Big Central Conference coaching updates: What’s left to fill with less than two months before camp opens?
It was another year of coaching turnover in the Big Central Conference, whether by coaches not being retained, or stepping down on their own. Of the 59 schools in the league, 12 will have new head coaches for the upcoming 2026 season. That’s 25 coaching changes in the past two seasons – nearly half the…
Steven Brown approved by North Plainfield Board of Ed as next Canuck football coach
The coaching vacancies in the Big Central Conference are filling up, with Steven Brown being officially hired as the new football coach at North Plainfield, Athletic Director Sean Dowling has confirmed to Central Jersey Sports Radio. The Board of Education approved the hiring at its regular meeting Monday night, along with the hiring of five…
As Blackwell steps down from Ridge, here are the winningest coaches in the GMC, Somerset County, and who will move into the top ten
Ridge baseball coach Tom Blackwell told his players last week, and announced publicly Tuesday that he was stepping down as the Red Devils’ skipper, with just a couple of years left before he completely retires from teaching. Blackwell will hang ’em up as one of the winningest active coaches in the Central Jersey Sports Radio…
Woodbridge’s Gavin Slicner is Central Jersey Sports Radio GMC Player of the Year after star-studded senior season
Sometimes in high school baseball, you see a stat that makes you rub your eyes to make sure you read it right. Woodbridge shortstop Gavin Slicner could’ve wrote a whole book of those in his senior year. The Barrons’ leadoff batter put up a stellar senior campaign and is the winner of the 2026 Central…
Karl-Anthony Towns’ historic NBA title with Knicks brings us back to his last ultimate championship: St. Joe’s TOC win in 2014
Karl-Anthony Towns has had a fantastic basketball career, whether it’s been with the Knicks, the Timberwolves, Kentucky, or in high school at St. Joseph-Metuchen. The one-time Falcons star played in the Tournament of Champions all three years when he was in high school (he reclassified and graduated early) and won it all in 2014 with…
Ridge seniors Callanan, Nicholson and head coach Tom Blackwell talk CJSR Team of the Year honors, as veteran skipper also announces retirement
What a whirlwind year for the Ridge Red Devils baseball team. They began the year 11-1, with an Opening Day win at West Morris bringing the program its 1,000th victory all-time. Then injuries hit, and they lost five straight in late April. After getting knocked out of the Somerset County Tournament in the semifinals by…
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