Tag: All-Division

by Mike Pavlichko

Greater Middlesex Conference coaches unveil 2025 All-Conference, All-Division honorees

As it does every year, the coaches in the Greater Middlesex Conference are honoring their top baseball players with their All-Conference and All-Division teams, and Players of the Year.

The All-Conference squad includes eleven players from the GMC Red Division, five from the White Division, and one from the Blue, representing 12 different schools, while St. Joseph-Metuchen’s first-year veteran skipper Dennis McCaffery was named coach of the year.

Overall, 69 players were recognized from 27 of the 33 teams in the league.

The Falcons finished fourth in the challenging and very balanced GMC Red Division, but won the Jim Muldowney GMC Tournament Championship via four straight walk-off wins, including 7-4 in the title game over Edison on a grand slam by JP Zayle, never having led at any time in their four tournament games.

Six GMC teams are still alive in the state playoffs, with four of them – Old Bridge, Colonia, South Plainfield and Middlesex – playing Thursday in sectional finals, while St. Joe’s and St. Thomas Aquinas are in the sectional semifinal stage, with games on tap Wednesday.

Here’s a look at the 2025 GMC honorees:

Players of the Year

  • Red Division: Dom Massaro, South Plainfield
  • White Division: Cory Pascarella, Colonia
  • Blue Division: Julius Rosado, South River
  • Gold Division: Mark Stein, Dunellen
  • GMC Pitcher of the Year:  Cory Pascarella, Colonia
  • GMC Hitter of the Year: Julius Rosado, South River
Colonia’s Cory Pascarella pitches in the North 2, Group 3 semifinals against North Hunterdon on June 3, 2025. (Photo: Dom Savino)

2025 GMC Baseball All-Conference

  • Colonia: Cory Pascarella, Colin Kroner
  • East Brunswick: Joe Spinello
  • Edison: Connor Murphy
  • Middlesex: Dominic Long
  • Old Bridge: Justin Hascup, John Smith
  • South Brunswick: Collin Perna
  • South Plainfield: Dominic Massaro
  • South River: Julius Rosado
  • Spotswood: Carter Cumiskey
  • St. Joseph-Metuchen: JP Zayle, Bobby Chsristensen
  • St. Thomas Aquinas: Louis Rizzolo
  • Woodbridge: Gavin Slicner, Xavier Diaz, Kevin Arroyo
  • GMC Coach of the Year: Dennis McCaffery, St. Joseph-Metuchen
Dominic Massaro of South Plainfield.  (Source: @DominicMassaro on Twitter)

2025 GMC All-Red Division

  • East Brunswick: Joe Spinello
  • Edison: Connor Murphy, Robert Roma, Dom Innocenti
  • Old Bridge: Justin Hascup, John Smith
  • South Brunswick: Collin Perna
  • South Plainfield: Dominic Massaro, Nick Irizarry, Aiden McCarthy
  • St. Joseph-Metuchen: JP Zayle, Rich Zangara, Bobby Christensen, Luke Palermo
  • Woodbridge: Xavier Diaz, Gavin Slicner, Kevin Arroyo, Xavier Diaz
  • Coach of the Year: Dennis McCaffery, St. Joseph-Metuchen
  • Sportsmanship Award: South Brunswick

2025 GMC All-White Division

  • Colonia: Cory Pascarella, Colin Kroner, Dylan Chiera
  • Middlesex: Dominic Long, Chris Kozak, Domenic Parenti, Owen Reynolds
  • North Brunswick: Willy Pena
  • Perth Amboy: Chris Rodriguez, Justin Foy
  • Sayreville: Michael Robinson, Thomas Schlaline, Logan Kaufman
  • Spotswood: Carter Cumiskey, Will Buchan
  • St. Thomas Aquinas: Louis Rizzolo, Declan DiCarlo
  • Coach of the Year: Mike Scialfo, Colonia
  • Sportsmanship Award: Perth Amboy
Middlesex starter Chris Kozak deals in the sixth inning of a GMC Tournament first round game at Colonia on May 12, 2025. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)

