SCT Picks

An unpredictable tournament is always a fun prospect as long as you’re not tasked with predicting it. Before the Shore Conference Tournament was even seeded, several coaches voiced that this would be one of the more wide-open tournaments of recent vintage, and although it doesn’t quite match 2014 when a No...

It’s hard to dream up a wilder collection of eight games than Thursday’s Shore Conference Tournament opening round delivered, but Saturday has the potential for some fireworks. Thursday featured four shootouts, one overtime golden goal, two legitimate upsets and two more very close calls on significant upsets...

The Shore Conference Tournament kicks off Thursday and while the top eight teams – CBA, Marlboro, Toms River South, Ocean, Toms River North, Freehold Township, Middletown North and Matawan – all have byes to Saturday, 16 more teams will do battle to sort out the rest of the round of 16...

Shore Conference Tournament Championship Game Saturday, Oct. 31, 5 p.m. At Memorial Athletic Complex, Summerfield Elementary School, Neptune No. 2 Christian Brothers Academy vs. No. 4 Ocean SCT Bracket   CBA (15-3-1, 11-2-1 in Class A North) Projected Starting Lineup No. Pl...

The first goal for any team during a high school soccer season is to win a division title and this is a unique season in the Shore Conference because the four teams that reached the Shore Conference Tournament semifinals are all accomplished that first goal by winning their respective divisions outright...

Quarterfinal Picks (5) Wall at (4) Ocean, 3 p.m. The B North rubber match will feature two teams that will both be at full strength and Ocean, in particular, will benefit from having a full lineup. Ocean goalkeeper Yianni Kavarakas did not play in Wall’s 1-0 win in September, while Alexis missed Ocean’s win on Oct...

Shore Conference Tournament Quarterfinals SCT Bracket (17) Long Branch at (1) Shore, 2 p.m. From the jump, the No. 1 seed will be put to the test by a Long Branch team capable of beating most of the teams in the field. The Green Wave have faced Wall and Ocean twice each and earned a draw in one of the meetings against Wall...

(27) Point Beach at (6) Toms River South, Wednesday, 7 p.m. With an eight-game winning streak, Toms River South is one of the hottest teams in the tournament and will host a Point Beach team that turned in some clunkers, but has also stepped up and challenged some good competition...

Shore Conference Tournament Home Page Now that the Shore Conference Tournament has moved into the quarterfinals, it is officially anybody’s game. While the first round did not provide all that much drama, the unique aspect of this tournament was that there were between 12 and 16 teams that were all relatively close in ability to one another, and that started to reveal itself in the last round, whe

Recap of SCT Opening Round Shore Conference Tournament Bracket A clean sweep by the home teams in the first round of the Shore Conference Tournament is rare, so for the seeds to stay true to form in a season that has seen so much parity is hard to fathom...

Snow knocked out almost all of the Shore Conference Tournament opening round on Tuesday, pushing the action to Wednesday evening. With the round of 16 holding firm on Thursday, the seven teams with first-round byes – Christian Brothers Academy, Lakewood, Freehold Township, Toms River North, Wall, Red Bank and Manalapan – will have a distinct advantage over their opponents thanks to the extra rest

Boys Shore Conference Tournament Bracket  No. 25 St. John Vianney at No. 1 Toms River South, 3 p.m. St. John Vianney’s run hasn’t quite reached improbable status yet, but the Lancers are one win away from, arguably, the most unlikely trip to the semifinals since the tournament expanded beyond 16 teams...