Blaise Panzini was dominant early and David Glancy sparked the Red Bank Catholic lineup as the Caseys beat St. Rose Monday for its second straight Monmouth County Tournament title.
Ryan O'Hara homered twice and sophomore Chris Sparbar hit a tie-breaking blast to back pitcher Austin Nappi and propel RBC to an MCT semifinal win over CBA.
Riley Maypother started the game with a bang and St. Rose's top three hitters in the order dominated Monday's MCT quarterfinal against Monmouth Regional.
Long Branch's seniors stepped up throughout Saturday's Monmouth County Tournament win, particularly in extra innings, where the Green Wave finished off St. John Vianney.
LAKEWOOD - The Red Bank Catholic baseball team had tasted defeat during the tournament season more times than they would care to remember in recent years, so when the Caseys had a chance to seal the Monmouth County Tournament championship on Tuesday against Freehold Borough at FirstEnergy Park, they did not pass up the opportunity...
RED BANK - For a team with expectations as high as those the Red Bank Catholic baseball team had coming into the season, a 4-4 start over the first eight games of the season could be deemed disappointing.
That's not how the Caseys players saw it, at least not entirely...
MIDDLETOWN - Christian Brothers Academy veteran head coach Marty Kenney knew he was going to use sophomore left-hander Joe Escandon at the varsity level at some point during the heavy part of the Colts' schedule.
When his time came did come at the varsity level, Escandon was only tasked with facing a Howell team coming off a 19-run outburst in the Monmouth County Tournament quarterfinals...
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Monmouth County Tournament - Bracket
Quarterfinals
(3) Red Bank Catholic 3, (6) Wall 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Wall (10-4)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
RBC (10-4)
0
1
0
0
2
0
X
3
5
2
Pitching
Wall
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
PC
Ryan Napolitano (L, 3-1)
6
5
3
3
4
2
79
RBC
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
PC
Austin Nappi (W, 4-1)
7
5
0
0
0
2
79
Top Hitters
Wall
Game Stats
David Howarth
1-3, 2B
Teddy Sharkey
2-3
RBC
Game Stats
Aaron Ahn