Tag: Baseball
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Goldan leads Saint Joseph Metuchen to seventh Greater Middlesex Conference Championship
When Andrew Goldan woke up on June 6, the junior right-hander for the Saint Joseph High School baseball team in Metuchen was “ready” to take the rubber and lead the Falcons to a Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) championship. Confidence running through his veins, Goldan put together a brilliant masterpiece on the hill to help Saint…
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Pontari, Middletown South top Freehold Township in state sectional tournament
It wasn’t the start Matt Pontari and the Middletown South High School baseball team were expecting against Freehold Township in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament on June 5 in Middletown. Before Pontari, who was the Eagles’ starting pitcher, and his teammates got back to their dugout, the No.…
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Marlboro defeats Manalapan, 7-4; advances to state sectional tournament semifinals
The Marlboro High School baseball team is firing on all cylinders and playing its best baseball of the 2021 season at the perfect time. The No. 9 seed Mustangs (14-7) won their seventh straight game with a 7-4 victory over No. 1 seed Manalapan in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV state…
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Schild pitches Eagles past Lions in Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals
It was a week many baseball fans across Middletown had been waiting for during the past two years. The Middletown South and Middletown North high school baseball teams renewed their rivalry on the diamond with a three-game set during the past week. The third game, played on May 22, would determine which school was going…
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Late-game heroics help Jackson Liberty sweep Point Pleasant Borough
The Jackson Liberty High School baseball team found itself in a scoreless affair heading into the seventh inning of its game against Shore Conference B South Division rival Point Pleasant Borough High School on May 21 in Point Pleasant. The game had the feel of a county or state tournament to Lions’ Coach Jim Rankin,…
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Marlboro finding its stride as Monmouth County Tournament nears
The Marlboro High School baseball team has been racking up victories on the diamond during the last few weeks. After a 1-4 start in 2021, the Mustangs (9-7) won eight of their next 11 games. On May 20, the Mustangs defeated Long Branch, 11-4, on the road. Marlboro’s recent hot streak has the Mustangs ready…
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Hornets gaining experience on diamond as 2021 season marks return to play
HOLMDEL – The spring of 2020 was supposed to mark the opening of the Holmdel High School baseball team’s new field that had been in the works for two years. After the Hornets’ fifth practice in 2020, Coach Chris Arecchi remembers staring at the field and wondering if his team would be able to play…
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Falcons end losing skid on diamond with pitching gem from Schade
Evan Schade found out at the Monmouth Regional High School baseball team’s practice on May 5 that he would get his first career varsity pitching start against Holmdel High School the next day. Saying he was “really excited” to have a chance to shine on the mound, Schade did not disappoint. On May 6, when…
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Allentown High School baseball team off to 4-0 start in 2021 campaign
ALLENTOWN – After the 2020 season was cancelled due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the Allentown High School baseball team has been rolling offensively to begin the 2021 campaign. The Redbirds (4-0) have scored 46 runs in four games to begin the new season. “We are off to a good start and playing…
