In final few weeks of the regular season, most GMC, Skyland boys’ division titles are settled

The Somerset County Tournament was seeded Monday night, and the Greater Middlesex Conference will take its turn one week from today. But there are still division titles up for grabs in both leagues.

So, who already has hardware, and who’s still fighting for a banner? Here’s a look at the GMC and Skyland Conference division races as we hurtle toward the postseason.

GREATER MIDDLESEX CONFERENCE

Red American Division: Despite taking its first loss on Tuesday, falling to South Plainfield in a Red National division crossover, St. Joseph-Metuchen already has the title in the bag, sitting at 7-0, with their last division game coming up next Friday – after the seeding meeting – against St. Thomas Aquinas. Division winners no longer get guaranteed top 8 seeds, so finishing up by the meeting shouldn’t matter here. Teams still must come out of each division in the order of the standings, however.

Red National Division: East Brunswick is the champ, sweeping to an 8-0 record with two wins each over South Plainfield, Sayreville, Woodbridge and Monroe.

White American Division: Perth Amboy clinched the division title last Saturday with a 74-57 win over JP Stevens, but finished off a 12-game sweep of the division on Wednesday, with a win over second-place South Brunswick.

White National Division: Metuchen is the champ, with the Bulldogs sweeping a pair of games apiece from Middlesex, Spotswood, Carteret and JFK.

Blue American Division: Piscataway Magnet and South Amboy – both 9-1 in the division – are the co-champs, as they’ve finished their division slate, and split with each other. They played back-to-back on January 14th and 16th, with the Raiders winning the opener on the road, 62-55, while the Governors returned the favor in Piscataway two nights later, with a 52-51 win. Whoever comes out first from the Blue American at the seeding meeting will be determined by the committee, which breaks all ties within a division before the seeding begins.

Blue National Division: Perth Amboy Magnet are the champs here, at 7-0 with one more game to play, but second-place East Brunswick Magnet in second at 4-4. They’ll wrap up the division slate next Thursday – the night before seeding meeting – at home against the Tigers.

SKYLAND CONFERENCE

Delaware Division: Things are a little different in the Skyland this year. Division teams only play once through the group, with crossovers against the other corresponding division (i.e., the larger schools in the Delaware and Raritan crossover, while the smaller schools do the same between the Mountain and Valley Divisions). Gill St. Bernard’s won the title here, going 5-0 against Rutgers Prep, Montgomery, Hillsborough, Ridge and Phillipsburg. However, Gill and Prep will face each other a second time – of their own accord – next Thursday night.

Raritan Division: This one is far from settled. Pingry is 3-0 and in first place, a game ahead of Immaculata and Bridgewater-Raritan, both of whom are 4-1. The Big Blue beat Immaculata earlier this year, but plays Bridgewater-Raritan February 10th. Things could get really interesting if they drop that game, and a division matchup with fourth-place Franklin (2-2) next Wednesday. Two losses would leave them 3-2, and then it would be between the Spartans and Panthers, with the Immaculata winning it on a tiebreaker.

Mountain Division: Manville is 7-0 and still has one division game left against South Hunterdon – who they beat by six at home January 13th – but the Eagles are 5-2 and can’t catch them. That makes Manville division champs for the first time in 39 years, running the table (so far) against South, Bound Brook, Belvidere and College Achieve Central.

Valley Division: This is the only division without a Somerset County school in the mix, as third-place Somerville – 12-6 overall – is is 4-4 in the division. Warren Hills (5-0) leads the pack but still has five division games left.; the Blue Streaks are two games ahead of Delaware Valley (7-2).