No. 13 Millville had to lean heavily on defense, which answered call in Group 4 final

Neeko Rolle drove in for a layup with eight seconds left to help lift Pleasantville to a 54-53 win over Atlantic City at the Battle of the Bay in Atlantic City. Rolle finished with six points while Marki Barnes had 20 points for Pleasantville (12-12), which stopped a two-game losing streak, and trailed by six points with about four minutes left in the game. Pleasantville eventually closed proceedings with an 11-4 run.

Camden Catholic 74, Woodbury 52. Aaryn Battle netted 30 points to lead third-seeded Camden Catholic in a 74-52 win over sixth-seeded Woddbury in the Elite Eight of the SJIBT, in Voorhees. Camden Catholic (15-9) will face seventh-seeded Williamstown in the semifinals on Friday at Eastern. Kassidy Thompson added on 20...

Jamir McNeil sent the game into double-overtime before scoring the winner as Middle Township nipped Montclair Immaculate, No. 16 in the NJ.com Top 20, by a score of 71-70 at the Battle of the Bay in Atlantic City. McNeil, who buried a three-pointer at the end of the first overtime,...

Jen Denby thought she had left coaching behind but, like the famous line uttered by Al Pacino’s character in The Godfather: Part III, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”. Denby’s 15-year stint as the girls basketball coach at Penns Grove ended in...

Drew Harvey had 13 points while Noah Harvey had 12 as Cinnaminson overwhelmed Pitman 73-43 at the Holy Cross Prep Showcase in Delran. Joel Blamon tallied 11 points and Amare Gantt had eight points and four rebounds for Cinnaminson (18-1). Andrew Plaza finished with seven points and seven rebounds and Colin Parrish chipped in with six points and three rebounds.

Emmanuel Joe-Samuel poured in 26 points while Josh Eli tallied 24 as ninth-seeded Paul VI stopped eighth-seeded Cherry Hill East in the second round of the Camden County Tournament in Cherry Hill. Paul VI will next face either top-seeded Camden or 17th-seeded Winslow in the quarterfinal on Saturday. Torren Greene...

Haddonfield’s girls team and Manchester Township’s boys squad both earned South, Group 2 sectional titles while Timber Creek girls and Pennauken boys took home South, Group 3 team titles during the sectional championships meet at Bennett Indoor Complex in Toms River. Haddonfield cleaned up shop in the South...

Nate Rohlfing finished with 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots while Patrick Ryan had 15 points and four rebounds as sixth-seeded Haddonfield ousted 11th-seeded Gloucester 66-43 in the second round of the Camden County Tournament in Haddonfield. Haddonfield will face either third-seeded Camden Eastside or 14th-seeded Paulsboro in...

Max Portnoy finished with a double-double and Damien Edwards tallied 17 points and eight rebounds as seventh-seeded Eastern squeezed by 10th-seeded Woodbury 46-45 in the second round of the Camden County Tournament in Voorhees. Eastern will next face either second-seeded Camden Catholic or 15th-seeded Audubon in the quarterfinal on Saturday.

Jeremiah Bright scored 22 points, including three 3-pointers, while Cairo Rivera added 13 points as Camden Eastside won, 63-60, over Egg Harbor in the Battle By The Bay showcase in Atlantic City. Camden Eastside (12-3) led 30-28 at the half and took a four-point lead into the fourth quarter. Jay-Nelly...

Whenever the Super Bowl is played, there are so many people around the world who tune in to see all of the best action from the biggest night of American television. And no, we are not talking about the game, which will pit Kansas City against Philadelphia, by the way: this is about the commercials, the celebrity sightings, and the halftime musical performance.

The Philadelphia Eagles arrived in Arizona on Sunday, seven days before they will face the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in Glendale next Sunday. Monday and the NFL’s Opening Night ceremonies will make the start of four days of a media circus as the NFC champions prepare to meet the AFC champion Chiefs, their dynamic quarterback Patrick Mahomes and their creative head coach, Andy Reid, who once coached the Eagles.

JaBron Solomon was unstoppable on Friday night. From the opening minutes, Solomon had it working for Woodbury and ended up setting a new school-record with 50 points during a 73-50 win over Audubon. Woodbury (16-4) jumped out to an early lead and extended in the second quarter. It outscored Audubon...

Montrey Wright, who guided the Salem football program to a pair of sectional titles in the last two seasons, stepped down as head coach on Friday. Wright made the announcement via Twitter. A Salem graduate, Wright took over the program in 2015 from Dennis Thomas. He posted a 67-24 career...

Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is a two-time Super Bowl champion. And it he wants to win a third ring, he should probably revisit his first Super Bowl victory. BUY NFL TICKETS: STUBHUB, VIVID SEATS, TICKETSMARTER, TICKETMASTER. Spagnuolo was the Giants defensive coordinator when New York upset the...

Casey Johnson, Ryder Wicken and Billy Sheridan scored a pair of goals to lead Gloucester Catholic, No. 8 in the NJ.com Top 20, to an 8-3 win over No. 3 Don Bosco Prep, at the Ice Vault in Wayne. Gloucester Catholic (6-6-2) led 4-1 by the end of the opening...

What a week it was for some of the Times area’s best boys basketball teams. Trenton and Ewing, who had long locked up Colonial Valley Conference division titles, battled it out for conference supremacy, and it was the Tornadoes that ended up as kings of the CVC. Can they...

It isn’t easy being green. The Empire State Building learned that the hard way. Following the Philadelphia Eagles’ 31-7 win over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game, the top of iconic New York skyscraper was awash in green and white. And that didn’t sit well with folks in New York.

Salem County, tucked away in New Jersey’s westernmost corner, is the state’s smallest county. But, it boasts the most farmland in the Garden State. Despite the abundance of food growing around them — on more than 41,000 acres of preserved farmland across the county, according to state data — some residents struggle with food access due to a severe lack of local supermarkets.

Super Bowl LVII is approaching. The Philadelphia Eagles will take on the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz. BUY NFL TICKETS: STUBHUB, VIVID SEATS, TICKETSMARTER, TICKETMASTER. To get there, the Eagles beat the San Francisco 49ers, 31-7 in the NFC Championship. And 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk thinks...