...

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...