Here are scholastic sport venues that you want to be at over the next few days
March Madness reaches its crescendo for New Jersey high school basketball with the Tournament of Champions semi-finals and finals.
On March 17 at the Pine Belt Arena in Toms River, the boys are up with No. 1 seed and undefeated St. Anthony (31-0) taking on Teaneck at 5:30 p.m. The Friars of legendary head coach Bob Hurley are looking to add to the TOC record 12 wins.
At 7:30, Linden is scheduled to tip off against St. Augustine in the other semi-final..
On March 18, the girls are up at the Pine Belt Arena. St. John Vianney is the top seed and will play Lenape at 7:30 p.m. The Lancers are tied for the most TOC wins, six, with Shabazz, and would like to break that tie this year .
The SJV-Lenape game is preceded at 5:30 by the Manasquan-Rutgers Prep semi-final. Manasquan is the defending champion.
The semi-final winners will play for the TOC championship on March 21 in Trenton at the Sun National Bank Center. The girls will tip off at 6:30 p.m. with the boys following the conclusion of that final.
