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South River Looking To Run Summer League This Year

gmachos — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:08:00 +0000

SOUTH RIVER, NJ–Recently, GMC Hoops was contacted by South River boys basketball head coach, Rodney Harris, who is looking to run a summer league at South River High School this year. The high school gym at SRHS has been recently redone, and looks as good as new. If you and your team are interested in participating in this summer league, please contact Coach Harris at rodharris05@gmail.com.

GMC Holding Its Own Against Out Of Conference Foes

gmachos — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:08:11 +0000

Conference Teams Combine For Over .500 Record Entering Final Stage Of Season

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ–On Monday, state tournament play began for 25 of the 31 teams in the Greater Middlesex Conference that qualified for the various tourneys categorized by school enrollment. As of the end of play, Wednesday night, the GMC has gone 9-9 against teams outside Middlesex County in state tourney play.

Entering the state tournament season, the 31 teams in the GMC had combined for an 82-76 record during the regular season against teams from other conferences. The conference is now 91-85, and has gone 22-16 since dropping to .500 in the middle of February. It has been an up and down, and streaky season for GMC schools against non-conference foes. The GMC began the year with 8 wins in its first 9 games, and then was clobbered over the holidays.

From that point on, the GMC schools have been on a roller coaster ride against teams outside of Middlesex County. For the most part though, the conference has held its own against many of the conferences in the Central Jersey area. Entering play on Thursday, the GMC is 4-3 against the Colonial Valley Conference, 23-22 versus the Skyland Conference, 10-10 against the Union County Conference, and 16-19 versus the Shore Conference. While the conference has not been dominant against schools from these other conferences, it has been able to hold its own.

A couple conferences that have done fairly well against the GMC this year have been the Burlington County Scholastic League, which has won 5 of 8 games against GMC schools, and the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association, which has won 6 of 9 against the GMC. Breaking down the 91-85 GMC non-conference record by division: The Gold is 32-19. The Red is 27-21. Blue Division is 20-17 while the White has struggled at 12-28. Teams that have done well against non-conference schools this season are: Perth Amboy Tech (8-1), St. Joseph’s (7-2), South River (7-3), East Brunswick Tech (6-2), Dunellen (4-0), Old Bridge (5-2), East Brunswick (5-2), Middlesex (3-0), Piscataway Tech (4-2), and Spotswood (3-1).

This Year’s GMC Hoops Trophy Race Turning Out To Be Quite A Dandy

gmachos — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:40:54 +0000

Seven Teams Still In The Hunt For The Trophy

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–In the closest race ever for the GMC Hoops Trophy, seven teams are still alive in the quest for the elusive trophy including three time defending champion, St. Joseph’s. Currently, there are eight teams that have records of 4-2 or better with six of them still alive in the state playoffs. Old Bridge and Bishop Ahr were eliminated from contention after losing in the opening round of their respective state tournaments.

With its win over Hunterdon Central in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV State Tournament, East Brunswick is ahead of the back with a 6-1 record in the seven games seen by GMC Hoops this year. The Bears have tallied 11 points in the standings, which is three ahead of its nearest competitors: Dunellen, St. Joseph’s, and North Brunswick. The Destroyers, Falcons, and Raiders all have eight points with GMC Hoops planning to see Dunellen this evening against Ridgefield in the North Jersey Section 2 Group I state tournament at The Faber.

North Brunswick managed to get into a three way tie for second thanks to a double-overtime win over Old Bridge on Monday night. Spotswood got itself within striking distance thanks to a come from behind win over Blue Division rival Carteret in the Central Jersey Group II Quarterfinals on Wednesday night. The Chargers have given themselves another chance to enhance their position in the standings with the win over the Ramblers since GMC Hoops plans to see Spotswood in action on Friday night at Lakewood against the top seeded Piners in the semifinal round. South River also has an outside shot for the trophy, but will need to defeat Bound Brook tonight for starters, and get a lot of help.

The GMC Hoops Trophy has been issued every year since 2003 to the team that performs the best when GMC Hoops is in attendance at its games. Teams win based on a simple points system: Two points for a win, and minus a point for a loss. View the past winners of the trophy.

GMC Rebounders Among Top In The State–February 5, 2013

gmachos — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:11:05 +0000

Six Players From The Conference Among Top 25 Rebounding Averages In NJ

NEWARK, NJ–On Wednesday, the statewide rebounding leaders were posted on nj.com and in the Newark Star-Ledger, and six players from the Greater Middlesex Conference were on the list of the Top 25. St. Joseph’s Karl Towns had the highest rebounding average, followed by Jordan Little of Perth Amboy Tech, Sultan Aminu of Old Bridge, Chris Bourne of South Brunswick, Tyler Harris of South River, and Justen Davis of Wardlaw. Below is where they ranked in the state as well as the number of games played, total rebounds, and averages.

