Matt Manley

Alex Ratner and Marlboro are off to a scorching start to 2019-20 thanks to the senior captain and a promising young supporting cast.

M.J. Wright stole an inbounds pass and hit the game-winning floater in the last 1.1 seconds to give Red Bank Catholic a thrilling win over Marlboro in the WOBM Christmas Classic final.

Alex Ratner scored 25 points and Marlboro's relentless pressure was too much for top-seeded Manasquan in the WOBM semifinals.

Shore Conference boys basketball results from Thursday, Dec. 26.

Rumson's longtime team manager Jack Velcamp finally got a chance to suit up Thursday on Senior Night and neither Velcamp nor the setting would disappoint.

Rumson's girls and boys soccer teams returned to the field just two days after tragedy struck and the result was a roller-coaster of emotions with an uplifting finish.

By Tyler Calvaruso
SSN Correspondent
TOMS RIVER – It has been a long time coming for Toms River North, but the wait is over.
The Mariners captured their first WOBM Christmas Classic title since 2004 Friday, soundly defeating Point Pleasant Boro, 67-52...

TOMS RIVER - For three quarters, the WOBM Christmas Classic final was not pretty, and that is exactly how Freehold Township's defense has made life for its opponents.
In Friday's WOBM Christmas Classic final between the third-seeded Patriots and top-seeded host Toms River North, Freehold To…

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WOBM Christmas Classic
At Pine Belt Arena
Championship
(3) Freehold Twp. 45, (1) Toms River North 39
Senior Steve Staklinski scored a game-high 23 points and the Patriots (7-0) separated from the host Mariners (5-1) early in the fourth quarter to win their first ever WOBM Christ…

GLASSBORO - Saturday was, by design, to be the final step for this year's Toms River North football team in staking its claim as the best team in school history as well as one of the best the Shore has ever seen.
As coach Dave Oizerowitz told his players, they deserve to be champions based on their p…