Make it seven straight for St. Thomas Aquinas: Trojans top East Brunswick, 62-41, to win yet another GMC Tourney title It never gets old for St. Thomas Aquinas. Having won six straight GMC Tournament titles coming in to Friday night's 40th championship game, second-seed East Brunswick hung around for a while. The Bears were down just six after one, and even had a chance to cut it to nine before the half, but missed a three and ended up down 12.

Make it seven straight for St. Thomas #Aquinas: #Trojans top #EastBrunswick, 62-41, to win yet another #GMC Tourney title. Story, and postgame reax at the link, presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen! #NJHoops #GMCT

INSTANT REPLAY – GMC Tournament Boys’ Semifinals: (1) St. Joseph-Metuchen 63, (5) St. Thomas Aquinas 51 Aidan Carter scored a game-high 24 points while Joel Patrick grabbed 14 rebounds to send No. 1 seed St. Joseph-Metuchen to the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament title game for the first time since 2019, with a 63-51 win in the semifinal round over fifth-seed St. Thomas Aquinas. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Vin Ebenau call all the play-by-play from Monroe Township High School on February 18, 2026.

INSTANT REPLAY - #GMC Tournament Boys' Semifinals: (1) #StJoseph-Metuchen 63, (5) St. Thomas #Aquinas 51. Listen back to all the exciting game action as heard LIVE on CJSR, as the #Falcons get to the title game for the first time since 2019! #Trojans #GMCT #NJHoops

INSTANT REPLAY – GMC Tournament Boys’ Semifinals: (2) Piscataway 64, (3) Colonia 61 Donald Nwaigwe scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Izayah Brown added 16 and went 10-of-11 from the charity stripe in a 64-61 win for second-seed Piscataway over third-seed Colonia, sending the Chiefs back to the GMC Tournament title game for the second straight year. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Vin Ebenau call all the play-by-play from Monroe Township High School on February 18, 2026.

INSTANT REPLAY - #GMC Tournament Boys' #Semifinals: (2) #Piscataway 64, (3) #Colonia 61. Listen back to all the LIVE game audio as the #Chiefs get back to the title game for the second straight year! #Patriots #GMCT #NJHoops

GMC Tournament Boys’ Final Preview: Top-seed St. Joseph-Metuchen, two-seed Piscataway look to end title droughts Friday night in county final Mark Taylor has won two GMC Tournament titles, Bob Turco three. Friday night, both will look to end title droughts for their boys' basketball teams, droughts of varying degrees. The Piscataway program - with Turco in his second year as head coach after winning three straight GMC titles for St. Thomas Aquinas in 2020, 2022 and 2023 - hasn't won a title since 2009, when Guy Jensen's top-seeded squad beat third-seed St.

NEW! #GMC Tournament Boys' Final Preview: Top-seed #StJoseph-Metuchen, two-seed #Piscataway look to end title droughts Friday night in county championship game. Notes, stats, interviews at the link! #Chiefs #Falcons #GMCT #NJHoops

INSTANT REPLAY – GMC Tournament Girls’ Semifinals: (2) East Brunswick 52, (3) Piscataway 38 Sophomore Ava Catanho scored 13 points while junior Mia Figueroa added another 11 second-seed East Brunswick clinched its first GMC Tournament finals berth in a decade with a 52-38 win over third-seed Piscataway. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Dylan Allen call all the play-by-play from Monroe Township High School on February 17, 2026.

INSTANT REPLAY - #GMC Tournament Girls' #Semifinals: (2) #EastBrunswick 52, (3) #Piscataway 38. Listen back as the #Bears make it to their first #GMCT final since 2016! #NJHoops

Nearly-perfect St. Joseph-Metuchen seeks first trip back to GMCT finals since 2010s run as Falcons face rejuvenated St. Thomas Aquinas in all-parochial semifinal Wednesday The St. Joseph-Metuchen boys' basketball program hit its peak in the 2010s, making every GMC Tournament final in that decade, and wining nine of them, with just one loss - to Colonia in 2015. Wednesday night down at Monroe Township High School, the top-seeded Falcons (24-1) will seek to get back to that game for the first time since 2019 when they take on fifth-seed St.

