JSZ has action from some great Friday games!
Delbarton 12 Poly Prep (N.Y.) 0 (5 inn.) | Mid-Atlantic Baseball Challenge Semifinal
No. 3 Delbarton made a statement in Friday’s Mid-Atlantic Baseball Challenge semifinal by defeating Poly Prep, one of New York’s top-10 squads, 12-0 in five innings.
After Poly starter Hudson Reed had three shutout innings with one hit allowed and six strikeouts, Ted Masino scored Finnian O’Loughlin on an RBI single to give the Green Wave the 1-0 lead. Then, Delbarton’s offense exploded in the fifth. Penn commit Lorenzo Maselli had a bases-clearing double with no one out to make it 4-0, which ended Reed’s day. Dylan Temple followed with an RBI single to give Delby the 5-0 lead, Danny Haggard had with a bunt RBI single, Luke Hall was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, Matt Tafuri brought home Haggard on a fielder’s choice, Maselli had a bases-loaded walk, and Alabama commit O’Loughlin laced a bases-loaded double to make it 12-0 and 11 runs scored in the half-inning.
Wake Forest commit Luke McBride then finished the job in the bottom of the fifth with a 1-2-3 inning to seal his complete game two-hit, two-strikeout shutout and hand Delbarton the win via the 10-run rule.
The Green Wave will face No. 2 Gloucester Catholic in Sunday’s tournament final at Fleury Field at 3:00pm.
JSZ’s Ryan Sudol has the highlights and reaction from Morristown:
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Northern Burlington 7 Allentown 1
The reigning Group 3 state champions came out swinging in their Friday morning matchup. The Greyhounds launched four home runs from Marist commit Brent Walulak, Fordham commit Liam Velit, Villanova commit Logan Downey, and sophomore Brenner Pourghassem, who hit his first varsity home run. Northern Burlington (7-0) is riding a 13-game winning streak dating back to last season. Anthony O’Rourke drove in the lone run for Allentown (4-3).
JSZ’s Tyler Mroz has the highlights from Columbus:
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Cedar Creek 8 Holy Spirit 3
Rutgers commit JJ Watkins had three hits, including two doubles, as he drove in four runs to lead the way for the Pirates. Creek (3-2) scored all of its runs with two outs in this one. Breckin Weiss drove in two runs for Spirit (6-2) in the loss.
JSZ’s Mike Frankel has the highlights from this Cape-Atlantic League clash in Absecon:
Rumson-Fair Haven 4 Middletown North 1
Miles Martin hit two solo homers and Cooper Jones fanned 11 over five innings to get Rumson a fifth straight win to start the 2026 season. Luke Sheehan’s RBI double tied the game 1-1 in the third but that would be the only run the Lions could produce. Martin broke the tie in the third with his first hit of the season and followed that up with another blast two left in the 5th. Dan McElduff added an insurance run with a homer to right in the 6th. Brady Dill pitched two shutout innings to get the save.
JSZ’s Rich Chrampanis has the highlights from Rumson:
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