Brian Bobal

6 days ago | nj.com | PJ Potter |Brian Bobal |Kevin Minnick

After an exciting, jam-packed regular season, the NJSIAA state tournament is already through its first two rounds. There were plenty of terrific individual performances and big wins by teams throughout the state on Friday. But before the focus turns to the next round, let’s take a look at some of those teams that made a statement. Scroll down and check out some of the top performances from all four public-school sections - North 1, North 2, Central and South - as well as Non-Public A & B.

6 days ago | nj.com | Brian Bobal

For Louis Rizzolo, this one was for his late grandfather. He wanted to make amends for his previous start and took to the mound with a heavy heart on Friday but delivered one of his best performances of the season when his team needed it most. Locked in a pitchers duel with Rutgers Prep’s Li Perez, Rizzolo battled through seven innings and gave his team a chance to keep its hopes of a repeat sectional championship on the line.

1 week ago | nj.com | Brian Bobal

There wasn’t a bigger baseball influence in Chris Roof’s eyes than his former head coach Bill Howard. Roof played for Howard at Gov. Livingston until graduating in 1992, before taking over as the head coach of his alma mater in 2004. He’s been there since. In his 25th total season of coaching high school baseball, Roof hit a significant personal milestone. In Gov.

1 week ago | nj.com | Kevin Minnick |Brian Bobal |PJ Potter

The quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Tournament for public schools as well as the first round for Non-Publics produced their share of great games and tremendous individual performances that led to thrilling victories. Players delivered at the plate, in the field and on the mound. The NJ Advance Media baseball staff has taken a look at all of the games.

1 week ago | nj.com | PJ Potter |Kevin Minnick |Brian Bobal

The quarterfinals of the NJSIAA Tournament produced its share of great games and tremendous individual performances that led to thrilling victories. Players delivered at the plate, in the field and on the mound. The NJ Advance Media baseball staff has taken a look at all of the quarterfinal-round games. Scroll down to see our MVP selections from all four sections of Group 4 tournament action from Thursday.