2022-23 GMC White Division Previews

School:  Edison

Team Nickname:  Eagles

Head Coach:  Charlie Mohr (20th Season)

Career Coaching Record:  167-267 (70-47 over last 5 seasons)

Coaching Record At School:  167-267 (70-47 over last 5 seasons)

GMC Hoops Pre-Season Rank:  16th

GMC Hoops Predicted Finish in Division:  5th

Last Year’s Overall Record: 19-9

Last Year’s Division Record:  10-4 (3rd in GMC White)

Last Year’s Conference Record:  15-6

Last Year’s PPG:  60.6 (10th in GMC)

Last Year’s PAPG:  51.6 (7th in GMC)

Last Year’s PDPG:  9.0 (7th in GMC)

Last Year’s Accomplishments:  Reached Anthony Cotoia Holiday Tourney Championship, GMCT Quarterfinals and North Jersey Section 2 Group 4 Quarterfinals

2022 Off-Season Leagues:  East Brunswick Team Camp and Rahway Summer League

Key Players Returning:  Jack Zink (20.0 ppg – 7th in GMC in 2021-22 and 923 career points or 14.7 ppg), Timothy Cranga (296 career points or 5.7 ppg), Kyle Durkin, and Kevin Lincoln.

Key Players Lost:  Isaiah Jones (10.0 ppg in 2021-22 and 765 career points or 8.6 ppg), Lucas Durkin (340 career points or 4.7 ppg) and Eli Fahmy.

Key Newcomers:  Joshua Stephens, Jeremiah Cachie, Michael Schafer, and Hudson Gosselin.

Players Playing in College:  Nasir McLean (Georgian Court), Manny Davila (Middlesex College), Malachi White (Raritan Valley), and Elisha White (Raritan Valley)

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School:  New Brunswick

Team Nickname:  Zebras

Head Coach:  Antoine Allen (7th Season – 2nd stint)

Career Coaching Record:  52-85

Coaching Record At School:  52-85

GMC Hoops Pre-Season Rank:  23rd

GMC Hoops Predicted Finish in Division:  6th

Last Year’s Overall Record: 5-15

Last Year’s Division Record:  2-13 (8th in GMC Red)

Last Year’s Conference Record:  3-15

Last Year’s PPG:  51.7 (23rd in GMC)

Last Year’s PAPG:  60.1 (23rd in GMC)

Last Year’s PDPG:  -8.4 (22nd in GMC)

Last Year’s Accomplishments:  Advanced to GMCT Preliminary Round.

2022 Off-Season Leagues:  East Brunswick Team Camp, Odie Page Summer League, and Raritan Bay Summer League

Key Players Returning:  Eric Greene, Tarique Dorsey, Jordan Diaz, Joel Cruz-Maiza, Luke Peterson, Danny Watts, Anthony Hatz, and Ryan Hutchins

Key Players Lost:  Benny Hernandez 

Key Newcomers:  Elijah Duplesis and Mark Stein

Players Playing in College:  Josiah Brown (Saint Elizabeth University)

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School:  North Brunswick

Team Nickname:  Raiders

Head Coach:  Eddie Breheney (34th season)

Career Coaching Record:  428-384 

Coaching Record At School:  418-351

GMC Hoops Pre-Season Rank:  7th

GMC Hoops Predicted Finish in Division:  2nd

Last Year’s Overall Record: 8-16

Last Year’s Division Record:  5-9 (6th in GMC White)

Last Year’s Conference Record:  5-12

Last Year’s PPG:  51.0 (24th in GMC)

Last Year’s PAPG:  55.8 (17th in GMC)

Last Year’s PDPG:  -4.8 (20th in GMC)

Last Year’s Accomplishments:  Advanced to GMCT Preliminary Round.

2022 Off-Season Leagues:  East Brunswick Team Camp and Odie Page Summer League.

Key Players Returning:  Scott Pede (11.4 ppg in 2021-22 and 425 career points or 10.6 ppg), Estevan Atanacio (206 career points or 6.2 ppg), Juel Holmes-Smith, and Justin Noon.

