Spring chaos

This weather drives me insane.

Thursday's an off day for me, but just knowing it rained Wednesday night into Thursday morning was enough of a sign that there wouldn't be much going on in the afternoon -- and baseball had a long list of games.

Just some reflections of the early going -- Somerville is off to a 5-0 start. The Pioneers beat Ridge 3-1 earlier in the week. The Red Devils were 3-0, going into the game. Ridge also lost to Hunterdon Central 4-2 Tuesday.

I had Hunterdon Central ranked No. 2 in our pre-season poll behind Immaculata, but the Red Devils got off to a 0-3 start. Can't kill the Red Devils though they had a difficult early schedule. Consider that Phillipsburg is now 4-0, perennial winner Immaculata (2-0) and an outstanding Randolph team. That was Central's losses. The Red Devils have since won two straight by routing John F. Kennedy 24-3 and Ridge.

South Plainfield is 0-4, losing its last two games to Sayreville and North Brunswick by 5-4 and 3-2 scores.

Westfield sophomore Chris Jenkins is a pitcher to watch. The 6-foot-6 right hander no-hit Kearny for five innings Wednesday and earned his first varsity win. The Blue Devils (4-1) won 2-0 as senior Peter Antonelli got a two-inning save. Jenkins struck out eight and walked two. He threw about 90 pitches.