Buddy Hausmann

"Big" Al Delia hit his first career homer early and Caseys cool-hand ace Declan Leary owned Rumson again to pitch Red Bank Catholic to a season-opening win.

As Red Bank Catholic and Rumson get set to battle for multiple titles again, the rest of the Class A Central field has quietly closed the gap.

Fifteen years ago, Mike McGarrell had a vision for a local high school baseball all-star game featuring top underclassmen and a charity component, but then life got in the way. McGarrell, a 1980 graduate of what was then St. Joseph's and is now Donovan Catholic, was diagnosed in 2005 with multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer of the blood and bones...

By Ella Brockway - Shore Sports Network contributor RED BANK - Junior right-hander John Poccia allowed only six hits and two earned runs in a complete game as Red Bank Catholic rallied to pull out a 4-3 win over Toms River South on Saturday night at Count Basie Park to reach the Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals...

RED BANK - While a young Red Bank Catholic team has already proven to be a regular-season force, the Caseys were getting their first taste of do-or-die baseball on Saturday against a team that entered with a 13-game winning streak. A squad that only had three seniors in the lineup looked right at home in the postseason, as the third-seeded Caseys brought the winning streak by 19th-seeded St... Rea

HOLMDEL - The last time Red Bank Catholic played on St. John Vianney's field this season, the Caseys not only gave up 11 runs, they imploded in a hail of nine errors. After surrendering four unearned runs with shaky play to allow St. John Vianney to get back into Saturday's Shore Conference Tournament game, Red Bank Catholic showed how far it has come since that first week of the season... Read Mo