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 & 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 & 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

South Brunswick opens 2026 season with new attitude, new coach, as GMC veteran, NJ Hall of Famer Lou Urbano takes the reins The South Brunswick baseball program isn't that far removed from a trip to the GMC Tournament finals in 2021, and yet they are. There's been a decline in participation, and last season the Vikings won just four games. Enter Lou Urbano, a Greater Middlesex Conference baseball veteran, who made his name in the northern end of the county, coaching at JFK in the 1980s, Woodbridge and Colonia in the 90s, and St.

CHARTING A NEW COURSE: #SouthBrunswick opens 2026 season with new attitude, new coach, as #GMC veteran, NJ Hall of Famer Lou #Urbano takes the reins for the #Vikings. Story and interview at the link! #NJBaseball

A few shuffles in Greater Middlesex Conference baseball alignments for 2026; St. Thomas Aquinas moves up to Red Division Unlike basketball's one-year experiment with split divisions - Red American, Red National, for example - and six divisions overall, Greater Middlesex Conference baseball will retain the traditional four-division format for the upcoming 2026 season, but a few teams have moved around. The top-division stays mainly in tact, with South Brunswick - which went 4-20 last season but has brought GMC stalwart Lou Urbano in to take over the program as head coach - moving down to the GMC White, while St.

Doing the league shuffle: A few changes in #GMC baseball alignments for 2026; St. Thomas #Aquinas moves up to Red Division. #SouthBrunswick #JFK #Metuchen #NorthBrunswick #EBMagnet #NewBrunswick #SouthAmboy #NJBaseball

Monroe, JP Stevens, North Plainfield boys claim upsets, but six other high seeds advance to GMC Tournament First Round with Tuesday wins Five higher seeds advanced in the boys' basketball GMC Tournament Tuesday night, while Monroe, JP Stevens and North Plainfield came away with upset wins in preliminary round action. The GMCT now moves on to the First Round, the round of 16, as the top eight seeds that earned double byes begin play, hosting game on Thursday night, with winners moving on to Saturday's quarterfinals, all at higher seeds - unlike years past where the quarters were held at neutral sites.

NEW: #Monroe, #JPStevens, #NorthPlainfield boys claim upsets, but six other high seeds advance to GMC Tournament First Round with Tuesday wins. Recaps, next round schedule with times at the link! #Metuchen #Middlesex #SouthBrunswick #Woodbridge #PerthAmboy #NJHoops

Att #Wildwood #Newark #JerseyCity #Parsippany #Morristown #TomsRiver #Whippany #Philadelphia #Vineland #SouthBrunswick #Trenton #NJPol #Newton #Phillipsburg #CapeMay #Rockaway #Piscataway

Sunday Conversation: Woodbridge’s Joe Goerge on 250 (or 251?) career wins, spanning NJ and NY Sometimes, you can do the math over and over again, and it just doesn't add up. Such was the case when Woodbridge football assistant Jason Goerge - who coaches with his father, Joe, the head man for the Barrons - called me to discuss a milestone his dad was close to reaching. Or, maybe he'd already reached it? After beginning his career at Port Richmond on Staten Island, Joe Goerge eventually landed in New Jersey at Franklin.

Sunday Conversation: #Woodbridge's Joe #Goerge on 250 (or 251?) career wins, spanning NJ and NY. It took a little sleuthing, but we've got it! #NJFootball #Barrons #BigCentral #Franklin #Dayton #SouthBrunswick

2025 Big Central Preview: National Gold Division There could be a really good race developing at the top of the Big Central's National Gold Division this year. It starts with Piscataway, which was 7-4 overall last season and is the defending division champ. But the Chiefs, as longtime head coach Dan Higgins says, measure success "by championships" - as in state championships. And their last came in 2018.

Our look at the #BigCentral #NationalGold Division to close out your work week. Here's the scoop on #Piscataway #OldBridge #Monroe #SouthBrunswick and #EastBrunswick; listen at the link! #NJFootball

Early look at Big Central Football 2025: Who will challenge Piscataway, Old Bridge in National Gold Division? In 2025, the Piscataway Chiefs ran away with the National Gold title in the Big Central, sweeping their counterparts to go 4-0 in the division, while Old Bridge went 3-1. The rest only won one divisional game and will look to make inroads in 2025. It's probably no surprise the two teams that fared the best a season ago are led by veteran mentors.

