Author: Jimmy Allinder
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Monroe ice hockey team competitive in GMC play
By Jimmy Allinder Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen has reigned supreme ever since the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) began league play in ice hockey five years ago. This season is no exception since St. Joe’s owns a 13-3-3 record and has vanquished every GMC opponent during the regular season, often by double-digit margins. However,…
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St. Joe’s looks to reclaim GMC boys hoops crown
By Jimmy Allinder There was no argument about which high school boys basketball team deserved the top seed in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament. Among the five losses Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen (16-5) has absorbed, three have been to nationally ranked teams outside New Jersey. The other two have been to in-state…
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Plenty of contenders in GMC girls hoops tourney
By Jimmy Allinder The Monroe Township High School girls basketball team (19-2) is the top seed in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament. However, as many as four teams could have earned that distinction, which promises this year’s tournament will be a wide-open fight to the finish. Based on its record, East Brunswick High School…
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Bears, Rams, Chargers gear up for GMC hoops tourney
By Jimmy Allinder The East Brunswick High School boys team is 10-7 following a 59-53 victory over Old Bridge High School Feb. 4 — a victory that improves the Bears’ chances of receiving a high seed in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament. East Brunswick faces a tough assignment when it hosts South Brunswick High…
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Girls hoops teams striving for high tournament seeds
By Jimmy Allinder The girls basketball game between East Brunswick High School (15-2) and Piscataway Township High School (14-3) Feb. 9 (weather permitting) may have been a preview of the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) championship game. Both Red Division teams have proved they belong among the best in the conference and should be seeded accordingly…
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Hawks’ girls taking it one game at a time
By Jimmy Allinder The secret to winning is not really a secret at all. A common thread among perennial winners is to take one game at a time, which was the lesson the J.P. Stevens High School girls basketball team learned Feb. 5 when it met Edison High School. J.P. Stevens is 11-7 with two…
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Bears, Falcons unable to repeat GMC tourney success
By Jimmy Allinder High school wrestling teams often face the reality that last year’s success doesn’t necessarily translate to the next season. The results of the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament held Jan. 29-30 at Piscataway Township High School proved exactly that for area teams. South Plainfield High School won the team title, as has…
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Bears’ bowlers in hunt for GMC championship
By Jimmy Allinder The East Brunswick High School boys bowling team earned the top seed in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament and met its first opponent, New Brunswick High School (17th seed), Feb. 2. Despite their seed, the Bears (14-1-1) face a tough slate of matches against quality teams, including an equally solid Sayreville War…
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GMC Tournament time for area teams, athletes
By Jimmy Allinder Except for boys and girls basketball, it’s Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament time for winter sports, and that means a lot of activity at various venues throughout the county. Wrestling The GMC wrestling tournament was staged at Piscataway Township High School Jan. 29-31, and South Plainfield High School came away with the…