2025 GMC All-Blue Division Team

  • Carteret: Nick Kee, Luis Hernandez
  • JFK: Grant Lorentzen
  • JP Stevens: Soham Prajapati, Mukund Rao
  • Metuchen: Lucas Malamung, Matt Jellamy, James Fenton
  • North Plainfield: Davin Ciriaco, Bennie Sokolowski, Tommy Zotollo
  • Piscataway: Riley Wingate
  • South Amboy: Jeremy Vasquez, Ben Smith
  • South River: Julius Rosado, James Zsorey, Noah Borrero
  • Coach of the Year: Steve Zurawiecki, North Plainfield
  • Sportsmanship Award: Piscataway
South River’s Julius Rosado – a Rutgers signee – got the Rams off on the right foot with a run-scoring double off the wall in left-center field in the top of the first at North Plainfield on April 25, 2025. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)

2025 GMC All-Gold Division Team

  • East Brunswick Magnet: Anthony Bienvenue, Nomar Carreras, Tom O’Neill, Jack Clements, Charlie Misura
  • Dunellen: Michael Dow, Mark Stein, Kristian Roman Lopez, Cole Mayer
  • Highland Park: Seamus MacKinnon
  • New Brunswick: Kelvin Heuston, Devin Heuston, Alex Rodriguez, Jacob Henderson, Elkin Reyes
  • Piscataway Magnet: Colton Lyerly, Kyle Malchiodi
  • Coach of the Year: Nico Vargas, New Brunswick
  • Sportsmanship Award: Timothy Christian
New Brunswick and East Brunswick Magnet play in the Ray Cipperly GMC Invitational final on May 23, 2025 at Edison High School. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
by Mike Pavlichko

Greater Middlesex Conference unveils 2023-24 All-Conference, Division teams

The 2023-24 All-Division teams have been announced by the Greater Middlesex Conference, with ten student-athletes on the boys’ and girls’ side being named All-Conference.

On the boys’ side, GMC Tournament finalist St. Thomas Aquinas had Rinelson Dilone named to the all-conference team, along with Aiden Derkack from Colonia.

On the girls’ side, from the GMC Tournament finalists, Taylor Derkack of tournament finalist Colonia was honored as part of the all-conference team, as was Gianna Chuffo of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Woodbridge’s Jonathon Toczynski was named Boys Coach of the Year, while Derrick Eatman of North Plainfield was chosen as Girls’ Coach of the Year.

Below are all of this year’s selections, as chosen by the league’s coaches:

BOYS – ALL-GMC

  • Jeremy Clayville, St. Joseph
  • Aiden Derkack, Colonia
  • Alex Grospe, South River
  • Myles Dickerson, Jalen Fleming, Timothy Christian
  • Micah Eason, Woodbridge
  • Myles Marabuto, Monroe
  • Rinelson Dilone, St. Thomas Aquinas
  • Abdul Adebule, South Plainfield
  • Daniel Yarus, Spotswood
  • Coach of the Year: Jonathan Toczynski, Woodbridge

Boys’ All-Red Division

  • Jeremy Clayville, Dave Caruso, St. Joseph
  • Aiden Derkack, Jaeden Jones, Colonia
  • Myles Marabuto, Monroe
  • Rinelson Dilone, St. Thomas Aquinas
  • Krish Patel, Old Bridge
  • Matt Mikulka, East Brunswick
  • Dan Swirad, South Brunswick
  • Anthony Hicks, JP Stevens
  • Coach of the Year: Jan Cocozziello, St. Joseph
  • Sportsmanship: JP Stevens

Boys’ All-White Division

  • Micah Eason, Woodbridge
  • Abdul Adebule, Ikenna Ibeku, South Plainfield
  • Brandon McCain, Tommy Koroma, North Brunswick
  • Sam Jones, Chidi Chukwurah, Sayreville
  • Angel Rosario, Perth Amboy
  • Ricky Harvey, Edison
  • Omari Williams, New Brunswick
  • Coach of the Year: Jonathan Toczynski, Woodbridge
  • Sportsmanship: New Brunswick

