Noah Yates

Shore Contingent
Shore Contingent
Shore Contingent
A group of 17 Shore Conference seniors, including seven Shore Sports Network first-team All-Shore selections, have been announced as part of the South squad for this summer's Phil Simms North-South All-Star Football Classic. The game will be at 7 p...
Twice as Nice
Twice as Nice
Twice as Nice
  POINT PLEASANT BEACH – Over the last month, the Point Pleasant Beach boys basketball team has encountered increasingly challenging circumstances compared to a run of routs it rolled up during the first month-and-a-half of games. Throughout the course of this season, however, the Garnet Gulls had never faced what they encountered Monday against Shore Regional in Monday’s NJSIAA Central Jersey Gro
Beach Day
Beach Day
Beach Day
From the minute basketball practices began in early December, Point Beach was expected to accomplish a feat that it had never achieved in the 77-year history of the Shore Conference Tournament.
Getting All Defensive
Getting All Defensive
Getting All Defensive
*Follow Scott Stump on Twitter* BRICK – Top-seeded Point Beach entered the Shore Conference Tournament as perhaps the Shore’s most explosive offensive team, a star-studded group dazzling crowds with dunks, long-range shooting and pinpoint passing...
Semifinal Picks
Semifinal Picks
Semifinal Picks
Shore Conference Tournament Semifinals Wednesday, Feb. 26 Brick Memorial High School   No. 1 Point Beach vs. No. 4 Matawan, 6 p.m. For 23 games, Point Beach looked like a team that would not only win the Shore Conference Tournament, but reach the NJSIAA Group I semifinal without an opponent so much as sniffing defeat. The...
Garnet Gulp
Garnet Gulp
Garnet Gulp
Photo Gallery by Cliff Lavelle LONG BRANCH – A dream season and a multi-year renaissance for the Point Pleasant Beach boys basketball team nearly began its downward spiral Sunday at Long Branch High School the same way it began its meteoric rise...
Knocked to the Mat
Knocked to the Mat
Knocked to the Mat
ROSELLE – The Point Pleasant Beach boys basketball team had been so dominant during its 18-0 start to the season that the starters were rarely on the court for any of the fourth quarters this season. Sunday at the Primetime Shootout at Roselle Catholic High School, the Patrick School wore down those starters in the fourth quarter and beat Point Beach, 54-52, to hand the Garnet Gulls their first lo
Noah's Arc
Noah's Arc
Noah's Arc
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
Statement Game
Statement Game
Statement Game
LONG BRANCH – Jackson Memorial was the first opponent of the Point Pleasant Beach boys basketball team that had size to match the Garnet Gulls, according to Point Beach senior guard Matt Farrell. Ironically enough, it was Farrell – the smallest player on the court at six feet – who made the biggest impact against the Jaguar giants...
The Exorcists
The Exorcists
The Exorcists
By Art Gordon – Shore Sports Network contributor POINT PLEASANT BEACH - All week, Point Beach head coach John Wagner continually answered text messages on his phone from his players. Text after text came in with the same general theme. “They were so excited to be here, especially against Florence,’’ Wagner said...
Point Beach stifled by Spotswood
Point Beach stifled by Spotswood
Point Beach stifled by Spotswood
Follow Bob Badders on Twitter at @Bob_Badders Click here for a photo gallery Click here for video highlights SPOTSWOOD -- Point Beach knew exactly what it needed to do in order to slow down Spotswood’s running game on Saturday, but for 48 minutes there was no stopping Jack Dalrymple...