Early look at #BigCentral Football 2025: Who will challenge #Piscataway, #OldBridge in National Silver Division. A look at the #Knights #Chiefs and #EastBrunswick #SouthBrunswick and #Monroe at the link! #NJFootball

South Brunswick, Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, New Jersey, 2025. Bark Formations. #Photography #BambooForest #SouthBrunswick #ForestArt #Art #TreeBarkTexture #NewLife #Delaware&RaritanCanal #StatePark #NewJersey #TravelPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Adventure #CarCampingChronicles

Monmouth Junction, Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, New Jersey, 2025. #Photography #MonmouthJunction #FlowerArt #NoFilter #SouthBrunswick #CarCampingChronicles #Delaware&RaritanCanal #StatePark #Art #NewJersey #TravelPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #MorningWalk #Peace #LoveLife

South Brunswick, Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, New Jersey, 2025. #Photography #BambooForest #SouthBrunswick #ForestArt #Art #Stream #StreamPhotography #Delaware&RaritanCanal #StatePark #NewJersey #TravelPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Peace #Zen #CarCampingChronicles

GMC Jim Muldowney Tournament Play-In Round Preview: Four games on tap Saturday With the Greater Middlesex Conference seeding the Jim Muldowney Championship and Ray Cipperly Invitational on Friday - with Woodbridge getting the overall top seed - the Championship tourney will get underway Saturday with the play-in round, while the Invitational will kick off on Tuesday. Here's a look at the four Saturday games in the Championship bracket, including a look ahead to who's next.

The #GMC Jim Muldowney Tournament Play-In Round Preview: Four games on tap Saturday. A look at each one - and who's next - for #SouthRiver #SouthBrunswick #Metuchen #SouthAmboy #NorthPlainfield #JFK #PerthAmboy #Carteret #NJBaseball

INSTANT REPLAY – Girls’ Basketball: South Brunswick 51, Old Bridge 34 All four seniors scored on Senior Night for South Brunswick, which got a game-high 17 points from Alexis Lease-Springer, 15 from Avery Jenne and 12 from Kendall Dixon, in a 51-34 home win over visiting Old Bridge. Click below to listen to all the action as called by Mike Pavlichko on Central Jersey Sports Radio on February 4, 2025, from South Brunswick High School in Monmouth Junction, NJ.

INSTANT REPLAY - Girls' Basketball: #SouthBrunswick 51, #OldBridge 34. Listen back to all the play-by-play of #GMC Red DIvision #SeniorNight action as heard 2/4/25 on Central Jersey Sports Radio! #NJHoops

South Brunswick girls fall behind early, but come back strong to beat Old Bridge on Senior Night Unless St. Thomas Aquinas is involved, nearly every girls' basketball game in the GMC Red Division this season has been competitive. The first time Old Bridge and South Brunswick met down on Route 516, the Knights came back from a ten-point deficit after three quarters to win 46-43. So, the fact that South Brunswick again led by ten at the end of three "wasn't lost" on the Vikings, according to head coach Ryan Murphy.

SENIOR NIGHT WIN: #SouthBrunswick girls fall behind early, but come back strong to beat #OldBridge on #SeniorNight, 51-34. Postgame reax presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen at the link! #NJHoops #GMC

South Brunswick and Old Bridge to duel after Knights rallied late to win first meeting The first time South Brunswick and Old Bridge played this year, it didn't look good for the Knights, who were held to single digits in both the first and second quarters. But like many other girls' basketball games in the Red Division this year, in the end, it was highly competitive. Old Bridge settled in at halftime, talked about their game plan, and how they hadn't quite executed it, weren't getting shots to fall.

PREVIEW: #SouthBrunswick and #OldBridge to duel after #Knights rallied late to win first meeting. Tune in tonight on CJSR LIVE at 5:30 for #Vikings Senior Night and game broadcast! Preview with both coaches at the link! #NJHoops #GMC

Gill’s win at STA shakes up Bellamy & Son Paving Girls Basketball Top Ten for Week 5 With its third big win of the year, Gill St. Bernard's has moved up in the Week 5 Bellamy & Son Paving Girls' Basketball Top Ten, which saw two teams drop out, two new teams, and nine of the ten schools move to a new position. And more could change this week. Still in first - for a 43rd straight week - is…

NEW: #Gill's win at #STA shakes up Bellamy & Son Paving Girls Basketball Top Ten for Week 5. Plus #RutgersPrep #Hillsborough #Middlesex #Spotswood #Somerville #Bernards #Pingry #SouthBrunswick #NJHoops #TopTen