With the prevalence of charter schools live Thrive Charter and College Achieve Asbury Park in basketball, as well as public schools that draw students from outside their traditional geographical boundaries, the NJSIAA created a success formula, that moves team up in Group size for playoff qualification. And now, Middlesex County has seen its first team be affected by the new rule, as the Colonia boys' basketball program - which has won five straight sectional titles and six of the last seven - is moving up to Group 4.

It took them three days, but it was well worth it for the Middlesex baseball team. The Blue Jays won their GMC-record seventh NJSIAA state championship Monday afternoon, beating Midland Park in the state Group 1 Final at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex in Bergen County, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio. The Blue Jays got three runs in the third, and needed all of them, hanging on for a 3-2 win.

The last three NJSIAA public school state championship games are moving up to North Jersey. Middlesex Athletic Director Mike O'Donnell told Central Jersey Sports Radio Sunday night that the Group 1 title game between the Blue Jays and Midland Park will be moved to the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex in Bergen County, and will remain at 1 pm. You can hear that game live on Central Jersey Sports Radio beginning at 12:50 with our pregame show by…

This past season, the NJSIAA made a major overhaul to the power point formula it has used for years to determine what teams qualify for the state playoffs, and in what order. Group size was no longer a part of the equation, with the state's high school athletic association coming around to the idea that group size is not necessarily - or, at least, less so these days - indicative of the strength of an opponent.

We're exactly two weeks from the NJSIAA cutoff for the state playoffs - May 17th - and teams across the area continue to jockey for position in the standings. Here's a closer look beyond the numbers at where teams stand and what their chances are, based on NJ.com's official standings as of games played on May 2nd. For a full explanation of the new power point formula, …

We're exactly two weeks from the NJSIAA cutoff for the state playoffs - May 17th - and teams across the area continue to jockey for position in the standings. Here's a closer look beyond the numbers at where teams stand and what their chances are, based on NJ.com's official standings as of games played on May 2nd. For a full explanation of the new power point formula, …

We are three weeks from the NJSIAA cutoff for the state tournament in baseball, and Central Jersey Sports Radio is wrapping up its first look at the standings, with a breakdown of how we think area teams will fare by looking at Central Jersey Group 1. For an explanation on the baseball power point formula, check out Thursday's story on the Group 4 playoff analysis by…

Central Jersey Sports Radio continues to look at the power points races for the state playoffs - now exactly three weeks from the cutoff date of look at power point standings for the NJSIAA baseball playoffs - with a closer look at the Group 2 sections. For an explanation on the baseball power point formula, check out Thursday's story on the Group 4 playoff analysis by…

It's been a long road to get to this point, over several years. But now, 32 minutes - maybe a few more - are all that's left in the high school career of Hillsborough's seniors. And that includes Francesca Schiro. "Cesci," as she's known, is perhaps the most decorated girls' basketball player in school history. She's scored more points than anyone else - regardless of gender - to walk the halls of the school.

You can almost set your watch by it. Each of the past three seasons, Colonia has stormed to a North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 title. The Patriots have been the best team in their playoff section for a while now, and even if they're down, they're never out. Last year, they added GMC Tournament champions to their season resume, and again on the sectional crown.

If you sat down to watch the Non-Public South B boys' final Monday night after watching the girls' final that preceded it, your might have expected to see Phil Connors and Punxatawney Phil. Just like the Argonaut girls, who just couldn't seem to sink a shot and had so many tries rim out, the same thing happened to the boys, just in a higher-scoring game, as third-seed Rutgers Prep lost to top-seed St.

Jackson Liberty High School was good to Rutgers Prep last year. So was Seneca the year before that, and Long Branch back in 2022. The Rutgers Prep girls' basketball team hasn't lost a sectional final since COVID at any of those three venues, and Mary Klinger's 2024-25 team doesn't plan to start now. Monday evening, they'll play in their fifth straight Non-Public South B title game - the first in that stretch was in 2020, when they fell to Trenton Catholic - as the second-seeded Argonauts take on top-seed Gloucester Catholic at 5 pm, in a game you can hear on Central Jersey Sports Radio.

The Hillsborough girls' basketball team reached the Somerset County final this year, for the first time since 2006, falling to Gill St. Bernard's. The Monroe girls' basketball team reached the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament final this year, falling to St. Thomas Aquinas. So, essentially, since they're also the top two seeds in their section, Saturday's Central Jersey Group 4 final - which will feature the Falcons and Raiders - could be billed as a battle for public school supremacy and bragging rights between Somerset County and the GMC.