Tag: Baseball
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Jaguars relying on experience to perform better than last year
By Wayne Witkowski Beatable is a word rarely associated with Jackson Memorial High School’s baseball team over the past decade. But after getting off to a typically strong 6-0 start despite a young and new lineup last season, the Jaguars won only three of their next 17 games. “It was pretty inexplicable — a pretty…
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Hawks to be challenged with mostly new baseball lineup
By Jimmy Allinder John P. Stevens With 12 regulars graduated, including the entire pitching staff, the John P. Stevens High School baseball team will be challenged to have as much success as it did last year. The Hawks were 20-9 overall, 10-6 in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division and made the conference tournament…
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Vikings prepared to build off last year’s 20-win baseball season
By Warren Rappleyea Several starters return from a squad that went 20-10 a year ago, but South Brunswick High School’s baseball team lost starting pitchers who accounted for 14 of those wins to graduation. Last season was South Brunswick’s first 20-victory campaign since 1979. In addition, the Vikings went all the way to the New…
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Kenney optimistic about young Colts baseball team
By Wayne Witkowski Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) baseball coach Marty Kenney believes his young, relatively inexperienced — but talented — team has its best days ahead as it begins its 2017 campaign. Gone are record-setting pitcher Luca Dalatri, widely regarded as the best player in the state the past two seasons, and catcher Brandon Martorano,…
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Knights’ baseball team to lean on pitching, defense
By Warren Rappleyea Pitching and defense will again be the keys for Old Bridge High School’s baseball team as it looks to improve on the 14-13 mark it posted a year ago. The good news for the Knights is that three pitchers are back, including staff ace Joe Papeo, who went 3-3 last season with…
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Somerset Patriots sign right-hand pitcher Hassan Pena
The Somerset Patriots have signed right-handed pitcher Hassan Pena for the 2017 season. Pena enters his first season with the Patriots and first in the Atlantic League. The righty has spent the last two years playing abroad, including stints in the Mexican League with Sultanes de Monterray. In that span, Pena has gone 10-5 with…
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Somerset Patriots land veteran southpaw Aaron Laffey
The Somerset Patriots have announced that left-handed pitcher and Major League Baseball veteran Aaron Laffey has been signed for the 2017 season. “I have heard nothing but just great things about Somerset,” Laffey said. “My goal is to get back to the majors, and the Atlantic League is the best place for me to start…
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Bears confident in pitching depth behind Burnham
By Jimmy Allinder There’s always been an emphasis on pitching depth in high school baseball, and a rule change that goes into effect this spring makes it more important than ever. For that reason, it remains to be seen if East Brunswick High School can duplicate what it did in 2016, even with the return…
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Spotswood enters baseball season with high hopes
By Jimmy Allinder This could be the spring Spotswood High School fields its next exceptional baseball team. The Chargers have a rich history of winning multiple Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division titles, but their best season was 2007, when they captured the division and GMC Tournament crowns and topped off the season with the…
