Big day for No. 8 South Plainfield, as McCarthy no-hits No. 7 Old Bridge in 4-1 win, Massaro sets Tiger all-time hit record Put this one under the category of the old adage "Nobody cares how, just if." The South Plainfield baseball team didn't have the best day in the field, committing four errors, one of them leading to a run, but the Tigers still won their GMC Red Division matchup against Old Bridge Tuesday afternoon at home, 4-1 - and they did it in style.

WHAT A GAME: Big day for No. 8 #SouthPlainfield, as #McCarthy no-hits No. 7 #OldBridge in 4-1 win, #Massaro sets Tiger all-time hit record. We talk with BOTH at the link! #Tigers #GMC #NJBaseball

INSTANT REPLAY: North Plainfield 2, South River 0 Senior Bennie Sokowlowski scattered three hits over seven innings, striking out 11, while fellow senior Vic Ceda hit a sol home run in the sixth to give North Plainfield a 2-0 win over South River, earning a split of their two-game, home-and-home, GMC Blue Division series. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko call all the play-by-play live from Krausche Field in North Plainfield on April 20, 2026.

INSTANT REPLAY: #NorthPlainfield 2, #SouthRiver 0. Listen back to all the exciting game action as heard LIVE on CJSR Monday night! #Canucks #Rams #GMC #NJBaseball

Sokolowski dominates on the mound with 11 Ks as North Plainfield edges South River, 2-0, to split series The only run Bennie Sokolowski needed in support from his teammates in maroon pinstripes on a sunny-but-chilly, windy Monday afternoon at Krausche Field came in the first inning. Give him a run - a single, solitary run - and he'll take it from there. The North Plainfield senior threw his third complete game of the young season, striking out eleven while allowing just two hits, in a 2-0 win over visiting South River, in a GMC Blue Division game heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio.

RECAP w/ AUDIO: #Sokolowski dominates on the mound with 11 Ks as #NorthPlainfield edges #SouthRiver, 2-0, to split series. Postgame presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen with the winning pitcher, Vic Ceda (Solo HR) and HC Ben Donaghy at the link! #NJBaseball #GMC #BlueDivision

Top teams roll on again in Week Three, but bottom-half turmoil brings Old Bridge, Rutgers Prep into Bellamy & Son Paving baseball rankings For a second straight week, the top four teams continued to win - leaving Immaculata, Ridge, Middlesex and Edison right where they've been - but everyone else keeps beating each other up, and two new teams join the Bellamy & Son Paving Top Ten for Week Three. Immaculata (7-2) remains in the No. 1 position after a 2-1 week. In Skyland Conference play, the Spartans swept Bridgewater-Raritan - 13-3 at home, and 5-2 on the road - Tuesday and Thursday, before falling 7-3 to Delsea in a non-conference game on Saturday.

NEW: Top teams roll on again in Week Three, but bottom-half turmoil brings #OldBridge, #RutgersPrep into Bellamy & Son Paving baseball rankings. Plus: #Carteret #Colonia #Edison #Immaculata #Middlesex #Ridge #RutgersPrep #SouthPlainfield! #NJBaseball #GMC #SkylandConference

South River, North Plainfield wrap up GMC Blue Division set Monday night, under the lights Back on Friday, South River welcomed North Plainfield in to town for a GMC Blue Division matchup and sent the Canucks home with a 16-0 victory. But even with that win, the Rams' fifth straight, head coach Mike Lepore, Jr., hasn't won over 300 games in his career by having his teams sit back and relax. He knows that when his team visits Krausche Field Monday night for a 6 pm game under the lights to wrap-up the two-game series, they won't go into it with a 16-0 lead.

PREVIEW!! #SouthRiver, #NorthPlainfield wrap up #GMC #BlueDivision set Monday night, under the lights! LIVE at SIX PM on CJSR! We talk to both coaches at the link! #NJBaseball #Rams #Canucks

No. 5 Monroe goes on the attack early, hangs on to stun state-ranked Red Bank Catholic, 5-2, in Autism Awareness Challenge; plus all weekend Challenge scores Monroe head coach Sean Field knew what kind of challenge his Falcons would be in for when they picked up Red Bank Catholic for their Autism Awareness Challenge game this weekend at North Brunswick's Community Park. What he didn't know is that his team would enter the weekend having lost four of their last five games, coming off a two-game sweep at the hands of Woodbridge.

