Maurice Diawara

NEPTUNE – One of the two teams at Neptune High School Saturday afternoon had endured three injuries in its lineup, a 23-point loss, and two narrow wins, while the other had just won its two biggest games of the season in its previous two games...

POINT PLEASANT BEACH – Point Pleasant Beach boys basketball coach Nick Catania admits he does not take losses well, but he takes them better than senior point guard Matt Farrell. For the past 11 months, Farrell and the Garnet Gulls have been sitting on a loss to Lakewood in last year’s Shore Conference Tournament final and Saturday in their home gym, the Gulls took another step toward a championsh

*Updated Shore Conference college commitment list* A trio of Shore Conference standouts have made their college commitments with National Signing Day looming on Feb. 5. Toms River South senior wide receiver/defensive back Darrius Hart verbally committed to the University of Maine on Wednesday night, Lakewood defensive end Maurice Diawara verbally committed to Wagner on Thursday, and Asbury Park ru