Jason Groome

Considering how carefully opponents have pitched him and how much power he has hit for, Toms River North senior Joey Rose has been arguably the hottest hitter in N.J. this season. On Saturday on his home field, Rose will face a heat check the equivalent of a red-hot three-point shooter pulling up from half court...

BARNEGAT - Barnegat head baseball coach Dan McCoy used the term "rusty" to describe senior ace Jason Groome's performance Saturday, his first since the NJSIAA ruled him ineligible to pitch for 19 days due to a violation of the state's transfer rules...

RED BANK – Over the past several days, the NJSIAA has faced a significant amount of public backlash for enforcing the letter of the law in a case that adversely affected the highest-profile amateur baseball player in the country, who made a seemingly noble decision to leave a national power to play with his childhood friends for his hometown school...

Barnegat senior left-hander and top MLB Draft prospect Jason Groome was ruled ineligible by the NJSIAA Wednesday, first reported by NJ.com. According to the report, Groome's transfer from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. did not constitute a bona fide address change because his parents did not move with him, and therefore, he is subject to the NJSIAA's transfer requirement that he sit 30 days or hal

With a potential multi-million-dollar payday from a Major League organization in his near future, the safest thing for Barnegat senior left-hander Jason Groome to do was to follow the usage plan mapped out by his coaches a representation and give up the ball after the sixth inning Monday against Central Regional...

GAME PHOTO GALLERY BY MARK BROWN, B51 PHOTOGRAPHY BARNEGAT - Barnegat senior Jason Groome is used to pitching in front of a throng of Major League Baseball scouts after his summer tear through the showcase circuit, but there was one member of the crowd at Barnegat's season-opener against Point Pleasant Borough Tuesday who caught the 6-foot-5-inch left-hander's attention...

On a picturesque, sunny, 70-plus degree afternoon in South Jersey during the second week of March, Barnegat High School senior Jared Kacso had every reason to smile. Helmet on head and batting gloves strapped, he slammed the knob of his bat on the ground to dislodge it from the grasp of the donut weight wrapped around the barrel, which in baseball-gesture-speak means “I’m ready to hit...

Barnegat junior left-hander Jason Groome, one of the top players in the country in the Class of 2016 and a high-level Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft prospect, announced on Friday that he has verbally committed to Vanderbilt University...

*Video Highlights* PHILADELPHIA – Colts Neck junior Chris Murphy is a grade older than Barnegat sophomore Jason Groome, but Murphy admitted after Thursday’s Carpenter Cup semifinal between Jersey Shore and Delaware County, Pa., that he hopes to be just like the Barnegat left-handed ace by this time next year...

The Mercer County Carpenter Cup Team may have jumped on the Jersey Shore's most dominant pitcher from the past season in the first round of the Carpenter Cup on Sunday at Ashburn Field, but the Mercer County squad soon found out that the Shore stable of pitchers - and hitters - runs deep...

Ocean County Tournament Bracket JACKSON TWP. – Faced with the task of beating one of the consistent powerhouse teams of Ocean County Saturday in order to reach its first ever Ocean County Tournament championship game, the Barnegat baseball team – seeded No...