Tag: Baseball
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Patriots still fighting for A North baseball championship
By Jeff Appelblatt As the regular season nears an end, Freehold Township High School’s baseball team refuses to give up trying for at least a piece of the Shore Conference A North Division championship title. With the arms the team has had leading the way, it’s been clear the Patriots have a shot. In its…
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Freehold baseball piling on wins with sights set on division title
By Jeff Appelblatt It’s as if Freehold High School has had two baseball seasons going on since the end of April, and the Colonials are putting on great shows in each of them. Games in the Monmouth County Tournament (MCT) were inserted right into Freehold’s regular-season schedule. So while the No. 5-seed Colonials won tournament…
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Bombers recover from poor start to baseball campaign
By Warren Rappleyea After starting the season with a pair of lopsided losses, things were looking bleak for Sayreville War Memorial High School’s baseball team. The young Bombers, however, have been competitive since then posting a 7-8 overall record. In Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) White Division play, the Blue and Gray owns a surprising 6-4…
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RBC’s winning streak has it deep in county baseball tourney
By Warren Rappleyea After getting off to a 4-4 start, Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School’s baseball team has picked up the pace by winning six straight games, including a 3-0 victory over Wall High School April 30 in the quarterfinals of the Monmouth County Tournament. Austin Nappi went the distance on the mound to…
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Monmouth Regional in running for B North Division title
By Matthew Rocco The Monmouth Regional High School baseball team is making its presence felt in one of the most competitive divisions in the Shore Conference. It took a few games for the Falcons’ bats to heat up at the start of the season. Once they exploded for 13 runs against Red Bank Catholic High…
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Huskies focused on tough A Central baseball schedule
By Wayne Witkowski Matawan Regional High School baseball, which is in hot contention for its first division championship since 2011 when it won a share of a division championship for the first time since the 1970s, refocuses its bid this week. The Huskies lost, 4-2, to Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) April 29 in the opening…
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Performers of the Week for May 1
Rain and clouds outshined the sun during a week when the weather dominated play. But there were some performers who delivered bright results on the local scholastic athletic fields. On the baseball fields … Pitching was the name of the game on the diamond. Paul Birzin delivered a perfect game in a five-inning affair April…
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Redbirds avoid baseball slump with comeback victory
By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School’s baseball team looked like it was in danger of falling into something it has not encountered through most of the first month of the season: a slump. The Redbirds, coming off a 2-1 loss to Nottingham High School April 24, had fallen behind Hamilton High School West, 3-0, in…
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Jaguars’ baseball team raises money for retinoblastoma research
By Wayne Witkowski Jackson Memorial High School baseball fans proudly sported their team’s colors and the Jaguars logo when their team took its home field for a key Shore Conference A South Division showdown April 29 against Brick Township High School. The t-shirts they wore also read “Jackson baseball supports Retinoblastoma Research.” Marisa Malta, the 13-year-old…
