Boys’ Basketball: Middlesex County Tournament Finals (1965-1985)

Here are the results from the Middlesex County Tournament for boys’ basketball, which was established in 1965, ended in 1985 with the formation of the Greater Middlesex Conference, which merged teams from Middlesex County that played in various leagues over the years.

  • 1965:  (1) Perth Amboy 65, (2) Edison 47
  • 1966:  (1) Perth Amboy 105, (2) Edison 33 
  • 1967:  (1) Perth Amboy 60, (3) St. Joseph 47 
  • 1968:  (3) St. Peter’s 64, *Piscataway 60      
  • 1969:  (4) Colonia 80, (6) South River 62      
  • 1970:  (2) Perth Amboy 62, (1) New Brunswick 60   
  • 1971:  (5) Metuchen 83, (3) New Brunswick 78         
  • 1972:  (2) Perth Amboy 88, (1) St. Peter’s 56             
  • 1973:  (1) Perth Amboy 87, (5) Sayreville 67               
  • 1974:  (2) Perth Amboy 71, (1) JFK 59                         
  • 1975:  (2) Perth Amboy 55, (1) Woodbridge 53 (OT)    
  • 1976:  (2) Piscataway 85, (4) Perth Amboy 83               
  • 1977:  (1) Piscataway 77, (6) Carteret 74                
  • 1978:  (3) South River 80, (1) Perth Amboy 54         
  • 1979:  (1) South River 60, (2) Colonia 40                   
  • 1980:  (2) Colonia 64, (5) Perth Amboy 62 (OT)        
  • 1981:  (1) Perth Amboy 65, (2) St. Peter’s 61           
  • 1982:  (6) St. Thomas 49, (5) St. Joseph 47              
  • 1983:  (1) St. Peter’s 68, (2) St. Joseph 54                
  • 1984:  (1) St. Peter’s 60, (3) St. Joseph 49                 
  • 1985:  (2) St. Peter’s 75, (1) New Brunswick 63         

*Note: In 1968, only the tournament’s top four teams were seeded; Piscataway was not among the top four, and was the only unseeded team to reach the finals in the event’s 21-year history.