Tournament Time – Hometown View

11 days ago Manasquan beat St. Rose by four points in a matchup of the shore’s top two girl’s basketball teams. That victory earned the Warriors the #1 seed going into the Shore Conference Tournament and left many hoping that the two schools would eventually meet again in the SCT Championship game. That rematch will happen after both came up semifinal winners last night at Brookdale Community College.

Manasquan topped three-time defending champion Neptune 49-40 as sophomore Katelynn Flaherty scored 23 points and then it was the Purple Roses rallying from 11 points down to edge St. John Vianney 30-27 in overtime as Sarah Kurtz hit three late free throws to provide the winning margin. St. Rose will get its second crack at Squan on Friday night at Monmouth University (6pm), in a game we will broadcast on our Shore Sports Network.

We’ll be back at Brookdale tonight for the Boys Semifinals with top-seed Colts Neck facing Middletown North at 6pm followed by Manasquan versus Neptune.

Both games will be broadcast on 1160/1310AM and also at shoresportsnetwork.com

The Region VI Wrestling Championships begin at 5pm today with preliminary round action at the Pine Belt Arena in Toms River. Tonight’s action features wrestlers who finished 2nd or 3rd in last weekend’s districts and winners advance into the quarterfinals on Friday against district champions, who automatically get byes into the quarters.

Monmouth University has clinched a spot in the upcoming Northeast Conference Basketball Tournament and the Hawks close out the regular season with two home games this week. St. Francis of NY comes into the MAC tomorrow night and then first-place LIU visits on Saturday night. After a slow start Monmouth is 8-8 in the NEC and currently in a three-way tie with Quinnipiac & Central Connecticut for 5th place in the conference standings.

COMEDY NIGHT

The Toms River Elite Baseball Team will hold a Comedy Night Fundraiser this Friday at the East Dover Firehouse on Fischer Boulevard. Featured comedians for the evening will be Gino-T, Adam Kerr and Joey Callahan. Tickets are $25. Click trelite.org for tickets and additional information.