The Jersey Shore dominance was once again present at the Little League Section 3 Tournament for 12-year-olds.

That was topic as teams from Ocean County, Monmouth County, Mercer County and Middlesex County met in Freehold Township to decide this year's champion.

Toms River East was the defending Section 3 champion and Toms River East repeated with a 13-2 win over Milltown on July 21. Since 2013, a Jersey Shore Team from either District 18 or District 19 has won this tournament.

New Jersey's Little League Section 3 featured Districts 10, 11, 12, 18 and 19 and the Jersey Shore region was represented by Districts 11, 18 and 19.

More: A look back on district 11 tourneyReview the district 11 tournament game-by-game

More: A look back on district 18 tourneyReview the district 18 tournament game-by-game

More: A look back on district 19 tourneyReview the district 19 tournament game-by-game

The Mercer County region was be represented by the Hamilton Township Recreation Baseball Association a.k.a HTRBA (District 12) and the Middlesex County region was represented by Milltown Little League (District 10).

All games for this year's Section 3 Tournament were played at Freehold Township Little League, which plays its games at Michael J. Tighe Park, 65 Georgia Rd, Freehold Township, NJ 07728

Toms River East, the winner of the Section 3 tournament, will advance to the Joe Graziano Little League State Tournament, which will be held July 26-August 1 at Pequannock Little League, which is located at 99 Washington Street, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444.

The 2022 Section 3 Tournament participants

• District 10: Milltown Little League

• District 11: North Wall Little League

• District 12: Hamilton Township Recreation Baseball Association Little League (HTRBA Little League)

• District 18: Toms River East Little League

• District 19: Freehold Township Little League

Stay with APP.com for updates throughout the tournament.

The complete schedule for the 2022 Section 3 tournament

Friday, July 15

Game 1: HTRBA (District 12) 11, Freehold Township (District 19) 6

Game 2: Milltown (District 10) 5, North Wall (District 11) 4

More: A full recap of day 1 of tourneyThe section 3 tournament began July 15, get a full recap of what transpired on day 1

Saturday, July 16

Loser's bracket elimination game

Game 4: Freehold Township 12, North Wall 9

Winner's bracket game

Game 3: Toms River East 6, HTRBA 4

More: A full recap of day 2 of tourneyGet the latest on the section 3 tournament

Monday, July 18

Loser's bracket elimination game

Game 6: Freehold Township 4, HTRBA 2

Winner's bracket game

Game 5: Toms River East 3, Milltown 1

More: A full recap of day 3 of tourneyToms River East, Freehold Township advance

Tuesday, July 19

Game 7: Milltown 7, Freehold Township 6

More: A complete recap of July 19 gameIt was a showdown between Freehold Township and Milltown, get all the details of the back-and-forth affair

Wednesday, July 20

Championship Game

Game 8: Milltown 2, Toms River East 1

More: a full recap of July 20 gameGet all the details from the showdown between Toms River East and Milltown

Thursday, July 21

"If Necessary" Championship Game

Game 9: Toms River East 13, Milltown 2

Previous Winners of the Section 3 Tournament since 2010

2022: Toms River East

2021: Toms River East

2020: Brick

2019: Holbrook

2018: Middletown

2017: Holbrook

2016: Freehold Township

2015: Jackson

2014: Toms River

2013: Toms River East American

2012: Nottingham

2011: Holbrook

2010: Toms River National

Sherlon Christie is a sports reporter at the Asbury Park Press and has covered sports at the Jersey Shore since 2004. Don't miss any of his coverage by subscribing at https://subscribe.app.com. You can contact him at https://linktr.ee/schristie2

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