Greg Billups

Freehold Township ended an era of heartbreak and beat Trenton in a thriller to bring home the program's first ever NJSIAA Central Group IV title.

Bryan Antoine led five Ranney players in double-figures with 20 points and the defending champs coasted past No. 4 Freehold Township and into the SCT title game at Monmouth for the second straight year.

No. 4 seed Freehold Township blew a 17-point lead against No. 12 Holmdel but had enough left in the tank to fight off the Hornets and advance to the SCT semifinals for the first time in 12 years.

Freehold Township senior Greg Billups was selected by the SSN readers as the Week 7 Orthopaedic Institute Player of the Week.

FREEHOLD TWP. - The Freehold Township boys basketball team has not made it this far into the 2016-17 with one loss by relying on one single player, but when leading scorer Steve Staklinski went to the bench with two fouls during the Patriots' Class A North game at Marlboro Tuesday, the going got tough...

By Tyler Calvaruso SSN Correspondent COLTS NECK - On a night where the shots weren’t falling for Freehold Township, they fell back on their defense to lead them to a big Class A North division win on the road. Led by a double-double from senior Ryan Zyskowski, the Patriots (8-0, 4-0) defeated Colts Neck (4-4, 2-2) in a 40-32 defensive battle...

TOMS RIVER - Most teams facing a scorer like Manasquan's Devin Jensen have to alter the gameplan to contain him or pick out a designated defensive stopper to shadow him while on the floor. Freehold Township did neither of those things against the Shore Conference's leading scorer in Thursday's WOBM Christmas Classic semifinals...

MIDDLETOWN - The Freehold Township boys basketball team marched into Christian Brothers Academy Thursday with an experienced squad ready to join a very short list of Patriots teams that won a road game against CBA. Senior experience might have been the Patriots most important ally against a young CBA team, but it was not their x-factor...