Unless your high school basketball team is still competing in the Shore Conference Tournament, the third week of February typically is a tuneup week prior to the state tournament. Such was the case for all the locals as sectionals week drew closer.

For the Southern Regional boys hoops squad, head coach Eric Fierro’s crew was staring at a first-round matchup with the top seed in NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV on Monday, and so the Rams took on an athletic Vineland team as their last tuneup contest…