Saturday, December 17, 2011
The WOBM Christmas Classic kicks off its 28th annual high school basketball tournament this weekend
- HOLIDAY GUIDE
- Karen Wall
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
The year was 1983. Word was going around that Southern Regional High School was about to discontinue its Roundball Festival, an annual boys basketball tournament held during the Christmas break that featured eight boys basketball teams from Monmouth and Ocean counties. Kevin Williams didn’t want to see it go away. “Jim Ruhnke had been running the tournament for a while,” said Williams, director of the Shore Sports Network for Townsquare Media, the owner of WOBM FM and AM. “The burden was on the Southern staff, and it had become too much.” Then one day early in 1984, Williams said, he heard about a meeting about the fate of the Roundball Festival. “I got wind of it and got myself invited,” he said. And it wasn’t long after that the WOBM …
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Toms River High School North
1245 Old Freehold Rd, Toms River, NJ
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Line-up for boys and girls brackets, played at Toms River High School North and Pine Belt Arena starting Saturday
Here are the opening-round matchups for the WOBM Christmas Classic, with sites and game times this weekend. The remainder of the tournament will be played Dec. 27-30 at Pine Belt Arena. The teams’ seeds are in parentheses: Boys bracket: Saturday, Dec. 17 At Toms River North gym: (6) Toms River North vs. (11) Central, 1 p.m. (3) Manchester vs. (14) Red Bank Catholic, 2:45 p.m. (7) Wall vs. (10) Brick Memorial, 4:30 p.m. (2) St. Rose vs. (15) Toms River East, 6:15 p.m. At Pine Belt Arena: (5) Barnegat vs. (12) Toms River South, 1:30 p.m. (4) Point Boro vs. (13) Lacey, 3:15 p.m. (8) Southern vs. (9) Ocean Twp., 5 p.m. (1) Jackson Memorial vs. (16) Brick, 6:45 p.m. Girls bracket, Sunday, Dec. 18 At Toms River North gym: (6) Monsignor Donovan …
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Toms River High School North
1245 Old Freehold Rd, Toms River, NJ
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Brick Memorial 57, Toms River East 49 (OT)
The Brick Memorial Mustangs overcame a 10 point fourth quarter deficit with a 15-5 run to close out regulation and force overtime in their consolation game at the WOBM Christmas Classic against the Toms River East Raiders. Brick Senior Tim O'Shea scored eight straight points over a two minute stretch in the middle of the fourth quarter to help get his team back in the contest, as he would end with a game high 25 points. The Raiders had trouble overcoming foul trouble in overtime despite protests to the refs from head coach Mike Konopka about the calls. Toms River was called for over ten fouls in the second half, putting the Mustangs in the double bonus, allowing seven of their eleven overtime points to come from the free throw line. …
#3 Point Boro 60, #6 Toms River East 30
WOBM Christmas Classic girls basketball, Toms River East Raiders v. Point Boro Panthers, Dec. 29 The Point Boro Panthers came out applying a full court press from the very beginning of the game. The Panthers kept the pressure on, disrupting the Toms River East Raiders offensive game plan, holding the Raiders scoreless until junior Emily Kunzman hit a three pointer more than seven minutes into the contest. By this point the Panthers already held a 15-3 lead serving as a preview for how the rest of the contest would go. Point Boro was led offensively by sophomore Kelly Hughes' 21 points, as the Panthers had three separate players reach double digits. Despite trailing 33-10 at the half the Raiders defense clamped down early in the second …
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Tournament's now condensed game schedule will resume on Wednesday; two games cancelled.
The 27th annual WOBM Christmas Classic resumed on Wednesday, featuring five days of games condensed into four, with the championship games moved to Sunday afternoon. Two girls' consolation games, Shore Regional vs. Barnegat and Wall vs. Ocean, have been cancelled. Organizers have provided the revised schedule: Thursday, Dec. 30 (Boys Consolations) 11:00 a.m. TR East vs. Brick Memorial (PSA), Monroe vs. Southern Regional (TRN) 12:45 p.m. TR South vs. Brick (PSA), Ocean vs. Barnegat (PSA) (Boys Quarterfinals at PSA) 2:30 p.m. #11 Wall vs. #3 Manchester 4:15 p.m. #7 Central vs. #2 Point Boro 6:00 p.m. #5 St. Rose vs. #4 TR North…
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Manchester Township High School
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Monday, December 20, 2010
#4 Toms River North 65, #13 Monroe 61
Though it took overtime, the Toms River North Mariners were able to hold off a challenge from the Monroe Falcons and avoid an opening round upset in this weekend's WOBM Christmas Classic. The Mariners were aided in large part by having three of their players reach double digits in scoring, which featured junior Alex Levchenko putting up 25 points, along with sophomore Karl Blum's 10 points. Toms River also benefited from the play of junior Sean Martin, who recorded a double-double in the contest. Though he put up 16 points, including the go-ahead basket in overtime with 1:58 to go, it was his impact under the boards late in the contest that helped propel the Mariners to victory. Overall in the contest Martin recorded 10 rebounds and 3 …
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#7 Central 38, #10 Toms River South 35
In this low scoring defensive battle neither team could get anything going early on, as Central held a slim 14-10 halftime lead. However in the second half both offenses would begin to pick it up as the two teams would more than double their total first half offensive output. The game remained tight throughout as neither team could take control of the game. The Central Eagles did take a 5 point lead with a minute to play as Joe Hardy added two to end with a Central and game high of 13 points. The Toms River South Indians were able to get within 3 with 32.8 seconds to go as Elijah Dupree drove to the basket for two. Toms River would get the ball back after the Eagles were unable to add to their lead at the free throw line. In the …
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Toms River High School North
1245 Old Freehold Rd, Toms River, NJ
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#3 Manchester 55, #14 Toms River East 42
Following their opening night victory in which they posted just 32 points, Manchester Hawks boys head coach Ryan Ramsay said that offense was an area he wanted to work on with his team coming into the WOBM Christmas Classic. In this first round matchup, the Hawks were able to improve on their opening night offensive showing and put up 55 points, led by senior De'Andre Little's 18 points off the bench. Also achieving double digits for the Hawks was senior Monwell Brown who contributed 10 points. The Toms River East Raiders were led in scoring by senior Vinny Armimio's 15 points, including an early 3 pointer that helped put the Raiders out in front 9-2 very quickly at the start of the contest. The rest of the first half belonged to the …
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Ken
7:39 pm on Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Obviously you do not play sports nor are you a parent. So when you do become a parent if you ever do than you can come back and talk to me. Since I am speaking from experience and I have no idea what you are speaking from. So get more ›