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2010 Raritan Bay Summer League–Teams–Updated

SOUTH AMBOY, NJ–On Thursday night, GMC Hoops received updated information from Raritan Bay Summer League co-director, Tom Reilly, on the teams that are playing in this league this season. This summer, there are a total of 28 teams playing in three divisions: 5th and 6th Grade, 7th and 8th Grade, and High School. Below are the teams in the league.

5th and 6th Grade Division

• Sayreville
• Celtics
• South Amboy
• East Brunswick
• Quincy Kings
• Franklin Heat
• Franklin Park

7th and 8th Grade Division

• St. Stan’s
• Freehold
• South Amboy
• St. Ambrose
• Monroe
• Jersey Shoreshots
• Quincy Kings
• Franklin Park
• St. Matthews
• Old Bridge Warriors
• Carteret Pirates
• Manalapan
• Milltown

High School Division

• South Amboy
• Union Catholic
• Metuchen
• Bulldogs
• Sayreville
• Monroe
• Old Bridge Knights
• Knightmares

GMC Hoops will be back out at the Raritan Bay Summer League next week.

New League To Be Played At Rahway High School This Summer

UNION, NJ–On Thursday night at the 2010 Kean Pre-Summer League, GMC Hoops learned from one of the deans of Middlesex County and Union County officiating, George Banos, that there will be a new league this summer at Rahway High School. The league will be run by Rahway head coach, Kevin Conroy and Dunellen head coach, Bernie Buniak. There are going to be seven teams from the GMC including J.F. Kennedy and six teams from Union County. More details on this league will be forthcoming.

New Brunswick Taking A Step Up By Playing In Linden Summer League This Year

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–On Thursday afternoon, GMC Hoops had a chance to chat with New Brunswick head coach, Antoine Allen, who is coming off his best season yet as head coach of the program. The third year coach disclosed that New Brunswick will be taking a step up by competing in the 2010 Linden Summer League. Last year, the Zebras competed in the Bound Brook Summer League after not playing in a league two years ago. Allen felt that with players such as Jaquan Cook and Milton Pittman coming back in 2010-11, he needed to have his squad play up this summer. Here’s a look at the itinerary for New Brunswick this summer.

New Brunswick Zebras–2010 Summer League Itinerary

• East Brunswick Team Camp
• Rutgers Team Camp
• Linden Summer League
• Kean Ironman Challenge
• Hillsborough JV Summer League

GMC Hoops plans to be at all these events this summer.

2010 Raritan Bay Summer League–Week Two–Schedule

SOUTH AMBOY, NJ–On Monday afternoon, GMC Hoops received the second week schedule of games for the 2010 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 Wednesday and Thursday nights. Below is the schedule for the second week of the season.

Tuesday, June 1st–Day Five

• 5:30 PM–Quincy Kings vs. East Brunswick–5th and 6th Grade Division
• 6:30 PM–Freehold vs. Franklin Park–7th and 8th Grade Division
• 7:30 PM–St. Ambrose vs. Carteret Pirates–7th and 8th Grade Division
• 8:30 PM–St. Matthews vs. Shoreshots–7th and 8th Grade Division

Wednesday, June 2nd–Day Six

• 5:30 PM–Celtics vs. South Amboy–5th and 6th Grade Division
• 6:30 PM–Monroe vs. Quincy Kings–7th and 8th Grade Division
• 7:30 PM–Franklin Park vs. Sayreville–5th and 6th Grade Division
• 8:30 PM–Old Bridge Warriors vs. Milltown–7th and 8th Grade Division

Thursday, June 3rd–Day Seven

• 5:30 PM–Freehold vs. Manalapan–7th and 8th Grade Division
• 6:30 PM–St. Stan’s vs. Franklin Heat–5th and 6th Grade Division
• 7:30 PM–Bulldogs vs. Sayreville–High School Division
• 8:30 PM–Old Bridge Warriors vs. Shoreshots–7th and 8th Grade Division

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

2010 Kean Pre-Summer League–Day Four–Some Results–May 27th

UNION, NJ–On Thursday night, GMC Hoops was able to get out to Kean University for the first time this season to take in some of the action from the fourth night of contests in the 2010 Kean Pre-Summer League. Here are the results from two of the games. There were five contests on the schedule.

Kean Pre-Summer League–Some Results–May 27, 2010

• Carteret 68–Monroe 33
• Newark Central 46–East Brunswick AAU 39

GMC Hoops plans to see some more action from this league on Tuesday night.

