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NJ STATE WEEK 4

Posted by Glenn Fredricks on May 02 2005 at 05:00PM PDT
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 THE STAR LEDGER NJ STATE TOP 20 GROUP 4 1-Memorial (16-1) 2-Toms River North (9-2) 3-Kearny (12-1) 4-Hillsborough (8-2) 5-Eastern (13-0) 6-Watchung Hills (11-2) 7-Morristown (12-3) 8-Washington Twp. (11-3) 9-Toms River East (8-3) 10-Hunterdon Central (11-3) GROUP 3 1-Monmouth Regional (11-3) 2-Wall (10-2) 3-Nutley (11-2) 4-Old Tappan (10-3) 5-West Milford (12-3) 6-Montgomery (10-4) 7-Lakewood (9-2) 8-Red Bank (8-3) 9-Demarest (10-3) 10-Mendham (11-4) GROUP 2 1-West Deptford (11-0) 2-Westwood (13-1) 3-Rutherford (12-1) 4-Pequannock (11-3) 5-Seneca (14-1) 6-Raritan (9-3) 7-Cranford (12-2) 8-Wallkill Valley (11-2) 9-Sterling (14-2) 10-Spotswood (12-2) GROUP 1 1-Pennsville (9-1) 2-New Milford (11-2) 3-Florence (8-1) 4-Kinnelon (10-1) 5-Palisades Park (14-2) 6-Bloomfield Tech (11-1) 7-Dayton (9-2) 8-Emerson Borough (11-2) 9-Verona (12-4) 10-Whippany Park (9-3) NON-PUBLIC 1-Christian Brothers (14-0) 2-Seton Hall Prep (14-1) 3-St. Joseph (Mont.) (13-1) 4-Holy Cross (13-0) 5-St. Peter's Prep (13-1) 6-Don Bosco Prep (11-2) 7-Delbarton (11-3) 8-Immaculata (9-2-1) 9-Gloucester Catholic (13-2) 10-St. Augustine (15-0) PREP 1-Peddie (9-2) 2-Blair (9-3) 3-Hun (8-4) 4-Pennington (8-5) 5-Rutgers Prep (8-3) 6-Lawrenceville (5-11-1) 7-St. Benedict's (3-8) 8-Princeton Day (3-6) 9-Wardlaw Hartridge (5-5) 10-Ranney (3-6) BERGEN 1-St. Joseph (Mont.) (13-1) 2-Westwood (13-1) 3-Rutherford (12-1) 4-Don Bosco Prep (11-2) 5-Old Tappan (10-3) 6-Bergen Catholic (10-2) 7-New Milford (11-2) 8-Demarest (10-3) 9-Palisades Park (14-2) 10-Emerson Borough (11-2) ESSEX 1-Seton Hall Prep (14-1) 2-Nutley (11-2) 3-Belleville (9-7) 4-Bloomfield Tech (11-1) 5-Verona (12-4) 6-Glen Ridge (8-8) 7-Newark Academy (13-2) 8-West Essex (9-4-1) 9-West Orange (7-5) 10-Millburn (10-6) HUDSON 1-Memorial (16-1) 2-St. Peter's Prep (13-1) 3-Kearny (12-1) 4-Emerson (11-4) 5-Hudson Catholic (13-4) 6-Hudson Prep (12-0) 7-North Bergen (10-5) 8-Bayonne (13-5) 9-Hoboken (11-5) 10-St. Mary's (J.C.) (11-7) MIDDLESEX 1-St. Joseph's (15-4) 2-South Brunswick (10-2) 3-Colonia (9-5) 4-South Plainfield (10-4) 5-East Brunswick (7-5) 6-Spotswood (12-2) 7-Carteret (9-6) 8-Old Bridge (7-5) 9-Edison (8-8) 10-Iselin Kennedy (7-7) MONMOUTH 1-Christian Brothers (14-0) 2-Monmouth Regional (11-3) 3-Wall (10-2) 4-Ocean Twp. (9-5) 5-Raritan (9-3) 6-Red Bank (8-3) 7-Freehold Twp. (8-6) 8-Freehold Borough (7-5) 9-Matawan (8-5) 10-Manasquan (8-6) MORRIS 1-Pequannock (11-3) 2-Delbarton (11-3) 3-Morristown (12-3) 4-Randolph (9-4) 5-Morris Knolls (10-4) 6-Mendham (11-4) 7-Kinnelon (10-1) 8-Hanover Park (11-4) 9-Whippany Park (9-3) 10-Boonton (8-3) OCEAN 1-Toms River North (9-2) 2-Toms River East (8-3) 3-Lakewood (9-2) 4-Brick Memorial (6-5) 5-Toms River South (8-4) 6-Manchester Township (7-5) 7-Lacey (7-6) 8-Point Pleasant Boro (7-3) 9-New Egypt (8-6) 10-Southern Regional (4-8) PASSAIC 1-West Milford (12-3) 2-Wayne Valley (11-5) 3-Paterson Catholic (9-2) 4-Passaic Tech (9-5) 5-Hawthorne (9-4) 6-Lakeland (10-5) 7-DePaul (9-6) 8-Clifton (7-5) 9-Pompton Lakes (7-4) 10-Wayne Hills (6-8) SOMERSET 1-Immaculata (9-2-1) 2-Hillsborough (8-2) 3-Watchung Hills (11-2) 4-Montgomery (10-4) 5-Bridgewater-Raritan (6-9) 6-Ridge (3-9-1) 7-Franklin (4-10) 8-Somerville (8-6) 9-Bernards (7-5) 10-Manville (8-1) SOUTH JERSEY 1-Holy Cross (13-0) 2-West Deptford (11-0) 3-Gloucester Catholic (13-2) 4-St. Augustine (15-0) 5-Eastern (13-0) 6-Seneca (14-1) 7-Bishop Eustace (12-3) 8-Pennsville (9-1) 9-Washington Twp. (11-3) 10-Cherokee (10-4) UNION 1-Cranford (12-2) 2-Gov. Livingston (14-2) 3-Westfield (9-5) 4-Dayton (9-2) 5-Roselle Catholic (9-4) 6-Union (10-5) 7-Elizabeth (11-7) 8-Scotch Plains (8-6) 9-Linden (7-7) 10-Union Catholic (7-3) WEST JERSEY 1-Wallkill Valley (11-2) 2-Hunterdon Central (11-3) 3-Pope John (12-4) 4-Vernon (10-5) 5-Warren Hills (8-5) 6-Lenape Valley (10-5) 7-Delaware Valley (9-4) 8-Hackettstown (11-3) 9-North Warren (9-6) 10-North Hunterdon (7-6) Boys Baseball Top 20 5/3/05 1-CBA (14-0) Last week: 2 Senior outfielder Vin Avella is proving to be a difficult out in the heart of the order and a particularly timely hitter with runners in scoring position for the state’s new No. 1 team. 2-Seton Hall Prep (14-1) Last: 4 Behind righties Nick Christiani, a senior, Mike Ness, a junior, and Rick Porcello, a sophomore, and lefty Jon Masklee, the team possesses a 1.81 ERA and a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 126-16. 