AUDIO PREVIEW! Nearly-perfect #StJoseph-Metuchen seeks first trip back to #GMCT finals since 2010s run as #Falcons face rejuvenated St. Thomas #Aquinas in all-parochial semifinal Wednesday. LIVE at 7 PM on CJSR. Both HC interviews at the link! #Falcons #Trojans #NJHoops #boysbasketball

Expect another thriller: Wednesday rematch of 2025 GMC Tournament final pits Piscataway against Colonia for trip to 2026 title tilt Last year's GMC Tournament final was an exciting one, for a number of reasons. Besides the fact is was some great, high-level basketball between Piscataway and Colonia, it was the first all-public title game since 2006, when the Patriots beat Metuchen for the championship. It was Bob Turco taking the Chiefs to the finals in his first year as head coach, and for the first time since 2019.

Expect another thriller! Rematch of 2025 #GMC Tournament final pits #Piscataway against #Colonia for trip to 2026 title tilt. Preview and chat with both HCs at the link! #Chiefs #Patriots #GMCT #NJHoops

Six-time defending GMCT champ St. Thomas Aquinas seeks seventh straight trip to finals; can rejuvenated Colonia stop them? The St. Thomas Aquinas and Colonia girls' basketball teams have met twice in recent years in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament finals. Both went the Trojans' way, as have four other trips. But STA's opponent in Tuesday night's tournament semifinal hopes to end that streak. And they have reason to believe they can do it. While this isn't the championship game - yet - Colonia has one of the best records of any team St.

AUDIO PREVIEW: Six-time defending #GMCT champ St. Thomas #Aquinas seeks seventh straight trip to finals; can rejuvenated #Colonia stop them? LIVE at 7 pm tomorrow on CJSR. Hear from both HCs at the link! #Trojans #Patriots #NJHoops #girlsbasketball

Strong 3rd quarter, Longo’s 20, solid “D” power Monroe past North Plainfield in GMCT round of 16 Even if they had no idea Layla Gutierrez scored 50 points Monday night in a GMC Tournament preliminary round game against New Brunswick, Monroe had every idea of her talents, having split a pair of regular season games against North Plainfield already this year. And while she finished with 19 Wednesday, Monroe did its job against her all game, throwing double- and triple-teams her way, trapping, and - most importantly - holding her scoreless in the third quarter.

RECAP w/ AUDIO: Strong 3rd quarter, #Longo's 20, solid "D" power #Monroe past #NorthPlainfield in #GMCT round of 16. Story and postgame reax presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen at the link! #NJHoops #GMC #girlsbasketball #Falcons #Canucks

Updated GMC Tournament schedule for Tuesday’s boys’ Preliminary Round, Wednesday’s girls’ first round The Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament is in full swing for basketball, with the boys' preliminary round set for Tuesday, and the girls' first round - where the top eight seeds begin play - scheduled for Wednesday. The boys' first round takes place Monday, where those top eight seeds begin play against Tuesday's winners, and both the boys and girls will move on the the quarterfinals on Saturday, with game to be played at higher seeds, after years of having neutral site games either at Middlesex College or other high school venues in the league.

NEW: Updated #GMC #Tournament schedule for Tuesday's boys' Preliminary Round, Wednesday's girls' first round. Plan your #GMCT viewing at the link! #NJHoops

Gutierrez knocks down career high 50 for North Plainfield, as Canucks top New Brunswick to advance to GMCT round of 16 Fifty points. Eight treys. A whopping 61-percent from the field. And yet, her eight assists and three steals may have been just as impressive. No matter how you slice it, North Plainfield senior Layla Gutierrez had a game for the ages Monday night, scoring 50 in a 79-38 win for the 10th-seeded Canucks over 26-seed New Brunswick in the GMC Tournament's preliminary round Monday.

WOW!! Layla #Gutierrez knocks down career high 50 for #NorthPlainfield, as #Canucks top #NewBrunswick to advance to #GMCT round of 16! EXCLUSIVE interview at the link! #NJHoops

Recap: No big upsets in GMC Tournament’s play-in round, as 8 boys’ teams, 7 girls’ squads advance The 2026 Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament for basketball tipped off on Saturday, a day after the seeding meeting, with 15 teams advancing to next week's preliminary rounds, which will be held on Monday for the girls, and Tuesday for the boys, all at higher seeds. Scroll through for scores and recaps, as well as a look at the schedule in the next round, and who each winner will face.