NEW: No. 5 #Monroe goes on the attack early, hangs on to stun state-ranked #RedBankCatholic, 5-2, in #AutismAwarenessChallenge; plus all weekend Challenge scores, and audio with #Falcons HC Sean #Field at the link! #AAC #TeamworkUnlimited

INSTANT REPLAY: Old Bridge 9, No. 7 South Plainfield 3 Erich Schikschneit won his first start of the season - while Matt Chin and Adrian Lutomski knocked in three runs each - to power Old Bridge over No. 7 South Plainfield, 9-3, in Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division action. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko call all the play-by-play live from Fred Cole Field in Old Bridge on April 17, 2026.

INSTANT REPLAY: #OldBridge 9, No. 7 #SouthPlainfield 3. Listen back to all the exciting #GMC #RedDivision action as heard LIVE on CJSR #Tigers #Knights #NJBaseball

Timely hitting, pitching, send Old Bridge past No. 7 South Plainfield, 9-3, and put Knights ahead of Tigers in GMC Red Matt Chin and Adrian Lutomski each knocked in three runs and Erich Schikschneit pitched 4 2/3 solid innings in his first start of the season Thursday, as Old Bridge got past South Plainfield, 9-3, in a GMC Red Division game at Fred Cole Field heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio. It was that mix of the big hit in the right spot - including a four-run fourth where the Knights batted around - and pitching out of jams that gave the Knights the win, moving them just ahead of South Plainfield in the division with three weeks to go before the GMC Tournament seeding meeting on May 8th.

Timely hitting, pitching, send #OldBridge past No. 7 #SouthPlainfield, 9-3, and put #Knights ahead of #Tigers in #GMC Red. Recap and postgame reax presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen at the link! #NJBaseball

As GMC Red beats each other up, Old Bridge and South Plainfield tussle in Friday matchup at Fred Cole Field With the exception of Edison - which is playing some excellent baseball right now - the entire Red Division in the Greater Middlesex Conference has been beating itself up. After the first-place Eagles at 7-1, the next five games are no more than one or two games over or under .500 as we near the end of Week Three of the season.

PREVIEW: As #GMC Red beats each other up, #OldBridge and #SouthPlainfield tussle in Friday matchup at #FredCole Field. LIVE at 4 PM on CJSR< previews with both HCs at the link! #Tigers #Knights #NJBaseball

So far, so good for South Brunswick baseball, as Perna helps lead Vikings to 5-2 start under Urbano There was a lot of change in the South Brunswick baseball program in the off-season, and it wasn't just the coaching staff. Veteran GMC skipper Lou Urbano had to change the culture. Which is all fine and good in the fall and winter, but what actually happens on the field can sometimes be a different story. Well, the Vikings got off on the right foot, sweeping Perth Amboy in their season-opening GMC White Division series, with 13-2 and 8-6 wins.

FEATURE: So far, so good for #SouthBrunswick baseball, as #Perna helps lead #Vikings to 5-2 start under #Urbano. Story and audio at the link! #NJBaseball #GMC

NJSIAA moving Colonia boys’ basketball up to Group 4 based on new success formula With the prevalence of charter schools live Thrive Charter and College Achieve Asbury Park in basketball, as well as public schools that draw students from outside their traditional geographical boundaries, the NJSIAA created a success formula, that moves team up in Group size for playoff qualification. And now, Middlesex County has seen its first team be affected by the new rule, as the Colonia boys' basketball program - which has won five straight sectional titles and six of the last seven - is moving up to Group 4.

NEW: #NJSIAA moving #Colonia boys' #basketball up to Group 4 based on new success formula. Full story, who's moving and why... at the link! #NJHoops #GMC #stateplayoffs

INSTANT REPLAY: #4 Edison 4, St. Joseph-Metuchen 0 Monmouth-bound senior Connor Murphy threw a no-hitter, striking out 13, in a 4-0 win over St. Joseph-Metuchen in GMC Red Division action. It came seven years to the day after he tossed a no-no in the Fords Clara Barton Baseball League as a ten-year-old, a game in which he also struck out 13. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Nick Hart call all the play-by-play live from Edison High School on April 14, 2026.

