Colts Neck reaches SCT semifinals for the first time
It was an enjoyable bus ride home from Toms River Wednesday for the Colts Neck High School baseball team.
""The kids are having fun,'' said Colts Neck coach Mike Yorke after the No. 8 seeded Cougars (20-7) upended the top-seeded Mariners 3-0, in a Shore Conference Tournament quarter final game.
Colts Neck will be making its first trip to the SCT semifinals when it visits No. 4 Ocean (23-4) in a game tentatively set for Saturday.
Wednesday junior right-hander Anthony DeSclafani held the Mariners (24-5) to two hits, struck, out seven walked one, and hit a batter.
""He pitched outstanding,'' said Yorke. ""He had control of three pitches. (Pitching) coach Bob Jack did a good job I thought of reading their hitters.''
Colts Neck broke on top in the fourth winning when A.J Rusbarsky singled and scored on a wild pitch.
In the fifth Dom Hayes singled home a run and Rusbarsky knocked in Joe DeNora with a fielder's choice.
DeSclafani dodged trouble in the sixth. With runners at first and second and one out he struck out the next two batters.
""That was huge,'' said Yorke. ""If they answer there it's a 3-2 game and they have momentum. Anthony dug down deep.''
""He (DeSclafani) pitched a very good game and deserved to win,'' said Ted Schelmay, TR North coach. ""He did what he had to do. He carried his team.""
""The kids still know there are two very good teams we have to beat to try and win this thing,'' said Yorke. ""They know they have to stay focused.''
Yorke said he was undecided who would pitch Saturday. ""Whoever can get (Keith) Weinkofsky out,'' he said.
Colts Neck's possibilities include junior right-hander Ethan Jackson (6-1), Hayes (3-4), a senior left-hander, and Ken Potis, a junior right-hander (3-0).
Toms River North hosts Washington Township 3 p.m. Friday in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV championship game.
- Tony Graham
""The kids are having fun,'' said Colts Neck coach Mike Yorke after the No. 8 seeded Cougars (20-7) upended the top-seeded Mariners 3-0, in a Shore Conference Tournament quarter final game.
Colts Neck will be making its first trip to the SCT semifinals when it visits No. 4 Ocean (23-4) in a game tentatively set for Saturday.
Wednesday junior right-hander Anthony DeSclafani held the Mariners (24-5) to two hits, struck, out seven walked one, and hit a batter.
""He pitched outstanding,'' said Yorke. ""He had control of three pitches. (Pitching) coach Bob Jack did a good job I thought of reading their hitters.''
Colts Neck broke on top in the fourth winning when A.J Rusbarsky singled and scored on a wild pitch.
In the fifth Dom Hayes singled home a run and Rusbarsky knocked in Joe DeNora with a fielder's choice.
DeSclafani dodged trouble in the sixth. With runners at first and second and one out he struck out the next two batters.
""That was huge,'' said Yorke. ""If they answer there it's a 3-2 game and they have momentum. Anthony dug down deep.''
""He (DeSclafani) pitched a very good game and deserved to win,'' said Ted Schelmay, TR North coach. ""He did what he had to do. He carried his team.""
""The kids still know there are two very good teams we have to beat to try and win this thing,'' said Yorke. ""They know they have to stay focused.''
Yorke said he was undecided who would pitch Saturday. ""Whoever can get (Keith) Weinkofsky out,'' he said.
Colts Neck's possibilities include junior right-hander Ethan Jackson (6-1), Hayes (3-4), a senior left-hander, and Ken Potis, a junior right-hander (3-0).
Toms River North hosts Washington Township 3 p.m. Friday in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV championship game.
- Tony Graham
posted by Tony Graham at 4:56 PM
2 Comments:
CN coach don't put all your eggs in the TUNA Basket..there are a couple of hitters that can get it done..walk him and it's an auto-triple and with Rosencrantz and Hinkle behinde him it's a crap shoot as to weather you want to go down 1--2 or 3 in the 1st
Hey Tony I know you talked about career power hitters before and I remember way back a LB kid and a Matawan player that crushed (way before Fink and a couple of others) how do Laufers and Winkoski stack up vs those type of players??? just food for thought !! I mean how many post season dingers can these kids hit..they just seen to keep on coming !!! how many is that for the TUNA ??
LB did have some boppers over the years. Names escape me at the moment.
Andrew Mandeville's Dad, Kevin, was a big slugger for Matawan if I recall.
I believe that is Tuna's 14th Tournament (including Shore Challenge games) HR.
Looks to me as if he doesn't believe he will be drafted high enough to warrent forgoing college, but wants to get his shot asap.
By going to Brookdale he can be drafted after his freshman or sophomore years.
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