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All-Greater Middlesex Conference baseball honors, 2015
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on June 08, 2015 9:32 AM, updated June 08, 2015 4:14 PM
2015 GREATER MIDDLESEX CONFERENCE ALL-STARS
(Selected by Greater Middlesex Conference coaches)
ALL-GMC
Pitcher Justin Wills St. Joseph (Met.)
Pitcher Harry Rutkowski Woodbridge
Pitcher Eric Heatter Monroe
Catcher Tyler McNamara East Brunswick
First Base Eric Reardon North Brunswick
Infield Chris Brito Perth Amboy
Infield Tyler Hopman Old Bridge
Infield Bryan Gillen South Plainfield
Outfield Nick Johnson St. Joseph (Met.)
Outfield James Gabriel Old Bridge
At Large Zach Attianese Old Bridge
At Large Zach Marzano J.P. Stevens
At Large Pete Soporowski Sayreville
At Large Robbie Peto Monroe
At Large Chris Graves South Plainfield
Coach of the Year: Anthony Guida South Plainfield
Sportsman Award: Perth Amboy
ALL-GMC RED DIVISION
Pitcher Justin Willis St. Joseph (Met).
Pitcher Pete Soporowski Sayreville
Pitcher Victor Dudka East Brunswick
Catcher Tyler McNamara East Brunswick
First Base Zach Marzano J.P. Stevens
Infield Chris Brito Perth Amboy
Infield Tyler Hopman Old Bridge
Infield Juan Guarnera Sayreville
Outfield Nick Johnson St. Joseph (Met.)
Outfield James Gabriel Old Bridge
Outfield Juan Ganzaroli East Brusnwick
At Large Frank LoGuidice J.P. Stevens
At Large Zach Attianese Old Bridge
At Large Vinny Donofrio Old Bridge
At Large Nolan Rivera Sayreville
At Large Nolan Rivera Sayreville
At Large Luke Jacobi J.P. Stevens
At Large Brandon Radd Edison
Coach of the Year: Scott Gleichenhaus Piscataway
Sportsmanship Award: Perth Amboy
ALL-GMC WHITE DIVISION
Pitcher Harry Rutkowski Woodbridge
Pitcher Eric Heatter Monroe
Pitcher Robbie Peto Monroe
Catcher Anthony Tagliaferro Monroe
First Base Eric Reardon North Brunswick
Infield Bryan Gillden South Plainfield
Infield Mike Wilson Colonia
Infield Chris Graves South Plainfield
Outfield Tom Sharfetz Iselin Kennedy
Outfield Steven Bloyed North Brunswick
Outfield Rico Vianni Monroe
At Large Kyle Dickerson South Planfield
At Large Vincent Pellegrino South Plainfield
At Large LJ Scarpitto South Plainfield
At Large Steve Cornish Monroe
At Large Chris Hernandez Monroe
At Large Trevor Cykowski Woodbridge
Coach of the Year: Anthony Guida, South Plainfield
Sportsmanship Award: Iselin Kennedy
ALL-GMC BLUE DIVISION
Pitcher Daulton Dougherty South River
Pitcher Cooper Cisco Spotswood
Pitcher Tristan O’Connor Middlesex
Catcher Mike Lavenia Middlesex
First Base: Matt Krause Spotswood
Infield Dan Fackina Bishop Ahr
Infield Nick Lepore South River
Infield Micky LoGatto Spotswood
Outfield Chase Fee Spotswood
Outfield Matt Leviton South River
Outfield Matt Carvollano Middlesex
At Large VJ Makris Bishop Ahr
At Large Mike App Carteret
At Large Mason White Spotswood
At Large Kyle Harry Metuchen
At Large Tyler Higgins South River
At Large Stewart Lester Middlesex
At Large Andrew Brazaicki Bishop Ahr
Coach of the Year: Justin Nastasi Middlesex
Sportsmanship Award Metuchen
ALL-GMC GOLD DIVISION
Pitcher John DiNola East Brunswick Tech
Pitcher David Johnson Dunellen
Pitcher Jayson Oliveras South Amboy
Catcher Keith Warzecha South Amboy
First Base Tim Kales South Amboy
Infield Ryan O’Dhea Highland Park
Infield Josue Arias Perth Amboy Tech
Infield Josh Brody East Brunswick Tech
Outfield Riley Rone South Amboy
Outfield Richy Valentin Piscataway Tech
Outfield Mike Romos East Brunswick Tech
At Large Paul Appleton Dunellen
At Large Chris Salvatore East Brunswick Tech
