Edison – shown here against Middlesex in the GMC Tournament semifinals on May 17, 2025 – is back in the title game for the first time in 24 years, and in the Top Ten for the first time this season. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
We all knew the GMC Tournament would be a wide open event this year, but now it’s wreaked havoc on the Bellamy & Son Paving Top Ten for Week Seven. The top two teams – Ridge and Immaculata – are unchanged, but everyone else shuffled. Three teams dropped out and two new teams entered. (Two teams were tied for 10th last week.)
Ridge (15-4) is at No. 1, but a lot could be said about that Monday afternoon when the top-seeded Red Devils take on fourth-seed Rutgers Prep in the Somerset County Tournament semifinals at TD Bank Park at 4 pm. Ridge won its only game last week, 7-1 over Bernards in the quarterfinals, and won an earlier meeting with the Argonauts this year, 8-6, on April 19th. You can hear today’s game on CJSR by clicking here, or you can watch a YouTube live stream with our play-by-play. Coverage is presented by Zoned Sports Academy of Bridgewater.
Immaculata (12-7) lost two of three last week, but won their Wednesday SCT quarterfinal, 10-9 over Hillsborough, rallying from three runs down in the seventh to walk it off without the benefit of a hit. They dropped a Monday decision, 11-10, to DePaul, then fell Thursday to Somerville 6-5, but they second-seeded Spartans are back in action in the SCT Monday at 1 pm taking on 11th-seed and upset-minded Franklin. You can also hear that game on CJSR by clicking here, or you can watch a YouTube live stream with our play-by-play. Coverage is presented by Zoned Sports Academy of Bridgewater.
But from here on out, it gets messy.
St. Joseph-Metuchen (13-6) makes its debut at No. 3, after reaching the GMC Tournament final with a walkoff win against Spotswood Saturday, 4-3 in the semis. The cardiac kids had a 3-0 week, beating Sayreville 1-0 in eight innings on a walkoff on Monday in the first round, then Metuchen 1-0 Thursday in the semis in nine innings, also on a walkoff.
They’ll face Edison (13-9) – making its debut at No. 4 – Saturday in the finals at 2 pm on CJSR. The Eagles beat Old Bridge 2-1 in 12 innings Monday in the first round, then pounded GMC White Division champion St. Thomas Aquinas 9-1 in Thursday’s quarterfinal round, before picking up a 3-0 win over Middlesex in the semis this past Saturday.
At No. 5 is Rutgers Prep (11-8), up two spots in the rankings this week. After a Monday loss at Montgomery, 4-2, they beat Somerville 6-4 in the SCT quarterfinals Wednesday, setting up Monday’s meeting with Ridge at 4 pm in the semis at TD Bank Park. Listen on CJSR by clicking here, or you can watch a YouTube live stream with our play-by-play.
Middlesex (15-5) is an interesting one, as the Blue Jays had two big GMC Tournament wins during the week – Monday at Colonia, 3-1 in the first round, then again in the quarterfinals Thursday, holding on for a 5-4 victory over South Plainfield. But, they would fall Saturday, 3-0 to Edison in the semifinals.
South Plainfield (13-9) falls to seventh, on a 1-1 week. The Tigers beat Perth Amboy 11-0 in the first round of the GMCT on Monday, but holding on for a 5-4 victory over South Plainfield.
Spotswood (14-9) moved up to nine after a 2-1 week. They beat Monroe, 12-1, in the GMCT’s first round Monday, then topped South River and Julius Rosado 4-0 on Thursday in the quarters, before falling to St. Joseph in Saturday’s semifinals, 4-3.
Colonia (17-4) drops from five to nine. They were eliminated in the first round of the GMC Tournament with a 3-1 loss to Middlesex Monday, though they came back with three wins, two against non-conference squads, including 3-2 over Marlboro Thursday, 3-2 at South Brunswick Friday, and 1-0 at home against Scotch Plains-Fanwood on Saturday.
And dropping six spots to ten is Woodbridge (15-5). The Barrons became the second top seed since COVID to get knocked out in the first round of the GMCT – the other was Kennedy knocking off Monroe in 2021 – with a 2-1 loss to South River Monday. But the Barrons bounced back with an 11-0 win over Middlesex Friday, and a 14-5 rout of JP Stevens Saturday.
Below is the complete Week 7 Bellamy & Son Paving High School Baseball Top Ten:
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