St. Thomas Aquinas (in red) and Rutgers Prep square off in the Non-Public North B semifinals in Somerset on June 2, 2026. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
Nikash Patel hit a grand slam, while Louis Rizzolo hit a three-run homer and had a solid outing on the mound as third-seed St. Thomas Aquinas beat Rutgers Prep for a third straight year in the state tournament, picking up a 6-3 win over the second-seeded Argonauts. Aquinas will now visit top-seed St. Mary-Rutherford in the Non-Public North B final on Friday afternoon at 4 pm.
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Click below to listen to Alec Crouthamel call all the play-by-play live from Somerset, NJ, on June 2, 2026:
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