Quinn Calabrese

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.

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.

Led by two more strong offensive performances by Week 6 Orthopeadic Institute Player of the Week Quinn Calabrese, Wall clinched its second straight Class B North championship with two wins last week.

For the first time in 46 years, Wall clinched a division title for the second straight season, beating Ocean Friday to win the outright B North championship.

Quinn Calabrese went from feeling ill to catching fire Tuesday as the senior's shooting display sparked No. 9 Wall to a big B North road win over No. 7 Matawan.

No. 5 Wall overcame cold shooting and a rough first half to surge past Neptune Thursday and build on another strong start to the season in the Class B North division.

Six challengers will attempt to dethrone three-time defending champion Scottie Lewis in the I'm Possible Slam Dunk Contest on March 21 in Toms River.

WALL TOWNSHIP - Time to shake the dust off the Wall boys basketball championship banner. Displaying the poise of a champion despite not having won the bracket in 46 years, the top-seeded Crimson Knights came up with crucial stops, key rebounds and clutch free throws in the final two minutes on Tuesday night to close out a 53-47 victory over sixth-seeded Burlington Township (22-8) and win their fir

Red Bank Catholic won a back-and-forth, double-overtime thriller over Wall to snap out of a slump and reach the program's first SCT quarterfinal in 25 years.

Wall rode another balanced offensive performance Saturday to its fourth straight win to open the season.