Joey Ventresca

Joey Ventresca pitched a complete game and hit a two-run home run onto the roof of Toms River South High School in leading Pinelands to its first ever NJSIAA Tournament win.

Shane Hickey's 11-pitch at-bat ignited Jackson Liberty's offense in support of start Kevin Ritz as the Lions topped Pinelands and ace Joey Ventresca.

CBA's Nick Hohenstein and Pinelands junior duo Joey Ventresca and Noah Dean committed this past week to close out a busy August of Shore Conference baseball players committing to Division I programs.

LACEY TWP. - Most freshmen baseball players don't see a varsity field in their first high school season, let alone pitch in front of a throng of Major League scouts like current Pinelands sophomore Noah Dean did last year. The Wildcats southpaw squared off against current Red Sox prospect Jason Groome and Barnegat in last year's Ocean County Tournament first round and pitched a gem in a losing eff