Player Name	School	Rank	GP	Rebounds	RPG
Karl Towns	St. Joseph’s	12	17	205	12.1
Jordan Little	Perth Amboy Tech	16	14	160	11.4
Sultan Aminu	Old Bridge	17	19	207	10.9
Chris Bourne	South Brunswick	19	17	179	10.5
Tyler Harris	South River	22	17	171	10.1
Justen Davis	Wardlaw	23	18	178	9.9

Stats again are courtesy of nj.com. Players must have played a minimum 13 games so far this season.

GMC Hoops Highlights–January 25, 2013–South River @ Dunellen–Gold Division Clash

gmachos — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:37:37 +0000

Here are video highlights from Dunellen’s 52-50 squeaker of a win over South River in GMC Gold action. The Destroyers led 48-39 early in the fourth quarter before South River rallied with an 11-2 tear to pull within two with under a minute to play. The Rams had several chances to tie, but was unable to as Dunellen survived to improve to 8-2 in division. Dylan Hoski had team high for DHS with 14 points while Casey Wenzel scored all 12 of his points from the foul line for the Destroyers. David Johnson also added 9 for the winners while Tyler Harris led all scorers with 22 points for South River. Tim Darrar chipped in with 10 while Matt Martinez added 8 in a losing cause for the Rams.

GMC Hoops Highlights–January 23, 2013–South River @ South Amboy–JV Game

gmachos — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:03:46 +0000

Here are highlights from the final 14 minutes of action in South River JV’s win over South Amboy. South River got a three to end the third, and a couple free throws to start the fourth for a 34-28 lead before South Amboy went on an 11-2 spurt over a span of about three and a half minutes to take a 39-36 lead. South River battled back though with a layup at the 4:01 mark, and another one at the 2:38 mark for a 40-39 lead. Then, after the Junior Guvs tied the game with one of two from the line at the 2:05 mark, the Rams got another score for a 42-40 lead with 1:52 remaining in regulation.

The Junior Rams had a couple opportunities to put the game away, but couldn’t capitalize, and South Amboy managed to tie it at 42-42. on two free throws by Riley Rone with 30 seconds left. The Junior Guvs had a chance to win in regulation, but missed both free throws with 3.8 seconds remaining. In the extra session, South River drew first blood with a layup from the right low block at the 2:48 mark, and a three point play at the 2:13 mark for a 47-42 lead. South Amboy drew within two on a three point play at the 2:02 mark, but couldn’t get closer as South River made one of two from the line with 35 seconds left, and then both ends of the bonus with 1.0 seconds left for the 50-45 victory.

GMC Hoops Highlights–January 23, 2013–South River @ South Amboy–Gold Division Clash

gmachos — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:10:17 +0000

Here are highlights from South River’s overtime win over South Amboy in GMC Gold action. Both the Rams and the Guvs went back and forth with 10 lead changes and 6 ties. South River turned a 66-64 deficit into a 73-66 lead with 36.7 seconds remaining. Steve Herdman (19 points including five threes) then knocked in a three and the Guvs called for time. Head coach, Lenny Reyes put in a number of substitutions to pick up fouls, and put the Rams on the line.

The strategy worked as South River missed four free throws in the final 36.7 seconds. South Amboy then took advantage as Joe Fruncillo (18 points) first scored on a layup, and then reserve Kiere Ford (5 points) knocked in a triple from just to the right of the top of the key with several seconds remaining to force overtime. In the extra session though, the Rams took control as junior point guard, Matt Martinez scored 9 of his game high 20 points including 7 of 9 from the foul line while Tim Darrar (15 points) and William Simmons (19 points) added scores in a 13-6 showing for the 87-80 victory.

GMC Hoops Shot Charts–South River @ South Amboy–Gold Division Clash–January 23, 2013

gmachos — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:37:52 +0000

SOUTH AMBOY, NJ–In addition to the game stats and play-by-play from the contest, GMC Hoops was able to compile a shot chart for both South River and South Amboy from tonight’s contest. Again, all of these things were made possible by the Game Changer stat program that was used during the game. Below is the shot chart for South Amboy followed by one for South River.

