Five years ago, Point Beach boys basketball coach Nick Catania was trying to tell any college coach from a power conference who would listen that he had a point guard who would make their program very happy if they would just give him a chance...

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 - While Mater Dei Prep has rapidly become the measuring stick for the rest of the teams in the Shore Conference, the Seraphs learned on Saturday that they have a lot of work to do to reach that distinction at the state level. The Shore's No...

Over the next 10 days, almost any time you flip on ESPN, there's a good chance a former Shore Conference football star will be suiting up for a college bowl game. It all leads up to the Rose Bowl on Jan. 2, when a Penn State team featuring five Shore alumni will try to cap a huge comeback season by beating USC in its backyard in Pasadena...

It was an unforgettable weekend for a group of former Shore stars whose teams brought home conference titles at Penn State and Temple. Former Manalapan star Saeed Blacknall had the best game of his college career to bring home a Big Ten title for Penn State, while Neptune's Keith Kirkwood had a big day of his own as Temple captured a conference title of its own to hit the 10-win mark...

Five teams bringing home state titles, two stunning upsets and an incredible finish highlighted the final weekend of the Shore Conference football season. Rumson-Fair Haven, Manasquan, Asbury Park, Mater Dei Prep and Wall took home coveted NJSIAA sectional championship trophies with resounding victories...

UNION - Following a 42-6 win over Bernards that gave Manasquan the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II title on Saturday night, senior Adam Schreck basked in the cheers and let everyone know what the victory meant. "We are back!" he yelled. "Manasquan is back...

UNION - Staring at an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter in Saturday's NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I final, Asbury Park spent the final 11 minutes showing what the Blue Bishops are all about. "We wanted to remind everybody that this city is a state championship city,'' said senior running back Namir Argilagos...

UNION - Even after Mater Dei Prep senior Eddie Lewis dashed into the end zone for an incredible last-second touchdown that gave the Seraphs their first state championship in history, it was hard for him to believe what had just happened. With 15 seconds left in the game on Saturday, Mater Dei junior quarterback George Pearson hit junior wideout Kyle Devaney with a short pass, and then he flipped i

Both quarterbacks have been starting since their freshman year and piling up accolades along the way. Now they look to add a state championship to their sparkling resumes. Middletown North senior Donald Glenn and Mater Dei Prep junior George Pearson, who play at schools separated by less than a mile on Tindall Road in Middletown, will now look to add some team hardware by leading their respective

Their individual members may not be not household names in the Shore Conference, but if the offensive lines at Toms River North and Wall perform up to the high level they have set this season, it's a good bet their teams will be hoisting South Jersey sectional championship trophies on Saturday...

Between Southern's Mike Gesicki setting another record for a Penn State team bound for the Big Ten title game, Colts Neck's Anthony Gargiulo rushing for his first collegiate touchdown for Navy and a trio of Shore grads earning all-conference honors, it was another strong week for former Shore Conference stars at the higher levels...