baseball top 10

It has only been two weeks – one of them rain-shortened – and the Shore Conference has just two unbeaten teams remaining out of the 47 in the field. With teams beating one another left and right, the top 10 has a chance to undergo some serious changes from week to week...

The first in-season top 10 during baseball is always tricky because there are always rankings-related upsets to consider. This year is no different, with only three of the preseason top 10 making it through a relatively light week of games without losing...

The Shore Conference baseball season begins on Sunday afternoon with a high-profile match-up in Toms River – the first game in a two-month sprint to the conference and state title games. As it turns out, Sunday’s game will feature the No...

1. Christian Brothers Academy (21-9, 9-5) When the Colts had a chance to pitch Luca Dalatri, they were once again unbeatable. Without him on the mound, they were still comparable to the rest of the A North field, although not the juggernaut that won a third straight Monmouth County Tournament title as well as a third consecutive Shore Conference title...

With less than two weeks remaining in the baseball season, there is still plenty to be decided – not only in the state and conference tournaments, but also in the top 10. CBA has scratched and clawed to keep the No. 1 spot all year and these next 12 days will represent the final push to once again end the season as the state’s best team...

Although the Top 10 picture comes into sharper focus with each passing week, the next two weeks is when teams will cement their final spots. Class A North has been prominent in the Top 10 all year long and Freehold Borough’s win over Toms River North on Saturday only solidified the division’s stronghold on the rankings...

The turn of the calendar to May signals the intensifying of the schedule with more tournament games and last-ditch pushes for a division title. Remarkably, one division title was decided days before May 1, as Point Pleasant Borough clinched the Class B South title for the first time in 10 years on a walk-off home run by Josiah Gliddon to beat Lakewood on Friday...

Heading into the final week of April, Class A North continues to dominate the Shore Sports Network Top 10. The Monmouth County Tournament at the end of the week will give the rest of the county a chance to knock the slew of A North teams off the mantle, but for the next seven days, the division remains the standard in the conference with a season-high six teams in the latest top 10...

1. Christian Brothers Academy (9-1, 5-0) Last Week: 1 There was some sentiment that CBA should be the preseason No. 1 team more because of what its four returning players accomplished last year rather than what was on hand this year. Two-plus weeks into the season, it could not be more clear who the top team in the conference is at this point...

As is often the case with baseball at any level, the first week of the season had plenty of surprises, unless you are of the proper mindset that nothing in the first week should be surprising. With the possible exception of Class B North, every Shore Conference division has hinted at a parity-filled season and Colts Neck, Ocean and Red Bank Catholic still look like they are ready to bring some exc

The Shore Conference baseball season is set to open on Friday morning and 2016 is shaping up to be a potentially historic one for baseball at the Shore. This year's Shore Conference is currently home to the reigning No. 1 team in N.J. as well as the projected No...

Final Shore Conference Standings For the second straight year, the season ends with a Shore Conference team on top of the statewide rankings. That makes the No. 1 spot in the Shore Conference rankings elementary, but the rest of the top 10 allows for plenty of debate considering that Christian Brothers Academy was the only Shore Conference team to win a postseason championship...