Point Boro girls varsity basketball beat Middle Township 54-38 on Wednesday night and heads to the state finals.
Point Boro (22-8) beat Middle, the South Jersey Champion, in the Group 2 State Semifinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) girls tournament at Deptford High School, Gloucester County.
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Boro was leading Middle 35 to 18 at the start of the fourth quarter.
Middle did not score in the third quarter.
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The team is hoping to keep their winning streak alive on Sunday after also beating and
Boro is scheduled to play Newark's Shabazz at 2 p.m. Sunday at Pine Belt Arena, Toms River.
The triumph over Summit clinched the third straight Sectional Championship for the Boro, which won the South Jersey Group 2 title last year and the South Jersey Group 3 crown in 2010.
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