Boys’ All-Blue Division

  • Alex Grospe, South River
  • Jalen Fleming, Myles Dickerson, Timothy Christian
  • Kiye Walker, Daniel Yarus, Spotswood
  • Owen Reynolds, Middlesex
  • Mason Clemetson, Wardlaw-Hartridge
  • Ben Santus, Metuchen
  • Grant Lorentzon, JFK
  • Tyrece Parrott, Carteret
  • Coach of the Year: Steve Mate, Spotswood
  • Sportsmanship: Wardlaw-Hartridge

Boys’ All-Gold Division

  • Gavin Pelkey, Jake Eberle, South Amboy
  • Robert Kauffman, Michael Schafer, Calvary Christian
  • Estevan Atanacio, East Brunswick Magnet
  • Christian Torres, Perth Amboy Magnet
  • Marcus Hantsoulis, Highland Park
  • Vibert Reynolds, Dunellen
  • Coach of the Year: Felix Romero, Perth Amboy Magnet
  • Sportsmanship: East Brunswick Magnet

GIRLS – ALL GMC

  • Taylor Derkack, Colonia
  • Jessica Devine, Middlesex
  • Jennah Johnson, Woodbridge
  • Ghelsey Go, Edison
  • Layla Gutierrez, North Plainfield
  • Gianna Chuffo, St. Thomas Aquinas
  • Lizzie Calandruccio, Spotswood
  • Hailey Cottrell, Monroe
  • Meher Vig, South Brunswick
  • Katherine Bogutskyy, JP Stevens
  • Coach of the Year: Derrick Eatman, North Plainfield

Girls All-Red Division

  • Hailey Cottrell, Evangelina Francisco, Monroe
  • Leilani Pinder, Meher Vig, South Brunswick
  • Courtney Edmundo, Piscataway
  • Juliana Delos Santos-Branson, East Brunswick
  • Abigail Jazmin, Old Bridge
  • Gianna Chuffo, Jordan Barnes, St. Thomas Aquinas
  • Coach of the Year: Chris Pruder, Piscataway
  • Sportsmanship: North Brunswick

Girls’ All-White Division

  • Katherine Bogutskyy, Trisha Nair, JP Stevens
  • Jessica Devine, Middlesex
  • Izabella Pardo, Perth Amboy
  • Ghelsey Go, Edison
  • Jennah Johnson, Woodbridge
  • Stella Sweeney, South Plainfield
  • Paula Antunes, JFK
  • Layla Gutierrez, Kaelynn Hester, North Plainfield
  • Trisha Nair, JP Stevens
  • Coach of the Year: Derek Eatman
  • Sportsmanship: JFK

Girls’ All-Blue Division

  • Lizzie Calandruccio, Gabby Hill, Ava Fama, Spotswood
  • Jahaysia Ledesma, Anilah Diggs, Carteret
  • Madison Vitucci, Natalia Vera Cruz, South River
  • Vanessa Kohler, Highland Park
  • Kaitlyn Connors, Vicky Zaniecki, Metuchen
  • Coach of the Year: Kathy Glutz, Metuchen
  • Sportsmanship: Calvary Christian

Girls’ All-Gold Division

  • Rhaiyna Brown, Leah McNulty, Timothy Christian
  • Matti Miller, Piscataway Magnet
  • Dhanashri Balamurugan, Woodbridge Magnet
  • Wendy Woll, Sophie Jiminez, Dunellen
  • Arlette Batista, Perth Amboy Magney
  • Emma Kalantis, South Amboy
  • Kayla Martel, Italia Penevolpe, Wardlaw-Hartridge
  • Coach of the Year: Keith Connery, Dunellen
  • Sportsmanship: South Amboy
by Mike Pavlichko

Big Central Conference announces 2023 All-Division teams; more than 400 honored

The Big Central football Conference has announced its 2023 All-Conference Teams, with over 400 players honored by the league of 59 teams, now playing its fourth season.

