Shakeem Richardson

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.

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.

Since they were 10 years old, Neptune's Shakeem Richardson and Asbury Park's Daquane Bland-Bennett could count on the fact that every season they were either lining up on the same team or playing against one another. After flip-flopping from teammates to opponents throughout the years, they will once again be wearing the same jersey as part of the Monmouth County squad that will take on Ocean Coun

Photo Gallery by Bill Normile LONG BRANCH – Although it had been a while since they were in a tight game in the fourth quarter against a Shore Conference opponent, it was not hard for the Christian Brothers Academy basketball players to draw on their experience in a close game because it was a shocking, last-second loss in the Shore Conference Tournament that has been ingrained in their minds for

*Follow Scott Stump on Twitter* NEPTUNE - For a team that has struggled to score at times in big games this season, Neptune certainly didn't look that way in the second half on Thursday night against visiting Holmdel in a Shore Conference Tournament Round-of-16 game...

Quenton Nelson, Sr., Red Bank Catholic On Wednesday, Nelson signed his National Letter of Intent to play football at the University of Notre Dame. Since then, the 6’6” bulldozer took to the basketball court and scored 32 points in RBC’s win over Rumson-Fair Have on Thursday, then followed that performance up with a 33-point outburst against St...

NEPTUNE – One of the two teams at Neptune High School Saturday afternoon had endured three injuries in its lineup, a 23-point loss, and two narrow wins, while the other had just won its two biggest games of the season in its previous two games...

NEPTUNE – Myles Mooney and his Neptune boys basketball teammates knew the comeback was coming because it always does. The Scarlet Fliers not only have played close games throughout their season, but on Monday on their home floor, they played a Shore Conference Class B North division opponent that had erased many a deficit during an 11-game winning streak...

*Photo gallery by Sport Shots WLB* By Bobby Klatt - Shore Sports Network Contributor LONG BRANCH - A tale of two halves came down to who executed the best in the fourth quarter as Neptune pulled off a 59-49 upset over No. 8 Shore Regional to open up the Battle of the Boardwalk Showcase at Long Branch on Saturday...

COLTS NECK - After the smoke cleared on the best game of his brilliant career on Saturday, Colts Neck senior tailback Anthony Gargiulo was in no mood to reminisce on a record-setting three years for the Cougars. After all, the story isn't done being written yet...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter at @Bob_Badders Check back for video highlights NEPTUNE -- Brick Memorial always believed that senior Rob Triano had the play-making abilities to be a difference-maker for its offense. For the past two years, however, injuries cut his seasons short...

*Click here for video highlights* NEPTUNE – In a game where both defenses refused to give an inch, someone was going to have to make a play to seize the momentum at Memorial Field on Friday night. Ocean senior Jair Bernier answered the call, using special teams to jumpstart a hard-fought, 7-0 victory over host Neptune in a pivotal Class B North match-up...