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

INSTANT REPLAY: No. 2 Immaculata 3, No. 8 Hillsborough 0 Second-ranked Immaculata got three late runs - one in each of the final three innings - and a combined one-hitter from starting pitcher Cole Raymond and reliever Bryson Auten to beat No. 8 Hillsborough on the road on Opening Day 2026, 3-0. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel call all the play-by-play live from Hillsbrough High School on March 31, 2026.

INSTANT REPLAY: No. 2 #Immaculata 3, No. 8 #Hillsborough 0. LIsten back to all the #OpeningDay play by play as heard LIVE on CJSR! #Spartans #Raiders #NJBaseball #SkylandConference

No. 2 Immaculata downs No. 8 Hillsborough in pitchers duel, 3-0 behind combined one-hitter from Raymond, younger Auten Ryan Auten is the senior pitcher heading to Wake Forest, but it was his freshman brother, Bryson, who got the win Tuesday on Opening Day for Immaculata. Cole Raymond made his first start, after coming out of the bullpen last season, and went 3 1/3 innings without allowing a hit or a run, and just three baserunners. But Bryson Auten got out of a two-on, one-out jam in the fourth out of the 'pen, then finished things off for a 3-0 win for No.

OPENING DAY FINAL! No. 2 #Immaculata downs No. 8 #Hillsborough in pitchers duel, 3-0 behind combined one-hitter from #Raymond, younger #Auten. Recap and postgame reax presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen at the link! #Spartans #Raiders #SkylandConference

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New-look Hillsborough baseball team opens 2026 season Tuesday when Immaculata comes to town Talk about a senior exodus. The Hillsborough baseball team that won the 2025 Central Jersey Group 5 championship as a nine-seed - knocking off top-seed Hunterdon Central in the quarterfinals in extra innings, then second-seed Old Bridge in the title game - looks very different in 2026. Six players with at least 50 at bats have graduated, and only one pitcher who recorded a win last year returns, and Samuel Malone is likely going to be the every day catcher.

OPENING DAY PREVIEW: New-look #Hillsborough baseball team opens 2026 season Tuesday when #Immaculata comes to town. LIVE at 4 pm on CJSR! Hear from #Raiders HC Matt Mosko at the link! #NJBaseball

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Defending GMC, SCT champs St. Joseph-Metuchen, Immaculata open season at No. 1, No. 2 in Bellamy & Son Paving preseason Top Ten It's never easy to predict how any high school team - in any sport - will do from year-to-year, what with graduation losses and unproven talent. The year before can be a guide, but who knows who a new group will respond, or if a new coach will reignite a program that struggled the year prior. That said, it's not where you start, it's where you finish, and last year's teams will mainly get the benefit of the doubt when it comes to the preseason Bellamy & Son Paving High School Basketball rankings.

NEW! Defending #GMC, #SCT champs #StJoseph-Metuchen, #Immaculata open season at No. 1, No. 2 in Bellamy & Son Paving preseason #Top10! Plus #Colonia #Edison #Hillsborough #Middlesex #OldBridge #Ridge #SouthPlainfield #Woodbridge! #NJBaseball

Heady Montgomery point guard Ethan Lin repeats as CJSR Somerset County Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year Basketball is a team sport, but without Ethan Lin, it's highly likely Montgomery isn't Central Jersey Group 4 champions three years running. The smart, skilled, and unflappable point guard was the Central Jersey Sports Radio Somerset County Boys' Basketball Player of the Year in 2024-25, and now he's repeated the feat in 2025-26. Last season, he was coming off a horiffic broken leg injury that truncated his sophomore season.

NEW: Heady #Montgomery point guard Ethan #Lin repeats as CJSR #SomersetCounty Boys' Basketball #PlayeroftheYear! Plus HMs from #Gill #RutgersPrep #Immaculata #Hillsborough and #Manville! #NJHoops

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Four titles earns Gill St. Bernard’s No. 1 ranking in final Bellamy & Son Paving Boys’ Basketball Top Ten When high school basketball teams open their preseason, hitting the gym in earnest for the first time, they can set all kinds of different goals. For most with high-end aspirations, there are four main ones: win the division, win the county, win a sectional, win a state championship. In 2025-26, it was check, check, check, and check one more time for…

NEW! Four titles earns #Gill St. Bernard's No. 1 ranking in final Bellamy & Son Paving Boys' Basketball #TopTen. See where the rest landed: #Colonia #EastBrunswick #Hillsborough #Immaculata #Manville #Montgomery #PerthAmboy #Piscataway #RutgersPrep #StJoseph #NJHoops

Two late OT free throws by Dan Jennings send St. Thomas Aquinas past Immaculata, 77-76, in opening round of state tournament Unlike everyone else in New Jersey - all the public schools, anyway - St. Thomas Aquinas and Immaculata were always set to play Thursday night in the opening round of the NJSIAA state tournament. More than a week since their last game - a 63-51 loss to eventual GMC Tournament champion St. Joseph-Metuchen in the county semifinals - the Trojans got right back on the horse Thursday night.

