Tag: Mergin Sina

by Alec Crouthamel

Mergin Sina named CJSR’s Somerset County Boys Coach of the Year after Knights’ first state crown

Mergin Sina has coached plenty of great teams at Gill St. Bernard’s, with talented players that went on to achieve great things at the collegiate level.

But there’s one thing he hadn’t done as the head coach of the Knights’ boys’ team, one thing the program as a whole had not done before.

Hold up the state championship trophy.

This year’s Gill team did just that, rattling off 24 consecutive wins to end the year, winning the Skyland Conference Delaware Division, the Somerset County Tournament, the Non-Public North B sectional crown, and finally, the Non-Public B title at Rutgers last week.

For the team’s efforts, Sina earned CJSR’s Somerset County boys Coach of the Year.

It wasn’t all smooth sailing for the Knights early on. They dealt with some tough tests amid a rugged schedule in and out of conference play, with losses to St. Peter’s Prep and Linden before the new year.

But all of a sudden, Gill turned it around. It started with a New Year’s Day victory over St. Mary’s (Ruth.) — who the Knights later defeated in the sectional semifinals. One win turned into three, which turned into five, which turned into ten, which turned into… well, you get the point.

Some wins came easily, taking a big lead from the jump and cruising to the finish line. Others were true grinders, including the sectional final win over Roselle Catholic, avenging last year’s loss on the same stage.

No matter the style, Gill ran the table in the 2026 calendar year, and relied on a battle-tested core of major contributors. Seniors Dorsett Mulcahy, Declan Corrigan, and Prosper Sonkoua went out on top to end their high school careers, while juniors Jahmal Dixon and Niko West, and sophomore Connor Junker set another building block to work from as the Knights will defend their title next season.

But for now, the Gill St. Bernard’s boys stand at the final mountaintop, for the first time in Sina’s illustrious career.

Click below to hear Gill St. Bernard’s head coach Mergin Sina talk about the Knights’ 2025-26 season, the state final, and the long winning streak to end the year with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Alec Crouthamel

by Mike Pavlichko

Sectional trophy in hand, Gill St. Bernard’s boys seek first-ever state title when Knights head down to Rutgers to take on Holy Cross Prep

With all the success Mergin Sina has had leading the boys’ basketball program at Gill St. Bernard’s – including too many Division 1 prospects to count and ten Somerset County titles – it had been a while since they won a sectional championship.

So close last season, and with a wacky finish that cost Sina the first two games of this season for arguing a controversial late game call – something he’ll willingly bring up on his own, by the way – the Knights avenged their defeat at the hands of perennial state power Roselle Catholic with a 58-47 win Monday in the Non-Public North B title game.

Now, there’s just one more game left, as Gill seeks its first ever state title when it takes on Holy Cross Prep out of Delran in the Non-Public Group B final at Rutgers. Tip-off time from Jersey Mike’s Arena in Piscataway is at 7 pm, and we’ve got live coverage on Central Jersey Sports Radio with Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel calling all the action. Pregame starts at 6:45; click here to listen.

That game will follow the Gill girls taking on Gloucester Catholic for the girls title at 5 pm, which also can be heard on CJSR.

Gill St. Bernard’s was the top-seed in North B, and comes in with a 27-2 mark, on a 23-game win streak. That’s one win away from what’s likely a school record of 24, which they set in 2011, albeit in a season where they won the Somerset County Tournament, but fell to St. Patrick’s of Elizabeth in the sectional semis.

Nearly all season long, Gill has just been consistently good. They always play “big boy” basketball, but this squad – while they’re also having fun – has been all business on the court. They get up and down in transition, Dorsett Mulcahy leads the offense, Prosper Sonkua cleans up on the glass and blocks shots like it’s going out of style, Jahmal Dixon plays lock-down defense, and Connor Junker hits threes.

Gill has hit a whopping 251 threes on the year. That’s not No. 1 in the state – Rutgers Prep is, with 282 – but it’s pretty darn close. And they’re easily the top perimeter-shooting team left in the state tournament.

Meanwhile, Holy Cross Prep – the second-seed in Non-Public South B out of Delran in Burlington County, just south of Trenton – comes in at 27-4, winners of 11 straight. They beat Westhampton Tech, the eventual Central Jersey Group 3 champion, to win the Burlington County Tournament a few weeks ago, and fifth-seed Bishop Eustace, 55-42, back on Monday to win the South B sectional title.

