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New Jersey’s premier holiday basketball tournament returns later this month with the 31st annual WOBM Christmas Classic to begin play during the weekend of December 20/21 at the Pine Belt Arena on the campus of Toms River High School North.

Once again 32 varsity teams will play 52 games over 7 days to decide the championship with the Manchester boys and Manasquan girls returning to defend the titles they won last December against a field that includes several new teams.

Boy’s first-time entrants are Manasquan, Marlboro and Middletown South while the group of girl’s teams includes Central, Colts Neck and Middletown South.

Tournament Founder & Director Kevin Williams announced that Barnabas Health’s Community Medical Center and Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus will return as presenting sponsors.

The hospital group’s sponsorship includes providing $4000 in college scholarships to eight student-athletes who participated in the 2013 tournament and are now college freshman. Michael Slusarz, Vice President for Marketing and Corporate Communications at Barnabas Health will make those presentations during the championship games on December 30.

All 16 Girls teams will play their first round games on Saturday, December 20 with the Boys first round games to be played the following day.

The participating schools are listed below:

BOYS                        GIRLS
Brick Memorial           Brick Memorial

Brick Township          Central

Donovan Catholic      Colts Neck

Freehold Township    Donovan Catholic

Jackson Memorial     Freehold Township

Lacey                        Jackson Memorial

Manasquan              Manasquan

Manchester             Manchester

Marlboro                  Middletown South

Middletown South    Point Boro

Point Boro                Red Bank Catholic

Red Bank Catholic   Shore

St. Rose                  Toms River East

Toms River East     Toms River North

Toms River Nort     Toms River South

Toms River South   Wall

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