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In the seventh season of his second stint as head coach, Ben DiBiase led Freehold Boro boys basketball to places it hadn't been in 50-plus years.

Freehold Boro plays for its first ever NJSIAA Group title Sunday in Toms River, while Ramapo looks to make it back-to-back Group III championships.

Aidan Hamlin-Woolfolk continued his hot shooting, while Brian Tassey and Christian DiGiso carried Freehold Boro to the finish line vs. Mainland to send the Colonials to the Group III final.

Freehold Boro is in search of its first ever trip to an NJSIAA Group III championship game and will have to get past a 26-win Mainland squad to get there.

Two years after going 0-21, Freehold Boro won its first NJSIAA sectional championship in 51 years by upending No. 1 seed Red Bank Saturday in the Central Group III final.

It has been multiple decades since either of the two NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III finalists won a sectional title. For one of Red Bank and Freehold Boro, the drought ends Saturday.

Shore Conference boys basketball scores and recaps from the sectional quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 27, powered by HiLyte.

Two years ago, Freehold Boro finished an entire season 0-21. On Thursday night, the Colonials won their 20th game and first state tournament game in 13 years.

Shore Conference boys basketball scores and recaps from the opening round of the NJSIAA Group III and Group I Tournament on Thursday, Feb. 22, powered by HiLyte.

South Jersey Group III has four state-title contenders, but the road in Central Jersey remains wide-open -- giving Red Bank and a handful of other Shore squads a shot.

Results from the NJSIAA District Tournaments involving Shore Conference teams (Region 5: districts 17-20; Region 6: districts 21-24; Region 7: districts 25-27).

Brackets, schedule, and returning district champions for the 2024 NJSIAA district tournaments involving Shore Conference teams.