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Teams In The 2009 Colonia JV Summer League

COLONIA, NJ–On Friday, GMC Hoops received information on the teams and schedule for the 2009 Colonia JV Summer League, which will be taking place at Colonia High School this summer. CHS JV and varsity assistant coach, Brian O’Lone provided the site with the information. Below are the 10 teams that are competing in the league. More information on this league including a summary on some of the opening night action will be forthcoming.

Teams in the 2009 Colonia JV Summer League

• Colonia I
• Cardinal McCarrick
• Perth Amboy
• Roselle I
• St. Mary’s of Elizabeth
• Woodbridge
• Dunellen
• TBA
• Roselle II
• Colonia II

Note: –There is no freshman league this year. Only JV.

GMC Hoops 2009 HBC Report

St. Patrick’s Wins Championship While St. Joseph’s Defeats East Orange And Loses To Westtown (PA)

NEPTUNE, NJ–On Monday evening, GMC Hoops learned courtesy of the Star-Ledger and HoopGroup that St. Patrick’s won the Hoop Group HBC Metro Classic down at the Hoop Group Headquarters facility formerly known as Rebounds. St. Patrick’s, which is the defending T of C Champion, was in the same bracket as St. Joseph’s of Metuchen. The Falcons opened up against East Orange Campus, and won their first round game before losing to Westtown of Pennsylvania, which then lost to St. Patrick’s in the Quarterfinals.

The Celtics, a national powerhouse out of Elizabeth, won the title without even having to play for the Championship. After defeating Westtown in the Elite Eight by a 68-55 margin, and then Seton Hall Prep by a 66-41 margin in the semifinals, St. Patrick’s was awarded the Championship because in the other semifinal between Paterson Catholic and Neuman Goretti of Philadelphia, there was a fight that occurred with a little more than 10 minutes remaining in the game. As a result, Paterson Catholic, which lost twice to St. Pat’s including a defeat in the Non-Public B North Championship Game back in March, forfeited. St. Patrick’s itself was involved in a game that had a brawl when it defeated Newark Central in the earlier rounds, but didn’t cause the scuffle so the Celtics advanced.

St. Joseph’s was the only team from the Greater Middlesex Conference to take part in the team tournament that had 32 teams, which were guaranteed three games over the two day event. It was the first time in three years that GMC Hoops missed out on the event due to his work commitments.

2009 Raritan Bay Summer League–Week Seven Schedule

SOUTH AMBOY, NJ–On Monday afternoon, GMC Hoops received the week seven schedule of games for the 2009 Raritan Bay Summer League from the league’s co-director, Tom Reilly. The web site plans to be down at South Amboy Middle/High School for some of the action on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights. Below is the schedule for the seventh week of the season.

Monday,July 6th–Day Twenty-Two

• 5:30 PM–Monroe vs. Parlin–High School
• 6:30 PM–Union Catholic vs. Monsignor Farrell–High School
• 7:30 PM–South Amboy vs. Franklin–5th and 6th Grade

Tuesday, July 7th–Day Twenty-Three

• 5:30 PM–Monroe vs. Jersey Shoreshots–5th and 6th Grade
• 6:30 PM–East Brunswick vs. Parlin–7th and 8th Grade
• 7:30 PM–Metuchen vs. South Amboy–7th and 8th Grade

Wednesday, July 8th–Day Twenty-Four

• 5:30 PM–St. Ambrose vs. Parlin–7th and 8th Grade
• 6:30 PM–Quincy Kings vs. Jersey Shore Shots–3rd and 4th Grade
• 7:30 PM–Monroe vs. Monsignor Farrell–High School

Thursday, July 9th–Day Twenty-Five

• 5:30 PM–Celtics vs. Central Jersey Hawks–3rd and 4th Grade
• 6:30 PM–Monroe vs. CJEOTO–7th and 8th Grade
• 7:30 PM–Jersey Shoreshots vs. Franklin–5th and 6th Grade

As more information comes along about this league, GMC Hoops will post it to the blog.