2010 Raritan Bay Summer League–Day Four–Some Results–May 27th

SOUTH AMBOY, NJ–On Thursday night, GMC Hoops was able to get out to South Amboy Middle/High School for the second time this summer to take in all the action from the fourth night of contests in the 2010 Raritan Bay Summer League. Here are the results from two of the games. There were four contests on the schedule.

Day Four Results–May 27, 2010

• 5:30 PM–5th and 6th Grade Division–St. Stan’s 39–South Amboy Ballers 27
• 6:30 PM–7th and 8th Grade Division–Monroe 49–St. Ambrose 14

GMC Hoops plans to see some more action from this league on Thursday night.

2010 Hoop Group Headquarters Spring League–Week Seven–Standings

NEPTUNE, NJ–On Thursday, GMC Hoops received the results in week six and seven from the 2010 Hoop Group Headquarters Spring League being held at the facility formerly known as Rebounds. Based on these results, the site updated the standings. There are two teams from the GMC in this league: Monroe and South River. The Purple Birds returned to their winning ways with a 70-55 victory over winless Manasquan while South River fell to G-Force Gold in a battle of haves and have nots from Division B, 46-34. Standings for Division A and Division B are below.

2010 Hoop Group Headquarters Spring League Standings–Division A

1. Neptune (6-1)
2. Monroe (6-1)
3. St. John Vianney (5-2)
4. Asbury Park Black (4-3)
5. St. Rose (3-4)
6. Ocean Township (2-5)
7. Point Pleasant Boro (2-5)
8. Manasquan (0-7)

2010 Hoop Group Headquarters Spring League Standings–Division B

1. G-Force Gold (6-1)
2. Sabertooths (5-2)
3. Southern Regional (4-3)
4. Asbury Park Blue (4-3)
5. G-Force Black (4-3)
6. Lacey (3-4)
7. Toms River East (2-5)
8. South River (0-7)

GMC Hoops was out at the Hoop Group Headquarters on Monday night for the Showcase Games, and will have a report on some of the action posted soon.

2010 Hoop Group Headquarters Spring League–Week Seven–Results–May 17th

NEPTUNE, NJ–On Thursday, GMC Hoops managed to get the results from all the games played in Week Seven at the Hoop Group Headquarters in its fall league. See the results from all eight games played below.

2010 Hoop Group Headquarters Fall League–Week Seven–Results–5/17/10

• Monroe 70–Manasquan 55
• G-Force Gold 46–South River 34
• Neptune 74–Asbury Park Black 49
• Sabertooths 56–Toms River East 51
• Point Pleasant Boro 52–Ocean Township 40
• Asbury Park Blue 66–Southern Regional 58
• St. John Vianney 43–St. Rose 35
• G-Force Black 52–Lacey 47

GMC Hoops was out at the Hoop Group Headquarters this past Monday night for the eighth and final week of action. Week Seven Standings will be posted shortly.

2010 Hoop Group Headquarters Spring League–Week Six–Results–May 10th

NEPTUNE, NJ–On Thursday, GMC Hoops managed to get the results from all the games played in Week Six at the Hoop Group Headquarters in its fall league. See the results from all eight games played below.

2010 Hoop Group Headquarters Fall League–Week Six–Results–5/10/10

• Neptune 64–Monroe 62
• Lacey 39–South River 26
• Ocean Township 41–St. Rose 37
• St. John Vianney 61–Manasquan 29
• Toms River East 47–Asbury Park Blue 41
• Asbury Park Black 51–Point Pleasant Boro 48
• Southern Regional 78–G-Force Black 66
• G-Force Gold 54–Sabertooths 43

GMC Hoops was out at the Hoop Group Headquarters this past Monday night for the eighth and final week of action.

2010 Kean Pre-Summer League–GMC Team Records

UNION, NJ–On Thursday afternooon, GMC Hoops received new information on the Kean Pre-Summer League that started last Monday. Tom Wagenblast, the assistant men’s basketball coach at Kean, provided the records to date of the GMC teams that are participating. Twelve teams are slated to play in this league including four from the Greater Middlesex Conference. Below is the records of the GMC teams in this year’s Kean Pre-Summer League:

• Piscataway (3-0)
• Carteret (2-1)
• East Brunswick AAU (1-2)
• Monroe (1-3)

GMC Hoops will post more information and plans to be up at Kean on Thursday night.