Category: High School Basketball

INSTANT REPLAY – GMC Tournament Girls Final: (1) St. Thomas Aquinas 71, (2) Colonia 52

The top-seeded St. Thomas Aquinas girls’ basketball team won its fifth straight GMC Tournament title, defeating second-seed Colonia in the championship game, 71-52, on Friday, February 16th, 2024 at Monroe Township High School.

Sophomore Jordan Barnes was named MVP, scoring 23 points in the title game.

Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko and Dom Savino call all the action, plus postgame interviews with Barnes and head coach Tim Corrigan:

INSTANT REPLAY – Somerset County Tournament semifinals: (2) Montgomery

Second-seeded Montgomery advanced to its first-sever Somerset County Tournament Championship game with a 53-40 home win against third-seed Watchung Hills in the semifinals on February 15th, 2024.. The Cougars got 21 points from Bohdan Bieketov and 15 from Steve Donahue in the win.

Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko call all the play-by-play live from Montgomery Township High School on Central Jersey Sports Radio:

INSTANT REPLAY – 2024 GMC Tournament Semifinals (Boys)

Second-seed Colonia and fourth-seed St. Thomas Aquinas advanced to the 2024 Greater Middlesex Tournament championship game with wins in the semifinals on February 14th, 2024 at Monroe Township High School.

In the opening game, the Patriots defeated 6th-seed South Plainfield 70-37 behind 27 points from sophomore Aiden Derkack and 13 from senior Jaeden Jones.

In the second matchup, the Trojans beat top-seed St. Joseph-Metuchen 56-51, getting 14 points and 18 rebounds from senior Rinelson Dilone, and 20 from junior Aiden Ur.

NOTE: The Aquinas-Joe’s broadcast also includes a portion of the overtime in the second girls’ semifinal at Spotswood High School between St. Thomas Aquinas and Monroe.

Click below to listen to the complete games, with play-by-play by Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko:

Game 1: (2) Colonia vs. (6) South Plainfield
Game 2: (1) St. Joseph-Metuchen vs (4) St. Thomas Aquinas

INSTANT REPLAY: Woodbridge 70, No. 8 South Plainfield 62 (Boys)

Senior Micah Eason scored 23 points and junior Bryan Anderson chipped in 16 – combining for 17 in the critical fourth quarter – as Woodbridge knocked off No. 8 South Plainfield on the road in a GMC White Division game heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio.

Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko and Vin Ebeneau call all the action live from South Plainfield High School on January 25, 2024:

INSTANT REPLAY: No. 1 Rutgers Prep 63, No. 6 Hillsborough 53 (Boys)

Top-ranked Rutgers Prep got 25 points from sophomore guard Jacob Canton – 19 of which came in the second half – as the Argonauts topped No. 6 Hillsborough on the road, 63-53, in a Skyland Conference Delaware Division game heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio.

Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko and Dylan Allen call all the play-by-play live from Hillsborough High School on January 23, 2024:

INSTANT REPLAY – Boys: No. 4 Colonia 66, No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas 59 (OT) (Boys)

Sophomore Aiden Derkack scored a career-high 38 points to go along with 11 rebounds to lead fourth-ranked Colonia to a 66-59 overtime win over visiting third-ranked St. Thomas Aquinas. 

Click below to hear Chris Tsakonas and Alec Crouthamel call all the action live from Colonia High School, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio on January 11, 2024.

INSTANT REPLAY: No. 1 Rutgers Prep 71, No. 3 Gill St. Bernard’s 46 (Girls)

In a critical Skyland Conference, Delaware Division battle, top-ranked Rutgers Prep beat No. 3 Gill St. Bernard’s 71-46, behind 27 points from senior Mikayla Blakes and 19 more from sophomore Ava LaMonica.

Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko and Chris Tsakonas call all the action from Somerset, NJ on January 4, 2023.

INSTANT REPLAY: No. 5 South Brunswick 62, No. 8 Colonia 44 (Girls)

Senior Leilani Pinder scored 19 points, while fellow senior Meher Vig chipped in 14, as fifth-ranked South Brunswick built a big lead in the first half and kept it for a 62-44 win at No. 8 Colonia, as heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio on December 21, 2023.

Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko and Dylan Allen call all the action live from Colonia High School: