Tag: divisional alignments

by Mike Pavlichko

A few shuffles in Greater Middlesex Conference baseball alignments for 2026; St. Thomas Aquinas moves up to Red Division

Unlike basketball’s one-year experiment with split divisions – Red American, Red National, for example – and six divisions overall, Greater Middlesex Conference baseball will retain the traditional four-division format for the upcoming 2026 season, but a few teams have moved around.

The top-division stays mainly in tact, with South Brunswick – which went 4-20 last season but has brought GMC stalwart Lou Urbano in to take over the program as head coach – moving down to the GMC White, while St. Thomas Aquinas takes the Vikings’ place.

The Trojans were 16-9 last year, and won the White Division with a 10-2 record, their two division losses coming to Middlesex – a GMC Final Four team and NJSIAA Group 1 state champion a year ago – and Colonia.

Meanwhile, the GMC White picks up two new teams that move up from the Blue: JFK and Metuchen. Kennedy was 9-13 a year ago, 7-7 in the division, while the Bulldogs finished 17-10 and won the Blue with an 11-3 mark. They lost twice to second-place North Plainfield and once to Carteret.

Making room for them was Aquinas’ move to the Red, and North Brunswick moving to the White. The Raiders finished 5-17 last season, and were 1-11 in the White, last place in the Division.

Meanwhile, the Blue picks up two more schools from the Gold: GMC Invitational finalists East Brunswick Magnet (20-6) and New Brunswick (15-3), the Gold Champion from 2025 who won the Invitational over the Tigers. South Amboy, meanwhile, which finished 7-14 last year, 5-9 in the Blue, moves down to the Gold.

Here are the 2026 GMC baseball division alignments:

  • Red: East Brunswick, Edison, Monroe, Old Bridge, South Plainfield, St. Joseph-Metuchen, St. Thomas Aquinas, Woodbridge
  • White: Colonia, JFK, Metuchen, Middlesex, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, South Brunswick, Spotswood
  • Blue: Carteret, East Brunswick Magnet, JP Stevens, New Brunswick, North Brunswick, North Plainfield, Piscataway, South River
  • Gold Division: Dunellen, Highland Park, Perth Amboy Magnet, Piscataway Magnet, Somerset Tech, South Amboy, Timothy Christian, Wardlaw-Hartridge.

While a handful of GMC teams will start the season sooner than others – North Plainfield opens the earliest, taking on Dickinson (Jersey City) on Wednesday, March 25th – the bulk of the season begins Monday, the 30th.

Central Jersey Sports Radio will announce its broadcast schedule for the 2026 season later this week.