INSTANT REPLAY: #4 #Edison 4, #StJoseph-Metuchen 0. Listen to all the game action as Connor #Muprhy tosses a 13K no-hit gem! #Eagles #Falcons #GMC #NJBaseball #nohitter

Growing every year, Autism Awareness Challenge is back at North Brunswick Community Park in 2026, and with (mostly) great weather The Autism Awareness Challenge is back this year at North Brunswick Community Park – to benefit Mike Garlatti’s Teamwork Unlimited Foundation – with a full four-day slate of games. And while some previous years have been marred by bad weather, forcing games to get rescheduled, played at high school sites, or wiped altogether, this year's forecast looks much better, at least for the first three days of the event.

Growing every year, Autism Awareness Challenge is back at North Brunswick Community Park in 2026, and with (mostly) great weather

Edison’s Connor Murphy earns redemption with no-hitter, striking out 13, in 4-0 GMC Red Division win over St. Joseph The last time Connor Muprhy threw a pitch against St. Joseph-Metuchen, J.P. Zayle sent it over the left field fence for a grand slam to walk off with the GMC Tournament Championship. On Tuesday, he got some measure of revenge, with a complete-game, 13-strikeout no-hitter, in a 4-0 win for his 4th-ranked Eagles over the Falcons. In a game heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio, Murphy was simply masterful, mixing his fastball, change and breaking ball to keep St.

ACE! #Edison's Connor #Murphy earns redemption with no-hitter, striking out 13, in 4-0 #GMC Red Division win over #StJoseph. Full story, postgame presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen, AND the final out on video at the link! #NJBaseball #nohitter #nono

Edison seeks bounceback after first loss of season when defending GMC Tourney champ St. Joseph visits in finals rematch It's great when you start any season 5-0, but how you rebound after that first loss - whenever it happens - may say more about your team than your first five wins combined. That will be the mindset for the Edison baseball team Tuesday afternoon - who took their first loss of the season, 2-0, at Monroe Saturday - when the fourth-ranked Eagles entertain St.

PREVIEW: #Edison seeks bounceback after first loss of season when defending #GMC Tourney champ #StJoseph visits in finals rematch! LIVE at 4 PM TUESDAY on CJSR! Story and interview with HC Vinny #Abene at the link! #NJBaseball

Top four stay the same, led by Immaculata, Ridge, in Bellamy & Son Paving Week 2 baseball rankings There was much more stability in the Bellamy &amp; Son Paving Top Ten for Week 2 of the high school baseball season, with the top four teams remaining right where they are. There was minimal movement below that, with Monroe rising and Watchung Hills joining the rankings after a 3-0 week, knocking out Bernards. Immaculata (5-1) holds at No. 1 after 1 2-1 week down in Florida playing teams from around the country.

NEW: Top four stay the same, led by #Immaculata, #Ridge, in Bellamy & Son Paving Week 2 #Top10. Plus #Carteret #Colonia #Edison #Middlesex #Monroe #SouthBrunswick #SouthPlainfield and #WatchungHills! #NJBaseball

INSTANT REPLAY: Montgomery 11, Pingry 10 Montgomery rallied three times - the last time coming in the bottom of the seventh inning - to beat Pingry in a Skyland Conference crossover game, 11-10, with a two-out, bases loaded, walk-off infield hit by senior Evan Puleio. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Chris Tsakonas call all the play-by-play live from TD Bank Park in Bridgewater on April 11, 2026.

INSTANT REPLAY: #Montgomery 11, #Pingry 10. Listen back to all the action as heard on April 11, 2026 from TD Bank Park in Bridgewater! #NJBaseball #Cougars #BigBlue #SkylandConference

Montgomery bats come alive as Cougars top Pingry 11-10 on walk-off infield hit at TD Bank Park One thing about baseball: the bats could be alive one day and completely dormant the next. The Montgomery bats had mostly been dormant this season, with the Cougars hitting just .182 coming into Saturday afternoon's Skyland Conference crossover game at TD Bank Park in Bridgewater, heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio. But Saturday, everything clicked, even if it took them a while to get going.

