Rutgers Prep boys basketball coach Matt Bloom steps down after nine years leading the Argonauts
There will be two new head coaches on the hardwood this upcoming season at Rutgers Prep. Matt Bloom, the Argonauts’ boys basketball head coach, announced on Instagram Friday afternoon that he will step down from the position after nine years at the helm. Bloom led Rutgers Prep to three Somerset County championships and seven finals appearances, and was named CJSR’s Boys Coach of the Year in 2022 after winning the Non-Public South A sectional championship and making the state final. A successor was not announced at the time of publishing. His statement reads as follows: “After much reflection, I have…
A few personal thoughts on the loss of a great reporter, and an even better man, Greg Tufaro
When Greg Tufaro, the longtime Middlesex County sportswriter, passed away this Monday, the news was a shock to many. But it really shouldn’t have been. Not to say we all expected it. No one did. But so few people knew he was even sick. I had heard about it second hand. When we spoke exactly […]
Longtime Middlesex County sportswriter, founder of Marisa Tufaro Foundation, Greg Tufaro passes away
For some three decades, if there was a story to be found in the sports world and beyond in Middlesex County – sometimes the story behind the story – Greg Tufaro was the guy who would have it. And for the past nine years, if there was a good cause, the Marisa Tufaro Foundation – […]
After nearly a decade, and a half-million dollars donated, Marisa Tufaro Foundation wraps up its charitable mission
Ten years would have been a nice round number. But so is a half-million dollars. That’s what the Marisa Tufaro Foundation has donated has donated to families and pediatric patients, charitable organizations and scholarship efforts around the state since its founding nine years ago, on July 30, 2017. But all good things must come to an end, and the group’s founders have announced the end of the Marisa Tufaro Foundation’s charitable mission. It was created by longtime Home News Tribune/MyCentralJersey sportswriter Greg Tufaro and his wife, Cyndi, in memory of their daughter, Marisa, who tragically passed away in January of…
JFK’s Grant Lorentzen proves you can do it all, and be very good at it, too
Hitting a major milestone in any high school sport is a big deal. Often, the game will stop, the ball will come out of play, and there are balloons and photo ops, then the game goes on. For Grant Lorentzen, who’s just graduated from JFK in Iselin last week, he hit key milestones in not just one, nor two, but three high school sports. In an era where more and more student-athletes are specializing – playing just one sport, and then training the rest of the year in that sport – Lorentzen is a throwback, but also an example. Lorentzen…
Karl-Anthony Towns’ historic NBA title with Knicks brings us back to his last ultimate championship: St. Joe’s TOC win in 2014
Karl-Anthony Towns has had a fantastic basketball career, whether it’s been with the Knicks, the Timberwolves, Kentucky, or in high school at St. Joseph-Metuchen. The one-time Falcons star played in the Tournament of Champions all three years when he was in high school (he reclassified and graduated early) and won it all in 2014 with a core trio that also included Wade Baldwin (Memphis, Portland in the NBA, now in Europe) and Marques Townes (also now playing in Europe). After a year at Kentucky playing for John Calipari – where the Wildcats went 38-1, won the SEC Tournament, but lost…
Tremarco’s steady hand guides Watchung Hills to promised land in SCT final at TD Bank Park
“We’re built to play.” Those four words from Watchung Hills head coach Joseph Tremarco sum up perfectly his Hustlin’ Warriors. The certainly came to play Friday night, as the second seed in the Somerset County Tournament, with a tall task at hand: beating not only the top-seed and defending champion Immaculata, but doing it with Ryan Auten on the mound for the Spartans. Because, heck, all he’s doing next year is going to play in the ACC at Wake Forest. But a funny thing happened as he and Warriors’ starter Lucas Sheehan – just a sophomore by the way -…
Shot clock is coming to New Jersey high school basketball, as NJSIAA measure for HS basketball passes narrowly
A well-coordinated effort to bring the shot clock to high school basketball in New Jersey just barely made it to the finish line Monday, winning approval by a slim margin in a vote of the full NJSIAA membership during a meeting at the Pines Manor in Edison. The basketball proposal passed 170-166, and the shot clock will begin when the 2027-28 season tips off. Use of the shot clock will be mandatory for all varsity games, but optional for JV and freshman contests. A similar shot clock measure in lacrosse was defeated however, by a 166-149 margin, with 21 abstentions,…
Greater Middlesex Conference realigns basketball divisions for boys’, girls’ hoops in 2026-27
After its first year of breaking divisions into Red, White and Blue “American” and “National” groupings for girls’ and boys’ basketball, the Greater Middlesex Conference is staying with that format, but still making some adjustments to its alignments for the 2026-27 season. The changes were approved by the GMC’s athletic directors on April 23rd. Only six schools on the boys’ side will find new homes next season, while a dozen will move around on the girls’ side. In most cases, moves down are teams that finished in last place in their division, while some that finished first moved up. In…
Longtime East Brunswick boys’ hoops coach Mark Motusesky steps down after 13 years leading the Bears
Coming off one of the program’s most successful campaigns in over a decade, East Brunswick boys’ basketball coach Mark Motusesky has stepped down as head coach after 13 seasons at the helm. Motusesky made the announcement Friday afternoon. “It was a very difficult decision,” Motusesky wrote, “but ultimately it was the right one to be made. My daughter is going to be a freshman, and I know I would regret not being there.” That’s his daughter Ashley, who will be on the freshman team this coming school year. And, the girls’ program is somewhat of a family affair. Sophomore Ava…
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