South Amboy Shot Chart

South River Shot Chart

GMC Hoops Game Stats–South River @ South Amboy–Gold Division Clash–January 23, 2013

gmachos — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:11:58 +0000

SOUTH AMBOY, NJ–On Wednesday night, GMC Hoops took in two overtime games in the JV/Varsity Doubleheader between South River and South Amboy at South Amboy Middle/High School. After South River’s JV won over the Junior Guvs in overtime, 50-45, the Varsity Rams had to go an extra session before defeating South Amboy, 87-80. Matt Martinez scored 9 of his game high 20 points in overtime including 7 of 9 from the foul line while William Simmons (19 points) and Tim Darrar (15 points) added baskets in the decisive 13-6 session. Steve Herdman had a team high 19 points for South Amboy including five threes while Joe Fruncillo added 18 and Nick Kales chipped in with 15. Tyler Harris, who needed 26 points to reach 1,000 for his career coming in, ended up with 13 for the winners. Below are game stats from the contest courtesy of GameChanger.io. Scroll down and to the right to view the rest of the stats, or view in full screen.

GMC Hoops Play-By-Play–South River @ South Amboy–Gold Division Clash–January 23, 2013

gmachos — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:08:18 +0000

SOUTH AMBOY, NJ–On Wednesday night, GMC Hoops took in two overtime games in the JV/Varsity Doubleheader between South River and South Amboy at South Amboy Middle/High School. After South River’s JV won over the Junior Guvs in overtime, 50-45, the Varsity Rams had to go an extra session before defeating South Amboy, 87-80. Matt Martinez scored 9 of his game high 20 points in overtime including 7 of 9 from the foul line while William Simmons (19 points) and Tim Darrar (15 points) added baskets in the decisive 13-6 session. Steve Herdman had a team high 19 points for South Amboy including five threes while Joe Fruncillo added 18 and Nick Kales chipped in with 15. Tyler Harris, who needed 26 points to reach 1,000 for his career coming in, ended up with 13 for the winners. Below is play-by-play from the contest courtesy of GameChanger.io.

Overtime

SAHS
87 - 80

Joe Fruncillo makes two point shot

SRHS
87 - 78

Matt Martinez makes free throw

Foul

SAHS

Steve Herdman fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SAHS

Matt Lavan misses three point shot

SRHS
86 - 78

Matt Martinez makes free throw

SRHS

Matt Martinez misses free throw

SRHS
85 - 78

Matt Martinez makes free throw

Foul

SAHS

Kiere Ford fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SAHS

South Amboy miss three point shot

SRHS

Tim Darrar misses free throw

SRHS

Tim Darrar misses free throw

Foul

SAHS

Kiere Ford fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SAHS

Matt Lavan misses three point shot

SAHS

Steve Herdman misses two point shot

SAHS
84 - 78

Tim Kales makes two point shot

SRHS
84 - 76

Matt Martinez makes free throw

Foul

SAHS

Kiere Ford fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SRHS
83 - 76

Matt Martinez makes two point shot

SRHS
81 - 76

Matt Martinez makes free throw

SRHS
80 - 76

Matt Martinez makes free throw

Foul

SAHS

Kiere Ford fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SRHS
79 - 76

Matt Martinez makes free throw

SRHS

Matt Martinez misses free throw

Foul

SAHS

Nick Kales fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SAHS
78 - 76

Joe Fruncillo makes two point shot

SRHS
78 - 74

William Simmons makes two point shot

SRHS
76 - 74

Tim Darrar makes two point shot

SAHS

Dan Murphy misses two point shot

Fourth Quarter

SAHS
74 - 74

Kiere Ford makes three point shot

SRHS

Matt Martinez misses free throw

SRHS

Matt Martinez misses free throw

Foul

SAHS

Nick Kales fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SAHS
74 - 71

Joe Fruncillo makes two point shot

SRHS

Matt Martinez misses free throw

SRHS
74 - 69

Matt Martinez makes free throw

Foul

SAHS

Kiere Ford fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SAHS
73 - 69

Steve Herdman makes three point shot

SRHS
73 - 66

Wyatt Boyler makes free throw

SRHS
72 - 66

Wyatt Boyler makes free throw

Foul

SAHS

Steve Herdman fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SRHS

Wyatt Boyler misses free throw

SRHS
71 - 66

Wyatt Boyler makes free throw

Foul

SAHS

Joe Fruncillo fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SAHS

Matt Lavan misses free throw

SAHS

Matt Lavan misses free throw

Foul

SRHS

Wyatt Boyler fouls (South Amboy draw the foul)

