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Casey Karma
Casey Karma
Casey Karma
RED BANK - Junior right-handed pitcher Austin Nappi has been the big-game pitcher on a Red Bank Catholic team that has thrived in big games, but even the 10-game-winner needs a little help from time to time. One half-inning after Nappi gave up a one-run lead during Thursday's Shore Conference Tournament semifinal against top-seeded Toms River South, Red Bank Catholic took advantage of a defensive
Start-to-Finish
Start-to-Finish
Start-to-Finish
RED BANK - With more than a week between his team's Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinal win over Freehold Township and Thusday's SCT semifinal against third-seeded Wall, it might have been understandable if Toms River North junior pitcher Jared Bellissimo started the game amped up...
TR South Falls
TR South Falls
TR South Falls
TOMS RIVER - Even though he is the all-time winningest coach in the history of New Jersey High School baseball and the owner of five NJSIAA Group championship rings, Toms River South baseball coach Ken Frank has also experienced his share of heartbreaking losses in 40-plus years of coaching...
One Win Away
One Win Away
One Win Away
Tommy Sheehan's 14th K punches Manasquan's ticket to the SJ 2 final. Warriors beat Cedar Creek 7-1. pic.twitter.com/q9Kyh5tKq4 — Matt Manley (@Matt_Manley) May 30, 2017 MANASQUAN - Many teams might suffer from shaken confidence when the opposition scores on its ace in the top of the first inning, especially when that ace is one the caliber of Manasquan left-hander Tommy Sheehan...
Sigh of Relief
Sigh of Relief
Sigh of Relief
MARLBORO - Saturday's NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV between No. 10 seed Colts Neck and No. 2 Manalapan was moved from Manalapan High School to Marlboro High School because of field conditions and by the end of Saturday's showdown between the two Shore Conference Class A North rivals, the Braves were glad they were not at their home field...
Momentum Shiff
Momentum Shiff
Momentum Shiff
TOMS RIVER - With the game on the line, the ball in his glove and his footing about to give way, Toms River South senior Matt Shiffer had to think quickly about what to do. With two out in the seventh, Shiffer made a stop up the middle and threw behind the potential winning runner at third base, which led to a play at the plate that ended the Indians' 2-1 NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III quarterfin
Casey in the Clutch
Casey in the Clutch
Casey in the Clutch
RED BANK - Late in his team's Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinal against fifth-seeded Lacey, Red Bank Catholic head coach Buddy Hausmann had to consider sitting senior catcher Brian Sheehy when the backstop complained of feeling lightheaded in the top of the sixth inning...
Tuned Out
Tuned Out
Tuned Out
WALL TWP. - With 12 losses, a No. 14 seed and little success as a baseball program in recent years, the Neptune baseball team did not fit the profile on paper of a team that could be dangerous in a deep NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III playoff field...
Pride of the Tribe
Pride of the Tribe
Pride of the Tribe
TOMS RIVER - At the end of a hard-fought Shore Conference Tournament win in which his No. 1 seeded Indians survived a tough challenge from a No. 17 seed at home, Toms River South coach Ken Frank was as proud of the team in the other dugout as he was of his own for pulling out the win...
Repeat Redemption
Repeat Redemption
Repeat Redemption
TOMS RIVER - For the second straight year, the Toms River North baseball team entered the Ocean County Tournament disappointed about coming up short of a Shore Conference Class A South championship. And for the second straight year, the Mariners took out their frustrations on the rest of Ocean County by winning a tournament championship...
Cleaning Up
Cleaning Up
Cleaning Up
MIDDLETOWN - Freehold Township senior catcher Andrew Beam missed the first nine games of the season due to a back injury, but no amount of rust or soreness could prevent coach Todd Smith from inserting him into the cleanup spot of a lineup that needed a jolt...
Answering the Bell
Answering the Bell
Answering the Bell
TOMS RIVER - Toms River North senior Mike Nyisztor led the Shore Conference in hits as a junior in 2016 and is hitting .452 as a senior this year, so it is not hard to figure out why, with a base open in the top of the fifth inning and the Ocean County Tournament semifinal game hanging in the balance, Toms River South chose to intentionally walk the Mariners shortstop...

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