St. Anthony

MIDDLETOWN - Senior guard Joe Mahoney remembers what Ranney's boys basketball games used to be like only two seasons ago, before the Panthers became a must-see show in the Shore Conference. "My sophomore year, we probably had four or five Ranney fans in the stands,'' he said before smiling...

MIDDLETOWN - In a battle between the state's most prestigious high school basketball program and a team of five sophomore starters who are essentially starting a program from scratch, it was indeed a sophomore from Monmouth County who made the game-deciding shot...

Hoop Group Boardwalk Showcase Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 At Collins Arena, Brookdale Community College   2017 Lineup (Click on the game to read a preview) Game 1: No. 10 Rumson-Fair Haven vs. Marlboro, 12 p.m. Game 2: No. 4 Toms River North vs. No....

Hoop Group Boardwalk Showcase Saturday, Jan. 7 At Collins Arena at Brookdale Community College Game 4: No. 2 Ranney vs. St. Anthony, 5 p.m. For a group of 15 and 16 year-olds, the five sophomore starters on the Ranney boys basketball team have played in high-level tournaments against some of the best amateur talent in the country – a body of work that rivals that of most incoming college freshmen.

It has been 10 years since Linden reached the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions final and Thursday at Pine Belt Arena, the Tigers earned the program another crack at the top prize in N.J. and a showdown with the top program in the state to earn it...

The Annual Hoop Group Boardwalk Showcase returns to Long Branch High School Saturday and all five scheduled games will feature at least one Shore Conference team while two of North Jersey's top teams also join the festivities. St. Anthony, Neptune, Christian Brothers Academy, Manasquan, Point Beach and host Long Branch have all become regulars at the event, which was formerly called the Battle on

In each of the last three years, the Christian Brothers Academy basketball team has spoken of its annual showdown with St. Anthony as more of a measuring stick than a game. The Friars – currently the No. 1 team in N.J. according to NJ.com – are the standard for high school basketball in the state and while CBA would have loved to send shockwaves through the state, the expectations were always more

Non-Public B Roselle Catholic 56, St. Anthony 52 Kentucky recruit Isaiah Briscoe led four scorers in double figures with 17 points to go with four assists and the Lions (26-4) won a thriller over the Friars (28-2) to capture their third straight Non-Public B title in a game where neither team led by more than five points the entire way...

LONG BRANCH – Dozens and dozens of ambitious high school basketball players have sacrificed hours upon hours of sleep and after-school free time to jump on a train and commute to play at St. Anthony High School for Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley...

It's that time again, as the annual Boardwalk Hoop Group Showcase featuring match-ups between some of the Shore Conference's top teams will unfold at Long Branch High School with a five-game slate on Saturday. The 15th annual event, which has formerly been held at venues like Convention Hall in Asbury Park and Monmouth University, features some old-school rivalries and nine Shore teams in action a