Full #GMCT Play-In Recap: No big upsets on #GMC Tournament's opening day, as 8 boys' teams, 7 girls' squads advance. More at the link! #NJHoops #girlsbasketball #boysbasketball

Challenge: How Well Do You Know The Wonders of the World? What is the answer to the question in the image above?A. Mississippi RiverB. Grand CanyonC. Rocky MountainsD. EvergladesAnswer with A, B, C, or D

Challenge: How Well Do You Know The Wonders of the World?: What is the answer to the question in the image above?A. Mississippi RiverB. Grand CanyonC. Rocky MountainsD. EvergladesAnswer with A, B, C, or D #GMCT #answerquestion #questionimage #imageaboveA #MississippiRiverB

St. Joseph head coach Dennis McCaffery on wild GMCT title win, plus the “glue” that held it all together: longtime assistant Jerry Rippori Look at any sport, any level, and it's not just about one player, or the head coach. Winning teams, programs, franchises are all a team effort. Mookie Wilson didn't win Game six on his own. Mark Messier's guarantee doesn't happen without everyone chipping in. And that's the way it is at St. Joseph-Metuchen, too. The Falcons didn't just win the Jim Muldowney GMC Championship with one swing of the bat from JP Zayle, although it was the most obvious, easy-to-see reason why.

MORE FROM THE GMC FINAL: #StJoseph head coach Dennis #McCaffery on wild #GMCT title win, plus the "glue" that held it all together: longtime assistant Jerry #Rippori. Story and interviews at the link! #NJBaseball

Business as usual for St. Joseph’s Bobby Christensen, as senior leads on and off the field for GMCT finalist Falcons It's got to be daunting to spend three years of your high school baseball career with one coach, then have a new one for your senior season. That's exactly what happened at St. Joseph of Metuchen, where Mike Murray stepped down after three GMC Tournament titles and eight highly successful seasons at the helm. But so far, the Falcons haven't missed a beat.

AUDIO: Business as usual for #StJoseph's Bobby #Christensen, as senior leads on and off the field for #GMCT finalist #Falcons. Story and interview at the link! #NJBaseball #GMC

St. Joseph in GMC Tournament final again in first season under new head coach Dennis McCaffery The names may change, but in the end, the results are the same for the St. Joseph of Metuchen baseball team. For the fourth time in the last four seasons, the Falcons are back in the county finals, looking for their third championship since the COVID interruption of 2020. Mike Murray was the head coach who guided them to those championships - along with his first in 2016, his second season - but he stepped down in January, and…

PREVIEW: #StJoseph in #GMC Tournament final again in first season under new head coach Dennis #McCaffery. Hear about the #Falcons as they seek their third #GMCT title in 5 years at the link! #Falcons #NJBaseball

INSTANT REPLAY:  GMCT Semifinals – (5) St. Joseph-Metuchen 4, (8) Spotswood 3 Eighth-seed Spotswood led 3-1 heading into the seventh inning, but for the third straight GMC Tournament game, five-seed St. Joseph-Metuchen won on a walk-off, getting three in the bottom of the seventh - the last on a JP Zayle RBI single - to win 4-3 and advance to the GMC Tournament title game against 11-seed Edison. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel call all the action, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from Ray Cipperly Field at East Brunswick Magnet School on May 17, 2025.

INSTANT REPLAY:  #GMCT Semifinals - (5) #StJoseph of Metuchen 4, (8) #Spotswood 3. Listen to the full game broadcast as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio with Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel! #NJBaseball #GMC

INSTANT REPLAY:  GMCT Semifinals – (11) Edison 3, (10) Middlesex 0 Connor Murphy got it done at the plate and on the mound for 11th-seeded Edison, which made its first GMC Tournament final in 24 years with a 3-0 win over 10-seed Middlesex. Murphy had a two-run double in the sixth that gave the Eagles all the runs they'd need, while going the distance and allowing just two hits to get the victory.

