GMC, Somerset County Tournament Basketball history now live on Central Jersey Sports Radio, as website expands new “History” section beyond football to basketball, baseball

When the popular website Gridiron New Jersey shut down in June, along with it went all of its historical data. Coaches, fans, players – and the media – no longer had access to team schedules and results going as far back as 2003. That was something none of the major media outlets had online, with…

Big Central Conference to kick off 2026 season with 4th annual Media Day at Kean University

Central Jersey Sports Radio will begin its seventh season covering high school football when the Big Central Conference holds its fourth annual Media Day, to be held at the Harwood Arena on the campus of Kean University in union on Wednesday, August 5th. Note: This is the correct day of the event; a previous version…

Revisiting the matching of a playoff-era Middlesex County shutout record: another Aquinas team had a similar season before Piscataway

With the closure of Gridiron New Jersey, our work to publish the entire collection of NJSIAA playoff brackets from 1974 to the present left us a lot of research to be done. But we learned a lot about the history of the playoffs in the process. And one of them pertained to an incredible feat…

Former North Brunswick, Rutgers standout pitcher Zack Konstantinovsky picked in MLB Draft by Washington Nationals

Zack Konstantinovsky – a two-time Central Jersey Sports Radio Player of the Year at North Brunswick and standout at Rutgers – has been selected in the 2026 Major League Baseball Draft by the Washington Nationals. “Zack K,” as he’s often called, was dominant on the mound as a Raider. In ten starts his senior season,…

Former Franklin, Rutgers standout Peyton Bonds picked by San Francisco in third round of MLB Draft; will other area players be chosen?

With the 90th pick overall, in the third round of the 2026 Major League Baseball Draft, the San Francisco Giants take… … former Franklin standout and Rutgers star Peyton Bonds. A junior this past season, Bonds – who is Barry Bonds’ nephew and the godson of Bobby Bonds – hit .352 with 29 RBIs and…

Late-hired Big Central coaches may need honeymoon period as they get to know their teams, assemble staffs with little time before camp

By the time the Fourth of July rolled around, eleven new football coaches had already been hired in the Big Central Conference for 2025, with one – Perth Amboy – on the way. That makes 25 coaching changes in the league in the last two seasons alone. And after the Panthers’ new skipper Evan Baubles…

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