2009 Middlesex County College Summer League–Updated Standings–June 29th–9:40 PM EDT

EDISON, NJ–Here are the updated standings in the 2009 Middlesex County College Summer League following play on the fourth night of action on June 25th. This summer, there are a total of 17 teams playing in this league. Below are the latest standings in the league.

Middlesex County College Summer League Standings

• Keyport (4-0)
• Timothy Christian (3-0)
• South Plainfield (3-1)
• South River (3-1)
• South Hunterdon (3-1)
• East Brunswick Vo-Tech (1-1)
• Highland Park (2-2)
• Dunellen (2-2)
• East Brunswick (2-2)
• South Brunswick (2-2)
• St. Joseph’s (2-3)
• Perth Amboy Vo-Tech (1-2)
• Bishop Ahr (1-3)
• Somerset Vo-Tech (1-3)
• South Amboy (1-3)
• Roselle Park (1-3)
• Sayreville (0-3)

GMC Hoops plans to be out there for more games on Tuesday.

2009 Middlesex County College Summer League–Day Four–Results

EDISON, NJ–On Monday night, GMC Hoops traveled over to Middlesex County College, and got the rest of the results from the fourth night of action from 2009 Middlesex County College Summer League. The site saw three games last Thursday night, and is planning to post a summary on them this week. In addition, our South River Volunteer did an article on the Rams win over South Amboy.

Day Four Results–June 25, 2009

• South Brunswick 30–St. Joseph’s 19
• South River 41–South Amboy 25
• Highland Park 33–Dunellen 24
• Keyport 2–East Brunswick 0
• East Brunswick Vo-Tech 38–St. Joseph’s 21
• Roselle Park 42–Perth Amboy Vo-Tech 41
• South Plainfield 40–Bishop Ahr 32
• South Hunterdon 52–Somerset Vo-Tech 41

GMC Hoops plans to see some of the action this week.

MCC Summer League–June 25, 2009–South River Rolls Past South Amboy

Walsh Leads Rams With Fine Shooting Effort In Win Over South Amboy, 41-25

EDISON, NJ–The Rams behind the hot shooting of guard Brandon Walsh rolled over South Amboy Thursday night, with an easy 41-25 win.

South River was back at full strength with the return of Stevie Moore (who still appeared to be bothered by a wrist injury sustained a week earlier), while getting Walsh, Xavier Foster, and Shawn Fenton for a full game.

This contest was never in doubt as the Rams led from the outset and never looked back. The Guvs, which were overmatched just struggled against the new look Rams. The Governors quickly fell behind 11-0 and never were able to recover or mount a serious challenge to South River the rest of the way.

South Amboy played a sloppy game - missing a lot of shots and committing countless turnovers, upsetting their coach who was very vocal from the sidelines, shouting his displeasure. The sloppiness seemed to be catchy as the Rams also had trouble shooting and controlling the basketball after opening up the early 11-0 lead. Not a good game all around by both teams.

The referees can also take some of the blame for ruining the tempo of the game. Questionable fouls called against both teams in the second half led to the game getting a bit out of hand in the closing minutes, as Rams’ Shawn Fenton was called for back to back technical fouls which resulted in his removal from the game.

The bright spot on offense for South River was Brandon Walsh who had an exceptional game, scoring 21 points on torrid shooting from the floor, while hitting all his free throws. Walsh has played very well in the summer league thus far - playing with confidence, while stepping up his game on offense.

The Rams improve to 3-1 with the win and take on Sayreville Tuesday night at 7PM.

MCC Summer League–June 23, 2009–South River Falls To Keyport

Undermanned Rams Squad Falls Short In Tremendous Comeback Bid, 52-43

EDISON, NJ–Graduation night (June 23rd) for South River High School meant happy times for graduating seniors, but turned out to be bad fortune for the Rams’ basketball team as Keyport held on and beat a frantic South River team 52-43 in Tuesday night action in the Middlesex County College Summer League.

