Baseball

Shane Panzini became the highest-drafted player ever out of Red Bank Catholic Monday when the Kansas City Royals drafted him early in the fourth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.

Recent Red Bank Catholic graduate Shane Panzini is hoping to hear his name called early in the 2021 MLB Draft beginning on Sunday and he could headline a handful of potential draft picks with Jersey Shore roots.

Meet the six players selected by the SSN readers to join the 2021 All-Shore Baseball Team.

Meet the 15 members of the 2021 Shore Sports Network All-Shore Baseball First Team.

Meet the members of the 2021 Shore Sports Network Baseball All-Shore Second and Third Teams.

Help pick the last six members of the Shore Sports Network 2021 All-Shore Baseball Team by participating in the All-Shore Final Vote.

With a dominant season on the mound and a standout one at the plate as well, Red Bank Catholic senior Shane Panzini is both the Pitcher and Player of the Year in the Shore Conference for 2021.

Middletown South started the year short on experience and unranked and ended 2021 with its first Group 4 championship in 25 years.

The 2021 Shore Conference All-Division Teams and Award winners, as selected by the Shore Conference coaches.

The top hitters and pitchers in average, home runs, ERA, strikeouts and more during the 2021 Shore Conference baseball seasons.

The preseason rankings proved particularly meaningless this season, as six unranked teams in April finished ranked in late June. No. 1, however, was no big shock.

Manchester was one of the state's best underdog stories of the 2021 baseball season in New Jersey and Sean McAllister had the most memorable swing during that story.