Category: High School Baseball

INSTANT REPLAY: No. 6 Old Bridge 6, Edison 2

Sixth-ranked Old Bridge got six solid innings from starter Akhil Penkala – his first outing in two years – as the Knights downed Edison on the road, 6-2, in GMC Red Division action.

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Dylan Allen call all the action, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from Edison High School on April 9, 2025.

INSTANT REPLAY: No. 4 Immaculata 2, No. 1 Bridgewater-Raritan 1 (13 inn.)

In a marathon, four-hour, 11-minute Opening Day affair, Luca Catanzarite’s two-out single to centerfield scored the winning run as fourth-ranked Immaculata got by top-ranked Bridgewater-Raritan 2-1 in a 13-innings.

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel call all the action, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from Diamond Nation in Flemington on April 1, 2025.

INSTANT REPLAY: No. 9 Spotswood 16, South Amboy 5

Ninth-ranked Spotswood exploded for six runs in the second and eight in the third inning of a 16-5 win over visiting South Amboy. The Chargers got a grand slam from Sebby Saracino in the third – his first career varsity home run – and four scoreless innings from senior starting pitcher Carter Cumiskey.

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko call the play-by-play as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio on March 29, 2025 from Spotswood.

INSTANT REPLAY – Boys’ Basketball: No. 3 Montgomery 61, No. 5 St. Joseph-Met. 47

Junior point guard Ethan Lin set a second career high in scoring in four games this season with 27 points as No. 3 Montgomery beat No. 5 St. Joseph-Metuchen, 61-47, Saturday night in the nightcap of the Friends of South Amboy Charity Basketball Tournament.

Click below to listen to the full game broadcast as heard on December 21, 2024 from South Amboy High School on Central Jersey Sports Radio, with Mike Pavlichko and Chris Tsakonas on the call:

INSTANT REPLAY – Boys’ Basketball: No. 1 Colonia 80, Piscataway 61

Top-ranked Colonia got 32 points from junior Aiden Derkack – who joined the 1,000 point club with a basket in the third quarter – as the Patriots beat Piscataway 80-61 in the Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division opener for both schools.

Click below to listen to the full game broadcast as heard on December 19, 2024 from Piscataway High School on Central Jersey Sports Radio, with Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel on the call:

INSTANT REPLAY – Group 4 Final: Bridgewater-Raritan 6, Eastern 4

North 2, Group 4 champion Bridgewater-Raritan won its first-ever state title with a 6-4 win over Eastern on June 8, 2024 at Hamilton’s Bob De Meo Field. The Panthers won their Division, had the best record in the Skyland Conference, won the Somerset County Tournament, the sectional title, and Group 4 title, while also setting a program record for wins, going 30-3.

Click below to listen to the full game broadcast, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio, with Mike Pavlichko and Vin Ebenau on the call:

INSTANT REPLAY – Non-Public Group B Final: Gloucester Catholic 10, St. Thomas Aquinas 0

Miami-bound senior Tate DeRias threw the second no-hitter of the season and his career, in a 10-0 win over St. Thomas Aquinas to give Gloucester Catholic the NJSIAA Non-Public Group B title, their second in a row. Note: The final play of the game was not a home run. It appeared from a distance as to clear the fence, but stayed in the park and was ruled a hit, making the final score 10-0, not 12-0.

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko call all the game action as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from Bob DeMeo Field at Veterans Park in Hamilton, NJ, on June 7, 2024:

INSTANT REPLAY – Group 4 Semifinals: Bridgewater-Raritan 8, Livingston 1

North 2, Group 4 champion Bridgewater-Raritan clinched a berth in the state final for the first time ever with an 8-1 win over North 2 champion Livingston at home on Wednesday June 5, 2024. The Panthers will play Eastern – the South 4 champion – on Saturday, June 8 in Hamilton for the NJSIAA state Group 4 title.

Click below to listen to the full game broadcast, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio, with Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel on the call:

INSTANT REPLAY – North 2, Group 3 Final: (2) Randolph 8, (1) South Plainfield 3

The second-seeded Randolph Rams scored seven runs in the final two innings to come from behind and rally to win at top-seed South Plainfield, 8-3, in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 championship game.

Click below to hear all the play-by-play as broadcast live by Mike Pavlichko on Central Jersey Sports Radio from South Plainfield, NJ, on June 3, 2024:

INSTANT REPLAY – SCT Final: (1) Bridgewater-Raritan 10, (3) Ridge 7

The Bridgewater-Raritan baseball team won its first Somerset County Tournament title since 1996, as the top-seeded Panthers beat third-seed Ridge 10-7 in the county final at TD Bank Park in Bridgewater.

Click below to listen to the full game broadcast from May 24, 2024, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio – presented by Zoned Sports Academy of Bridgewater – with Mike Pavlichko and Vin Ebenau on the call: