Brown says St. Joseph took 2021 to bond, and still won the GMC; this year it’s full steam ahead
When the Middlesex baseball team won the statewide Group 1 title in 2021, and the Hillsborough Raiders won football’s South Group 5 championship, going 13-0 last year, it was the culmination of years of hard work, often together. Most of the Blue Jays had been played Little League together; some even met there. Most of […]
NJSIAA Baseball brackets are out: 39 area teams qualify, Middlesex and Rutgers Prep get top seeds, Argos and St. Joseph-Metuchen earn first-round bye
The NJSIAA has released its state tournament brackets for 2022, and 39 teams from the Central Jersey Sports Radio coverage area – in Middlesex and Somerset Counties – have qualified for the state playoffs. Two teams earned top seeds in the respective sections, including four-time defending Central Jersey Group 1 champion Middlesex in that section, […]
Middlesex may be only public school to earn a top-seed in NJSIAA state tourney when brackets are revealed Wednesday; Rutgers Prep could get a top nod, too
There are a lot of good baseball teams in Middlesex and Somerset Counties, but in the latest and final power point standings available on NJ.com, the official NJSIAA repository for power point data, Middlesex and Rutgers Prep may be the only two teams to earn a top-seed in the upcoming playoffs. The Blue Jays suffered […]
INSTANT REPLAY: SCT Final – (1) Ridge 6, (6) Rutgers Prep 0
Top-seed Ridge won its seventh Somerset County Tournament Championship, and first since 2011, with a 6-0 win over 6th-seed Rutgers Prep on Monday, May 23, 2022. Junior Connor Byrne threw a complete game, two-hitter, striking out ten, while five Red Devils’ knocked in runs. Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko and Chris Tsakonas call all […]
VIDEO: Watch the final out as Ridge wins its first Somerset County Tournament title in 11 years
Top-seeded Ridge got a complete game, 10-strikeout, two-hit performance from junior Connor Byrne, and five players drove in runs, as the Red Devils beat 6th-seed Rutgers Prep 6-0 in the Somerset County Tournament Championship Game. Watch the final out, with the final call from Mike Pavlichko, as heard live Monday night on Central Jersey Sports […]
Masterful Byrne blanks Rutgers Prep, Ridge bats do the rest as Red Devils win 7th Somerset County crown
Junior pitcher Connor Byrne remembers watching Ridge’s last trip to the Somerset County Tournament finals. He was in junior high, and sat down the right field at TD Bank Park, where his future Red Devil team lost 6-5 to Immaculata in a marathon, four-hour, 12-inning game. One day, he wanted to be out on that […]
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