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…
New-look Gill St. Bernard’s back in a familiar spot, while Franklin looks to take next step in Saturday’s SCT semis
Both of the teams who will meet in Saturday’s second girls’ basketball Somerset County Tournament semifinal game have some newness to them. Jimmy Kreie is in his first year as Franklin head coach, and he has he third-seeded Warriors a win away from getting back to county championship for the first time since 2019, when…
Rematch between Rutgers Prep, Montgomery kicks off Somerset County Tournament semis at Franklin Saturday
Montgomery’s last win over Rutgers Prep in boys’ basketball came in the 2018-19 season, with the Cougars winning twice that year. Since then, the Argonauts have won ten straight, but the majority – especially in recent seasons – have been close, including a three-point loss in the 2024 Somerset County Tournament final. This Saturday, the…
OPINION: When will we get stability – and common sense – in high school football? Don’t count on it any time soon.
High school football is at it again. According to a report out Thursday from Shore Sports Insider (formerly Shore Sports Network), the NJSIAA’s Leagues and Conferences committee has recommended that the NJSIAA move back to snaking playoff brackets in each section, rather than splitting them up geographically. Snaked brackets are intended to “balance” them. In…
Dean of GMC Coaches, Steve Mate, claims 500th career victory as Spotswood wins at Dunellen
Spotswood won by 18, Tyler VanLeeuwen scored 17, and the Chargers won their 14th game of the season Thursday. But the number that really mattered last night was 500. Spotswood head coach Steve Mate – in his 31st season there behind the bench, and 35th season of coaching overall – won his 500th game when…
Somerset County’s two 20-win teams to square off in Saturday’s SCT semifinals, as resurgent Bound Brook girls face powerhouse Rutgers Prep
By no stretch of the imagination did the Rutgers Prep and Bound Brook girls’ basketball teams have “bad” years, or even so-so seasons, at least not by most people’s standards. The Argonauts finished 20-7, while the Crusaders went 19-7. But Rutgers Prep didn’t make the county finals for the first time in ten seasons, and…
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