At Large Mike Kovalchik Highland Park
At Large Kyle Chaney Cardinal McCarrick
At Large German Pimental Piscataway Tech
At Large Mike Hesionka Wardlaw Hartridge
Coach of the Year: Dan Poulsen Timothy Christian
Sportsmanship Award Timothy Christian
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/4567019500380846879/all-greater-middlesex-conference-baseball-honors-2015/
FINAL GREATER MIDDLESEX CONFERENCE BASEBALL RANKINGS FOR 2015
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on June 12, 2015 9:05 AM
FINAL GREATER MIDDLESEX CONFERENCE BASEBALL RANKINGS FOR 2015
1-South Plainfield (24-8)
2-Monroe (17-8)
3-Old Bridge (20-13)
4-Sayreville (17-11)
5-St. Joseph (Met.) 19-10
6-J.P. Stevens (17-8)
7-Colonia (13-11)
8-Middlesex (17-17)
9-Spotswood (20-9)
10-East Brunswick (13-12)
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-6533530432871952915/final-greater-middlesex-conference-baseball-rankings-for-2015-season/
Baseball: NJ.com's All-Group 3 teams
Final Group 3 rankings for the 2015 season
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on June 12, 2015 9:17 AM
GROUP 3:
1-South Plainfield (24-8)
2-Northern Burlington (27-5)
3-Cranford (21-5)
4-Roxbury (22-8-1)
5-Mainland (23-6)
6-Mount Olive (21-11)
7-Steinert (21-8)
8-River Dell (23-7)
9-Somerville (18-9)
10-Toms River South (19-8)
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/3215894160731102938/baseball-final-group-3-rankings-for-the-2015-season/
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on June 12, 2015 9:49 AM
ALL-GROUP 3:
FIRST TEAM:
Serafino Brito, Indian Hills
Alex Busby, Roxbury
Anthony Condito, Nutley
Kyle Gerace, Mainland
Bryan Gillen, South Plainfield
Chris Grillo, Mount Olive
Patrick Knight, Cranford
Darnell Maisonet, Winslow
Sean Mooney, Ocean City
Adam Rapp, Northern Burlington
Ryan Remo, Mahwah
Ryan Shinn, Northern Burlington
Matt Tsukroff, Montville
Dan Wondrack, Wall
SECOND TEAM:
Anthony Bartolomei, Ocean Township
Sean Boyle, Steinert
Nick Droboniku, Mainland
Albert Gargiulo, Cranford
Greg Gasparro, Hopewell Valley
Ryan Jasiecki, Roxbury
Alex Kokos, Wayne Valley
Craig Lawson, Warren Hills
Dom Magliaro, West Essex
Austin Markowski, Somerville
Tyler O’Dell, Northern Burlington
Anthony Peroni, Steinert
Jake Ryan, Toms River South
Jean Sapini, South Plainfield
THIRD TEAM:
Hunter Abdalla, Northern Highlands
Jake Alba, South Plainfield
Anthony Arneth, Central Regional
Kyle Brown, Summit
Brock Caudill, Montville
Tommy Githens, Mendham
Gregor Helmlinger, Mount Olive
Jake Lentz, Paramus
Scott Marshall, Roxbury
Chris Pezzuti, West Essex
Erik Rano, Somerville
Steven Yeling, River Dell
Sam Yuhas, West Milford
Johnny Zega, Middletown South
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/1525957652854488503/baseball-njcoms-all-group-3-teams/
Anthony Guida of South Plainfield is the 2015 NJ.com Baseball Coach of the Year
The South Plainfield fans clearly approve of Coach Guida too - that's him in the cutout one fan has at the Group 3 semifinal vs. Mount Olive on June 3.
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on June 12, 2015 9:57 AM, updated June 12, 2015 12:41 PM
SOUTH PLAINFIELD — When you win a state championship, that really is not the end of the story. There are championship rings to be ordered, commemorative gear to be made, banquets to organize.
But hey, South Plainfield coach Anthony Guida is not complaining.
"I'm enjoying it by being very busy with designing t-shirts and our ring, we have our dinner [Friday] night," Guida said. "This is a good busy you want to be."