SRHS
70 - 66

Tim Darrar makes free throw

SRHS

Tim Darrar misses free throw

Foul

SAHS

Steve Herdman fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SAHS

Matt Lavan misses three point shot

SRHS
69 - 66

Matt Martinez makes two point shot

SRHS

William Simmons misses two point shot

SRHS
67 - 66

Wyatt Boyler makes three point shot

SAHS

Dan Murphy misses two point shot

SAHS

Matt Lavan misses two point shot

SRHS

Tim Darrar misses two point shot

SAHS
64 - 66

Nick Kales makes two point shot

SRHS

Tim Darrar misses three point shot

SAHS

Matt Lavan misses three point shot

SRHS

Sean Darrar misses two point shot

SAHS
64 - 64

Steve Herdman makes three point shot

SRHS
64 - 61

Tyler Harris makes two point shot

SAHS
62 - 61

Joe Fruncillo makes two point shot

Foul

SRHS

Sean Darrar fouls (South Amboy draw the foul)

SRHS

Tyler Harris misses three point shot

Foul

SAHS

Matt Lavan fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SAHS
62 - 59

Nick Kales makes free throw

Foul

SRHS

Patrick Barry fouls (South Amboy draw the foul)

SAHS
62 - 58

Nick Kales makes two point shot

SRHS

Patrick Barry misses two point shot

SAHS
62 - 56

Joe Fruncillo makes two point shot

SRHS
62 - 54

Tim Darrar makes two point shot

SAHS
60 - 54

Matt Lavan makes three point shot

SRHS

Patrick Barry misses two point shot

SRHS

Bobby Applegate misses three point shot

SRHS

William Simmons misses free throw

SRHS

William Simmons misses free throw

Foul

SAHS

Steve Herdman fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SRHS

Thomas Drum misses three point shot

SRHS

Tim Darrar misses three point shot

Third Quarter

SAHS

Steve Herdman misses three point shot

SRHS
60 - 51

William Simmons makes two point shot

SAHS

Nick Kales misses three point shot

SRHS
58 - 51

Tim Darrar makes free throw

SRHS
57 - 51

Tim Darrar makes free throw

Foul

SAHS

Steve Herdman fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SAHS

Kiere Ford misses three point shot

SRHS
56 - 51

Tim Darrar makes two point shot

SRHS
54 - 51

William Simmons makes two point shot

SAHS
52 - 51

Joe Fruncillo makes free throw

SAHS
52 - 50

Joe Fruncillo makes free throw

Foul

SRHS

Tyler Harris fouls (South Amboy draw the foul)

SRHS

Matt Martinez misses two point shot

SAHS
52 - 49

Nick Kales makes free throw

SAHS
52 - 48

Nick Kales makes free throw

Foul

SRHS

Tim Darrar fouls (South Amboy draw the foul)

SRHS
52 - 47

William Simmons makes two point shot

SAHS
50 - 47

Nick Kales makes two point shot

SAHS

Nick Regan misses three point shot

SRHS
50 - 45

William Simmons makes two point shot

SRHS
48 - 45

Tyler Harris makes free throw

Foul

SAHS

South Amboy foul (South River Rams draw the foul)

SRHS

Matt Martinez misses three point shot

SRHS

Tim Darrar misses three point shot

SRHS

Tyler Harris misses free throw

SRHS
47 - 45

Tim Darrar makes free throw

SRHS

Tim Darrar misses free throw

Foul

SAHS

Nick Kales fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SRHS

Tim Darrar misses free throw

Foul

SAHS

Nick Kales fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SRHS

Bobby Applegate misses three point shot

SRHS

Matt Martinez misses two point shot

SAHS
46 - 45

Kiere Ford makes two point shot

SRHS
46 - 43

Wyatt Boyler makes free throw

Foul

SAHS

Matt Lavan fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SRHS
45 - 43

Wyatt Boyler makes two point shot

SAHS
43 - 43

Nick Kales makes two point shot

SRHS
43 - 41

Tim Darrar makes three point shot

SAHS

Joe Fruncillo misses two point shot

SRHS

Wyatt Boyler misses three point shot

SRHS

Bobby Applegate misses three point shot

SAHS
40 - 41

Nick Kales makes two point shot

SAHS

Matt Lavan misses three point shot

SRHS
40 - 39

Tyler Harris makes two point shot

SRHS

Tyler Harris misses two point shot

SAHS

Steve Herdman misses three point shot

SAHS
38 - 39

Dan Murphy makes two point shot

SAHS

Matt Lavan misses two point shot

SRHS
38 - 37

Tim Darrar makes two point shot

SAHS

Dan Murphy misses two point shot

Second Quarter

SAHS

Dan Murphy misses two point shot

SRHS
36 - 37

William Simmons makes free throw

SRHS
35 - 37

William Simmons makes free throw

Foul

SAHS

Joe Fruncillo fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SAHS

Matt Lavan misses free throw

SAHS
34 - 37

Matt Lavan makes free throw

Foul

SRHS

Tyler Harris fouls (South Amboy draw the foul)