Key Players Lost:  Ryan Sutton (201 career points or 6.3 ppg), Juan Hernandez, Brett Allo, and Jarryd Pribila.

Key Newcomers:  Tyrese Pompey and Tyrique Pompey

Players Playing in College:  Donovan Crawford (Alliance University) and Jabri Fitzpatrick (Felician)

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School:  North Plainfield

Team Nickname:  Canucks

Head Coach:  Derrick Canada (4th Season)

Career Coaching Record:  11-43

Coaching Record At School:  11-43

GMC Hoops Pre-Season Rank:  25th

GMC Hoops Predicted Finish in Division:  8th

Last Year’s Overall Record: 4-16

Last Year’s Division Record:  4-8 (First year in GMC; Finished 6th in Skyland Conference’s Valley Division)

Last Year’s Conference Record:  1-11 in Skyland Conference

Last Year’s PPG:  46.4

Last Year’s PAPG:  65.1

Last Year’s PDPG:  -18.7

Last Year’s Accomplishments:  Defeated Spotswood.

2022 Off-Season Leagues:  Odie Page Summer League

Key Players Returning:  Daniel Starcevic (8.6 ppg, 7.3 rpg and 2.1 bpg in 7 games before injury), Evangelos Kambitsis, and Phillip Wilson.

Key Players Lost:  Ewan Haley-Lock (12.8 ppg in 2021-22 and 488 career points or 9.6 ppg), Matthew Brzozowski (280 career points or 6.4 ppg), Skyler Mack (213 career points or 4.3 ppg), and Faizon Morris (204 career points or 4.1 ppg). 

Key Newcomers:  Jowan Keyes, Cooper Ballentine, and Evangelis Kambitsis

Players Playing in College:  Tony Godwin (Rutgers-Newark)

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School:  Perth Amboy

Team Nickname:  Panthers

Head Coach:  Donnie Reid (1st Season)

Career Coaching Record: 60-38; (45-27 in 3 seasons at Academy of Urban Leadership in Perth Amboy and 15-11 in one season at Perth Amboy Tech (now PA Magnet))

Coaching Record At School:  0-0

GMC Hoops Pre-Season Rank:  13th

GMC Hoops Predicted Finish in Division:  3rd

Last Year’s Overall Record: 7-17

Last Year’s Division Record:  2-14 (9th in GMC Red)

Last Year’s Conference Record:  6-16

Last Year’s PPG:  53.5 (19th in GMC)

Last Year’s PAPG:  64.2 (29th in GMC)

Last Year’s PDPG:  -10.7 (26th in GMC)

Last Year’s Accomplishments:  Advanced to GMCT Round of 16 and John “Butch” Kowal Holiday Tournament Championship.

2022 Off-Season Leagues:  East Brunswick Team Camp andRahway Summer League

Key Players Returning:  None.

Key Players Lost:   Adrian Pena (11.2 ppg in 2021-22 and 431 career points or 10.5 ppg), Chanel Herrera (10.0 ppg in 2021-22 and 608 career points or 6.8 ppg), Julius Bonilla (380 career points or 7.5 ppg), Jonas Ramos, Jamir Brown, Travis Bruce, and Joshua Acevedo.

Key Newcomers:  Angel Ramos, Amaury Bruce, Diomer Henriquez, Dennis Feliciano, and Johnkelly Jimenez.

Players Playing in College:  Joshua Cabezudo (Mount St. Vincent)andAlfeny Javier (Felician), 

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School:  Sayreville

Team Nickname:  Bombers

Head Coach:  John Wojcik (13th Season – 2nd stint)

Career Coaching Record:  141-126

Coaching Record At School:  141-126

GMC Hoops Pre-Season Rank:  24th

GMC Hoops Predicted Finish in Division:  7th

Last Year’s Overall Record: 11-14

Last Year’s Division Record:  7-7 (4th in GMC White)

Last Year’s Conference Record:  9-9

Last Year’s PPG:  55.1 (Tied for 16th in GMC)

Last Year’s PAPG:  64.3 (30th in GMC)

Last Year’s PDPG:  -9.2 (24th in GMC)

Last Year’s Accomplishments:  Advanced to GMCT Round of 16 and Qualified for Central Jersey Group 4 State Tournament.  Went 10-9 after starting the season by missing three games due to COVID and going 1-5.

