Fortunately, we were able to have a full Saturday of baseball games before the expected heavy rains showed up. Now let's see how this rain affects Monday's calender. It's ugly outside.
Bridgewater-Raritan Athletic Director John Maggio suggested to me Saturday morning that the state begin the spring season April 15 and have it run through June 15. Not a bad idea. The argument over the years has been that schools simply have too many activites in the month of June, i.e., proms, dinners, graduations, etc. But classes are usually over with and the kids really have more free time.
I was impressed with Piscataway High sophomore right hander J.R. Seader in Saturday's 8-7 loss to Bridgewater-Raritan. Seader was hurt by poor defense and some good B-R hitting in the first inning when the Panthers scored six runs. But Seader threw just 19 pitches and was on the mound when Tyler Riccio slapped a game-winning, two-out RBI single to center in the bottom of the seventh. Keep an eye on this kid.
Scotch Plains-Fanwood coach Tom Baylock said that the Raiders tried to move their game with Cranford Saturday to Park Middle School because the high school field was unplayable. When they got there, there was a youth soccer tournament going on. "About 800 kids," Baylock said. The non-conference game with Cranford probably won't be made up.
The Somerset County Tournament will be seeded Wednesday night at North Plainfield -- it looks like nearly everybody in the county has played at least four games. Watchung Hills isn't one of them. The Warriors are 2-1.
Late Saturday night games: Dunellen beat Bound Brook 7-5 in the Greater North Plainfield Tournament final at Krausche Field and Immaculata swept John F. Kennedy and Spotswood at the Cust Baseball Academy. We'll have details in Monday's paper.
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