3-St. Joseph (Mont.) (13-1) Last: 1 After losing last Monday to Paramus for its first loss of the season, St. Joseph rebounded with victories over Montclair and Teaneck. Artie Clyde (3-0) got the decision over Teaneck and Tom LaStella and Dave Schwartz providing the long ball. 4-Holy Cross (13-0) Last: 6 Mike Kondrath (3-0) coasted in a 14-3 victory over Pennington as the Delran team used its No. 3, 4 and 5 pitchers during a 3-0 week. 5-Memorial (16-1) Last: 14 The deep pitching staff continues to dominate as starters Jesus Castano, Andy Ortiz and Robinson Polanco combined to allow just one run in four straight victories. 6-Toms River North (9-2) Last: 8 Senior outfielder Dave West, batting .465, has collected two homers and an Ocean County-best seven doubles, 17 runs batted in and 13 runs scored. 7-West Deptford (11-0) Last: 9 Justin Hilt improved to 5-0 in a 4-1 victory over Audubon. It also defeated Haddon Township, 15-5, and Gateway, 13-4. 8-Westwood (13-1) Last: 11 Dan Colucci improved to 5-0 win a three-hitter against Ridgefield Park and Dylan Cacciola (4-1) beat a good River Dell team, which gave coach Joe Yurko his 200th career victory. 9-St. Peter’s Prep (13-1) Last: 7 Second baseman Pat Blaney drove in two runs and right fielder Mike McGovern had an RBI in a 7-6 victory over then-No. 13 Hudson Catholic. 10-Rutherford (12-1) Last: NR All-Stater Vin Mazzaro (5-1) fired a nohitter against Queen of Peace on Friday while he also had three hits and scored two runs. 11-Don Bosco Prep (11-2) Last: NR Spiro Molfetas threw a one-hitter against Ridgewood on Friday to go to 4-1, then the team produced 14 hits in a 13-3 victory over previously stateranked Hudson Catholic. 12-Kearny (12-1) Last: 17 Pitching, solid defense and key hitting are the staples of this club, which won three straight last week as Alberto Castro, Andrew Amadeo and Rafael Azcona allowed a total of four runs. 13-Pequannock (11-3) Last: NR Catcher Ryan Rowland, who has surpassed 100 hits in his four-year varsity career, and Justin Bencsko lead a lineup that’s averaging more than 12 runs during a current fourgame winning streak. 14-Delbarton (11-3) Last: NR It played just twice last week but made a splash nevertheless, knocking Morris County rival Randolph out the Top 20 and handing Immaculata its second defeat of the season. 15-Immaculata (9-2-1) Last: 10 Senior lefty Nick Panzarella earned his first victory of the season and helped the Somerville school gain the top seed for the county tournament after throwing a three-hitter in a 5-3 victory over No. 17 Hillsborough last Tuesday. 16-Gloucester C (13-2) Last: 12 A successful Florida trip for the Non- Public A state championship threat should provide impetus this week as Saturday’s cutoff date for South Jersey’s Diamond Classic approaches. 17-Hillsborough (8-2) Last: 3 It will look to its pitching staff to throw with confidence and consistency in order to snap a two-game losing skid when it faces Franklin, Hun and Montgomery this week and No. 1 Christian Brothers on Saturday. 18-Monmouth Reg. (11-3) Last: 19 Mo Williams, Keith Cantwell and Glenn Seitz generate the power that’s led to a six-game winning streak; contact hitters like Rudy Dambrisi and Mike Daly set the table. 19-Wall (10-2) Last: NR Strong outings by Chad Tirpack and Chris Hughes have bolstered the pitching staff while leadoff hitter Derek Beckman is heating up. 20-Nutley (11-2) Last: 15 Righties Nick Moscara (4-0), Mike DeGennaro (1-2) and Robert Gariano (4-0) will be tested this week with games against Livingston, Paramus, Ridgewood, Teaneck and, perhaps, a county tournament quarterfinal on Saturday.

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