ON TO THE NEXT!! Two late #OT free throws by Dan #Jennings send St. Thomas #Aquinas past #Immaculata, 77-76, in opening round of state tournament! Recap and postgame presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen at the link! #Trojans #Spartans #NJHoops

Girls’ Non-Public Power Points Update: Despite SCT loss, Gill St. Bernard’s should earn a top-seed in state tourney, along with finalist Rutgers Prep With playoff qualification in high school basketball closing Saturday at the NJSIAA cutoff, it looks like Gill St. Bernard's loss in the Somerset County Tournament Saturday will not keep them from getting a top seed in their playoff section, with Rutgers Prep also expected to earn one. Below is a look at all the area teams in the Central Jersey playoff brackets, based on NJ.com power point standings as of 2 pm on Sunday, February 15, 2026.

Girls' #NonPublic #PowerPoints Update: Despite #SCT loss, #Gill St. Bernard's should earn a top-seed in state tourney, along with finalist #RutgersPrep. Plus #CalvaryChristian #Wardlaw #Aquinas #Immaculata #MountStMary #MotherSeton #Pingry #NJHoops

Defending champ Gill St. Bernard’s, Immaculata get set to tussle in Saturday’s final Somerset County Tournament semi With four Somerset County Tournament semifinal games on tap at Franklin High School this Saturday, it'll be defending champion and top-seed Gill St. Bernard's taking on fifth-seed Immaculata for a trip to the championship game next week at Montgomery in the last of the hoops extravaganza's four games. There was little doubt who the top-seed would be. The Knights are 22-2, their only losses coming to St.

PREVIEW: Defending champ #Gill St. Bernard's, #Immaculata get set to tussle in Saturday's final #Somerset County Tournament semi. Tips at 4 pm, Alec #Crouthamel has lilve updates on Twitter, postgame reax and recaps presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen to follow at cjsportsradio.com! #NJHoops

INSTANT REPLAY – SCT Boys’ Quarterfinals: (5) Immaculata 72, (4) Pingry 68 Fifth-seed Immaculata got 23 points from Riley Gorman and another 20 from Tyler Burns as they erased a 10-point halftime deficit to beat fourth-seed Pingry, 72-68, in the quarterfinal round of the Somerset County Tournament. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko call all the play-by-play from The Pingry School in Basking Ridge, NJ on February 7, 2026.

INSTANT REPLAY - #SCT Boys' Quarterfinals: (5) #Immaculata 72, (4) #Pingry 68. Listen back to all the game action! #Spartans #BigBlue #NJHoops

Last Bellamy & Son Paving Boys Top Ten before season’s end sees first four hold, but rest shuffle as Piscataway, Colonia rise In the final Bellamy & Son Paving Boys' Basketball Top Ten before the end of the season, The top four teams remained the same, while most of the rest got shuffled around, with Piscataway and Colonia trending upward. Gill St. Bernard's (20-2) remains No. 1, having won 16 straight, including two games last week. The Knight edged No. 3 Rutgers Prep Thursday in Somerset in a potential Somerset County Tournament final preview, 73-68.

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Minus times, Somerset County Tournament semis are set, as Immaculata boys, Bound Brook girls pull quarterfinal upsets, defending champs both win They were upsets by seed, but the result wouldn't have been surprising either way. In what looked on paper like the most competitive matchups of the day, the fifth-seeded Bound Brook girls knocked off fourth-seed and 2025 SCT finalist Hillsborough 54-47 on the road Saturday morning, to advance to next week's semifinals at Franklin. And in a 5/4 upset on the boy's side, …

NEW: Minus times, Somerset County Tournament semis are set, as #Immaculata boys, #BoundBrook girls pull quarterfinal upsets, defending champs #Gill boys and girls both win. Plus #Immaculata #Franklin #Montgomery #RutgersPrep

Immaculata rallies from 13-point deficit to get past Pingry, 72-68, moving on to SCT semis for first time since 2020 The last time the Immaculata boys' basketball team was in the Somerset County Tournament semifinals, no one had any idea what a "coronavirus" was. But now, fir the first time since 2020, they're back in in, as the fifth-seeded Spartans beat four-seed Pingry up in basking RIdge Saturday afternoon, 74-68, in a game heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio.

