Holmdel

No. 9 Raritan took an important step Friday by beating Holmdel, one of the teams the Rockets have been looking up at in the Class A Central standings in recent years.

Holmdel is off to a strong start on the court in Shore Conference girls basketball and the Hornets went 3-0 last week behind the play of junior Alexandra Loucopoulos.

Check out the top players in the Shore Conference from the third week of the boys basketball season and vote for the top one as the Week 3 Player of the Week.

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James Durney came off the bench to pick up his fellow senior and lead a balanced CBA attack in an opening-night win over Holmdel.

Even in losing a powerhouse team to Shore Conference realignment, the Class A Central schedule remains one of the Shore's toughest, with Red Bank Catholic and Rumson clashing for the top spot.

Holmdel has lost just once in the last two years and after another huge scoring performance from Juliana Kolbasovsky on Sunday, the Hornets are once again Group II champions.

Senior Julianna Kolbasovsky scored 38 seconds into overtime to give Holmdel a win over Wall and its first Central Group II title in six years.

Alec Pentikis buried the golden goal in the 13th minute of overtime and Rumson-Fair Haven beat Holmdel to capture the program's first ever NJSIAA sectional championship.

Shore Conference division rivals square off in two of the four Central Jersey sectional championship games, while Long Branch looks to end a 24-year title drought.

Check out the top Shore Conference players from the first week of the boys soccer NJSIAA Tournament and vote for the top performer.

After stumbling early Friday, Holmdel regrouped for a quick answer and a big second half for a huge NJSIAA Tournament win over Rumson.