All of the first five teams in the Week Eight Bellamy & Son Paving High School Baseball Top Ten remain the same as last week, but the bottom five were mainly jumbled around as some teams saw their seasons end, and others moved on in the state playoffs.
Bridgewater-Raritan remains No. 1 overall. The Panthers are 25-3, which includes a new school records for wins, and on Friday took their first Somerset County Tournament title in 28 years, with a 10-7 win over Ridge. The Panthers were 4-0 this past week, with an SCT semifinal win over Watchung Hills on Monday, followed by a regular season win over Montgomery Tuesday, and a 3-0 opening round North 2, Group 4 playoff win over Union on Thursday. Next up is a sectional quarterfinal game Wednesday at home against Edison.
Holding in second is Old Bridge (19-8). The GMC Tournament champions were 1-1 in the week gone by, dropping a non-league game at St. Peter’s Prep on Monday, then coming back to win their Central Jersey Group 4 playoff opener, 3-2 over West Windsor-Plainsboro on Thursday. The Knights are the reigning CJ4 champs, and will meet Sayreville in the sectional quarterfinals on Wednesday in an all-GMC matchup.
Third is South Plainfield (20-5-1), which only played one game last week – and won – a 12-1 victory over Cliffside Park in the North 2, Group 3 section of the NJSIAA state tournament. The Tigers host Cranford in a sectional quarterfinal on Wednesday.
Holding in fourth is Ridge (20-8), which went 2-1 in the week gone by. They beat Immaculata 15-3 Monday in the SCT semifinals, then topped JP Stevens in the North 2, Group 4 first round on Wednesday, before falling to Bridgewater-Raritan in the SCT title game. Next up, the Red Devils host defending sectional champ Bayonne at home this Wednesday.
Immaculata (16-8) stays at the No. 5 spot, going 2-2 in the week gone by. It began with a 15-3 loss to Ridge in the SCT semifinals at Diamond Nation on Monday, but they rebounded with two wins: Tuesday over West Morris, and Wednesday over St. John Vianney, a 5-4 walkoff in the opening round of the Non-Public South A state tournament section. The Spartans visit Lawrenceville to take on Notre Dame Wednesday afternoon.
Colonia (18-6) pulls up two spots to No. 6 after a 1-1 week. Though they lost 5-0 at Spotswood on Monday, they came back with a 4-0 shutout of Millburn in the opening round of the North 2, Group 3 playoffs. The Patriots have won seven of their last eight and visit West Morris in the sectional quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Edison (16-11) also pulls up two spots this week to No. 7, having won two games last week. They beat GMC Invitational champion Carteret Tuesday, 9-0, then followed it up with a playoff win over South River, 5-4, in Central Jersey Group 2 opening round action on Wednesday. They’ll be back at it this Wednesday for a sectional quarterfinal game at top-seed Bridgewater-Raritan.
Two new teams occupy the next two spots. In eighth is Monroe (14-9) and in ninth is South Brunswick (14-12). The Falcons were 2-0 last week, beating Metuchen in a regular season GMC crossover, then topping East Brunswick 4-0 in the opening round of the Central Jersey Group 4 playoff section. The Vikings won their only game last week, 1-0 over Freehold Township, also in the CJ4 opening round. This Wednesday, the two square off in the sectional quarterfinals.
And in tenth, it’s Carteret (18-7). The Ramblers went 1-1 with a 9-0 loss at Edison Tuesday, but they rebounded by beating South River and Rams’ ace Julius Rosado 5-4 in the Central Jersey Group 2 opening round on Wednesday. The Ramblers are back in action this Wednesday at home in the CJ2 quarterfinals against Bordentown.
Dropping out this week were previous No. 6 Spotswood (19-4-2) and No. 7 Woodbidge (17-10). The Chargers went 1-1 last week, beating red-hot Colonia 5-0 Monday, but falling Friday in the Central Jersey Group 2 first round, 6-3 to Manasquan. Woodbridge went 0-2, falling to St. Thomas Aquinas Monday in the regular season, and to defending North 2, Group 4 champion Bayonne, 6-4, in the opening round of the sectionals back on Wednesday.
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