#SCT RECAP & AUDIO! #Immaculata rallies from 13-point deficit to get past #Pingry, 72-68, moving on to #SCT semis for first time since 2020. Story and audio presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen! #NJHoops #Spartans #BigBlue

Somerset County Tournament moves into quarterfinal round this weekend as top four boys’ and girls’ seeds join the fray Somerset County Tournament play resumes this weekend, with eight games - four girls', four boys' - all taking place in the late morning and early afternoon, with a couple of doubleheaders on tap. Central Jersey Sports Radio will have live play-by-play coverage on Saturday afternoon at 1:00, when the 5th-seeded Immaculata boys visit 4th-seed Pingry. Mike Pavlichko will call all the action with pregame at 12:45; …

AN #SCT PREVIEW! Somerset County Tournament moves into quarterfinal round this weekend as top four boys' and girls' seeds join the fray. More at the link! #WatchungHills #RutgersPrep #BoundBrook #Hillsborough #Pingry #Franklin #Bernards #Gill #Ridge #Immaculata #Montgomery #Bridgewater #NJHoops

Immaculata looks for stronger start when Spartans travel to Pingry Saturday for SCT quarterfinal matchup Despite a disastrous first quarter where Immaculata trailed Pingry at home 28-10 at the end of it, the Spartans fought back and were able to cut their deficit to one measly point in the fourth the last time these two teams met, almost a month ago. The Big Blue held on, though, picking up a 64-59 win. So when the fifth-seeded Spartans (15-5) visit fourth-seed Pingry (11-6) Saturday afternoon in the Somerset County Tournament quarterfinals, getting out to a good start will be Job No.

PREVIEW! #Immaculata looks for stronger start when #Spartans travel to #Pingry Saturday for #SCT #quarterfinal matchup. LIVE at 1 PM on CJSR!! Preview with both HCs at the link! #NJHoops

Whitaker, Vanderbeek and Immaculata AD Gambino talk Spartans’ splash with new football leadership By the time the Q&A session cleared out, there they were: in their best suits, ready to take Immaculata football by storm. Dallas Whitaker, a 2011 graduate and two-time state champion playing for Peirce Frauenheim had already talked to the kids. "I came here for you," he told them. While that's very likely the case, it's also a little for him.

NEW: #Whitaker, #Vanderbeek and #Immaculata AD #Gambino talk #Spartans' splash with new football leadership. Listen at the link! #NJFootball

Immaculata set to name alum Dallas Whitaker as Spartans’ new football coach this afternoon Dallas Whitaker will be back to coaching football in Somerville again, but this time, he won't be wearing orange and black. It'll be with the team wearing blue and white across town, at his alma mater, Immaculata. Multiple sources close to Whitaker confirmed the move, and an announcement and media availability is scheduled at the school late this afternoon, and Central Jersey Sports Radio will be there.

BREAKING: #Immaculata set to name alum Dallas #Whitaker as #Spartans' new football coach this afternoon, replacing Mike #Columbo. Story at the link! #NJFootball

Another week of chaos in Bellamy & Son Paving Boys’ Top Ten as Colonia, South Plainfield rejoin Some big wins and tournament losses this week threw a wrench into the Bellamy & Son Paving Boys' Basketball rankings, with the list pared down to ten this week, while three teams dropped out, and two new ones took their place, rejoining the Top Ten after bowing out earlier this season. Holding on at the No. 1 spot - and on a 14-game winning streak - …

NEW: Another week of chaos in Bellamy & Son Paving Boys' Top Ten as #Colonia, #SouthPlainfield rejoin. See where others landed at the link! #Gill #StJoseph #Immaculata #Hillsborough #Pingry #Montgomery #RutgersPrep #Piscataway

