First week.....

What do we have the first week of the baseball season? Well, today it rained, today's schedule would have been wiped out if it was April 1, the first day of the spring season...

But, the first day of the spring season is April 1...

Among the games that look intriguing this week are:

Tuesday
Bridgewater-Raritan at Hillsborough, 3:45: Bridgewater-Raritan has a new coach in Max Newell and Hillsborough lost a ton of players to graduation. Can Bridgewater-Raritan get back to the North 2 Group IV playoffs this year? A win over Hillsborough to start the season would be a great confidence builder.

Westfield at Cranford, 4 p.m. Defending Union County Tournament champ Cranford has eight players back from last year when the Cougars made the state Group II final. Westfield should be a serious challenger to unseat the Cougars this year.

Wednesday
Scotch Plains-Fanwood at Watchung Hills, 3:45: The Warriors are our third ranked team. Scotch Plains-Fanwood is seventh. Too bad this game is so early in the season.

Thursday
Immaculata at Hunterdon Central, 3:45: Central is the defending Hunterdon/Warren Tournament champion. Immaculata has won nine of the past 11 Somerset County Tournament titles. There's a little twist added this year. Immaculata junior lefty Evan DeLuca transferred over from Hunterdon Central during the off-season.

FRIDAY
Franklin at Rutgers Prep, 4 p.m.: Rutgers Prep believes it will be much better than it was last year. Franklin's Bill Nickel is looking for much more than the 2-23 his Warriors produced last year.

SATURDAY
St. Joseph of Metuchen at South Plainfield, 10 a.m.: The Falcons should be an outstanding club this year and was ranked 15th in the first Gannett New Jersey Poll last week. South Plainfield is always a strong club.