Austin Markmann

RED BANK - The players on the Middletown South baseball team had nearly a full week to let a bitter NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III quarterfinal loss to Wall linger. It may have stuck with them up until game time Wednesday against Toms River South in the Shore Conference Tournament semifinals at Count Basie Park but once the game started, the Eagles looked like their usual, dominant selves... Read

MIDDLETOWN – The Middletown South baseball team entered play Monday on an 11-game winning streak, but the Eagles still went out on Woods Field with something to prove against a pitcher who shut them out earlier in the season from the only team ahead of them in the Shore Conference Class A North standings and the last team to beat them...

MIDDLETOWN – Middletown South senior right-hander Zac deRocco took the mound Friday not only looking to change his own fortunes, but also to potentially save the season of a team that entered 2015 with high expectations. Thanks to a mechanical adjustment and a complete repertoire of pitches, deRocco delivered for his team by tossing a two-hit shutout to lift the Eagles – No...

Monmouth County Tournament Bracket MIDDLETOWN – Prior to Saturday’s game, Middletown South coach Ryan Spillane told Howie Brey – his former ace and current Rutgers University pitcher who once pitched a shutout in a 1-0 win over Middletown North under the lights at Woods Field – to expect the same performance from his newfound sophomore standout...

**Player of the Week selections are made by Shore Sports Network staff writer Matt Manley based on stats and information reported to Shore Sports Network during the week. Shore Sports Network Player of the Week Tyler Fischer, So., Holmdel Fischer wins this week’s Shore Sports Network Player of the Week on the strength of just one game, but oh, what a game it was...