They’re led by senior Josh Swain, averaging 18.2 points per game, while fellow senior Jordan Owens is averaging 17.5 per contest. They’ve also hit a lot of threes – 205 on the year – but are a lower scoring team than Gill, averaging 60 points per game, compared the the Knights at 71.1. And Gill has a rebounding edge, too on the season, averaging just under 34, while the Lancers are at 25.8 per game.

Gill is coming off its second sectional title in school history, with Holy Cross picking up its first, so both teams are looking for their first-ever state title.

Click below to hear Gill St. Bernard’s coach Mergin Sina talk with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko about the Non-Public B title game against Holy Cross Prep:

Gill St. Bernard's celebrates a North Jersey Non-Public B title on March 9th, 2026
by Alec Crouthamel

Gill St. Bernard’s boys hang on, defeat Roselle Catholic for first North Non-Public B crown since 2012

Gill St. Bernard’s is back on the mountaintop.

Its been 14 years since their first – and only – sectional title, won all the way back in 2012.

The Knights (27-2) extended their winning streak to 23 games and won the Non-Public North B title 58-49 over Roselle Catholic in a rematch of last year’s sectional final.

It took a heroic closing effort, as the Lions (22-7) never went away, but Gill came up with just enough stops to come away victorious.

The upperclassmen trio of Dorsett Mulcahy, Prosper Sonkoua, and Jahmal Dixon led the way in a veteran-like effort. Mulcahy paced the game in scoring with 19 points — 14 coming in the first half — while Sonkoua found his scoring touch late and defended all over the floor, finishing with 15 points.

Similarly, Dixon wreaked havoc as a roving defender, coming up with three steals and eight points in the third quarter alone. He finished with ten. Sophomore guard Connor Junker hit some big-time free throws late to seal the win as part of a seven-point performance.

Gill took the early edge, led by two three-pointers from Mulcahy for a 14-8 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Roselle Catholic continued to battle, drawing back even with some tough shotmaking and effort from senior Caleb Jones, usually the team’s third or fourth option. He tied senior Trevon Lewis for the team lead with 15 points each, and Jones hounded the glass, resulting in easy looks at the rim, taking advantage of his 6-foot-7 frame. They were the only two Lions in double figures, though freshman Holland Johnson knocked down a trio of threes off the bench for nine points, thrice his season average per game.

By the time the dust settled in the first half, both teams went into the locker room looking to need a breather after a physical, intense 16 minutes of play. The Knights eked ahead 28-27 at the half.

Then in the third quarter, Gill finally put its foot down and took control. Dixon proved why he’s one of the top all-around glue-guy point guards in the area, running the half-court offense and hunkering down on the defensive end. He scored eight of the Knights’ 15 points in the quarter, with Sonkoua also knocking down a three-pointer to help keep Gill ahead. It held onto a four-point lead after three quarters.

Roselle Catholic threw its final haymakers in the fourth, as the game ground to a halt of half-court offense. The Knights tried — and succeeded — to slow the game down with their lead barely intact. Lewis came alive with eight points in the fourth, and brought the Lions back to within a possession in the final minutes.

With the game in the balance, Mulcahy knocked down a layup, then Gill worked a tough shot that Lewis missed, and it was smooth sailing from there. The Knights made their free throws and came away with their first sectional title in 14 years.

Gill will play in one last game, the State Non-Public B Championship Game, on Thursday at 7 pm at Jersey Mike’s Arena at Rutgers University in Piscataway against the South B champion, Holy Cross Prep, which beat Bishop Eustace Monday night, 55-42.

Click below to hear postgame reactions with Gill St. Bernard’s head coach Mergin Sina and guards Dorsett Mulcahy and Jahmal Dixon, presented by the Sportsplex at Metuchen:

by Alec Crouthamel

Gill St. Bernard’s boys take long win streak into rematch with Roselle Catholic in Non-Public North B final

It’s hard to be much better than near-perfect.

Gill St. Bernard’s will put that to the test in the sectional final.