INSTANT REPLAY:  #GMCT Semifinals - (11) #Edison 3, (10) #Middlesex 0. Listen to the full game broadcast as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio with Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel! #NJBaseball #GMC #Eagles #BlueJays

St. Joseph wins 3rd straight GMCT game with a walk off, as 7th inning rally tops Spotswood 4-3 to clinch finals trip It wasn't as clean, perhaps, as the first two, but they'll take it. The fifth-seeded St. Joseph of Metuchen baseball team already had a first round win in eight innings over Sayreville, and a quarterfinal win over Metuchen in nine - both 1-0 in walk off fashion - heading into Saturday's GMC tournament semifinal against eighth-seed Spotswood. And then they did it again, scoring three runs in the bottom of the 7th to come back for a 4-3 win, sending the Falcons to their fourth GMC Tournament final in the last five years.

COMEBACK KIDS!! #StJoseph wins 3rd straight #GMCT game with a walk off, as 7th inning rally tops #Spotswood 4-3 to clinch finals trip. Story and seventh-inning rally audio at the link! #NJBaseball #GMC #Chargers #Falcons

Runs will be at a premium when St. Joseph, Spotswood play Saturday for a trip to GMC Finals Game Two of the Jim Muldowney GMC Championship Tournament semifinals might not see very many runs scored. St. Joseph of Metuchen has scored just two in two tournament victories so far, and allowed none. Spotswood has scored seven, and only allowed one. And with the two pitchers expected to take the mound Saturday afternoon, it would be even more certain: The Chargers' Carter Cumiskey has allowed just three earned runs all year, in 47 innings pitched.

GAME 2 PREVIEW! Runs will be at a premium when #StJoseph, #Spotswood play Saturday for a trip to #GMC Finals. LIVE 2:30 pm on CJSR... preview at the link! #Chargers #Falcons #NJBaseball #GMCT

A battle of double-digit seeds pits small-school Middlesex against big-school Edison in first GMCT semifinal Saturday Edison may be the seventh-place team in the Red Division, but they are 12-9 and here in the Jim Muldowney GMC Championship Tournament semifinals. Middlesex may be the third-place team from the White Division, but they're the hottest team in the league right now, winners of nine straight. So, why shouldn't they be playing for a trip to the title game, in what was one of the widest open GMC Tournaments in many years?

GAME 1 PREVIEW! A battle of double-digit seeds pits small-school #Middlesex against big-school #Edison in first #GMCT #semifinal Saturday. 12 pm on CJSR. Preview at the link! #GMC #BlueJays #Eagles

INSTANT REPLAY:  GMCT Quarterfinals – (8) Spotswood 4, (16) South River 0 Starter Will Buchan threw five shutout innings of one-hit ball, and drove in the only run eighth-seed Spotswood needed in the top of the first, en route to a 4-0 win over 16-seed South River in the Jim Muldowney GMC Championship Tournament quarterfinals, earning the Chargers' their first trip to the semis since 2018. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Dom Savino call all the action, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from Spotswood High School on May 16, 2025.

INSTANT REPLAY:  #GMCT Quarterfinals - (8) #Spotswood 4, (16) #SouthRiver 0. Listen back to Mike Pavlichko and Dom Savino as they call all the action! #Chargers #Rams #NJBaseball

Mostly routs as all higher seeds win in GMC Muldowney Championship play-ins; First Round tourney matchups set for Monday The full first round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Jim Muldowney Championship Tournament is set, as South River, Perth Amboy, North Plainfield, and Metuchen moved on with play-in round wins on Saturday afternoon. Monday's first round will feature all 16 remaining teams, with the winners moving on to Wednesday's Quarterfinals at North Brunswick Community Park, where Central Jersey Sports Radio will have full coverage including play-by-play of two of those games.

ROUNDUP: Mostly routs as all higher seeds win in #GMC Muldowney Championship play-ins; First Round tourney matchups set for Monday. Details on wins by #SouthRiver #PerthAmboy #NorthPlainfield at #Metuchen at the link! #NJBaseball #GMCT

Top four should be easy picks at GMC Baseball Tournament seeding, but after that? The Somerset County Tournament is already set, and even kicked off Wednesday night with another game coming Thursday afternoon. The Greater Middlesex Conference is next, with the league's seeding meeting Friday morning. And of course, Central Jersey Sports Radio - as always - will be there. Make sure to follow Central Jersey Sports Radio on Twitter, as Mike Pavlichko will provide live updates from Friday's 9 am seeding meeting, with a full story and brackets to follow!

PREVIEW: Top four should be easy picks at #GMC #Baseball Tournament seeding, but after that? We take a closer look at the link! #NJBaseball #GMCT