Championship Tuesday is all set following Monday’s Boys semifinals in which Point Pleasant Boro topped St. Rose 55-45 and Brick Memorial escaped with a 61-55 over Toms River East.
The Panthers victory was once again sparked by forward Pat Hart who has been the most impressive player in the tournament so far. The 6’4 senior scored a game-high 25 points, including two of Boro’s five 3-pointers. Will Hawthorne was solid, adding 11 points for the Panthers who outscored St. Rose 16-8 in the final quarter to improve to 5-0 on the season. Center Sean McPaul led the Purple Roses with 20 points as they drop to 3-2 on the season.
Memorial led by as many as 16 points in the 3rd quarter before the Raiders rallied, just like they did in their quarterfinal upset of top-seeded Toms River North. East got within a point in the 4th quarter and had a chance to take the lead but their rally came up short and the Mustangs pulled away down the stretch. Matt O’Brien led Brick Memorial with 17 points, 12 of them in the second half. Jose Ramos added 15 for Memorial while Richie Suhr scored 18 for East and Alex Bergstrom added 17.
Memorial and Point Boro meet in the Boys Championship game at 7:30. It’s the second straight appearance in the finals for Boro, who fell to Toms River North last year 40-38. The Panthers won their only WOBM title in 2002. Memorial won the title in 2005, the only other time they reached the championship game.
The Girls Final at 5:30 on Tuesday will find top-seed and heavy favorite Rumson meeting #3 Southern with both teams pretty much cruising into the final. The Bulldogs feature Princeton-bound Kate Miller and her supporting cast includes Julie Kelly and Ashley Cooper. Southern’s Rams are led by the inside play of Kristen Sharkey and Avery Hodgson along with Alex Spark. The game features two of the shore’s most successful coaches in Rumson’s George Sourlis and Kathy Snyder of Southern, who will match wits for only the second time in their careers with the other coming in the 2005 championship game won by Rumson.
Both games will be broadcast live on the Shore Sports Network (1160 WOBM AM and Fox Sports 1310) and streamed on shoresportsnetwork.com
The final day of the 7-day tournament begins at 10am with the Boys JV Consolation game between Point Boro and Ocean and following that at 11:30 Brick Memorial and St. Rose play in the JV Final. Then it’s the Girls 3rd place Consolation with Manchester facing Wall followed by the Boys 3rd place game between St. Rose and
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