Honorees were placed on the first and second team in each of the BCC’s ten divisions, as chosen by the coaches. Scroll through this story for the complete list:

St. Joseph’s Jeremy DeCaro (#26) leaps an Eagle defender on a 64-yard pick six in the first half of a 35-14 win at Edison on October 6, 2023. (Photo: Marcus Borden)

AMERICAN GOLD DIVISION:

First Team

  • Elizabeth: Ibn McDaniels, Josue Blanco
  • St. Joseph-Metuchen: Jeremy DeCaro, Daniel DeGennaro, Elias Scott, Ryan Leyner, Jaheir Styles
  • Somerville: Quinn Carran, Terrell Mitchell, Jaydin Loftin, Braeden Kaye
  • Union: Kordal Hinton, Renick Dorilas, Zach Menon, Babadara Olowe, Bryan Accinot, Mehki Best, Dallas Trulis, Darius Vallderruten
  • Westfield: Max Cho, Jullian Montez, Max Romano, Enzo Ferrero

Second Team

  • Elizabeth: Arique Fleming, Isaiah DeRosa
  • St. Joseph-Metuchen: Jason Ridges, Javon Hudson, Ashton Irving
  • Somerville: Brendan Pacheco, Josh Rodriguez, Chase Insabella
  • https://www.nursesstrike.com/Union: Kasie McDowell, Kinte Warnock, Cedrick Raymond
  • Westfield: Jack Martin, Chris Rosetti, Steven Csorba

AMERICAN SILVER DIVISION

First Team

  • Bridgewater-Raritan: Joe Spirra, Dane Sorensen
  • Hillsborough: Jonathan Lobelo, Tyler VanCleef, Shayne Powell, Nick Santa Barbara, Jackson Jankowicz, Chimmy Ozokpor
  • Hunterdon Central: Jakob Saus, Jack Heide, Decker McNally
  • Phillipsburg: John Wargo, Jett Genovese, Colin Higgins, Matthew Scerbo, Jr., Kevin Burgess, Cameron Bohal
  • Ridge: Will Deady, Chris Oliver, Rooke Donohue, Ryan Olivo, Aidan Stieglitz, Jacob Giordano

Second Team

  • Bridgewater-Raritan: Jack Bray
    Hillsborough: Yorddi Ahumada, Xander Borowski, Garrett Meyer
  • Hunterdon Central: RJ Hart
  • Phillipsburg: Jack Regan, Gifton Friday-Johnson, Patch Day
  • Ridge: Ryan Turner, Chase Fritz, Andrew Serluco
Spotswood senior Trey Lazar interviews by Central Jersey Sports Radio at Big Central Media Days in August. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)

FREEDOM GOLD DIVISION

First Team

  • Brearley: Mike Kollarik, Gavin Marranca, Kristian Janeczko, Guiseppe Lombardi, Matt Resende, Anthony Flowers
  • Dayton: Alex Altemus, Barndyn Bernknopf, John John DeSarno
  • Highland Park: Marcos Hantsoulis, Jouwan Keyes
  • Roselle Park: Adrian Palacios, Xavier Padilla, Jake Swirz, Matthrew Drada
  • Spotswood: Trey Lazar, Noah Rodriguez, Quin Esser, James Curnal, Matt Savarese, Steven Mastrolonardo, Stephen Henits, Sebastian Saracino

Second Team

  • Brearley: Ryan Obidzeski, Carter Stein, Anthony Pacheco
  • Dayton: Declan Vesey, Nick Apicella
  • Highland Park: Danial Sanchez
  • Roselle Park: Tyler Signorello, Eathan Jones, Manuel Mazuelos
  • Spotswood: Nagee Lewis, Souglas Tumundo, Daniel Keelen

FREEDOM SILVER DIVISION

First Team

  • Belvidere: Brayden Stephan, Kyle Blew, Mason Chamberlin
  • Dunellen: Chiekezie Ogbuewu, Aidan Sangiray, Jason Scott, Luke Petterson
  • Manville: Na’quavere Thomas, Johsua D’Ambrosio
  • Middlesex: Cam Robinson, Nick Jamieson, Dakota Clark, Dan Kannaley, Jax Jarvis, Joey Lawler
  • South Hunterdon: Anthony Venettone, Garrett Swayhoover, Aaron Zalesick, Ryan Rampel, Edward Cooper, Ryder Manfready, Ty Dunn, Thomas Breuer

Second Team

  • Belvidere: Luke Tipton, Geoffrey Young
  • Dunellen: Kevin Roberts, Luke Shealy, Elijah Duplesis
  • Manville: Isaiah Bennett
  • Middlesex: Joe Johnson, Dom Parenti, Jack Killian
  • South Hunterdon: Dayton Ratowski, Quinn Field, Gael Cruz-Ortiz
Colonia’s Jaeden Jones (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)

