A possible "Big Friday'' looms

Three games with major divisional championship implications are scheduled for this Friday. Manchester travels to Barnegat in Class B South in a matchup of the divisional co-leaders. Manchester won the first meeting, 4-3. Barnegat has won six straight since. Co-Class B North-leading Wall hosts Ocean in Class B North, three days after Ocean is scheduled to host Monmouth Tuesday. Will Ocean's slumping bats finally wake up this week? Wall, behind Chris Hughes, won the first meeting, 3-1. And Class A South-leading Toms River North travels down Main Street in Toms River and to Toms River South's Ken Frank Baseball Stadium to take on Toms River South, which is just one-game back. Toms River South won the first meeting, 5-0, opening day, behind sophomore right-hander Tyler Gebler.