Guida is NJ.com's State Coach of the Year after guiding his Tigers to a 24-8 record, the Group 3 crown, the first in school history, and a No. 5 finish in The NJ.com Top 20 thanks to a remarkable stretch run.
"The kids had all the confidence in the world, no matter who was on the mound, who we were playing, where we were going," Guida said. "The bigger the game, the more they were up for it. They just went out and played their game, and that's all they worried about."
The Tigers have quietly been one of the state's most successful programs in recent seasons. Playing one of the state's toughest schedules on an annual basis, South Plainfield had won 20 or more games three times in the previous four seasons against entering this spring, with the only non-20 win finish being a 19-win season in 2012.
But South Plainfield had been a bit snakebitten in tournament play during that time, however. The Tigers had made two Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament final appearances, a North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 final appearance, a sectional semifinal appearance and a GMC semifinal appearance, but failed to come away with hardware each time.
But this spring will go down as the breakthrough.
"We had been getting there," Guida said, "but we were able to finally get over the hump."
And they got over the hump in spectacular fashion. First, South Plainfield knocked off No. 10 Roxbury on the road in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 semifinals. The Tigers then made the trek to No. 11 and three-time reigning sectional champion Cranford and rallied in the seventh inning before stunning the Cougars in extra innings at Memorial Field.
After beating Cranford on its home field in the state tournament - an achievement that does not happen much - and finally winning a sectional title, South Plainfield could have easily been satisfied. But the Tigers did not let up and kept the run going, knocking off returning Group 3 finalist Mount Olive in the state semifinals before upending No. 7 Northern Burlington in the state final.
"Not these kids," Guida said. "They were happy, but I told them the bigger picture, the bigger goal is two more games. They enjoyed it, and then they came right out."
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/2392542091621689405/anthony-guida-of-south-plainfield-is-the-2015-njcom-baseball-coach-of-the-year/
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Who is No. 1?: The final NJ.com baseball Top 20 for 2015
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on June 09, 2015 8:57 AM
WOODBRIDGE — Make that six championships now.
NJ.com/Star Ledger Final Baseball Top 20
1. CBA (27-5)
2. Don Bosco Prep (29-1)
3. Bishop Eustace (24-6)
4. Gloucester C. (26-5)
5. South Plainfield (24-8)
6. St. Peter's Prep (26-3)
7. Seton Hall Prep (27-2)
8. Milburn (26-6)
9. No. Burlington (27-5)
10. Bergen Catholic (24-7)
11. St. Joe (Mont.) (22-9)
12. Eastern (25-6)
13. Williamstown (21-6-1)
14. Jackson Memorial (22-7)
15. Cranford (21-5)
16. Gov. Livingston (28-6)
17. Roxbury (22-8-1)
18. Mainland (23-6)
19. Delbarton (21-8-1)
20. Notre Dame (21-3)
Thanks to a remarkable stretch run, capped with a dominating victory over previously-unbeaten and top-ranked Don Bosco Prep on Saturday in the Non-Public A final, Christian Brothers Academy is New Jersey's No. 1 team for the 2015 season as it ends the spring atop The NJ.com Top 20.
The Colts, who began the season at No. 3 before sliding out of the Top 20 for a few weeks after some tough losses before reentering during the state tournament, are the second straight Shore Conference team to finish atop the state poll, following up St. John Vianney in 2014. But while the Lancers' run to No. 1 was the result of surviving a historically chaotic state tournament, CBA simply went out and grabbed the top spot by winning every single title available to it.
CBA, which was led by star right-hander Luca Dalatri, the Gatorade New Jersey State Player of the Year, won the A North Division crown, repeated as both the Monmouth County and Shore Conference Tournament champions, grabbed the South Jersey, Non-Public A championship and then completed the stellar run by dispatching of Don Bosco in the state final.
The Colts, who are on the short list of teams in the running to open the 2016 season, as the state's preseason No. 1-ranked club, defeated three Top 20 clubs in the state tournament, including No. 1 Bosco and No. 2 Bishop Eustace.
Despite the disappointing state final loss, Don Bosco does not fall far, as the Ironmen finish No. 2 in the poll thanks to a tremendous body of work. The same goes for Bishop Eustace, which comes in at No. 3, and No. 4-ranked Gloucester Catholic.
