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by Mike Pavlichko

Gameday with Marcus Borden: Summer 2026 Edition! (Part 2)

School’s out for summer, but the Central Jersey Sports Radio crew is in! There are just six more weeks until preseason camp begins, and there’s a ton to talk about, so let’s finish what we started with CJSR analyst Marcus Borden!

In Part One – which can be found here – Mike and Marcus begin with taking a look at the huge recent news that Gridiron New Jersey has been shut down by creator Jon Fass. The site was a resource for every high school coach around the state for playoff standings, records, and playoff history. They also talk the “new” snaking procedure being back in the playoff formula.

In Part Two – found below – Mike and Marcus move on to discuss all the coaching changes in the Big Central this year – 25 of 59 schools have new coaches in just the last two years – and take a quick look ahead to the upcoming season, with Borden set to begin his third season of “Camp Caravan” during the second week of August.

Click below to listen to Part Two of our Summer 2026 edition of “Gameday with Marcus Borden”:

by Mike Pavlichko

Gameday with Marcus Borden: Summer 2026 Edition! (Part 1)

School’s out for summer, but the Central Jersey Sports Radio crew is in! There are just six more weeks until preseason camp begins, and there’s a ton to talk about, so let’s do it with CJSR analyst Marcus Borden!

Mike and Marcus begin with taking a look at the huge recent news that Gridiron New Jersey has been shut down by creator Jon Fass. The site was a resource for every high school coach around the state for playoff standings, records, and playoff history. They also talk the “new” snaking procedure being back in the playoff formula.

This episode is broken down into two parts. The second will drop on Thursday, with Mike and Marcus talking about all the coaching changes in the Big Central this year – 25 of 59 schools have new coaches in just the last two years – and take a quick look ahead to the upcoming season, with Borden set to begin his third season of “Camp Caravan” during the second week of August.

Click below to listen to Part One of our Summer 2026 edition of “Gameday with Marcus Borden”:

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – NJSIAA Tournament – Group 4 Semifinal: Ridgewood 8, Ridge 7 (8 inn.)

In a back-and-forth affair, Ridge scored a run ion the top of the seventh to force extra innings, but Hudson Feeney’s solo home run to lead off the bottom of the eighth won it in walk-off fashion for Ridgewood, as the Maroons advanced to the state Group 4 final for the second time in four years with an 8-7 win in the Group 4 semifinals.

READ THE FULL GAME STORY HERE!

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel call all the play-by-play live from Veterans’ Park in Ridgewood, NJ, on June 8, 2026:

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – NJSIAA Tournament – North 2, Group 4 Final: (1) Ridge 3, (3) Watchung Hills 2

Top-seed Ridge erased a 2-0 deficit with two runs in the fifth, then scored one on an error in the bottom of the sixth, while Jake Dolan closed out third-seed Watchung Hills in relief to earn the Red Devils a 3-2 win in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 final. It’s Ridge’s second title since the COVID pandemic and tenth sectional championship overall.

READ THE FULL GAME STORY HERE!

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko call all the play-by-play live from Pete Hall Field in Basking Ridge, NJ, on June 5, 2026:

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – NJSIAA Tournament – Non-Public North B Final: (1) St. Mary-Rutherford 11, (3) St. Thomas Aquinas 7

An early 7-2 deficit was too much for St. Thomas Aquinas to recover from, as the third-seeded Trojans lost 11-7 at top-seed St. Mary of Rutherford in the Non-Public North B championship game, ending STA’s season at 14-15.

READ THE FULL GAME STORY HERE!

Click below to listen to Alec Crouthamel call all the play-by-play live from Tamblyn Field in Rutherford, NJ, on June 5, 2026:

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – NJSIAA Tournament – North 2, Group 4 Semifinal: (1) Ridge 10, (5) Bridgewater-Raritan 6

Top-seed Ridge scored six runs in the fifth inning, then held off a later rally from fifth-seed Bridgewater-Raritan to beat the Panthers 10-6 in the semifinals of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 playoff bracket.

READ THE FULL GAME STORY HERE!

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko call all the play-by-play live from Pete Hall Field in Basking Ridge, NJ, on June 3, 2026:

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – NJSIAA Tournament – Non-Public North B Semifinal: (3) St. Thomas Aquinas 7, (2) Rutgers Prep 3

Nikash Patel hit a grand slam, while Louis Rizzolo hit a three-run homer and had a solid outing on the mound as third-seed St. Thomas Aquinas beat Rutgers Prep for a third straight year in the state tournament, picking up a 6-3 win over the second-seeded Argonauts. Aquinas will now visit top-seed St. Mary-Rutherford in the Non-Public North B final on Friday afternoon at 4 pm.

READ THE FULL GAME STORY HERE!

Click below to listen to Alec Crouthamel call all the play-by-play live from Somerset, NJ, on June 2, 2026:

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – GMC Tournament Final: (9) Monroe 7, (3) Old Bridge 0

Behind a complete-game one-hitter from junior Ben Faigin – with 13 strikeouts – Monroe became the first nine-seed to win the GMC Tournament, topping third-seed Old Bridge 7-0 in the Jim Muldowney Championship Final.

READ THE FULL GAME STORY HERE!

Click below to listen to the 2026 Jim Muldowney GMC Tournament Championship game as heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio:

Click below to watch the full game as Mike Pavlichko and Justin Sontupe call all the play-by-play live from Ray Cipperly Field in East Brunswick on May 30, 2026.

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – North 2, Group 4 Quarterfinals: (5) Bridgewater-Raritan 10, (4) JP Stevens 0

Nico Moore pitched a complete-game three-hitter, while six different Panthers drove in runs as fifth-seed Bridgewater-Raritan was a road winner at four-seed JP Stevens in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 sectional quarterfinals.

READ THE FULL GAME STORY HERE!

Click below to listen to Alec Crouthamel call all the play-by-play live from JP Stevens High School in North Edison on May 22, 2026.

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – Somerset County Tournament Final: (2) Watchung Hills 1, (1) Immaculata 0 (8 inn.)

Second-seed Watchung Hills got a run in the top of the eighth and a complete game, three-hit shutout – all the way into extras – by sophomore Lucas Sheehan to beat top-seed and defending champion Immaculata, 1-0, in the 52nd Somerset County Tournament championship game.

It was the sixth title overall for the Hustlin’ Warriors, and first for head coach Joe Tremarco, now in his 11th season and 12th year as head coach.

Top-seed and defending Somerset County Tournament champion Immaculata rallied with three runs in the sixth to beat fifth-seed Bridgewater-Raritan, 7-6, in the SCT semifinals, sending the Spartans to the title game where they will try to become the first team to repeat since they did it in 2018 and 2019.

READ THE FULL GAME STORY HERE!

Click below to watch the full game as Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel call all the play-by-play live from TD Bank Park in Bridgewater on May 22, 2026.