The top-seeded Knights (26-2) bring a 22-game winning streak into the Non-Public North B title game against second-seeded Roselle Catholic, a rematch of last year’s final. The Lions (22-6) return a good piece of their core from that team, while Gill St. Bernard’s has seen a mix of returning talent and players stepping up into new roles.

Last year’s game was a true grinder, won by Roselle Catholic 43-35, though six of those points came in one trip to the foul line amid a wild finish, where the Lions attempted to let the ball stay on the ground with the clock running after a late basket by the Knights. Head coach Mergin Sina, irate with the precious seconds coming off the clock, picked up two technical fouls and was ejected.

This year’s iteration features two increasingly-explosive offenses from last year, and hopefully without the fireworks this time around. You can hear the game on Monday at 5 pm from John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, with pregame coverage starting at 4:45, as Alec Crouthamel will call the action. Click here to listen.

Gill St. Bernard’s brings a balanced and multifaceted offense that can beat you in several different ways.

There’s senior guard Dorsett Mulcahy, a veteran who looks and plays similarly to his older brother Paul, but with his own skillset brought to the table. He can shoot over defenders, or post them up to set up passes to the outside. Many of those passes have gone to sophomore Connor Junker, a sniper from the outside who is beginning to fully round out his game on both ends.

Then there’s senior forward Prosper Sonkoua, a true two-way force. He has taken a step forward in nearly every part of his game, with a blossoming off-the-dribble driving game, a pull-up threat from the outside, and a strong passer while slashing. And that’s not even mentioning his ability to guard — and stop — any position, point guard to center. Senior Jahmal Dixon has also taken a step forward as a true Swiss Army Knife, with the ability to create for himself and set up others, while growing into a pesky defender.

To sum it all up, Gill can beat an opponent in so many different ways, and it’ll have to do so in a highly-anticipated matchup against the Lions.

Top scorers Trevon Lewis (15.8 points per game), Tyrease Hunter (13.2 points per game), and Kahlik Thomas (12.7 points per game) all played in this matchup last year and made their own impacts. Hunter and Lewis combined for 33 of Roselle Catholic’s 43 points in the game, while Thomas grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds as a force on the interior.

All three have improved their respective games as seniors, with Lewis even dropping a quadruple-double on Westfield earlier in the year.

Third-year head coach Todd Decker has done plenty of winning in his career, with prior stints at St. Peter’s Prep and the Patrick School, and has another crew ready to defend its Non-Public B title from last year.

But one year after a grind-it-out style game last season, both teams have the offensive horses to reach or even surpass those numbers.

By halftime.

It’ll be a hotly-contested matchup in Paterson between several veteran stars.

Click below to hear a preview interview with Gill St. Bernard’s head coach Mergin Sina and Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Alec Crouthamel:

by Mike Pavlichko

Gill St. Bernard’s wins 10th Somerset County championship, ties Bridgewater-Raritan’s mark, with 84-73 victory over Rutgers Prep

The Bridgewater-Raritan boys’ basketball team has held the record for most Somerset County titles for more than a quarter century, all by themselves. Their fourth title came in 1998, putting them ahead of Franklin, and then won six more through 2007.

But as of Saturday afternoon, they have some company.

Gill St. Bernard’s won its 10th Somerset County Tournament championship Saturday at Montgomery Twp. High School in Skillman, as the top-seeded Knights powered past second-seed Rutgers Prep, 84-73, in a game heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio.

The game was a back-and-forth affair, with high intensity and end-to-end action from the opening tip until just about the final horn. There were three lead changes in the first half, seven overall, but the last two were the most consequential.

Rutgers Prep’s Will Brunson hit an and-one with 1:43 to go in the third, and though he didn’t make the free throw, he gave his team a 49-48 lead. But that seemed to inspire Gill (24-2), which followed it up with a 9-2 tun to close the quarter with a 57-51 advantage.

They never looked back.

Jahmal Dixon led the way for the Knights, tied for game-high honors with 25. Connor Junker added 20, including three treys, while senior point guard Dorsett Mulcahy added 18.

Rutgers Prep (16-9) was led by Nicolas Nsenkyire; the senior shared game-high honors with Gill’s Dixon, scoring 25, including one three.

The Argonauts – who led the state with 252 threes coming into the game, tops in the state, and a 10.5 per game average – only hit four in the game, three in the second half, with a couple in the fourth quarter from Dixon, as Prep tried to rally, but fell short.

