Nick Tomkins

Opportunity Knocks
Opportunity Knocks
Opportunity Knocks
*Video Highlights* *Photo gallery by Sport Shots WLB* BRICK TWP. – Brick football coach Rob Dahl is used to watching his teams pull out wins at Keller Memorial Field at Brick High School. On Thursday night, while coaching the Ocean County all-stars in the U...
Polishing the Sales Pitch
Polishing the Sales Pitch
Polishing the Sales Pitch
ABERDEEN TWP. - When the bleachers emptied into a raucous celebration at midcourt after host Matawan won its first NJSIAA sectional title since 1957 on Tuesday night, it was not just a historic moment. It was a sales pitch. For the first few years of head coach Tom Stead’s seven-year tenure with the Huskies, keeping homegrown talent in Matawan’s hallways was often a challenge...
Top Dogs
Top Dogs
Top Dogs
ABERDEEN TWP. – Matawan’s history as a boys basketball program ranges from uneventful to painful, and current head coach Tom Stead has already been part of two torturous moments in Huskies basketball history. Tuesday, in front of a raucous home crowd at Matawan High School, Stead and his team finally brought Matawan basketball its moment of triumph...
Long Time Coming
Long Time Coming
Long Time Coming
*Shore Conference Tournament homepage* *Matawan-Manasquan photo gallery by Cliff Lavelle* Standing alone in the gleaming white hallway at Long Branch High School outside his team’s locker room on Sunday, Matawan boys basketball coach Tom Stead took a deep breath and thought back to how far everything had come in his seven seasons with the Huskies...
Changing of the Guard
Changing of the Guard
Changing of the Guard
ABERDEEN TWP. – When it comes to winning in the Shore Conference, no public school boys basketball program has the track record that Neptune High School has, certainly not current Shore Conference Class B North rival Matawan. Prior to Saturday’s meeting between the B North foes, it had been 49 years since Matawan had won a division title, a period during which a Neptune championship and a Matawan
Dartmouth-Bound
Dartmouth-Bound
Dartmouth-Bound
Matawan senior tight end/defensive end Nick Tomkins announced that he has verbally committed to Dartmouth. Tomkins, a three-year varsity player, has 61 tackles, 6 for a loss, and also has 7 sacks for one of the Shore Conference's toughest defenses...