LIBERTY GOLD DIVISION

First Team

  • Colonia: Jaeden Jones, Noah Bone, Nygel Hill, Joe Perosi
  • JFK: Grant Lorentzen, Miguel Alvarez
  • Linden: Myles Hamilton, Tequan Thomas, Kevin Taylor, Tyron Hinton, Devon Chavis, Alex Donic
  • Perth Amboy: Jahmiel Brown, Laivon Balthazar, Jerome Green
  • Woodbridge: AJ Bosch, Jordan Williams-Byron, Derek Anderson, Bryan Anderson, JanCarlo Mena, Jayden Feliciano, Jose Tejeiro, Ian Roberts

Second Team

  • Colonia: Joseph Baca, Antonio Pulecio, Brian Freitas
  • JFK: Giandiego Mazzara
  • Linden: Shahad Brown, Joe Mesko, Davon McClintock
  • Perth Amboy: Shakir Price, Grant Lorentzen
  • Woodbridge: Dean Fiore, Nadino Joseph, Jahmir Beal

LIBERTY SILVER DIVISION

First Team

  • Montgomery: Matthew D’Avino, Michael Schmelzer, Jr., Brady Post, Lucas Szczepanski, Ethan Golubitsky, Lucas Clark, Brandon Rector, Eamonn Kyler, Trey McFadden
  • North Hunterdon: Tyler Anderson, Luke Testam Nicholas Tamaci
  • Plainfield: Josue Cordoba, Joel Cordoba, Alameen Watkins, Keiwan Kirkland
  • Watchung Hills: Scott Drews, Aleks Sitkowski, Brayden Kelly, Jack Clintock, Brady Marshall, Aiden Gaebele, Cam Montague

Second Team:

  • Montgomery: Brian Giambra, Michael Bellamy, Zachary Schick, Landen Dikker
  • North Hunterdon: Alex Moore, Brennan Zundel
  • Plainfield: EJ Brown, Al-Khabir Bethune
  • Watchung Hills: Braden Fenton, John Ozgur, Sean Wahlers, Lucas Garcia
Montgomery’s Matt D’Avino hauls in a second half touchdown pass from Michael Schmelzer, Jr. – one of three on the night – in a 28-21 win at Watchung Hills on September 30, 2023. (Photo: Marcus Borden)

NATIONAL GOLD DIVISION

First Team

  • East Brunswick: Ryan Bennett, Derrick Christie
  • Monroe: Salvatore Marchione, Logan Fotiadis, Zack Wallace
  • Old Bridge: Brody Nugent, Jaden Griffith, Ryan Kuhl, Jared Ruderman
  • Piscataway: De’Shaun Stephens, Kiandre Dato-Snead, Jahai Johnson, Kenley Candil, Josh Stephens, Riley Wingate
  • South Brunswick: Braden Paulmenn, Matt Pierre, Greg Sledge, Shawn Schneider, Dason Boateng, Chisom Asonye, Havier Hullum, Evan Cojocar

Second Team

  • East Brunswick: Vito Tropeano
  • Monroe: Brandon Macaluso, Dylan DeGraw
  • Old Bridge: Thomas Kasoff, Aiden Reynoso
  • Piscataway: Horace Thompson, Dejaun Wheems, AJ White, Jr.
  • South Brunswick: Jeylon Billups, Jayden Davis, Matt Grzelak
Sayreville’s Zaimer Wright scores one of his three touchdowns – an 89-yard run in the second quarter – in a 42-21 win at Colonia to open the season on August 25, 2023. (Photo: Marcus Borden)

NATIONAL SILVER DIVISION

First Team

  • Edison: Sebastian Vera, ricky Harvey, Ah’meir Gibbs, Justin Reid
  • Franklin: Joe Nwachukwu, Jeff Shea, Ethan Villa
  • New Brunswick: Omari Williams, Stanford Williams
  • North Brunswick: Samaad Hicks, Peyton Wieczerzak, Jack Garbolino, Jahir Dawud, Alan Martinez, Abdul Kargbo, Anthony Walker, Tamir Gladden Boone
  • Sayreville: Zaimer Wright, Connor Walsh, Ky’von Mitchell, Diego Jesus, Frank Paczkowski, Aaron Losada

