It hasn’t been that long since South Plainfield won a sectional title. Many teams have gone much longer – see St. Thomas Aquinas, until yesterday – if they’ve even won one at all.
For the Tigers, it’s been nine years, eight seasons, not counting the wiped-out COVID year of 2020.
In 2015, under head coach Anthony Guida, South Plainfield not only won a sectional title, but they won the whole enchilada, beating Cranford 4-2 to win the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 title, then taking out Northern Burlington 8-4 to win the state Group 3 championship.
Nine years later, they’re back in the game, scrappy as ever.
Monday afternoon, top-seed South Plainfield will host second-seed Randolph in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 title game, which can be heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio by clicking here. Game time is 2 pm, with pregame set for 1:45. Mike Pavlichko will call all the play-by-play.
South Plainfield comes into the game at 22-5-1 and as GMC Red Division champions. They lost 6-5 to Old Bridge in the GMC Tournament final back on May 18th, and other than a defeat the previous day to Notre Dame of Lawrenceville, they have won 16 of their last 19 games, with one a tie against Spotswood called due to darkness.
Randolph is 20-9, finishing 7-5 and in second in the North Jersey Athletic Conference American Division to Delbarton. The Rams started hot, going 11-1 in their first dozen games, but stumbled a bit late in the year, dropping six of eight heading into the state tournament.
Click below to hear South Plainfield head coach Scott Gleichenhaus talk about the Tigers and the North 2, Group 3 title game against Randolph:
https://cjsportsradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/6-2-24-SCOTT-GLEICHENHAUS-PREVIEW-for-web.mp3
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