It’s the eighth title in eleven years for Gill St. Bernard’s, which has now won two straight, swept three games from Rutgers Prep this year, and has now won six straight against their biggest rival in Somerset County.

Click below for postgame reaction from Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko with Gill St. Bernard’s head coach Mergin Sina, as well as sophomore Connor Junker and senior Dorsett Mulcahy, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:

by Alec Crouthamel

Gill St. Bernard’s pulls away in second half over Immaculata, wins 19th straight to advance to second consecutive Somerset County Tournament final

It feels like a broken record at this point.

Gill St, Bernard’s boys basketball wins, powered by a frenetic and physical second half.

The top-seeded Knights (23-2, 7-0) won their 19th straight game with a 67-53 victory over fifth-seeded Immaculata in the Somerset County Tournament semifinals, to advance to their second straight championship appearance.

The Spartans (17-6, 4-1) held their own and then some for the first 16 minutes of action, taking a 28-25 halftime lead after slowing down the game on both ends of the floor for much of the half, coupled with some impressive shotmaking.

Gill St. Bernard’s senior guard Dorsett Mulcahy set the tone with 26 points and seven rebounds, including 14 of the Knights’ 22 third-quarter points as they powered ahead. Fellow senior Prosper Highlander added 16 points and six rebounds, including ten in the second half.

The first quarter was a clash of styles, as Immaculata tried to slow it down while Gill St. Bernard’s wanted to keep on running. The Spartans hit shots in the opening stretch but the Knights ended the first quarter with a 10-8 lead.

Immaculata turned up the heat on both ends in the second quarter, as the balanced shotmaking continued and the Spartans went into halftime with a three-point lead. Senior guard Riley Gorman finished the half tied for the game lead with eight points, while junior Tyler Burns added seven.

Four Immaculata scorers finished in double figures, led by Burns’ 14 — including seven third-quarter points all at the foul line — while Gorman added 12. Junior Bryce Higgins scored 12 points of his own and senior Noah Doss scored ten.

Gill St. Bernard’s came out of the locker room ready to run — as the Knights always are — and eventually took a lead back that they would not relinquish.

Mulcahy got to the basket time and time again, while also knocking down a three-pointer and hitting all three of his free throw attempts. Highlander drew the assignment of Gorman on defense, and came into his own as well in the third quarter with four points. By the time the quarter came to a close, Gill St. Bernard’s had built a 48-39 lead, as both teams found themselves in foul trouble in the frame.

The Knights ran some more in the fourth quarter and put the game out of reach fairly early on. Highlander scored six points while sophomore guard Connor Junker hit a three-pointer of his own as part of a seven-point final stretch.

By the time the dust settled, Gill St. Bernard’s outscored Immaculata 42-25 in the second half and was able to finish the job multiple minutes before the final buzzer sounded.

The Knights advance to their second straight Somerset County Tournament finals appearance, and tenth all-time, tying Bridgewater-Raritan for the county record. They will play in a rematch of last year’s championship bout against second-seeded Rutgers Prep, which defeated Montgomery 66-57 earlier on Saturday for the Argonauts’ fifth straight championship appearance. Gill St. Bernard’s won last year’s tournament matchup 52-46.

They’ll do it all over again next Saturday at Montgomery High School, with tip-off at 3 pm.

Click below for postgame reaction with Gill St. Bernard’s senior Dorsett Mulcahy and head coach Mergin Sina, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:


by Alec Crouthamel

Highlander’s big second half helps lead No. 1 Gill St. Bernard’s to emphatic win over No. 3 Pingry – and likely the SCT’s top seed

When you think of Gill St. Bernard’s basketball, you think uptempo, flying across the floor, and plenty of victories.

Through one half against No. 3 Pingry, those three factors were present at times, but not enough with a 21-15 lead.

Once both teams emerged from the locker room for the second half of play, things changed.

The Knights (11-2, 5-0) raced out of the gate and never looked back, pulling away for a 69-38 win, outscoring the Big Blue (7-3, 3-0) 48-23 in the final 16 minutes of play.