2022 Off-Season Leagues:  Hoop Group Headquarters Spring League, East Brunswick Team Camp, and Linden Summer League.

Key Players Returning:  Isaiah Shepard (11.8 ppg in 2021-22), Stanley Velasco, Ja’Kiir Waites, Jacob Lyerly, Nate Carmin, and Joel Polynice.

Key Players Lost:  Jonan Vargas (16.5 ppg in 2021-22 and 260 career points or 13.7 ppg)

Key Newcomers:  Shaan Swam

Players Playing in College:  Aidan Ryan (Centenary College) and Danny Golaszewski (Brookdale)

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School:  South Plainfield

Team Nickname:  Tigers

Head Coach:  John Greco (6th Season)

Career Coaching Record:  64-61

Coaching Record At School:  64-61

GMC Hoops Pre-Season Rank:  6th

GMC Hoops Predicted Finish in Division:  1st

Last Year’s Overall Record: 23-7

Last Year’s Division Record:  11-1 (1st in GMC Blue)

Last Year’s Conference Record:  16-4

Last Year’s PPG:  65.0 (4th in GMC)

Last Year’s PAPG:  51.7 (8th in GMC)

Last Year’s PDPG: 13.3 (4th in GMC)

Last Year’s Accomplishments:  Won GMC Blue Division, Reached GMCT Quarterfinals and North Jersey Section 2 Group 3 Championship.

2022 Off-Season Leagues:  NJ Live, East Brunswick Team Camp, Rahway Summer League, Piscataway Fall League, and Middlesex JV Summer League.

Key Players Returning:  Robert Pasquale (288 career points or 7.2 ppg), Kenneth Ponteras, Shrey Mehta, Hosman Martinez, Jude Bergman, and Steven LaRosa

Key Players Lost:  Joshua Taveras (206 career points or 6.4 ppg) and Rayyan Alidina

Key Newcomers:  David Yacka, Isaiah Aiyegbo, and Thomas Polakiewicz.

Players Playing in College:  N/A

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School:  Woodbridge

Team Nickname:  Barrons

Head Coach:  Jonathan Toczynski (2nd Season)

Career Coaching Record:  8-14

Coaching Record At School:  8-14

GMC Hoops Pre-Season Rank:  14th

GMC Hoops Predicted Finish in Division:  4th

Last Year’s Overall Record: 8-14

Last Year’s Division Record:  6-8 (5th in GMC White)

Last Year’s Conference Record: 8-11

Last Year’s PPG:  53.4 (20th in GMC)

Last Year’s PAPG:  61.2 (24th in GMC)

Last Year’s PDPG:  -7.8 (21st in GMC)

Last Year’s Accomplishments:  Advanced to GMCT Preliminary Round.  Finished season with wins in 5 of their last 7 games after starting the season by missing first 3 games due to COVID and going 0-5.

2022 Off-Season Leagues:  Bound Brook Summer League, Rahway Summer League, and Colonia JV Summer League.

Key Players Returning:  Brandon Gasiewski (13.7 ppg in 2021-22 and 683 career points or 11.6 ppg), Gavin Pelkey (12.6 ppg in 2021-22 and 289 career points or 12.6 ppg), Josiah Floyd, Jake Eberle, Jianny Caraballo, and Angel Barillas.

Key Players Lost:  Anthony Vella (3.9 ppg in 2021-22 and 153 career points and 218 career rebounds or 3.6 ppg and 5.2 rpg).

Key Newcomers:  Luke Nemeth, Giro Castaldo, Marquez Garner, and Jadiel Vasques.

Players Playing in College:  Daniel Boateng (Caldwell)

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