East Brunswick High School athletics · Sunday, Oct. 4 through Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026
Manalapan’s boys soccer team arrived at East Brunswick on Saturday morning without a loss all season. It went home on the wrong end of a 6-0 final.
That was the loudest result of a week that had plenty of them. Girls tennis won two more state tournament matches without dropping a flight and will play for a sectional championship on Tuesday. Field hockey outscored three opponents 17-1 and is 12-0. The boys junior varsity cross country team won a 21-team title by two points. And on Saturday afternoon, in a match where every set was decided by two points, girls volleyball won for the first time this season.
Seventeen varsity results came in, and East Brunswick finished with ten wins, six losses and a tie.
Here’s how it went, sport by sport.
Boys Soccer: Six Goals Against a Team That Had Allowed Five All Season
The Bears won all three of their games, outscored their opponents 14-2 and are 8-3-2. They have not lost since Sept. 10, a run of nine games with seven wins and two ties.
Saturday was the one people will remember. Manalapan came in 11-0-1, ranked eighth in the state, and had given up five goals in twelve games. East Brunswick scored three in the first half and three more in the second. Giovanny Sousa had a hat trick and added an assist. Keko Michael scored once and set up three goals. Kareem Amer had a goal and an assist, Mateo Dela Cruz scored, and John Matos had an assist. At the other end, Rosario Volino stopped all five shots Manalapan put on goal.
The week started Tuesday with a 4-2 win over Metuchen, with three of the goals coming before halftime. Michael, Quentin Taha, Amer and Liam Kim scored, Michael assisted on two, and Ryan Dela Cruz had an assist. Volino made seven saves.
Thursday’s GMC Tournament pool-play game at Edison was a 4-0 win in which East Brunswick put eighteen shots on goal and allowed two. Michael scored twice and set up another, Amer and Sousa scored, Lamine Ndao had two assists and Joshua Ferreira had one. Volino and Joshua Matthews shared the shutout.
Add it up and Michael had four goals and six assists in three games. He has nine goals during the nine-game unbeaten run. Sousa scored four times this week, Amer scored in all three games, and the Bears have four shutouts in their last five.
Sayreville visits on Oct. 13.
Girls Tennis: Two More Sweeps and a Shot at a Sectional Title
East Brunswick is 15-0 and into the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 final. Through three rounds of the state tournament the Bears have won all fifteen flights.
Tuesday’s quarterfinal against Gloucester Tech was as one-sided as tennis gets. East Brunswick won 5-0 and took 60 of the 64 games played. Kellyanne Mossi won 6-0, 6-0 at third singles, Kaitlin Wang and Prisha Patel won 6-0, 6-0 at first doubles, Andrea Baraian and Kelsey Zhao won 6-0, 6-1, Aiona Cheng won 6-1, 6-0 and Arya Joshi won 6-1, 6-1.
Thursday’s semifinal against Old Bridge also finished 5-0, but first singles was a fight. Joshi lost the first set 6-4, won the second 6-2 and then took the deciding tiebreaker 10-8. The other four flights went in straight sets, with Mossi winning 6-0, 6-0 again, Cheng 6-2, 6-1, Wang and Patel 6-1, 6-3 and Zhao and Baraian 6-2, 6-3.
In between, the Bears won 4-1 at Edison Academy on Wednesday with a reshuffled lineup. Cheng won 6-0, 6-0, Joshi won 6-2, 6-1, Zhao and Baraian moved up to first doubles and won 6-0, 6-1, and Alex Gvimradze and Kaylynn Mossi won 6-1, 6-1 at second doubles. Grace Shin pushed her first set to 7-5 at third singles before losing in two.
The season numbers keep getting harder to believe. Kellyanne Mossi has played thirteen matches and won all 26 sets, 156 games to one. Twelve of the thirteen ended 6-0, 6-0. Wang and Patel are 13-0 together at first doubles. As a team, East Brunswick has won 68 of 75 flights.
Marlboro, 12-2, visits for the sectional final on Oct. 13.
Field Hockey: Twelve Wins, Two Goals Allowed
Three more wins, by a combined 17-1, and East Brunswick is 12-0, 8-0 in the GMC Red.
Tuesday at South Plainfield was the test. The Bears led 3-0 on goals by Rachel Gerould, Jolie Salamon and Carissa Kovarcik before South Plainfield scored in the fourth quarter, the first goal East Brunswick had allowed since Sept. 24. Logan Hooper answered to make it 4-1. Alexa DeRado, Gerould and Arianna DeMaio had the assists, and Olivia Locascio was credited with a defensive save.
