First-week results lead to volatility in Bellamy & Son Paving Top Ten, but Old Bridge and Bridgewater-Raritan remain No. 1 and No. 2, Monroe and Pingry make debuts

The top two teams in the Week One Bellamy & Son Paving Baseball Top Ten didn’t change, but everyone else moved around, and two new teams joined the rankings this week.

Old Bridge (4-1) and Bridgewater-Raritan (2-0) remain No. 1 and No. this week, after getting their seasons off on the right foot.

The Knights handled two Shore Conference opponents, beating Manalapan on the season’s opening day, 2-1, then dropping Marlboro on Thursday, 7-6. After losing Friday to Don Bosco prep, 14-1, they rebounded with a 4-0 shutout win over St. Joseph-Metuchen in Linden. They’ll welcome in the Falcons for the back end of that home-and-home GMC Red Division set Monday night at 6:30, in a game you can hear on Central Jersey Sports Radio by clicking here.

The Panthers knocked off a solid Rancocas Valley team on Monday, 5-3, then came back four days later with an 8-1 win at Scotch Plains-Fanwood.

Entering the poll at No. 3 this week is Monroe, which beat the two teams that occupied third- and fourth-place last week. They beat fourth-ranked St. Joe’s Friday, 8-1, then came back and topped third-ranked North Brunswick at home, 2-0, on Saturday.

North Brunswick (0-1) dropped to fourth with the loss to Monroe, while St. Joseph (0-2) dropped a spot to fifth, with following up the Monroe loss with a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Old Bridge.

Spotswood (3-0) rises a spot to sixth, sweeping a Thursday/Friday home-and-home with Metuchen, 10-1 and 4-1, then winning 8-4 at North Plainfield on Saturday.

Woodbridge (3-0) also climbed a spot from sixth to seventh. The Barrons swept a home-and-home with Colonia, via a 9-2 road win and a 2-0 home win, then beat Sayreville 4-2 Saturday, in a game heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio.

Making its debut this season in 8th place is Pingry. The Big Blue are 2-0 with wins over two of Somerset County’s three other non-publics; 2-0 at Rutgers Prep on Thursday, and 6-4 at Gill St. Bernard’s on Saturday.

Rutgers Prep (1-1) checks in at No. 9, with the loss to Pingry in its opener, but then a 4-2 win at Passaic Tech on Saturday.

And Ridge (0-2) sits in tenth, after falling to a pair of out-of-area teams: 6-2 at North Hunterdon Thursday, and 5-4 at West Morris on Saturday.

Dropping out were Sayreville (1-1) – which beat Middlesex Friday in its opener but lost 4-2 at Woodbridge Saturday – and Bernards, which hasn’t taken the field yet, as rain and field conditions wiped out their opening week of games.

Below is the complete Week 1 Bellamy & Son Paving Top Ten: