Photo Gallery: We stopped by the new home of the NJSIAA state baseball finals at Rutgers, and all seemed to be having a good time
Free parking, free admission, a day in the sun with seat-back chairs, or a chance to spread out on a blanket on the grassy hill in left field. That pretty much summed up a beautiful (if not on the warm side) Sunday afternoon at Rutgers University’s Bainton Field in Piscataway, where the NJSIAA held its four public state championship games, just a few days after crowning the Non-Public champions on Wednesday night. Back when this reporter was calling Rutgers baseball games on student radio station WRSU 88.7 FM in New Brunswick, the field – not yet named Bainton – was…
Warriors move up, win SCT, and Watchung Hills’ Joe Tremarco is CJSR Somerset County Coach of the Year
Everyone knows the challenge of playing in the Skyland Conference Delaware Division. You don’t have to be the first place team to make a deep run in the county or state tournaments, with Exhibit A being Bridgewater-Raritan. And you don’t need to have won the division to win a postseason tournament either. Not only did Watchung Hills finish second in the division – and beat top-seed and Delaware champ Immaculata in the county final – but they did it after moving up following a first-place finish in the Raritan Division (7-1) in 2025. And yet, they went 7-3 in the…
With historic season, Piscataway Magnet’s Greg Sampson is Central Jersey Sports Radio’s GMC Coach of the Year
The last time the Piscataway Magnet baseball team won a state tournament game, Ronald Reagan was President, and filling up your Toyota Corolla would cost you about ten bucks and some change. And forget the fact that none of the current Raiders hadn’t been born yet; their parents were probably still in school at the time. All that changed in 2026, when the Raiders exploded out of the gate to win their first 18 games of the season, won a county tournament game, not one but two state games in the Central Jersey Group 1 playoffs, and finish their best…
Skyland Conference 2026 All-Division baseball honorees unveiled
The coaches from the Skyland Conference have unveiled their 2026 All-Division teams, honoring 139 players from across its four divisions, including the 14 Somerset County schools in the Central Jersey Sports Radio coverage area. Here’s the full list of players honored, by division, with teams in alphabetical order: SKYLAND CONFERENCE – DELAWARE DIVISION First Team Second Team: Honorable Mention: SKYLAND CONFERENCE – RARITAN DIVISION First Team: Second Team: Honorable Mention: SKYLAND CONFERENCE – VALLEY DIVISION: First Team: Second Team: Honorable Mention: SKYLAND CONFERENCE – MOUNTAIN DIVISION First Team: Second Team: Note: The Mountain Division coaches did not choose any Honorable…
Back in Red (Scarlet): Edison alum Jaxon Appelman leaves Coastal Carolina, commits to Rutgers baseball
When Jaxon Appelman puts on his baseball jersey again, it will have a familiar color. The Edison alum who graduated in 2024 after a four-year varsity career – with 296 strikeouts and a career ERA of 1.95 – spent the last two years at Coastal Carolina, but this spring entered the NCAA transfer portal, and now has found a new home. He’s committed to play for Rutgers baseball. Appelman saw limited action for the Chanticleers his freshman year, but this spring as a sophomore, he made 17 appearances, starting four games. He ended the season 0-3 with a 6.39 ERA,…
New No. 1 highlights final 2026 Bellamy & Son Paving H.S. Baseball Top Ten as Ridge takes top spot
It’s not where you start, but where you finish. But, to be honest, the Ridge baseball team didn’t have very far to go. The Red Devils – the only Central Jersey Sports Radio-area team to win an NJSIAA sectional title this season – finish the year at No. 1 in the final Bellamy & Son Paving High School Baseball rankings, and are the Central Jersey Sports Radio Team of the Year. The Skyland Conference Delaware Division was a beast this year. Immaculata won the division, second-place Watchung Hills won the Somerset County Tournament, and Ridge beat the Warriors to win…
INSTANT REPLAY – NJSIAA Tournament – Group 4 Semifinal: Ridgewood 8, Ridge 7 (8 inn.)
In a back-and-forth affair, Ridge scored a run ion the top of the seventh to force extra innings, but Hudson Feeney’s solo home run to lead off the bottom of the eighth won it in walk-off fashion for Ridgewood, as the Maroons advanced to the state Group 4 final for the second time in four years with an 8-7 win in the Group 4 semifinals. READ THE FULL GAME STORY HERE! Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel call all the play-by-play live from Veterans’ Park in Ridgewood, NJ, on June 8, 2026:
Feeney’s solo home run gives Ridgewood 8-7 win in 8 over Ridge in state Group 4 semis
They say all good things must come to an end, and in this case, it applies not just to the game, but to the Ridge baseball team’s season. The only team from the Central Jersey Sports Radio coverage area to win a sectional title this season saw its 2026 campaign come to an end in dramatic fashion Monday afternoon in Bergen County, as Ridgewood senior Hudson Feeney led off the bottom of the eighth with a solo home run to give the Maroons an 8-7 win over Ridge in the state Group 4 semifinals at Veterans’ park in Ridgewood. In…
From a familiar opponent to a complete stranger, North 2, Group 4 champ Ridge travels to Ridgewood for state semis, trip to Group 4 title game
The last Somerset County baseball team to win a state championship was only two years ago, when Bridgewater-Raritan ran the table and won the Skyland Conference Delaware Division, went undefeated in league play, then won the Somerset County Tournament, North 2, Group 4 title, and the state Group 4 championship in the last high school baseball game of the year down in Hamilton. The road hasn’t been that smooth for the Ridge baseball team, but with a sectional trophy in hand after Friday’s 3-2, come-from-behind win over neighbor Watchung Hills, it’s been one of the more rewarding titles the program…
INSTANT REPLAY – NJSIAA Tournament – North 2, Group 4 Final: (1) Ridge 3, (3) Watchung Hills 2
Top-seed Ridge erased a 2-0 deficit with two runs in the fifth, then scored one on an error in the bottom of the sixth, while Jake Dolan closed out third-seed Watchung Hills in relief to earn the Red Devils a 3-2 win in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 final. It’s Ridge’s second title since the COVID pandemic and tenth sectional championship overall. READ THE FULL GAME STORY HERE! Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko call all the play-by-play live from Pete Hall Field in Basking Ridge, NJ, on June 5, 2026:
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