This photo of the EBHS gym was taken by me in December 2021,
in the boys' basketball regular-season opener, a win over Old Bridge.
Both schools were undefeated in the Division. They were ranked Number 1 and Number 2, respectively, in Middlesex County by the newspaper then known as The Home News. E.B. had just won the GMC Tournament, making them, effectively, County Champions. Both teams had a rather obnoxious student fanbase -- in the case of the former, myself included.
The meet was not decided until the final match, and E.B. won, 26-25. I can't remember that gym being louder than it was that night.
Until 2 nights later, January 31. East Brunswick's basketball team needed 2 more wins to clinch the Red Division title. Their only loss of the season to that point had been to St. Joseph's, the Metuchen school that (despite their claims that they didn't) recruited so many players from our town, they were nicknamed "E.B. Catholic."
Unlike that earlier game at their place, this one was no contest. In front of an overflow crowd of over 2,000, we won, 84-58 and clinched the Division title in our next game.
On March 15th, that basketball team won the Central Jersey Group IV Championship for the first time. On the same day, E.B. wrestler Darren Schulman completed a perfect season, 31-0, with a State Championship in his weight class.
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