WALK-OFF! #Montgomery bats come alive as #Cougars top #Pingry 11-10 on walk-off infield hit at #TDBankPark! Recap and postgame audio presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen at the link! #NJBaseball #SkkylandConference

Pingry visits TD Bank Park in Bridgewater Saturday to meet Montgomery in Skyland Conference crossover After rolling with an underclassman-heavy squad last year, there’s no shortage of familiar faces in the Pingry dugout this season. The Big Blue have brought back almost their entire roster, graduating only four seniors from the 2025 season. Pingry’s offense returns several hitters who played key roles at a young age, as three of the top four RBI leaders - Aaron Wu, Sam de Laurier and Riley Wong - were freshmen or sophomores last season.

PREVIEW! #Pingry visits #TDBankPark in #Bridgewater this afternoon to meet #Montgomery in #Skyland Conference crossover! LIVE at 2 PM with Mike and Chris... preview at the link with #BigBlue HC Anthony Feltre! #NJBaseball

Montgomery has been tested early, looking to heat up as weather gets warmer for Saturday battle with Pingry at TD Bank Park Peter Mueller - the veteran skipper who has been the Montgomery baseball coach for a quarter century, racking up over 300 wins - knows a thing or two about getting a team ready for the season. He felt really confident about his team heading into 2026 with a good mix of veterans and younger players, and he still does, despite a 2-4 start to the season against a challenging schedule that's included the likes of Ridge - a Somerset County Tournament finalist from a year ago, as well as a Hillsborough team that won Central Jersey Group 4, and always-tough-to-beat North Hunterdon.

PREVIEW: #Montgomery has been tested early, looking to heat up as weather gets warmer for Saturday battle with #Pingry at #TDBankPark! LIVE at 2 PM on CJSR - we chat with veteran #Cougars skipper Peter #Mueller at the link! #NJBaseball

Watchung Hills “steals” walk-off, 6-5 win over Bridgewater-Raritan to sweep two-game set Just when you thought you've seen it all, you haven't. Way back in the first inning of Watchung Hills' Skyland Conference Delaware Division home game against Bridgewater-Raritan Thursday - heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio - first baseman Max Payne did something he may never, ever do again. He broke his bat - a metal bat - on what turned out to be an infield hit to the left side.

WILD ONE! #WatchungHills "steals" walk-off, 6-5 win over #Bridgewater-Raritan to sweep two-game set. Recap and postgame reax presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen at the link! #Warriors #Panthers #NJBaseball #SkylandConference

Bridgewater-Raritan still figuring things out as Panthers head up to Watchung Hills seeking series split A look at the score from Tuesday's 9-1 loss to Watchung Hills doesn't quite tell the whole story of how that game went down. It was a 2-1 game until Bridgewater-Raritan got dinked and dunked to the tune of four runs by the Warriors, and it ended up being a 9-1 final. Maybe a more experienced team wins that game later in the season.

PREVIEW: #Bridgewater-Raritan still figuring things out as #Panthers head up to #WatchungHills seeking series split. LIVE at 4 PM on CJSR, we talk with HC Max #Newill at the link! #NJBaseball

INSTANT REPLAY: East Brunswick Magnet 17, New Brunswick 10 Despite jumping out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, East Brunswick Magnet had to rally late, scoring 12 runs combined in the fifth and sixth innings to beat New Brunswick, 17-10, and sweep a two-game series from the Zebras in GMC Blue Division action. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Nick Hart call all the play-by-play live from Ray Cipperly Field at East Brunswick Magnet School in East Brunswick on April 7, 2026.

INSTANT REPLAY: #EastBrunswick Magnet 17, #NewBrunswick 10. Listen back to all the game action! (Except for a technical glitch bottom 6th!) #Tigers #Zebras #GMC

Slugfest with with a little something for everyone ends in 17-10 victory for East Brunswick Magnet over New Brunswick, sweeping season series On a bright, sunny, but turning blustery cold day in the shadows of the dying Brunswick Square Mall and its big blue water tower, East Brunswick Magnet completed a two-game series sweep of New Brunswick Tuesday, with a 17-10 home in in GMC Gold Division action heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio. That was the main story, but this one?

