Tag: Baseball
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Monmouth Regional baseball team ready for challenges of B North
By Matthew Rocco The Monmouth Regional High School baseball team sees the challenges that lie ahead. With their move to the Shore Conference B North Division this season, the Falcons will share a division with multiple teams coming off winning seasons. Monmouth Regional is ready for the challenge. A deep pitching staff and veteran lineup…
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Patriots ready to start baseball season despite lack of practice
By Jeff Appelblatt Opening day for the high school baseball season is slated for April 1, though practices and scrimmages are usually going on daily by the middle of March. This March, however, has seen fields filled with snow and ice. As a result, practice has been minimal and scrimmages have been nonexistent. Freehold Township…
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Lions to lean on pitchers early in baseball season
By Wayne Witkowski Middletown High School North’s baseball team showed signs last season of its young program coming of age. Now it’s ready for a breakout season. That is, if Mike Mercier can overcome early-season arm troubles. “We have pitching, great chemistry and a lot of leadership and varsity experience. Now, we have to play…
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Young lineup brings talent to Bombers’ baseball team
By Warren Rappleyea Sayreville War Memorial High School’s baseball team will have a decidedly young look this spring, but the Bombers, nevertheless, have a group of talented players. Last season, the Blue and Gray went 12-13. Much of the starting lineup from that team, along with its two top pitchers, Pete Soporowski and Connor Johnson,…
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Rams confident they will contend for titles despite graduations
By Jimmy Allinder South River High School won the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey, Group I and Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division baseball championships last spring, but repeating is going to be a challenge. Five from that championship team have graduated, four of which are playing in college. While five…
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Farr looks to remain effective on mound for St. Joe’s in senior year
By Jimmy Allinder St. Joseph Baseball is a team game, and there isn’t a better illustration of that than when Mike Farr is on the pitching mound. Farr, a Metuchen native, returns for his senior year at Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen after recording an 8-5 win-loss mark his previous two varsity seasons. On…
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Warriors ready to player under new head baseball coach Corby
By Wayne Witkowski New Egypt High School’s baseball team opens its season with its third coach in four years. But two weeks before the preseason, things appeared in jeopardy. “I like the [coaching] opportunity. They did not have a coach [up to] two weeks before the start of preseason, and they asked me to do…
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Black Sox recreation softball team feels like a family
By Tim Morris It was their love of baseball that brought them together and it’s the love of family that has kept them together. The Black Sox softball team that competes in the Freehold Township Recreation’s Men’s Modified-Pitch A Division Softball League consists of former high school teammates and opponents from both Freehold High School…
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Freehold Township support made all-stars’ run unforgettable
By Tim Morris For two months of the summer, the Freehold Township Little League’s Major League All-Star Team was the toast of the town. En route to competing in the Eastern Regional in Bristol, Connecticut, the team had shown unflappable resolve and unity, as the Freehold Township community rallied behind it. That support raised the…
