With a young team that had questions to answer at the outset of the season, Manasquan completed its third straight run to a sectional championship on Tuesday with a convincing performance.
Darius Adams had a career-best scoring effort at the best possible time and Manasquan upended No. 1 Red Bank Catholic to earn another trip to the Shore Conference Tournament final.
Manasquan led wire-to-wire Saturday in a win over a state-ranked St. Joseph Metuchen team, the latest indicator that, despite their youth, Manasquan is a championship contender in 2022.
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.
The defending Shore Conference champions return the Shore Sports Network Player of the Year and a supporting cast that has the Warriors thinking big again in 2021.