Thursday against South Brunswick was over by halftime. East Brunswick led 7-0 at the break and won 8-0. Gerould, Gianna Spinello and Madelaina Whyte each scored twice, DeRado and Megan Zeichner scored, and Hooper had two assists. Talia Locascio and Salamon each set up a goal.
Saturday against Sayreville finished 5-0. Hooper scored twice, Salamon, DeRado and Gerould scored, and DeMaio set up two more goals. Reagan Umbach saved the only shot Sayreville put on goal.
In those last two games East Brunswick put 48 shots on goal, and the two opposing goalkeepers had to make 35 saves between them.
Eight different players scored this week. Gerould scored in all three games and finished with four goals and two assists, and Hooper had three goals and two assists. For the season it is now twelve games, 59 goals scored, two allowed and ten shutouts. Gerould has 16 goals and nine assists. Hooper has 14 goals and seven assists. Umbach has saved 18 of the 20 shots on goal she has faced.
The Bears visit North Plainfield on Oct. 12.
Girls Volleyball: The First Win, by the Thinnest of Margins
It took seventeen matches, and it could not have been closer.
Saturday against Colts Neck, East Brunswick won the first set 31-29. Colts Neck took the second 25-23. The Bears won the third 25-23, and with it the match. Every set was decided by two points, and across all three East Brunswick scored 79 points to Colts Neck’s 77. The Bears are 1-16.
The signs were there on Monday. J.P. Stevens, now 14-4, won 25-23, 25-22, but East Brunswick finished with more kills, more blocks, more digs and more aces than the winners. Smitha Srinivasan had six kills, three aces and eleven digs, the most digs in the match. Danielle Manning also had six kills. Zoe Holeman set up fifteen assists, the most in the match, Eva Munoz dug ten balls, Alexandra Doneva served three aces, Addyson Danchak had three kills and two aces, and Gabriella Pagan blocked two shots.
Tuesday at Mother Seton was a 25-13, 25-10 loss in which Srinivasan had five kills, two blocks and two aces and Munoz dug ten more. Thursday at Piscataway, the Bears lost the first set 25-15 and then took the second to 25-23.
Edison is next, on the road on Oct. 13.
Cross Country: A Team Title Won by Two Points
Both East Brunswick teams ran the XC Fall Classic at Thompson Park on Friday, and the boys came home with a team title.
The boys junior varsity team won its race, scoring 63 points to beat Princeton and South Brunswick, who tied at 65, in a field of 21 full teams and 296 runners. It was won with depth. Cameron Zhou finished sixth in 17:25.19, and then Delvyn Davies, Aidan Fong, Yajat Sharma and Patrick Lally crossed 12th, 14th, 15th and 16th. All five East Brunswick scorers finished within 21 seconds of each other.
The boys varsity team finished third of 38 teams. Raghu Moorthy was fifth out of 273 runners in 16:20.06, less than ten seconds behind the winner, and Raphael Bostan was 12th in 16:30.85. Joel Sahayajayaseelan was 24th, Aviral Agarwal 45th and Roshan Sujith 52nd.
The girls varsity team finished sixth of 23 teams, led by a tight pack. Maxene Nono was 37th of 182 in 21:08.52, Laura Sisule was 44th and freshman Sabrina Ivy was 47th, the three of them separated by less than twelve seconds. Ella Ly was 56th and Coraline Dominique was 73rd.
The girls junior varsity team was fourth of nine, and Melissa Verano finished seventh of 119.
Marching Band: Second Place and Nearly Seven Points Better in a Week
The East Brunswick Marching Band took its 2026 show, “Phases,” to the NJMBDA contest at Monroe Township High School on Saturday night and finished second of five bands in Class 3 with a score of 77.1.
That is 6.9 points higher than the 70.2 the band scored a week earlier at J.P. Stevens, where it placed fourth of five. On Saturday East Brunswick had the top visual performance score in its class, a 15.8, and finished a tenth of a point ahead of Piscataway, a band that had beaten it the week before. Brick Memorial won the class with a 79.5.
The band, which includes its color guard and front ensemble and draws students from East Brunswick High School and Churchill Junior High School, hosts its 43rd Annual Home Show at the high school on Oct. 17. Fourteen visiting bands are scheduled, the first at 5 p.m., and East Brunswick performs as the host band at 9 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Two Overtime Games and Twenty Saves by Docherty
East Brunswick played overtime twice, came away with a tie and a loss, and is 4-7-1.
Tuesday against Spotswood, a team that is now 9-3-1, East Brunswick trailed 1-0 until the 72nd minute, when Lauren Baker scored off a pass from Alanna Kienle. It finished 1-1 after overtime. Caylin Docherty made eleven saves.
