Category: Last Dance High School World Series

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Don Bosco Advances to Rounds of Four, Beats Jefferson 3-1

Don Bosco Prep advanced to the North round of four in the Last Dance High School Baseball Tournament yesterday afternoon after beating Jefferson Township 3-1. The game was an intriguing and close one, as Don Bosco pitcher Caden Dana secured the win for the Ironmen after he was put in with one out in the…
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Don Bosco’s Caden Dana now out making name for himself, following in familiar footsteps

If the name sounds familiar, it should. It’s now Caden Dana’s turn to leave his mark on Don Bosco Prep baseball, following in the footsteps of his two older brothers.

Bergen Catholic Shuts out Mount Olive in Round of 16

Bergen Catholic varsity baseball faced off against Mount Olive yesterday in the round of 16 at the Last Dance World Series baseball tournament. The Crusaders dominated the field, beating the Marauders 10-0 in six innings at Yogi Berra Stadium in Little Falls. Angelo Deer started off the pitching for the Crusaders. After walking shortstop Dylan…
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Johnson slings lights-out campaign to anchor 11-1 mercy for Ridgewood

AUGUSTA — There’s a lot of moving parts in baseball. One thing can influence another, and for Ridgewood, it was Devin Johnson’s assurance on the mound that welcomed an offensive dam explosion that washed Nutley out of Skylands Stadium Tuesday. The first inning would see toe-to-toe pitching between Johnson and Nutley pitcher, Trevor Santos — both…
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Jefferson Township grinds out edgy victory over Bridgewater-Raritan

AUGUSTA — Patience is a virtue, and for Jefferson Township, it was the answer key to a puzzling Bridgewater-Raritan equation in a 5-3 triumph on Tuesday. The Falcons were out-pitching and out-hitting a sound Panthers team, but the scoreboard said otherwise through four innings. “I don’t think we played well defensively. Zach [Roskowsky] let up one…
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Top-seeded Don Bosco survives major scare in North Round of 16 in Last Dance World Series

Don Bosco Prep, the No. 1 seed in the North, needed a major comeback to survive a scare from No. 16 Gov. Livingston on Tuesday in the North Round of 16.

State champions look to defend respective titles in Last Dance bracket

There’s something to be said for mindfulness. For the high school senior baseball players of New Jersey, they may not have gotten the storybook finales they envisioned. But, the opportunity to live out another chapter of their brotherhoods on the diamond not only grants them a ‘last chance’ to win, but also to take in…
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Unique circumstances offer Ridgewood one ‘Last Dance’ to build on historic ’19 season

Denied an opportunity to build on a historic 2019 season, Ridgewood is now one of 16 teams left still standing in the North in the Last Dance World Series Tournament.

With lost HS season in the rearview, Lodi’s Geisler makes good on ‘making a memory’ in Last Dance

Lodi’s Chase Geisler and his senior teammates never got the opportunity to try and dethrone Rutherford for an NJIC league title. That’s what made Wednesday’s Last Dance World Series game so important against the rival Bulldogs.

‘Last Dance’ represents final ride for pair of longtime Nutley friends, teammates

Longtime friends and teammates, Trevor Santos and Kevin Hogan, were supposed to be two of Nutley’s biggest stars this spring. Coronavirus robbed them of their senior seasons, but they’re now making the most of their final rides together at the Last Dance World Series.