Greg Tartaglia

1 week ago | northjersey.com | Greg Tartaglia |Greg Mattura

Here is a group-by-group look at which North Jersey baseball teams emerged from the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA tournament on Thursday, May 29 and Friday, May 30. The sectional semifinals are slated to be Tuesday, June 3 for public schools and Wednesday, June 4 for non-publics. North 1, Group 1GAME OF THE DAY: (1) Pequannock def. (8) Cresskill, 2-1 — The NJIC Patriot champs nearly kept their late-season surge going at Pequannock, taking a 1-0 lead to the bottom of the seventh.

1 week ago | northjersey.com | Greg Tartaglia

Evan Borrelli still keeps the phrase “Paramus Strong” in mind. Borrelli is one of a half-dozen seniors who have helped the Paramus baseball team rebound from a midseason seven-game losing streak to reach the North 1, Group 3 sectional quarterfinals. The Spartans’ Class of 2025 was in fifth grade seven years ago when classmates from East Brook Middle School were involved in the May 17, 2018 bus crash on Route 80.

1 week ago | northjersey.com | Greg Tartaglia

DEMAREST — Don Bosco hit softly and carried home a big title. The top-seeded Ironmen captured their 10th Bergen County baseball championship with a 5-1 victory over No. 2 Pascack Valley on Saturday at Northern Valley/Demarest. Nine of Don Bosco’s 10 hits were singles, and only half of those made it out of the infield. Yet, that was enough to help manufacture two first-inning runs that ace left-hander Anthony Costello (7-0) made stand up with five innings of two-hit ball.

2 weeks ago | northjersey.com | Greg Tartaglia

WAYNE — When DePaul and Passaic Tech met in the opening game of the 2025 baseball season, there was a bit of friendly banter tossed around. “Hey, this could be a preview of the Passaic County final.”Banter became a reality on Saturday, when the top two seeds in the Passaic tournament secured their spots in the title game. No. 1 DePaul blanked No. 5 West Milford in five innings, 13-0, and No. 2 Passaic Tech handled No. 3 Passaic Valley, 11-3.

4 weeks ago | northjersey.com | Greg Tartaglia

Chris Kim grew up as a Dodgers fan but admits he was rooting for the Cubs in 2016, when they ended a 108-year World Series title drought. The junior began his varsity baseball career at Bergen Catholic, but his transfer to Fort Lee this year made him an active participant in ending a similar drought. Kim went 4 for 4 and drove in four runs during an April 28 victory over Dumont. That secured the Bridgemen at least a share of their first league championship in nearly 70 years.