Aaron McLaughlin

RED BANK – Over the past several days, the NJSIAA has faced a significant amount of public backlash for enforcing the letter of the law in a case that adversely affected the highest-profile amateur baseball player in the country, who made a seemingly noble decision to leave a national power to play with his childhood friends for his hometown school...

On a picturesque, sunny, 70-plus degree afternoon in South Jersey during the second week of March, Barnegat High School senior Jared Kacso had every reason to smile. Helmet on head and batting gloves strapped, he slammed the knob of his bat on the ground to dislodge it from the grasp of the donut weight wrapped around the barrel, which in baseball-gesture-speak means “I’m ready to hit...

BARNEGAT – Barnegat senior-right-hander Seamus Brazil was part of the most imposing pitching staff on the most accomplished team in the short history of the Barnegat baseball program as a junior last season, and the only downside was when the postseason came around, it was hard for him to even find innings, much less starts...