Slugfest with with a little something for everyone ends in 17-10 victory for East Brunswick Magnet over New Brunswick, sweeping season series

Young New Brunswick squad still learning the game as Zebras head to East Brunswick Magnet seeking first win, series split Knowing you have a young team coming back that graduated a slew of seniors, it's not always going to be smooth sailing. But New Brunswick baseball head coach Nico Vargas is playing the long game, teaching the kids, instilling a sense of doing things the right way, with the assumption - often correct - that the wins will come. It's happened before.

PREVIEW: Young #NewBrunswick squad still learning the game as #Zebras head to East Brunswick Magnet seeking first win, series split. We talk with HC Nico #Vargas at the link! #Tigers #Zebras #GMC #NJBaseball

Montgomery’s Kris Grundy honored with John Wooden Legacy Award from state, national Basketball Coaches Associations After a third straight sectional championship in Central Jersey Group 4, and a second straight trip to the Group 4 state finals, Montgomery boys' basketball coach Kris Grundy has been honored with the John Wooden Legacy Award, given annually to one boys' and girls' coach in every state. It's from the New Jersey and National High School Basketball Coaches association in conjunction with the John Wooden Family and the Wooden Foundation.

NEW: #Montgomery's Kris @Grundy honored with John @Wooden Legacy Award from state, national Basketball Coaches Associations. Full story with comments from coach at the link! #Cougars #NJHoops #SkylandConference

A new No. 1 baseball team in the Bellamy & Son Paving Top Ten, while a tumultuous week adds four new clubs to the mix There were some great games, big wins, and some pleasant surprises through the first week of the high school baseball season in New Jersey. And while there's a lot more baseball to be played, there are four new teams joining the Bellamy &amp; Son Paving Top Ten in Week One, with a brand-new No. 1 team. St. Joseph-Metuchen - last year's GMC Tournament champion at 16-7 - has gotten off to a surprising 0-4 start.

A new No. 1 baseball team in the Bellamy & Son Paving #TopTen, while a tumultuous week adds four new clubs to the mix! Story at the link! #Bernards #Carteret #Colonia #Edison #Immaculata #Middlesex #Monroe #Ridge #SouthBrunswick #SouthPlainfield

Through first week – and them some – these high school baseball teams have started the season red hot The high school baseball season is already a week old, though a few got started a little earlier than most, but more than a few have started the 2026 campaign red hot. Some were expected, others have turned out to be pleasant surprises. And that could juggle our first in-season Bellamy &amp; Son Paving Top Ten, the Week One edition of which comes out Monday morning.

NOTEBOOK: Through first week - and them some - these high school baseball teams have started the season red hot! Story at the link! #Edison #Monroe #Middlesex #SouthBrunswick #SouthPlainfield #Carteret #Immaculata #Ridge #GMC #SkylandConference #NJBaseball

No. 5 Edison forces extras, then walks it off on Lutz single in 8th to top No. 7 South Plainfield 5-4, in wild finish to battle of unbeatens Early on, even though the home team scratched across a run in the first, it looked like No. 5 Edison and No. 7 South Plainfield would be tangled in a pitchers' duel on a beautiful Saturday morning on the red turf along the Boulevard of Eagles. Jayden Jiminez settled in for the Tigers, pitching to contact.  Edison's Dom Innocenti struck out five of the first six batters he faced.

RECAP w/ AUDIO: No. 5 #Edison forces extras, then walks it off on #Lutz single in 8th to top No. 7 #SouthPlainfield 5-4, in wild finish to battle of unbeatens. Story and postgame reax presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen at the link! #NJBaseball #Eagles #Tigers

INSTANT REPLAY: No. 4 Middlesex 12, Spotswood 1 Fourth-ranked Middlesex exploded for eleven runs in the final two innings, and beat Spotswood 12-1 on the road to sweep the season-opening GMC White Division series from the Chargers. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko call all the play-by-play live from Spotswood High School on April 2, 2026.

INSTANT REPLAY: No. 4 #Middlesex 12, #Spotswood 1. Listen back to all the live game action on a brutally frigid, raw day at #TheSwamp! #BlueJays #Chargers #NJBaseball #GMC