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Role-Reversal
Role-Reversal
Role-Reversal
MIDDLETOWN - In each of the last two years, Middletown North has had chances to beat Middletown South but could never put away its rival. Monday's season opener was looking like another squandered opportunity with three outs to go, but the Lions - ranked No...
Gone South
Gone South
Gone South
SOUTH RIVER - For a team that had not finished above .500 in any of the previous four seasons, the Keyport High School baseball team made more than a fair share of progress this season, but that did not take any of the sting away from that season coming to an end on Friday in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I final...
Soaring to the Final
Soaring to the Final
Soaring to the Final
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
Ocean Noise
Ocean Noise
Ocean Noise
OAKHURST - This Friday will mark the two-week anniversary of the day that two of the senior leaders on the Ocean Township High School baseball team experienced the "quietest bus ride they had ever taken" thanks to a second straight loss in which the Spartans squandered a big lead late in the game...
Wild Knights
Wild Knights
Wild Knights
MIDDLETOWN - Entering the NJSIAA Tournament, the Wall High School baseball team had a very simple initial goal: close the season with a with a winning record. That goal is normally a given for one of the Shore Conference's most consistent winners, but an up-and-down season left the Crimson Knights below ...
The First Supper
The First Supper
The First Supper
RED BANK - As the first batter up following a pitching change during his team's Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinal game against Point Pleasant Borough, Red Bank Catholic junior Aiden Supp thought it might be a good idea to see a pitch, but before employing an strategy, he asked his coach while new Panthers pitcher Tim Rossi was warming up...
Ras Dazzles
Ras Dazzles
Ras Dazzles
Story by Ella Brockway SSN Correspondent MIDDLETOWN -- It was a combination of strong, consistent pitching, a six-run sixth inning, and some blue-chip defense that led the Middletown North baseball team to a 7-1 win over St. John Vianney in the second round of the Shore Conference Tournament Saturday afternoon...
Total Control
Total Control
Total Control
MIDDLETOWN - Asked how he has been able to virtually avoid walks altogether during his increasingly remarkable senior season, Christian Brothers Academy right-hander Luca Dalatri had an answer that sounded as simple as he's made pitching look...
OCT Champs
OCT Champs
OCT Champs
*Check Back for More Video and Reaction* TOMS RIVER - It took 16 innings, but the potent Toms River North lineup finally figured out how to score on Toms River South senior right-hander Trevor Wagner. Senior Pat Marinaccio delivered a two-out, two-run single on a 2-2 count to break a scoreless tie in the top of the eighth and fourth-seeded Toms River North beat No...
Perfect!
Perfect!
Perfect!
FREEHOLD BOROUGH - After pitching the best game of his high school career to date back on April 11 against Colts Neck, Freehold Borough junior Dan Chiusano walked off the mound just a little unsatisfied knowing what could have been and what almost was...
Crowd-Pleaser
Crowd-Pleaser
Crowd-Pleaser
CAMDEN - As Jason Groome signed autographs following his impressive outing in a losing effort Monday at Campbell's Field in Camden, the young autograph-seekers surrounding him could only hope that they were awaiting keepsake from a future pitcher for the local Major League Baseball team that just happens to have the No...
Walk-Off
Walk-Off
Walk-Off
TOMS RIVER - Most people would probably call the way Toms River South won Saturday's Ocean County Tournament semifinal game against Brick a "walk-off win" but the Indians have done it so often over the years that they have their own term for it, as juniro Matt Shiffer reinforced...

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