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MANAHAWKIN - If there is one thing that does not scare the Southern Regional baseball team, it is facing long odds. A three-run deficit with six outs left is not supposed to be a recipe for success, but then again, the last 40 years of Shore Conference baseball says that Southern is not supposed to be playing for an Ocean County championship, either...

MANAHAWKIN - Southern Regional senior Nick Simone was the team's most reliable starting pitcher as a junior last season and one of the steadiest pitchers in the Shore Conference Class A South division at the end of last year. One of the reasons the 2017 Southern baseball team is enjoying its best season in more than a decade is because the rest of the staff is pitching like 2016 Nick Simone... Rea

LAKEWOOD - The Red Bank Catholic baseball team had tasted defeat during the tournament season more times than they would care to remember in recent years, so when the Caseys had a chance to seal the Monmouth County Tournament championship on Tuesday against Freehold Borough at FirstEnergy Park, they did not pass up the opportunity...

MIDDLETOWN - The Freehold Borough baseball team scored one run in two regular-season meetings against Christian Brothers Academy but it took Colonials junior catcher Phil Marcantonio one swing of the bat in the top of the first inning of Sunday's Monmouth County Tournament semifinal to surpass that two-game total...

WALL TWP. - A day after losing a heartbreaking game against Middletown South that put a dent in its Shore Conference Class B North division title hopes, the Wall baseball team spotted Notre Dame commit Tommy Sheehan and Manasquan a three-run lead Wednesday...

LANOKA HARBOR - Jackson Liberty baseball coach Jim Rankin has to remind himself from time to time that the team he's coaching this year is filled with underclassmen. That self-reminder has come in handy during some tough losses this year, but Tuesday against the hottest team in Ocean County, the Lions played beyond their years...

RED BANK - For a team with expectations as high as those the Red Bank Catholic baseball team had coming into the season, a 4-4 start over the first eight games of the season could be deemed disappointing. That's not how the Caseys players saw it, at least not entirely...

MIDDLETOWN - Christian Brothers Academy veteran head coach Marty Kenney knew he was going to use sophomore left-hander Joe Escandon at the varsity level at some point during the heavy part of the Colts' schedule. When his time came did come at the varsity level, Escandon was only tasked with facing a Howell team coming off a 19-run outburst in the Monmouth County Tournament quarterfinals... Read M

WALL TOWNSHIP - Close games have been Wall's forte this season, and more times than not, the Crimson Knights have come out on the winning end. Two days after a rare loss in a close game, Wall got back in the win column against one of the Shore's hottest teams...

WALL TWP. - St. Rose junior Will Gannon's first swing of Saturday's Monmouth County Tournament round-of-16 game against Marlboro was more than just a leadoff double to deep left field: it was a message. With his team facing its first deficit of the season and Marlboro left fielder Mark Ventre playing shallow, Gannon let the Mustangs it would take a lot more than one run to beat the Purple Roses an

Both dugouts looked toward the home plate, each one imploring the umpire to signal opposing calls. The occupants of Middletown North dugout and the Lions baseball players on the field were certain the line drive that Manasquan senior Tommy Sheehan ripped beyond the fence down the right-field line in the 12th inning Friday was a foul ball...

NORTH BRUNSWICK TWP. - Both Anthony DeRosa and Aidan Supp tested Delbarton center fielder Liam Corcoran in the first two innings of Red Bank Catholic's Autism Awareness Challenge game against Delbarton at North Brunswick Community Park Saturday night and both were denied by the rangy outfielder...