Second Team

  • Edison: Matthew Pazmino, Tori’ahn Rattray, Shaun Garland
  • Franklin: Miles Muldrow, Unsia, Kumara
  • New Brunswick Jabril Bright
  • North Brunswick: Tommy Koroma, Noah reyes, Ruhan Siriam
  • Sayreville: Bryce Bouchard, Derek Osae, Xavian Pena
Bernards WR Jack Morra (left) and OL Logan Ritchie (with trophy) celebrate with their North 2, Group 2 title hardware after beating Lakeland 23-17 in OT for the school’s first-ever state sectional title on November 10, 2023 in Bernardsville. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)

PATRIOT GOLD DIVISION

First Team

  • Bernards: Connor Laverty, Jake Caldwell, Logan Ritchie, Tim Pagonis, David Brothers, Jonas Gonzalez, Thomas Diemar, Logan Stevens
  • Bound Brook: Jamile Adoboe, Grant Guzzino, Andy Perpignan
  • Delaware Valley: Michael Holzworth, Jeff Bate, Anderson Olcott, Eric Klemmer, Simeon Pecchia
  • South River: Troy O’Connor, Gavin Staffa
  • Voorhees: Travis Cryan, Brandon Kurzeja, Cameron Baumann, Isaac Levitan

Second Team

  • Bernards: Charlie Gonella, Max Austin, Logan Marks
  • Bound Brook: Jeremiah Norwood, Lucas Coleman
  • Delaware Valley: Nick Mauro, Justin Kollmer, Jared Leeds
  • South River: Parker Lane
  • Voorhees: Tyler Kinney, Kyle Borgh, Logan Direny

PATRIOT SILVER DIVISION

First Team

  • Hillside: Talibi Kaba, Al Jamir Davis, Darvins Tunis, Leo Harris, Zion Risher, Darren Ikinnagbon, McNally Erminal, Diego Rodriguez
  • Johnson: Emilio Menicuccui, Vittorio DeMartins, Sean Joy, Aaron Tapia, Ryan George, Robert Gallagher
  • Metuchen: Cody Cardillo, Matt Flood
  • New Providence: Matt Botvinis, Jackson Zarinko, Sean Donnelly, Jack Verbaro
  • Roselle: Timothy Porter, Ajani Phillips, Owen Delice

Second Team

  • Hillside: Kendrell Gordan, Jr., Chibugo Chigozie-Nwosu, Yani Cajuste
  • Johnson: Mark Hansen, Carlos Pina, Joshua Maltez-Torres, Ryan Volmut
  • Metuchen: Kyle Johnston
  • New Providence: Eric Dowden, Matt Perillo, Ben Gullo
  • Roselle: Rahkeim Sheppard, Brandon Puryear

UNITED GOLD DIVISION

Summit’s Oscar Marx grabs a key second-half interception in a 30-20 home win over Linden on September 7, 2023. (Photo: Marcus Borden)

First Team

  • Cranford: Ryan Carracino, Lucas Caldwell, Justin Hoeffler, Dylan Jones
  • Rahway: Andrew Avent, Marquis Diggs, Trevor Delapara
  • St. Thomas Aquinas: Jack Joyce, Roman Blanks, Elijah Abass-Shereef, Elijah Thomas, Chase Young, Zacai Manigo, Christian Magliacano, Caden Sternlieb
  • Scotch Plains-Fanwood: Noah Ricca, Callum Fynes
  • Summit: Tyler Kessel, Carter Shallcross, Leo Hasselmann, Sam Henry, Shane Walsh, Jack Bronikowski

Second Team

  • Cranford: Niko Aloi, Michael Scotti, Amari Petgrave
  • Rahway: Ray Giacobbe, Mikal Stephenson
  • St. Thomas Aquinas: Tyler Nerges, Lamar Stevenson, Khalil Stubbs
  • Scotch Plains-Fanwood: Anthony Romano
  • Summit: Seamus Browne, Jake Procaccini, Oscar Marx
Carteret’s Antwaun Jackson goes after the quarterback. (submitted photo)

