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TRENTON — Sometimes, all it takes is a lucky bounce to come out on top. The St. Rose girls basketball team knows that feeling all too well, after Saturday night’s Non-Public South B sectional semifinal.

A last-second shot by Alexx Hall that would have sent the Purple Roses to the sectional final rimmed out, letting Trenton Catholic escape by the skin of their teeth.

With 10 seconds left on the ...

WALL — An unfamiliar situation can baffle even the best teams, and, unfortunately for the members of the Wall girls basketball team, that moment did not come until the final buzzer sounded.

For most of the season, the Crimson Knights did not find themselves in a close game that went down to the wire, but that changed last Wednesday night.

A buzzer-beater by West Windsor-Plainsboro North’s Jenna Greenstein yanked ...

POINT PLEASANT — Before the regular season ever tipped off, Point Boro girls basketball coach Dave Drew knew his team had the potential to leave its mark over the course of the year.

He also knew that, with only a handful of his players having seen time on the varsity level, there were no guarantees.

With four freshmen in the starting lineup, the Lady Panthers were clearly going ...

ATLANTIC CITY — Over the course of his career with the Point Boro wrestling team, senior Jordan Beverly has shown that he has the heart and the talent to put himself among, if not at the top of, the list of the all-time greats in Panther history.

With more than 150 wins, three district titles, and a regional title, Beverly, along with fellow senior Sean Brand [see related ...