SAHS
34 - 36

Steve Herdman makes three point shot

SRHS

Tyler Harris misses free throw

SRHS
34 - 33

Tyler Harris makes free throw

Foul

SAHS

Nick Kales fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SAHS
33 - 33

Steve Herdman makes three point shot

SAHS
33 - 30

Tim Kales makes two point shot

SAHS

Tim Kales misses two point shot

SRHS
33 - 28

Sean Darrar makes three point shot

SAHS

Kiere Ford misses three point shot

SRHS

William Simmons misses three point shot

SAHS
30 - 28

Tim Kales makes three point shot

SRHS
30 - 25

William Simmons makes two point shot

SAHS

Steve Herdman misses two point shot

SRHS

Matt Martinez misses three point shot

SRHS

Tyler Harris misses three point shot

SAHS
28 - 25

Steve Herdman makes three point shot

SRHS

Tyler Harris misses two point shot

SAHS

Nick Kales misses three point shot

SRHS
28 - 22

Sean Darrar makes two point shot

SAHS
26 - 22

Tim Kales makes two point shot

SAHS

Dan Murphy misses two point shot

SRHS
26 - 20

Tyler Harris makes two point shot

SRHS

Tim Darrar misses two point shot

SAHS

Steve Herdman misses three point shot

SAHS
24 - 20

Dan Murphy makes two point shot

SRHS

Matt Martinez misses two point shot

SRHS
24 - 18

Tyler Harris makes two point shot

SRHS

Tyler Harris misses two point shot

SRHS

Sean Darrar misses three point shot

SAHS
22 - 18

Dan Murphy makes two point shot

SAHS

Tim Kales misses two point shot

SRHS
22 - 16

Matt Martinez makes three point shot

First Quarter

SAHS

Joe Fruncillo misses two point shot

Foul

SRHS

Matt Martinez fouls (South Amboy draw the foul)

SAHS
19 - 16

Joe Fruncillo makes two point shot

SAHS

Nick Kales misses two point shot

SAHS

Dan Murphy misses two point shot

SAHS

Nick Kales misses two point shot

SRHS
19 - 14

William Simmons makes two point shot

SRHS

Tyler Harris misses three point shot

SAHS
17 - 14

Steve Herdman makes two point shot

SRHS

Tyler Harris misses two point shot

SAHS
17 - 12

Joe Fruncillo makes two point shot

SAHS

Dan Murphy misses two point shot

Foul

SRHS

Bobby Applegate fouls (South Amboy draw the foul)

SAHS

Nick Kales misses two point shot

SRHS
17 - 10

William Simmons makes two point shot

SRHS

Bobby Applegate misses two point shot

Foul

SAHS

Matt Lavan fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SAHS

Joe Fruncillo misses free throw

Foul

SRHS

William Simmons fouls (South Amboy draw the foul)

SAHS
15 - 10

Joe Fruncillo makes two point shot

SAHS

Matt Lavan misses three point shot

Foul

SRHS

Tim Darrar fouls (South Amboy draw the foul)

SRHS
15 - 8

Matt Martinez makes three point shot

SRHS
12 - 8

William Simmons makes free throw

SRHS

William Simmons misses free throw

Foul

SAHS

Joe Fruncillo fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SRHS
11 - 8

Bobby Applegate makes three point shot

SAHS
8 - 8

Matt Lavan makes free throw

SAHS

Matt Lavan misses free throw

Foul

SRHS

Wyatt Boyler fouls (South Amboy draw the foul)

SRHS
8 - 7

Tyler Harris makes three point shot

SRHS
5 - 7

Matt Martinez makes two point shot

SAHS
3 - 7

Nick Kales makes two point shot

SRHS

Tim Darrar misses two point shot

SAHS

Matt Lavan misses three point shot

SRHS

Matt Martinez misses three point shot

SAHS
3 - 5

Steve Herdman makes two point shot

SAHS
3 - 3

Dan Murphy makes two point shot

SRHS

Tyler Harris misses two point shot

SAHS
3 - 1

Dan Murphy makes free throw

SAHS

Dan Murphy misses free throw

Foul

SRHS

Bobby Applegate fouls (South Amboy draw the foul)

SRHS

Bobby Applegate misses free throw

SRHS

Bobby Applegate misses free throw

SRHS

Bobby Applegate misses free throw

Foul

SAHS

Steve Herdman fouls (South River Rams draw the foul)

SRHS

Tyler Harris misses two point shot

SAHS

Dan Murphy misses two point shot

SRHS
3 - 0

Bobby Applegate makes three point shot