The Rams missing Stevie Moore, Xavier Foster, Brandon Walsh, and Shawn Fenton (who were attending graduation ceremonies) found themselves down early 21-2, as Keyport took full advantage of the young and depleted South River “B-team”. Keyport scored at will and opened up a seemingly insurmountable lead in the early going.

However this Rams’ squad is different than those of the past few years, now firmly under the guidance of new head coach Rodney Harris. This team has guts, drive, and doesn’t give up.

The Rams mounted a furious comeback marked by the return of Foster, Walsh, and Fenton outscoring Keyport with an 11-0 run to cut the lead to 21-13 — and went in at the half trailing by ten, 25-15.

The second half continued with more of the same, as the Rams clawed their way back to within four points of Keyport. South River was clicking on offense and defense and looked like they would come back and steal the game from the Red Raiders.

But with two minutes left in the contest, the Rams went cold from the floor, suffering several costly turnovers and missed shots, unable to get over that four point hump. The Raiders upped the final score to a nine point margin on free throws as South River fouled numerous times over the last minute of play.

A key positive for Rams’ fans is the fact that this “new” South River squad kept fighting throughout this game and didn’t give up — witness the total opposite with many blowouts that this team suffered over the past few seasons. Previously an early 21-2 deficit would have spelled death for the Rams but not for these players - these guys fight ’til the end. Kudos to Coach Harris and his assistant coaches.

2009 Bound Brook Summer League–Updated Standings–June 29th

BOUND BROOK, NJ–On Monday morning, GMC Hoops received the latest standings from the 2009 Bound Brook Summer League as of the end of play on Thursday night, June 25th. Several teams in this 13 team league had byes and did not play on Thursday night including: Rutgers Prep, Union Catholic, and Pingry. Below are the latest standings:

Latest Standings

• Immaculata (2-0)
• Somerville (2-0)
• Bernards (1-0)
• New Brunswick (1-0)
• Union Catholic (1-0)
• Bound Brook (1-1)
• Piscataway (1-1)
• Hunterdon Central (0-1)
• J.F. Kennedy (0-1)
• Manville (0-1)
• Pingry (0-1)
• Rutgers Prep (0-1)
• Middlesex (0-2)

GMC Hoops plans to travel out to Bound Brook High School on Tuesday to take in the third night of action from the league.

2009 Bound Brook Summer League–Results–Day Two–June 25th

BOUND BROOK, NJ–On Thursday night, the 2009 Bound Brook Summer League held its second night of games, and GMC Hoops saw two of the later contests. A summary on both will be forthcoming. In the meantime, the site was able to get the rest of the results from Bound Brook head coach, Anthony Melesurgo was still nice enough to provide the results via the Bound Brook Basketball web site. Here are the scores:

Results–Day Two–June 25th

• Immaculata 50–Piscataway 19
• Bernards 53–Manville 39
• Hunterdon Central vs. New Brunswick–postponed
• Somerville 35–Middlesex 33
• Bound Brook 36–J.F. Kennedy 28

GMC Hoops plans to travel out to Bound Brook High School on Tuesday to take in some of the action from night three of the league.

2009 Middlesex County College Summer League–Updated Standings–June 29th

EDISON, NJ–Here are the updated standings in the 2009 Middlesex County College Summer League following play on the third night of action on June 23rd. This summer, there are a total of 17 teams playing in this league. Below are the latest standings in the league.

Middlesex County College Summer League Standings

• Timothy Christian (3-0)
• Keyport (3-0)
• Dunellen (2-1)
• East Brunswick (2-1)
• South Plainfield (2-1)
• South River (2-1)
• South Hunterdon (2-1)
• St. Joseph’s (2-1)
• Perth Amboy Vo-Tech (1-1)
• Bishop Ahr (1-2)
• Highland Park (1-2)
• Somerset Vo-Tech (1-2)
• South Amboy (1-2)
• South Brunswick (1-2)
• East Brunswick Vo-Tech (0-1)
• Roselle Park (0-3)
• Sayreville (0-3)

GMC Hoops plans to be out there for more games on Tuesday.