NJSIAA Tournament

The NJSIAA this week announced its plans for boys and girls soccer NJSIAA Tournaments, which will look somewhat like tradition state tournaments, with a few key distinctions.

Manasquan earned its spot in a dream matchup on Thursday night but forces outside of its control took it away. A day later, the Manasquan players are still hurting and might be for a long time.

Lucy Alberici of Raritan is the SSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week

Amid growing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, the Manasquan boys basketball team pulled out of the NJSIAA Tournament. Later Thursday night, the NJSIAA cancelled the remainder of the tournament.

Manasquan has been working all year toward getting a shot at Camden and making the most of the opportunity. That moment arrives Thursday night in Toms River.

For the second straight year, a historic season for Wall boys basketball ended at Brick Memorial in the Group III semifinal, this time to Timber Creek in overtime.

A layup at the buzzer by sophomore Yathin Moore gave South Brunswick a 72-71 win over Marlboro in the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional final.

A year after ending its season with a loss to Moorestown in the same gym, Wall returns to Brick Memorial Wednesday looking to advance to the Group III final, with Timber Creek in its way.

Manasquan withstood an early storm from Holmdel and rolled the rest of the way to beat the Hornets for a fourth time and win a second straight Central Group II title.

Wall erased a five-point deficit in the final 40 seconds of regulation and pulled out a 56-51 win over rival Neptune to win its second straight Central Group III championship.

Five Shore teams will play for three NJSIAA sectional championships over the next two days, starting with Wall and Neptune Monday night.

Southern's Eddie Hummel won seven straight bouts to place third at 138 pounds and lead a group of 22 Shore Conference wrestlers who finished between third and eighth at the NJSIAA Wrestling Championships.