Fresh off a 33-point, ten-rebound performance in a thrilling win over Rutgers Prep on Saturday, Gill St. Bernard’s forward Prosper Highlander led the way once again, with a 20-point, 12-rebound follow-up performance. After scoring just two points in the first half, he came alive with 12 points in the third quarter with an array of drives to the basket and a three-pointer.

Oh, and he also picked up the tough assignments on defense, stuffing the stat sheet with three steals and two blocks.

Pingry controlled the tempo early on, scoring the first five points of the game and keeping close for much of the first half. Even after the Knights responded to the opening run with ten unanswered points of their own, the Big Blue ended the quarter with six unanswered to stay within a point at 12-11.

That momentum continued into the second quarter. Even as Gill St. Bernard’s appeared to be on the verge of pulling away, Pingry continued to stack up timely buckets to stay within arm’s reach, as head coach Jason Murdock and his team looked to build off the momentum of back-to-back wins over Immaculata and Rutgers Prep last week.

But the Knights’ intensity and pace on both ends of the floor eventually became too much to overcome. They methodically built up their lead as the third quarter went along, turning defense into offense plenty, before the lead eventually ballooned to 17 points to end the third quarter, and 31 points by the end of the game.

Gill St. Bernard’s standouts Connor Junker and Dorsett Mulcahy kick-started the offense in the opening quarter with six points apiece for all of the Knights’ scoring in the opening eight minutes. Junker finished with ten points with two three-pointers, while Mulcahy finished second on the team with 17 points and eight rebounds.

Dylan Cowell led Pingry with a 13-point, 10-rebound double-double to go along with three blocks, and was the Big Blue’s only double-digit scorer.

With the win, Gill St. Bernard’s now puts itself in an excellent position for the top seed in the upcoming Somerset County Tournament, as the Knights look to defend their title from a season ago. Last week, they won their only matchups before the seeding meeting with Montgomery and Rutgers Prep, with the Argonauts also having lost to Pingry.

Amid a schedule head coach Mergin Sina calls one of the toughest in the state, Gill St. Bernard’s passed yet another test as the calendar flips to 2026.

Click below for postgame reaction from Gill St. Bernard’s senior forward Prosper Highlander and head coach Mergin Sina, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:

by Mike Pavlichko

No. 2 Gill St. Bernard’s withstands first-half rally by No. 2 Montgomery, pulls away for 64-53 win

This week is a Murderer’s Row in Somerset County boys’ basketball for a number of teams.

Montgomery had Rutgers Prep Tuesday and Gill St. Bernard’s Thursday, with Gill also getting Rutgers Prep Saturday.

And don’t forget about Bridgewater-Raritan next week, hosting Rutgers Prep on Tuesday.

But Thursday night in Skillman belonged to Gill St. Bernard’s, which got 11 points from Jahmal Dixon in the first quarter to build a ten point lead against Montgomery, enough for the Knights to keep the Cougars at bay after a late first-half rally. Dixon finished with 22 in the game to lead all scorers

It was also a bittersweet night for Ethan Lin, who led Montgomery. The senior – a Penn commit – tied the Cougar boys’ scoring record in the second quarter, and broke it on a buzzer-beating three before the half that capped a rally to bring his team within 31-30 at the break.

But in the second half, the Knights’ defense became a bit more suffocating, and they used an 18-9 third quarter advantage to pull away, eventually winning 64-53, in a game heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio.

Beyond Dixon, Prosper Highlander finished with 16 for the Knights (9-2, 4-0 Skyland Delaware).

Lin finished with 17 to lead Montgomery (8-3, 0-2 Skyland Delaware), which has dropped three straight to positively brutal competition, including to Linden by two over the weekend, and Rutgers Prep on Tuesday. He now has 1,355 points, breaking the mark of 1,344 held by Maurice Bahr, a record he set 50 years ago, in a 26-2 season in 1975-76.

A basketball player, Ethan Lin, stands on the court with family, holding a sign congratulating him for becoming the all-time leading scorer in Montgomery High School boys' basketball history.
Montgomery’s Ethan Lin at center court with his family after tying the Cougars’ boys’ basketball career scoring record in the second quarter at home against Gill St. Bernard’s on January 8, 2026. He broke the mark with a buzzer-beating three at the end of the half. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)

For Gill, the win was a huge one heading into their one and only meeting with Rutgers Prep this year, Saturday at 3:30 at home.