UNITED SILVER DIVISION

First Team

  • Carteret: Sir Hezekiah Ragland, Antwaun Jackson, Tyrece Parrott, Jahad Thompson, Ja’Kir Thomas, Jacob Bess, Jeremiah Serrano, Kayson Smith-Grant
  • Governor Livingston: Jack Dally, Owen Chait, Michael Geertsma, James Campbell, Matt Shaffer, James Daoulabani
  • JP Stevens: Hiven Biffot, Marquise Webb
  • North Plainfield: Jayden Brea, Aaron Potts, Nfii Bannavti
  • South Plainfield: Patrick Smith, Dom Massaro, AJ Perales, Dylan Oller

Second Team

  • Carteret: Asi powell, Jordan Muniz, Darius Armstrong
  • Governor Livingston: Patrick Kingsley, Lucciano Santamaria, Noah Brown
  • JP Stevens: Quadir Johnson
  • North Plainfield: Anthony Penaranda, Ramir Bellazin
  • South Plainfield: Manny White, Nolan Hook, Ryan Balent
by Mike Pavlichko

All-Conference, Division girls’ teams announced by GMC Coaches

GMC Tournament finalists St. Thomas Aquinas and Colonia each got one player on the All-Conference and All Red-Division teams, as picked this week by the Greater Middlesex Conference coaches.

Frank Eckert of Edison was named Coach of the Year, as the Eagles went 15-1 in their Division and won the GMC White.

All-Conference picks included Albany-bound senior Jessica Cooper from three-time defending GMC Champion St. Thomas Aquinas and junior Taylor Derkack of Colonia. The two teams will square off Friday night at 6 pm (live on CJSR – click here to listen) for the 2023 GMC Tournament Championship.

Also on the All-Conference team are South Brunswick’s Katie Rausch, Tamea El of East Brunswick, Ghelsey Go of Edison, Neysa Aguilar of Middlesex, Nyell McCargo of North Brunswick and Halley Cottrell of Monroe.

Below are the All-Division teams:

Red Division:

  • Jessica Cooper, St. Thomas Aauinas
  • Taylor Derkack, Colonia
  • Katie Rausch and Alexis Lease-Springer, South Brunswick
  • Tamea El, East Brunswick
  • Abby Jazmin, Old Bridge
  • Niyell McCargo, North Brunswick
  • Halley Cottrell, Monroe
  • Coach of the Year: Jeff Johnson, South Brunswick
  • Sportsmanship: Piscataway

White Division:

  • Ghelsey Go and Trista Whitney, Edison
  • Nyla Felton, North Plainfield
  • Neysa Aguilar and Jess Devine, Middlesex
  • Sidney De Voogs, JFK
  • Aviva Palms, Woodbridge
  • Sara McNelly, South Plainfield
  • Trista Whitney, Edison
  • Coach of the Year: Frank Eckert, Edison
  • Sportsmanship: Middlesex

Blue Division:

  • Lizzie Calandruccio and Allie Costantino, Spotswood
  • Natalia Vera Cruz, South River
  • Aurelia Germain and Cassidy Connors, Metuchen
  • Reagan Fogarty, Calvary Christian
  • Vanessa Kohler and Janiya Mithcell, Highland Park
  • Coach of the Year: Vin Vizzi, Spotswood
  • Sportsmanship: Calvary Christian

Gold Division:

  • Matti Miller, Piscataway Magnet
  • Alexa Castro and Jahzara McLaughlin, Dunellen
  • Camilla Garcia, East Brunswick Magnet
  • Vidisha Maharana, Woodbridge Academy
  • Jalena Santiago and Amanda Batista, Perth Amboy Magnet
  • Jalia Camacho, Mother Seton
  • Coach of the Year: Kevin Connery, Dunellen
  • Sportsmanship: Mother Seton
by Mike Pavlichko

GMC Coaches reveal 2022 All-Conference, All-Division baseball teams

It takes hours of deliberation every year, but the baseball coaches in the Greater Middlesex Conference came together late Tuesday night – especially after a couple of their coaches won big state tournament games during the day – to choose their 2022 All-Conference and All-Division teams.

