Defending Somerset County Tournament champ Immaculata hangs on to get top seed in 2026 tourney
As was widely expected, defending Somerset County Tournament champion Immaculata – the No. 1 team in the Bellamy & Son Paving Top Ten for the last five weeks – has been awarded to No. 1 seed in this year’s event by the county’s baseball coaches at the annual seeding meeting held at Immaculata High School in Somerville. But the decision was a lot less certain heading in than it looked just a few hours earlier. The Spartans were given the top seed despite a 10-0, five-inning loss at Watchung Hills Tuesday afternoon. That was their first Skyland Conference loss of…
Full-lineup power propels No. 5 Watchung Hills to 10-0 run-rule win over No. 1 Immaculata
The afternoon of the Somerset County Tournament seeding meeting, each team in action wanted to put their best foot forward ahead of the postseason. No. 5 Watchung Hills did that, and then some, against No. 1 Immaculata. The Warriors (11-4, 7-2) bounced back from a 12-2 loss to defending Group 2 state champion Governor Livingston with a five-inning 10-0 victory of their own, giving the Spartans (12-4, 8-1) their first loss in conference play. Senior pitcher and designated hitter Rob Centamore did his job on the mound and at the plate, going the distance with five shutout innings, while striking…
Kozak logs 200th career K as No. 2 Middlesex “steals” one at “home” from St. Joseph-Metuchen in 8-7 walkoff victory
Where to begin? We could start at the beginning, when the first of multiple Middlesex errors in the field led, in part, to the second-ranked Blue Jays trailing 3-0 before ever stepping to the plate Thursday afternoon at Mountainview Park in Middlesex. Or, we could talk about Middlesex chipping away with a run in the fourth, and a run in the fifth to cut a three-run deficit to two, sandwiched around senior Chris Kozak picking up the 200th strikeout of his four-year varsity career, ending the top of the fifth and stranding a Falcon on first. What about St. Joe’s…
More movement in Bellamy & Son Paving Top Ten, after No. 1 Immaculata and No. 2 Middlesex hold serve
The two two high school baseball teams in the Bellamy & Son Paving Top Ten didn’t move at all this week, but most of the rest did. And with division play mostly out of the way in the GMC, things could get really interesting this week with crossovers heading into Friday morning’s seeding meeting. Same in Somerset County with the last few games before Tuesday’s seeding by the league coaches. Immaculata (12-3) remains No. 1, as it has been for the past four weeks, after a 3-0 week gone by. The Spartans picked up a Tuesday/Thursday sweep of Hunterdon Central,…
Two weeks before NJSIAA cutoff, here’s a look at where GMC, Somerset baseball clubs stand in the state playoff chase
According to schedules posted online, there’s just one Sunday game on the entire state slate this Sunday: Belvidere playing Sussex Tech up at Skylands Stadium. And to this reporter, than just means he has all morning to break down power points without being out of date by lunchtime. The NJISAA cutoff for the state playoffs is less than two weeks away, on Saturday, May 16th. The NJSIAA seeding meeting will take place the following Tuesday, and the brackets will become official at noon on Wednesday, May 20. Then, things get underway after Memorial Day, with the opening round for non-public…
Spotswood’s 2nd annual E4M Showcase features top-notch squads to raise money for scholarship in memory of former teammate Matthew Carlson
None of the members of the Spotswood baseball team played in high school with Matthew Carlson, but they all know his name, and pay tribute to him every home game by going out to touch third base – his position – after they break their team huddle. On Saturday, they will honor him again – and raise money for a scholarship that goes to an SHS student in his name – as part of the second annual E4M Showcase at the place Charger fans affectionately call “The Swamp.” “E4M” means “Everything for Matt.” Carlson was just 16 years old when…
INSTANT REPLAY: No. 2 Middlesex 4, No. 5 Colonia 0
The second-ranked Middlesex Blue Jays got four runs on three singles and a double in the second inning, and got a strong complete-game performance from starter Dom Long, to beat the No. 5 Colonia Patriots 4-0 in the GMC White Division finale for both teams. READ THE FULL GAME STORY HERE! Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel call all the play-by-play live from Mountainview Park ion Middlesex on April 30, 2026.
South River claims last of GMC Division titles, taking the Blue in a three-way tiebreaker over Carteret, JP Stevens
The way the Greater Middlesex Conference seeds its baseball tournaments, division titles are everything. Actually, the whole standings are everything. In the seeding meeting – with this year’s coming up a week from tomorrow, on Friday, May 8th – teams can only be seeded in order of division finish. No division has to be seeded higher than any other, but the second place team in any division can’t be seeded ahead of the first place team, regardless of head-to-head results. That means the only teams that can be the top seeds are division winners. And South River took the last…
INSTANT REPLAY: Woodbridge 3, East Brunswick 2
After East Brunswick tied the game with a run in the top of the seventh on a passed ball with the bases loaded, Woodbridge left fielder Michael Gurovich worked out a five pitch walk – also with the bases loaded – to give the Barrons a walk-off win over the Bears in the opener of their two-game set Tuesday in GMC Red Division play. Click below to listen to Alec Crouthamel and Nick Hart call all the play-by-play live from Woodbridge High School on April 27, 2026.
No. 5 Colonia seeks split against No. 2 Middlesex Thursday after wacky Tuesday series opener
The sign things just weren’t going right for the Colonia baseball team on Tuesday afternoon came in the third inning. Dom Long hit a ground ball toward second when a collision between the umpire and a fielder allowed the grounder to make it to the outfield, scoring two runs. What should have been a 1-0 game turned into a 3-0 game that ended up as a 4-0 win for the Middlesex Blue Jays, the first place team in the GMC White Division. Sometimes, the breaks just don’t go your way. But the great thing about baseball is there’s another game…
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