MIDDLESEX COUNTY: GMC Tournament pushed back

By John Haley/For The Star-Ledger 
With Metuchen not playing Piscataway on Monday, coupled with anticipated rain on Tuesday, the GMC Tournament has been pushed back.

TEAMS TO WATCH
South Plainfield, 3-5 at one point this season, is now 15-7 with a seven-game winning streak. The Tigers have outscored their opponents, 61-15, during the streak.
Mark Tomei, The Star-Ledger’s reigning Middlesex County Player of the Year and an All-State pick last spring, entered the season with over 100 career hits. He is making things happen in the leadoff spot and everyone else throughout the lineup is contributing, including Stephen Petriello, Taylor Born, Quinn Cochrane, A.J. Celantano and Ryan Marcoux.

GAMES TO WATCH
The Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament is in full swing with the first round Tuesday at the higher seed, the quarterfinals scheduled for Thursday at Community Park in North Brunswick and the semifinals Saturday at East Brunswick Tech.
The teams with the deepest pitching staffs will have the advantage since three rounds of games will have taken place in four days since the preliminary round was scheduled for yesterday.
The championship game will take place Wednesday, May 23, at East Brunswick at 7 p.m.

Thursday
First Round
(All games at 3:45)
(16) East Brunswick at (1) Sayreville
(18) J.P. Stevens at (2) Perth Amboy
(19) Bishop Ahr at (3) Middlesex
(12) Old Bridge at (5) Dunellen
(11) North Brunswick at (6) South Plainfield
(10) Monroe at (7) South Brunswick
(9) Edison at (8) Kennedy
Metuchen-Piscataway winner at (4) St. Joe's

MIDDLESEX COUNTY STAT LEADERS
For games reported to njschoolsports.com through May 13:
EXTRA-BASE HITS
Player, School, 2B-3B-HR-Total
Jeff  Puckett, Dunellen, 12-2-3-17
Chris Petiya, Middlesex, 5-1-10-16
Christian  Campbell, Sayreville, 7-5-4-16
Casey Wenzel, Dunellen, 12-1-1-14
Anthony Brocato, Rutgers Prep, 8-2-3-13
Jose Hernandez, Perth Amboy, 7-4-2-13
Stephen  Petriello, South Plainfield, 9-1-2-12
Nick Muha, South Brunswick, 5-4-3-12
Mark  Tomei, South Plainfield, 5-4-3-12

MIDDLESEX COUNTY TOP 10
1-Sayreville (19-1)
2-Perth Amboy (17-4)
3-Middlesex (21-2)
4-St. Joseph (15-8)
5-South Plainfield (14-7)
6-South Brunswick (15-6)
7-Dunellen (18-2)
8-Iselin Kennedy (11-7)
9-Monroe (11-8)
10-Edison 12-10