It was a particularly long day for East Brunswick;s Chris Kenney and Woodbridge’s Mike Monaco, whose teams won extra-inning games in the state playoffs Tuesday. The Barrons knocked off North 2, Group 4 defending champion Ridge, 5-4 in eleven innings, while the Bears avenged their 12-inning, 1-0 GMC Tournament semifinal loss to North Brunswick – and a regular season walk-off defeat, too – with a 4-2, eight-inning victory over the Raiders. Both now move on to sectional title games Friday.

Scroll down for a list of all the 2022 honorees:

ALL CONFERENCE:

  • Tyler Mendez, Colonia
  • Dustin McGuinness, East Brunsiwck
  • Brody Marzano, JP Stevens
  • Bobby Ulmer, Middlesex
  • Harrison Lollin, Monroe
  • Zack Konstantinovsky, North Brunswick
  • Omar Carreras, North Brunswick
  • Justin Herbstman, Old Bridge
  • Joey Tuttoilmondo, South Brunswick
  • Luke Bickunas, South Plainfield
  • Julius Rosado, South River
  • Casey Cumiskey, Spotswood
  • Mark Gialluisi, St. Joseph-Metuchen
  • Josiah Brown, St. Joseph-Metuchen
  • Josh Vazquez, Woodbridge
  • Brett Lukachyk, Woodbridge
  • Eddy Nunez, Woodbridge

Coach of the Year: Mark Blevins, North Brunswick

ALL-RED DIVISION:

  • Ryan Basham, Dustin McGuinness, Mike Marchese – East Brunswick
  • Jaxon Appelman – Edison
  • Brody Marzano – JP Stevens
  • Harrison Lollin, Nick Sellari – Monroe
  • Frank Papeo, Justin Herbstman – Old Bridge
  • Pete Cortez, Joey Tuttoilmondo, Ethan Fantel – South Brunswick
  • Luke Bickunas, Ty Ducoff – South Plainfield
  • Robbie Carvelli, Josiah Brown, Mark Gialluisi – St. Joseph-Metuchen

Coach of the Year: Dave Marzano, JP Stevens
Sportsmanship Award: Edison

ALL-WHITE DIVISION:

  • Tyler Mendez – Colonia
  • Isaiah Cherry – JFK
  • Antonio Perillo – Metuchen
  • Bobby Ulmer, Alfonso Esposito, Stephen Young – Middlesex
  • Zack Konstantinovsky, Omar Carreras, Yomar Carreras – North Brunswick
  • Rocco Bellamy – Piscataway
  • Mike Colonnello – Sayreville
  • Casey Cumiskey, Ryan Poulsen – Spotswood
  • Josh Vazquez, Brett Lukachyk, Ty Kobylakiewicz, Eddy Nunez – Woodbridge

Coach of the Year: Mark Blevins, North Brunswick
Sportsmanship Award: Sayreville

ALL-BLUE DIVISION:

  • Ryan DellaFave, Scott Pede, Joe Moye, Ryan Jamison – East Brunswick Tech
  • Justin Santana, James Rodriguez – Carteret
  • Kiefer Gomez – New Brunswick
  • Julius Rosado, Joseph Lepore, Nick Lehotzky, Ryan Kurtz, Andrew Steffaro – South River
  • Tyler Kadi, Ricky DelRio, Artis Ray, Chris Fogarile, Zach Diaz – St. Thomas Aquinas

Coach of the Year: Tom D’Agostino, St. Thomas Aquinas
Sportsmanship Award: New Brunswick

ALL-GOLD DIVISION:

  • Nasir Tippet, Danny Watts, Damian Evans – Dunellen
  • Ewan Haley-Lock – Highland Park
  • Anthony Gonzalez, Nelson Concepcion, Josh Acevedo – Perth Amboy Tech
  • Jacob Lyerly – Piscataway Tech
  • Gabriel Albarron, Anthony Vella, Ben Hernandez, Steven Evanski, Matt Stempinski – South Amboy
  • Josh Francis, Josh Thiero, Ben Wang – Timothy Christian
  • Shiv Tickoo – Wardlaw-Hartridge

Coach of the Year: Dan Poulsen, South Amboy
Sportsmanship Award: Wardlaw-Hartridge