The defending champion Toms River North boy’s basketball team was awarded the top seed for the 25th annual WOBM Christmas Classic and will open their bid for back-to-back titles on Sunday, December 21st against Jackson Memorial at the Ritacco Center. The seeds and pairings were announced Tuesday during our annual “Tipoff Brunch” which was hosted once again by the Quality Inn of Toms River and featured more than 270 players, coaches and tournament officials. St. Rose is the second seed in the boys division and will face Brick Township while #3 Point Boro takes on Old Bridge and fourth-seeded Brick Memorial plays Wall as part of the 8-game opening round.
Rumson-Fair Haven as expected was the #1 seed in the girls division and opens with Monsignor Donovan on Saturday, December 20th. Second-seed Shore Regional faces Toms River East, #3 Southern plays Old Bridge and 4th ranked Manchester battles Toms River South in first-round games. All the pairings are available at shoresportsnetwork.com
The tournaments 32 head coaches decided the seeds Sunday night as part of
a Coaches Dinner at Klee’s Bar and Grill in Seaside Heights but they were not revealed to anyone until Tuesday. Yesterday’s event also featured the announcement of this year’s scholarship recipients, who are now college freshman and will receive their awards at halftime of the championships games on December 30th. They are Lacey graduates Amanda Malkiewicz and Justin Rand, Ocean’s Karl Eichorn, Bill Carey of Southern, Brianna Crowe of Monsignor Donovan and Nicole Vaccarella of Colts Neck.
They bring the total to 65 student-athletes who have received scholarship awards from proceeds of the tournament.
Toms River Regional Schools Superintendent Michael J. Ritacco welcomed all the players and coaches and said the school district is delighted to once again host the WOBM Christmas Classic, which moved to the Ritacco Center in 2003.
On an unrelated note…former football star Keith Elias and Reggie Dabbs, two well-known motivational speakers will appear at Central Regional High School tomorrow night at 6:30pm. The free event is open to students, parents, teachers and everyone from the community and promises to be an enlightening experience.
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