Saturday at Colonia was scoreless through regulation. Colonia scored in the 89th minute, in overtime, to win 1-0. Docherty made nine more saves, and East Brunswick matched Colonia with ten shots on goal.
That is twenty saves in two games for Docherty, on 22 shots on goal.
Edison visits on Oct. 13.
Gymnastics: Over 100 for the First Time
East Brunswick lost at unbeaten St. Thomas Aquinas on Wednesday, 106.7 to 101.3, and is 2-3. But 101.3 is the team’s best score of the season, almost two points better than the previous high, and the first time the Bears have topped 100.
Ellah Levi scored a 9.1 on vault, tied for the second-best vault in the meet. Caroline Surabian scored a 9.0 on floor, also second-best in the meet, and had East Brunswick’s top bars score, an 8.25, which was second in the meet too. Alexandra Cooperman was East Brunswick’s top all-around gymnast at 32.75 and led the team on beam with an 8.425.
Isabella Wasserman scored 8.8 on floor and 8.475 on vault. Grace McVicar matched that 8.475 on vault, and Eleanor Kim added an 8.375, so all five East Brunswick vaults scored 8.375 or better. Levi also scored 8.55 on floor and 8.3 on beam.
Union Catholic visits on Oct. 13.
Football: A Homecoming Rally That Started Too Late
East Brunswick lost its Homecoming game to South Brunswick on Friday, 45-22, and is 3-4.
South Brunswick scored the first 31 points. From there East Brunswick outscored the visitors 22-14, and it had the only points of the fourth quarter. Ezra Franklin caught two touchdown passes from Sean Christie, of 8 and 18 yards. Jayden Charles returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown. Christie ran in one two-point conversion and threw to Gabriel Marquez for another.
Franklin finished with five catches for 79 yards, more than half of the team’s receiving yards. Charles caught six passes for 40 yards. Christie threw for 134 yards and led the team in rushing with 38.
The Bears visit Old Bridge on Oct. 16.
The Week in Full
| Sport | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Boys Soccer | W 4-2 vs. Metuchen (10/6) · W 4-0 at Edison (10/8) · W 6-0 vs. Manalapan (10/10) | 8-3-2 |
| Girls Tennis | W 5-0 vs. Gloucester Tech, NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 quarterfinal (10/6) · W 4-1 at Edison Academy (10/7) · W 5-0 vs. Old Bridge, sectional semifinal (10/8) | 15-0 |
| Field Hockey | W 4-1 at South Plainfield (10/6) · W 8-0 vs. South Brunswick (10/8) · W 5-0 vs. Sayreville (10/10) | 12-0 |
| Girls Volleyball | L 0-2 vs. J.P. Stevens (10/5) · L 0-2 at Mother Seton (10/6) · L 0-2 at Piscataway (10/8) · W 2-1 vs. Colts Neck (10/10) | 1-16 |
| Cross Country | XC Fall Classic, Thompson Park (10/9) | n/a |
| Marching Band | 2nd of 5 in Class 3, 77.1, NJMBDA contest at Monroe Township (10/10) | n/a |
| Girls Soccer | T 1-1 (OT) vs. Spotswood (10/6) · L 0-1 (OT) at Colonia (10/10) | 4-7-1 |
| Gymnastics | L 101.3-106.7 at St. Thomas Aquinas (10/7) | 2-3 |
| Football | L 22-45 vs. South Brunswick (10/9) | 3-4 |
Coming Up: Oct. 11 to Oct. 17
Schedules can change, so check with the school before heading out.
| Date | Sport | Game |
|---|---|---|
| Mon., Oct. 12 | Field Hockey | at North Plainfield |
| Tue., Oct. 13 | Girls Tennis | vs. Marlboro, NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 final |
| Tue., Oct. 13 | Girls Soccer | vs. Edison |
| Tue., Oct. 13 | Gymnastics | vs. Union Catholic |
| Tue., Oct. 13 | Girls Volleyball | at Edison |
| Tue., Oct. 13 | Boys Soccer | vs. Sayreville, GMC Tournament pool play |
| Wed., Oct. 14 | Girls Tennis | at South Brunswick |
| Thu., Oct. 15 | Field Hockey | vs. Kent Place |
| Thu., Oct. 15 | Boys Soccer | at North Brunswick, GMC Tournament pool play |
| Fri., Oct. 16 | Football | at Old Bridge |
| Sat., Oct. 17 | Field Hockey | vs. Westfield |
| Sat., Oct. 17 | Marching Band | 43rd Annual Home Show, East Brunswick High School |
Go Bears.