Immaculata boys use big third quarter to thwart Bernards as Gorman cracks 1k; Watchung Hills girls pull upset over Somerville in SCT second round play Next weekend's quarterfinal round is set in the Somerset County Tournament for boys' and girls' basketball, with just one upset, as the ninth-seeded Watchung Hills girls upended 8-seed Somerville to move on and face top-seed Rutgers Prep. Here's a look at all eight games played Saturday, along with a recap of Immaculata-Bernards on the boys' side. (5) Immaculata 74, (12) Bernards 49…

FULL 2ND RND RECAP! #Immaculata boys use big third quarter to thwart #Bernards as #Gorman cracks 1k; #WatchungHills girls pull upset over #Somerville in #SCT second round play. #NJHoops

In final few weeks of the regular season, most GMC, Skyland boys’ division titles are settled The Somerset County Tournament was seeded Monday night, and the Greater Middlesex Conference will take its turn one week from today. But there are still division titles up for grabs in both leagues. So, who already has hardware, and who's still fighting for a banner? Here's a look at the GMC and Skyland Conference division races as we hurtle toward the postseason.

NEW: In final few weeks of the regular season, most #GMC, #Skyland boys' division titles are settled. A look at winners, with one to be decided! #StJoseph #EastBrunswick #PerthAmboy #Metuchen #SouthAmboy #PiscatawayMagnet #AmboyMagnet #Gill #Manville #Pingry #Franklin #Immaculata

Few changes in Week 7 Bellamy & Son Paving Boys’ Basketball Top Ten, but Hillsborough joins the pack Once again,m there were few changes in the Bellamy & Son Paving Boys' Basketball Top Ten for Week 7, as Gill St. Bernard's and St. Joseph-Metuchen remain Nos. 1 and 2, while Hillsborough joins the back having won eight of its last nine games. No one dropped out this week, with two teams tied for tenth. At No. 1 is…

NEW: Few changes (again) nin Week 7 Bellamy & Son Paving Boys' Basketball Top Ten, but #Hillsborough joins the pack. Plus, see where #Bridgewater #EastBrunswick #Gill #Immaculata #Montgomery #Piscataway #Pingry #RutgersPrep #Somerville #StJoseph are! #NJHoops #GMC #Skyland

Week 6 Bellamy & Son Paving Boys’ Basketball Top Ten holds steady; Gill, St. Joe’s remain 1-2 Six of the teams in the Bellamy & Son Paving boys' basketball rankings had perfect weeks last week, and it led to no changes in the Week Six Top Ten. Gill St. Bernard's (12-2) picked up a pair of league wins in the week gone by - 69-38 over No. 3 Pingry Tuesday, and 74-46 at Bridgewater-Raritan on Thursday. The Knights have won eight straight and - absent a big upset loss in the next week - should be the No.

NEW! Week 6 Bellamy & Son Paving Boys' Basketball Top Ten holds steady; #Gill, #StJoseph remain 1-2. Where are the rest? #Bridgewater #EastBrunswick #Montgomery #Immaculata #Piscataway #Somerville #RutgersPrep #Pingry #NJHoops #GMC #Skyland

PHOTO GALLERY: No. 7 Immaculata vs. No. 7 Somerville (January 17, 2025) The seventh-ranked Immaculata Spartans got 26 points - and six threes - from senior Riley Gorman to win their eleventh straight game over Somerville, defeating the Pioneers 81-53 on Saturday, January 17, 2026. Click here to read the game story, complete with postgame reaction from Riley Gorman and head coach Ryan McKeever, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen! Here's a photo gallery from Central Jersey Sports Radio's coverage of the game:

PHOTO GALLERY: No. 7 #Immaculata vs. No. 7 #Somerville (January 17, 2025). 21 photos from the lens of Mike Pavlichko at a huge in-town #rivalry game! #Spartans #Pioneers #SkylandConference #boysbasketball

No. 7 Immaculata reigns as Spartans rain 3s down on No. 10 Somerville for 83-51 victory, 11th straight against Pioneers Twice this week - on Monday against Vernon and Tuesday against Hunterdon Central - No. 7 Immaculata dropped eleven threes in a game. What would be the odds they'd do it again? Pretty good, as it turns out. The seventh-ranked Spartans hit eleven times from downtown Saturday afternoon, en route to an 83-51 home win over No. 10 Somerville in the annual Mayor's Trophy game.

MAYOR'S TROPHY TO 'LATA! No. 7 #Immaculata reigns as #Spartans rain 3s down on No. 10 #Somerville for 83-51 victory, 11th straight against #Pioneers. Story and postgame audio presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen at the link! #Spartans #NJHoops #boysbasketball