May 13, 2025
SMILING FACES ON OPENING NIGHT…. The opening weekend of High School basketball kicked off with a bang and SHORE FANS were not disappointed. Two heavyweights got things started. Manasquan and Rumson were both were missing major parts of their arsenal and for at least one night it didn’t seem to matter. In end the
READ MOREManasquan and RFH did battle last night to start the season and if you closed your eyes you would have thought as Yogi Berra would say it’s “Deja Vu all over again”…. with a little twist as Manasquan went on the Road for a 50-44 win Last year RFH had Manasquan on the ropes late in the
READ MORETomorrow the Shore Conference will open up with a bang and three big Conference games. Two of the Top 5 teams in the state will do battle. Defending SCT and TOC champs, Manasquan will visit Rumson Fair Haven in a “A” Central battle. But there are also two very important conference games that could have a lasing
READ MOREThis week I was informed a very talented player and their parents who just happen to be good people made a mistake, a big mistake and it was a costly mistake. A scholarship offer that had been extended was taken away. This player and their parents made the cardinal mistake….forgetting that college coaches are
READ MOREB SOUTH is a Division that could have a changing of the guard. In the past Donovan Catholic and Central Regional with HALL OF FAME COACH JOHN TRUHAN, have controlled the conference in recent years. But that may all be changing this season. Some believe MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP is ready to challenge for B SOUTH Supremacy. While Pt. Boro
READ MOREIt’s called the DISEASE OF ME, better known as DOM. It can run though a locker-room, and it can roll through an entire team. It runs through households. It’s a awful disease because it has been known to ruin and destroy teams, friendships, families and sometimes programs. It’s a disease that destroys anything in it’s path….The DOM can and only be stopped and
READ MOREA CENTRAL is not for the weak of heart. This conference is loaded with D1 talent, both upper and underclassmen. No high school conference in America is packing the talent that this division is rolling with. The coaching in the conference cannot be matched. George Sourlis will be the winning-est coach in shore history boys or girls. Dawn Karpell
READ MOREA NORTH looks on paper to be a forgone conclusion. MIDDLETOWN SOUTH made a run all the way to the TOC last year. MARLBORO appeared to come out of nowhere and have a Top 10 Shore finish. Freehold TWP still has Harley Kneeler a future D1 guard in their line up. The real race for
READ MORE*I wrote this blog on my NBS site for one reason…they are my words and my feelings…nobody has edited a word. I did not seek anyone’s approval. I did not ask for Mike Rice or his family’s approval. Yesterday it was announced that Mike Rice would become the interim coach at the Patrick School.
READ MOREB North, could be the most interesting Division and most underrated division in the Shore Conference this year. Now on paper this may look like a two horse race…DON’T BELIEVE IT. It may also appear that RBC is the heavy favorite…DON’T BELIEVE IT. The winner of this B NORTH is going to have to grind to win this years
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