Tag: Boys Basketball

  • Marlboro’s historic 2021-22 campaign ends in Group IV final defeat to Elizabeth

    Marlboro’s historic 2021-22 campaign ends in Group IV final defeat to Elizabeth

    A season to remember. A season that will live forever in school history. That is what the Marlboro High School boys basketball team provided the community and many more people during the winter of 2021-22. From winning the program’s first Shore Conference Tournament championship and its first state sectional tournament title, to reaching the championship…

  • Mustangs defeat Trenton, 75-67, to win school’s first state sectional title

    Mustangs defeat Trenton, 75-67, to win school’s first state sectional title

    History. Redemption. There are many ways to describe what the Marlboro High School boys basketball team accomplished on March 7 in front of its hometown fans by winning the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament championship. No. 1 seed Marlboro held off No. 7 seed Trenton Central High School to secure a 75-67…

  • Mustangs top Manasquan, 63-46, to win first Shore Conference hoops crown

    Mustangs top Manasquan, 63-46, to win first Shore Conference hoops crown

    Marlboro High School boys basketball coach Michael Nausedas and his players felt the sting of defeat as they sat in a science lab at Manasquan High School after losing the 2021 Shore Conference Pod A tournament championship game in overtime to the Warriors at the conclusion of a postseason that was impacted by the coronavirus…

  • St. Thomas Aquinas claims both boys and girls GMC basketball crowns

    St. Thomas Aquinas claims both boys and girls GMC basketball crowns

    For the second time in three years, the Greater Middlesex Conference boys and girls basketball landscape was headlined by St. Thomas Aquinas High School of Edison. Trojan Nation reigned supreme at Monroe High School on Feb. 25 during the finals of the conference tournament. Just like in 2020, both the St. Thomas Aquinas boys and…

  • Marlboro defeats Jackson Memorial to reach SCT semifinals

    Marlboro defeats Jackson Memorial to reach SCT semifinals

    Nothing seems to be slowing down the Marlboro High School boys basketball team these days. Even a slow start against Jackson Memorial High School of Jackson in the quarterfinals of the Shore Conference Tournament on Feb. 20 at Middletown South High School in Middletown did not phase the Mustangs. No. 2 seed Marlboro washed away…

  • Mustangs win A North title; are set for Shore Conference Tournament action

    Mustangs win A North title; are set for Shore Conference Tournament action

    There is no team hotter than the Marlboro High School boys basketball team heading into the 2022 Shore Conference Tournament and Coach Michael Nausedas would be the first person to acknowledge that. Nausedas watched the Mustangs rack up 12 straight victories to end regular season play and head into the conference tournament with a 19-2…

  • Rockets rolling; prep for play in conference, state sectional tournaments

    Rockets rolling; prep for play in conference, state sectional tournaments

    HAZLET – The Raritan High School boys basketball team is creating a lot of buzz throughout the Shore Conference and in the A Central Division this winter. The 2021-22 Rockets are off to the program’s best start in more than a decade. Raritan is 13-4 and the players are hoping to make a run at…

  • Hot-shooting Famula, Bulldogs roll past Holmdel, 73-49

    Hot-shooting Famula, Bulldogs roll past Holmdel, 73-49

    Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School junior forward Cal Famula played the “game of his life” against Holmdel High School on Jan. 27 in Holmdel, according to his teammate Geoff Schroeder. Famula scored a game-high 24 points, including six three-point field goals, to lead the Bulldogs to a 73-49 road victory over their Shore Conference A…

  • Strong defensive performance carries Freehold Township past Long Branch

    Strong defensive performance carries Freehold Township past Long Branch

    Freehold Township High School’s boys basketball players and Coach Brian Golub met before the Patriots hosted Long Branch on Jan. 22. All concerned were ready to turn the page on a three-game losing streak that included a last-second 53-50 loss to Christian Brothers Academy the night before. The Patriots (7-6) rode excellent defense and strong…