Coming in at No. 5 is a team that took the state tournament by storm, South Plainfield. The Tigers were unranked entering the state tournament thanks to a resume that boasted some big wins (Millburn, St. Peter's Prep) but also some tough losses and an early exit from the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament.
But South Plainfield earned the designation as the state's top-ranked public school thanks to a state tournament run that saw the Tigers defeat three Top 20 clubs in Cranford, Northern Burlington and Roxbury, as well as a Mount Olive club that was very much in the picture for a state ranking at the end of the year.
Eleven of the 20 teams ranked in this final poll appeared in the preseason Top 20 released back in April, with Bosco, CBA and GC all appearing in both the top 5 of the first and last polls, albeit in a different order.
To see the complete final NJ.com Top 20 for the 2015 season, click through the slideshow below. To look back at each week's Top 20 from this season, please follow this link.
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-5202291224234660183/who-is-no-1-the-final-njcom-baseball-top-20-for-2015/?hootPostID=d738ca118ae60a29bbdae8daeafaa78d
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Game # 32 South Plainfield 8 Northern Burlington 4
SOUTH PLAINFIELD TIGERS
STATE GROUP 3 CHAMPIONS FOR 2015!!!
WE NEVER LOSE ON D-DAY, JUNE 6th
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South Plainfield outslugs No. 7 Northern Burlington to win Group 3 title
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on June 06, 2015 1:41 PM, updated June 06, 2015 2:12 PM
TOMS RIVER -- It was a season to remember for 10, history-making, South Plainfield seniors.
Opportunistic South Plainfield tacked on runs in the fifth and sixth innings and Jake Alba threw four innings of one-run relief and the Tigers won the first state championship in school history with an 8-4 victory over Northern Burlington on Saturday at Toms River North.
"It's everything, being a senior, you want to come out here, get a victory for your last game, and for us 10 seniors, it just means everything," said senior third baseman Chris Graves. "It sums up our entire baseball career to end up with a state championship."
South Plainfield received two hits and two RBI from Graves, two hits and two runs scored from leadoff hitter Kyle Dickerson and two hits from No. 9 hitter Chris Marrero. Five of the South Plainfield hits were of the infield variety.
"I felt like the bunting, we bunt in practice," Graves said. "We bunted today. (There was) slippery ground. They couldn't really field it. They made some errors and we capitalized with four hits."
Meanwhile Alba (7-2) was nearly lights out. He entered the game with two on and no outs in the bottom of the third. Using a mix of two and four seam fastballs and an off-speed breaking pitch, Alba confounded the Northern Burlington hitters.
Alba allowed one run -- in the sixth -- he struck out five, walked two and allowed three hits.
"Honestly, everything was working today," Alba said. "Every inning we talked int he dugout with the pitching coaches about who was coming up and how to pitch them. We really didn't scout them that much, but we knew from their stances how we wanted to pitch them."
South Plainfield (24-8) scratched for a run in the first. Ryan Shinn ticked a pitch off the shoe of leadoff hitter Kyle Dickerson on the game's third pitch. Dickerson was sacrificed to second. After Bryan Gillen sent a ball to the warning track in left that was caught by Paul Woodley, Graves dunked a single to left center plating Dickerson and giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead.
Northern Burlington (27-5) responded with a run of its own in the last of the first. With one out Zack Wright reached on an infield single. With two strikes, Shinn followed with a booming double down the left field line scoring Wright from first. But with a runner of second and one out, South Plainfield starter Vincent Pellegrino retired the side with a pair of grounders, but the scored was tied, 1-1.
In the top of third, South Plainfield took advantage of a Shinn error and a bout with wildness. Dickerson reached on a a swinging roller up the third base line. Then with L.J. Scarpitto bunting, Shinn misplayed the sacrifice for an error. Gillen walked to load the bases.
An infield grounder scored Dickerson then, with two strikes, Nick Polizzano slashed a single to right center for an RBI then a successful squeeze by Tommy Gunn made it 4-1. The final run of the inning scored on a wild pitch.
Northern Burlington responded with two runs in the last of the third. Shinn's second hit -- a drifting triple to right -- and a massive, two-run homer by Bret Parlante cut the South Plainfieldlead to 5-3.
South Plainfield added two runs in the fifth on an RBI single by pinch-hitter Wilfredo Rivera and the second wild pitch by Shinn.