Click below for postgame reaction from Gill St. Bernard’s junior Jahmal Dixon and head coach mergin Sina, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:

by Alec Crouthamel

Gill St. Bernard’s boys set for Non-Public North B title rematch, again, with Roselle Catholic

Gill St. Bernard’s and Roselle Catholic have plenty of history, with another page to be written in Monday night’s North Jersey, Non-Public B final at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson. Central Jersey Sports Radio will be on-site with live coverage.

The Lions have won the last five head-to-head matchups, including a 43-42 game back on January 12th. Roselle Catholic has also served as the Knights’ roadblock to winning a sectional title, defeating Gill St. Bernard’s 68-62 in the 2022 Non-Public North B championship in a game that featured nine future Division I basketball players, and 59-58 in 2020, a game that saw 12 future D-I basketball players.

In fact, the Knights have fallen to the Lions six times in the sectional final since 2015.

But Gill St. Bernard’s is up for the challenge yet again.

A stellar defensive team, the Knights have gotten more and more shotmaking from key pieces, under and upperclassmen.

One of those underclassmen is freshman Connor Junker, Gill St. Bernards’ second-leading scorer and top perimeter threat. He brings a quick first step, quick shot release, and a solid handle that helps him create space.

In the Knights’ Somerset County Tournament final win over Rutgers Prep, Junker brought the heroics with a team-high 15 points with four three-pointers and three key free throws late in the game.

Other key veteran names include Dorsett Mulcahy—whose older brother Paul, a former standout at Rutgers, has joined the coaching staff—and seniors Kobe Closeil and Stanley Njekwe.

This veteran-laden squad has improved at starting better, with the Knights leading by a combined 51-11 after the first quarter in their two most recent tournament games against Timothy Christian and Morristown-Beard.

Roselle Catholic (22-6) brings plenty to the table as well, particularly in the guard room. The Lions’ top three leading scorers are guards, led by Trevon Lewis, Tyrease Hunter, and Jalen Grant.

Lewis has served as the team’s go-to player, showcased in Roselle Catholic’s 85-73 semifinal win over Morris Catholic. He scored 39 points to go along with nine rebounds, attacking the lane with ease.

Can Gill St. Bernard’s get its revenge and reach the sectional mountaintop? Or will Roselle Catholic continue its North Jersey, Non-Public B dominance?

It all starts at 7pm on Monday.

Click below to hear Gill St. Bernard’s Head Coach Mergin Sina talk about the Knights and the Non-Public North B final against Roselle Catholic:

by Mike Pavlichko

Gill’s back on top, as Knights take Somerset County boys title, 52-46, over two-time defending champion Rutgers Prep

Call the 2024-2025 high school basketball season the Season of Gill.

The last two years, it was Rutgers Prep sweeping the Somerset County Tournament on the boys’ and girls’ side. This year, Gill St. Bernard’s wields the broom.

A couple hours after the Knights’ girls took the title with a win over Hillsborough, the top-seeded boys held up their end of the bargain, coming from behind in the second half to beat third-seed and two-time defending champion Rutgers Prep, 52-46, at Montgomery High School in Skillman, in a game heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio.

And the hero was, perhaps, an unlikely one. The big names for Gill are Dorsett Mulcahy – who had 12 before fouling out with just under five minutes to play – and Kobe Closeil and Kieran Quinn and Stanley Njekwe.

But on this Saturday afternoon, it was 5′ 11″ freshman Connor Junker who played the hero. He finished with 15 points – the leading scorer – on four treys, two in the third and one in the fourth, then hit three of four free throws on a pair of late trips to the line that helped seal the deal.

Gill improved to 20-5 with the win, while Rutgers Prep dropped to 18-9. It was GSB’s third win this season over the Argonauts.

Gill couldn’t hit a bucket to save its life early in the third, as Prep took a three-point halftime lead and got it to as much as nine in the third quarter. But the Knights battled, and kept it close enough until they could make a move.

Junker provided that spark, and the rest of the team followed.

Not bad for a freshman. Now, what can he do for an encore?

Click below for postgame reaction from Gill St. Bernard’s freshman Connor Junker and head coach Mergin Sina, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:

Gill St. Bernard’s freshman Connor Junker. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)