Colonia’s Taylor Derkack in action in the GMC Tournament Girls’ Championship Game against St. Thomas Aquinas on February 18, 2023 at Monroe Township High School. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
Colonia girls’ basketball team has achieved a number of firsts over the last couple of years.
They won their first division title of any kind (the GMC White) in 2021-22, and made their first trip to the GMC Tournament finals last season.
At the same time, Mattison Chiera capped off a great career, departing to graduation – and William Paterson University – as the top all-time girls’ scorer in program history, and third best all-time, boys’ or girls’.
This year, with Chiera gone, the 8th-ranked Patriots are off to a hot start. They still have Taylor Derkack, now a senior, and a solid supporting cast. Derkack is just 127 behind Chiera’s 1,514 points, and should overtake her sometime early in the New Year.
With three wins in their first three games – the first time that’s happened – Colonia (3-0, 1-0 GMC Red) looks to keep things going when South Brunswick visits Thursday evening for their second GMC Red Division game of the young season.
You can hear that contest on Central Jersey Sports Radio, with Mike Pavlichko and Dylan Allen on the call. Coverage starts with pregame at 5:15, tip off at 5:30 pm. Click here to listen.
Colonia is coming off a three-point win over Howell Tuesday night, 53-50, while the Vikings (1-2, 1-2 GMC Red) are coming off a 70-51 loss Tuesday night to 2nd-ranked St. Thomas Aquinas.
Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko of Central Jersey Sports Radio talk with Colonia coach Sandi Chiera:
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