The run in the sixth scored on a sacrifice fly to Gillen.
Northern Burlington had eight hits but had trouble scoring for one of the few times all season.
"We had eight hit, but they outplayed us," said Northern Burlington head coach Rick Doppler.
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-2444193407908872805/baseball/
Alba leads South Plainfield baseball to Group III title
Matt Silva, @mattysilv
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/baseball/2015/06/06/south-plainfield-baseball-group-iii-title/28605313/
Friday, June 5, 2015
2015 Group 3 baseball final: No. 7 Northern Burlington vs. South Plainfield at a glance
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on June 05, 2015 8:29 AM
GROUP 3 FINAL
NORTHERN BURLINGTON (27-4) VS. SOUTH PLAINFIELD (23-8)
When: Saturday, 11 a.m.
Where: Toms River North
KEY PLAYERS
Northern Burlington: 3B Tyler O'Dell (.381, 31 R, 37 H, 14 RBI, 7 2B, .441 OBP); CF Zack Wright (.451, 37 R, 46 H, 16 RBI; .519 SLUG, 1.007 OPS, .487 OBP); P/OF Ryan Shinn (9-0, 1.96 ERA, 79 K, 15 BB, 11 ER 4 CG | .484 35 R, 44 H, 28 RBI, 12 2B, 2 HR, .681 SLUG, 1.260 OPS, .579 OBP); C Brett Parlante (.353, 11 R, 33 H, 29 RBI, 11 2B); 1B Adam Rapp (.435, 15 R, 40 H, 36 RBI, 9 2B, 3 HR, .630 SLUG, 1.139 OPS); RF Mike Wainwright (.355, 11 R, 33 H, 28 RBI, 6 2B, 2 HR); SS Kevin Welsh (.281, 21 R, 25 H, 10 RBI, 4 2B); DH/P Michael Cottrell (.318, 6 R, 21 H, 9 RBI | 5-1, 2.21 ERA, 8 ER, 16L, 3 BB); 2B Brian Ford; P: Eric Stinglen (9-0, 2.29 ERA, 18 K, 14 BB, 18 ER).
South Plainfield: DH Kyle Dickerson (.379, 22 H, 18 R, 6 RBI); 1B LJ Scarpitto (.345, 30 H, 27 R, 13 RBI); 2B Bryan Gillen (.482, 41 H, 28 R, 11 RBI); 3B: Chris Graves (.379, 33 H, 15 R, 22 RBI); SS Nick Polizzano (.289, 22 H, 16 R, 16 RBI); OF Sean Erhardt (.323, 22 H, 9 R, 16 RBI); OF Tommy Dunn (.274, 17 H, 11 R, 11 RBI); Jack Gillis (.370, 23 H, 12 R, 8 RBI); P Jake Alba (43.2 IP, 46 H, 10 BB, 43 K, 10 ER).
DID YOU KNOW?
Northern Burlington: The Greyhounds are making their first state-final appearance after winning its second Central Jersey Group 3 final in the past three years ... Northern Burlington has scored 214 runs and allowed 106. ... The Northern Burlington pitching staff has a 166/92 strikeout to walk ratio. As a team the Greyhounds are .346 with a team on base percentage of .425 ... Northern Burlington has won five straight since a loss to Bishop Eustace in the Diamond Classic semifinals and 12 of its last 13 games ... Northern Burlington has outscored its five state tournament opponents 28-10. The Greyhounds allowed only two runs in their first three playoff games (wins over Red Bank Regional, Ocean Township and Middletown South), but have allowed eight runs in their last two playoff games (wins over Somerville and Mainland). When NBC topped Mainland, 6-4, it ended Mainland's reign as Group 3 champions.
South Plainfield: South Plainfield won only its second sectional title and its first since 1975 when it bounced defendiing champion Cranford in the sectional title game ... South Plainfield has won seven striaght and 13 of 14 ... During its seven-game winning streak, South Plainfield has outscored the opposition 42-7 ... In the state tournament the Tigers have won with pitching. South Plainfield has allowed only six state-tournament runs in five games. ... South Plainfield pitchers have allowed 28 hits in five playoff games -- six in the last three -- with 29 strikeouts
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/3482397250210600221/2015-group-3-baseball-final-no-7-northern-burlington-vs-south-plainfield-at-a-glance/
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