JSZ brings you *three* soccer finals as tournament season rolls on, along with the two boys semifinals in the SJ Coaches Cup! Check out all the action below.
Monroe 0 St. Thomas Aquinas 0 (Monroe wins 5-4 in PK’s)| Boys | GMC Tournament Final
Monroe and St. Thomas Aquinas went to PK’s after 100 minutes of scoreless soccer in the GMC boys final. Falcons keeper Emiliano Lemus made a save in round two and Monroe goes 5 for 5 from the spot with Dante Aschettino clinching a 5-4 win and their 9th GMC title. Monroe is 16-2-1 while St. Thomas Aquinas fell to 16-4 after coming up just short in their quest for a first GMC championship.
JSZ’s Rich Chrampanis has the highlights and post-match reaction from Piscataway:
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Old Bridge 1 Metuchen 0 (OT) | Girls | GMC Tournament Final
Sofia Riedinger scored her 16th goal of the season with 3:01 to go in the first overtime period to give the Knights (17-2) an overtime win for a second straight GMC championship. Goalkeeper Jessica Lane came out near midfield to take the free kick that Riedinger found inside the 18 and scored in stride. Old Bridge is the top seed in the upcoming Central Jersey Group 4 state playoffs. Metuchen (17-2) is the #1 seed in the Central Jersey Group 2 bracket.
JSZ’s Rich Chrampanis has the highlights and post-match reaction from Piscataway:
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Gill St. Bernard’s 3 Montclair Kimberley Academy 2 (OT) | Boys | Prep “B” Final
Gill St. Bernard’s boys soccer (11-7-2) defeated No. 7 Montclair Kimberley (9-5-2) 3-2 in overtime Thursday to win the Prep B Tournament title, preventing a three-peat for the Cougars. Sophomore midfielder Ishaan Magaw scored the game-winning volley goal in the 2nd minute of OT after Renato Panetta headed a ball his way off a Julio Rzemieniewski corner.
Rzemieniewski and JeanCarlo Sanchez scored the other goals for GSB, and CJ Dike scored both of MKA’s including the 76th-minute game-tying PK that sent the game into overtime. Both the Cougars’ Joseph Morante and the Knights’ Denny Trainor had four saves in net.
JSZ’s Ryan Sudol has the highlights and reaction from Montclair:
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Northern Burlington 2 Kingsway 1 | Boys | South Jersey Coaches Cup Tournament Semifinal
The eighth-seeded Greyhounds continued their historic run by knocking off the thirteenth-seeded Dragons to advance to its first SJ Coaches Cup Tournament final. Elijah Font tied the game in the 20th minute with a great strike for his 20th goal of the season. Mike Andrejack was credited with the go-ahead goal for Northern Burlington (15-3-1), which appeared to go off a Dragon defender. Ethan Read scored his sixth goal of the year in the loss for Kingsway (10-7-3).
JSZ’s James Mooney has the highlights and reaction from Cherry Hill:
St. Augustine 2 Sterling 0 | Boys | South Jersey Coaches Cup Tournament Semifinal
The second-seeded Hermits continued their quest for their first South Jersey Coaches Cup title since 2018. Jackson Reichard netted the go-ahead goal in the 54th minute, while John Lamanteer sealed the victory with a goal in the 80th minute. St. Augustine (19-2) extended its winning streak to 16 games and advances to the SJ Coaches Cup Tournament final for the third consecutive season.
JSZ’s Tyler Mroz has the highlights and reaction from Cherry Hill:
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