Three coaches with a Shore Conference Tournament championship on their career résumé populate the list of Shore Sports Network Coach of the Year finalists for 2023.
Manasquan and St. Rose are each a win away from setting up the Shore Conference Tournament final that has been expected from the beginning. Ranney and Raritan are hoping to break up those plans Tuesday night.
Raritan was on a mission Saturday, dominating Central from the jump to earn a trip to the Shore Conference Tournament semifinal for the first time since 2011.
Two key major decisions, an early tossup win and a wave of pin-falls set up Raritan's closer at 150 as the Rockets beat Point Boro to claim their second straight Central Group II title.
Some of the best teams in the NJSIAA Group II field will first duke it out for the Class A Central title, with frontrunner Rumson-Fair Haven looking to build on its first ever championship season.
Raritan has had a knack for peaking for the postseason and with a talented 2022 squad, the Rockets wouldn't mind a fast start to complement a championship finish.