DATE POSTED: Friday, January 17, 2014 9:07 AM EST By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor ris Grundy already knew Justin Kovacevich was a special player. But what the Montgomery High senior has done this year to help the boys basketball team to a 9-0 start has given the veteran coach an even greater appreciation of Kovacevich […]

Link to story and video BERNARDS TOWNSHIP — The boys basketball players from Ridge and Montgomery will wake up with floor burns, welts and bruises after Thursday’s battle of the unbeatens turned into a defensive meat grinder. Only one team will roll out of bed still perfect, however, and that’s Montgomery. The Cougars held Ridge […]

Greg Tarca was one of four Montgomery players who scored in double digits in a 63-48 victory over Elizabeth at the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic in Montgomery. Tarca had 16 points, while Justin Kovacevich and Tim Youreneff both had 13 points and Darron Wallace had 11. Montgomery outscored Elizabeth, 16-9, over the final period to […]

Greg Tarca led all scorers with 24 points as Montgomery topped North Hunterdon, 70-46, in Montgomery. Justin Kovacevich had 19 points in the victory and Alex Miller scored 12.

http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2014/01/06/the_princeton_packet/sports/doc52c5b3dc4e890873552593.txt   MHS boys basketball races to two wins in own Classic DATE POSTED: Monday, January 6, 2014 10:02 AM EST By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Kris Grundy had a good feeling about the Montgomery High boys basketball team heading into this season. Through the first four games, those feelings appear to have been justified. […]

Justin Kovacevich scored a game-high 29 points for Montgomery in a 75-53 victory over Warren Hills in Montgomery. Kovacevich scored his points with 12 field goals, all two-pointers, and five free throws. Greg Tarca scored 12 points and Tim Youreneff added seven for Montgomery. http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/8093426282862454322/warren-hills-53-at-montgomery-75-boys-basketball/

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20131230/NJSPORTS0150/312300063/Boys-basketball-Unbeaten-Montgomery-runs-past-Piscataway MONTGOMERY — For years, Montgomery High School boys basketball succeeded by grinding down foes with defense and making the most of deliberate half-court possessions. This Cougar team is different. This one can light you up from end to end, as Piscataway learned on Monday. With senior Greg Tarca’s 23 points leading the way, Montgomery […]

Cougars go to 3-0 http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/7093414282871454344/bridgewater-raritan-56-at-montgomery-63-boys-basketball/ Montgomery coach Kris Grundy gave Alex Miller a crucial piece of advice before the season started: No matter how many 3-pointers the junior guard may miss, he must keep shooting from deep. Yesterday, Miller didn’t make a single basket in the first 30 minutes of a Somerset County showdown with […]

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20131223/NJSPORTS0150/312230052/Boys-basketball-Kovacevich-leads-Montgomery-over-Sayreville (click on link to watch video)   SKILLMAN — After scoring 12 first-half points to stake the Montgomery boys basketball team to a 13-point halftime lead over Sayreville, senior guard/forward Justin Kovacevich got very few touches in the third quarter. The Cougars went the final six-plus minutes of the third without a field goal […]