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wRnnxi ser MONDAY. JUNE 12. 1989 THE RECORD D-7 Doe Bosco crowni in Parochial siav-sipisnrs EfP 1 Defensive lapse haunts St. Joseph's of Metuchen VxT (r- mk- ftF Don Bosco coach Bill Stegle expected left-handed sophomore starter J. Nitkowski (7-1) to seal victory.

"He was going to go all the way me so I was kind of hoping it would go only seven innings," Stegle said. "I really didn't want to loosen anybody up." Nitkowski threw 80 pitches en to a six-hitter. He struck out and walked one. "The biggest thing he did was develop a curve and a change-up in the season," said Stegle. didn't have those pitches in beginning of the year." Nitkowski let a 1-0 lead slip with two outs in the fifth.

Center fielder Doug Alongi of Joseph's bunted for a bit, stole second, and scored on Brian Burns' single to right field. "I was upset because I let up I was coming in for the ball that bunt," Nitkowski said. "I couldn't wait to get back out on mound after we grabbed the again in the seventh. I didn't about getting tired at all. "I tried to keep everything low because the umpire was calling the with a low strike zone," said Nitkowski, who struck out three batters on called third strikes in final two innings.

"He surprised me when he came firing in the sixth because I think he had it in him after fifth," said catcher Paul Albar-ella. Albarella helped conserve his LINDA RADINTHE RECORD of the Don Bosco baseball team celebrate their second consecutive Parochial A title 1-0 lead in the second inning. Jones hit a leadoff single and scored on a one-out triple to left-center field by left fielder John Fa-gan. 'We got here on a couple of breaks, but they got the breaks today," said St. Joseph's coach Bri arm by calling for several pitches throughout the one-third of the pitches change-ups, which I developed a couple of Nitkowski said.

Ironmen (15-11) grabbed a an Schnepf, whose Falcons (21-7) left six on base. Munch allowed one earned run on four hits and struck out one before being relieved by Scott Graham in the seventh. "They weren't hitting him hard," said Schnepf. "We just had Rutherford victim of a hit-and-run Members pitcher's off-speed game. "About I threw were had just games ago," The By Paul Dottino Correspondent PRINCETON Shortstop Sean Ryan's seventh-inning bunt with none out was misplayed for two runs as Don Bosco defended its Parochial A State baseball title Sunday with a 3-1 victory against.

St. Joseph's of Metuchen at Clarke Field. Leadoff hitter Jeff Gensheimer reached first base on an error with the score tied, 1-1, in the top of the seventh. He went to second when right fielder Chris Jones beat out a grounder to short off losing pitcher Craig Munch (8-3). Ryan bunted the first pitch back to Munch, who threw the ball into right field, allowing pinch runners Kieth Smith and Tom Shea to score.

"It was a curve and I laid it down the first-base line as soon as it broke.aid Ryan. 'I saw-the first baseman jump as the ball went Into right field and I knew it would give us a two-run lead." SCORES NJSIAA BASEBALL Stilt llMlt Crtup 4 Owrry HID Vt 11 Cravp 1 Edgewood 11 Grsop West MIHord 3 Parimus 1 Brldgeweter-Rerltan West 7 Sleep I Haddonfield 7 Rutherford 2 I Parochial Don Boko 3 St. Joseph Metuchen 1 Parochial Maris! 4 Bishop Eustace 1 (I) Title ends Paramus loses to Edgewood By Thomas Simone Jr. Correspondent PRINCETON Paramus High School coach Joe Cervino would have -preferred ending the season with a state championship Sunday, but knowing that most of his starters will return next season was his silver lining in defeat. The Spartans lost, 11-1, to Edgewood in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 3 baseball final.

Edgewood right-hander Bruce Stowell's pitching and hitting led the Eagles (17-5) to their third state title and first since 1979. "No one expected us to do much of anything this season with such a young team," said Cervino. "We surprised a lot of people, but I wasn't surprised at the result I'm very proud of my players, who nefefa'gfcueiuptall season despite the odds. ")-V 3-T bnH "I know that the talent wfl have coming back next season is going to make Us an -I. XI 7 a 1 -4 KfVn.c&'kWfef.

a gvu ww wuw beginning of the season; and that was to win a sectional title and we did. Now these players have another goal to chase." In the top of the first, Spartans starting pitcher Justin Sabino loaded the bases on a walk, a single, and another walk. He van renlaced hv rieht-hander Bruce Stem, who gave up a two-run double to Bruce Stowell before retiring the next three batters. Paramus (23-8-1) got two runners on in the first and loaded the bases in the third, but double plays halted both rallies. "We had our chances early for big innings, but we just couldn't get the big hit," Cervino said.

The Eagles broke open the game with three runs in both the third and fourth innings for a 10-0 lead. The highlight of the fourth was a 375-foot solo homer to left by catcher Allen Stowell off right-hander John D'Addetta, who had relieved Stern. "They hit everything we threw at them," Cervino said. "Our plan was to go with Sabino for at least three innings and then alternate with Stern and D'Addetta, but it was obvious that Justin Sabino did not have his control. That forced us to go to the bullpen early." "We wanted to jump on Paramus early and put the pressure on," said Edgewood coach Bob Lee.

"My players knew that Paramus is a good team that has the capability to come from behind. This is a very exciting time for my players, and I'm proud of the accomplishment." NOTES Spartans pinch hitter Steve Franco broke Stowell's bid for a shutout with a run-scoring single in the sixth. dream the for route six late "He the away St when on the lead think game the out didn't the Sunday. that one bad inning." NOTES Nitkowski threw 57 strikes and 23 balls. Alongi (two) and Don Bosco center fielder Bruno Giaccio (one) recorded the only outfield putouts of the game.

Ironmen have won three titles in the last four years. Mike Sommers and a throwing error on Golden Falcon shortstop Winchock, Bridgewater West then took command with three runs in the top of the fourth. Dan Englehardt reached on an infield error, one of three Bulldog miscues. After a hit-and-run ground out moved Englehardt to second, a fly ball by Bobby Collins dropped between Rutherford second baseman Mike Sommers, shortstop Marcus Gaccione, and center fielder Bobby Jones to put runners at first and second with one out. A double by Gsell (3-for-4) scored Englehardt to make the score 2-1.

But Rutherford starter and losing pitcher Shawn Kelly (8-2) appeared as if he might get out of the inning when he induced Zanizelli to ground to Gaccione. Collins was thrown out at the plate. Gsell followed with the play of the game. He stole home on the first pitch to Pete Iovine to make the score 3-1. "I knew it would get the team way up and give us a spark if I made it," said Gsell.

"I also knew it would hurt Rutherford a lot more than just a regular steal of second or third. The pitcher went into a windup and I just took off. The pitch came in on the first base side of the plate and that let me slide in safely. It was the third time I have done it this year." "We forced the action, that was the difference for us all year long and especially today," said Hewitt. "A big part of baseball is keeping the other team off balance and hustling as much as possible.

A steal of home with two outs and two strikes on the batter is something that can change the entire course of a game." Dave Dudek started for Bridgewater West, but Golden Falcon ace righthander Collins (11-2) pitched three-hit ball, striking out five and walking two, in the last five innings for the victory. appear in Tuesday's editions. By Ed Mills Correspondent PRINCETON Aggressiveness' 'on the bases and at the plate was the key to victory for the Bridgewater West baseball team Sunday. The Golden Falcons stole six bases, including home once, and had eight hits to defeat Rutherford, 7-2, and capture their first Group 2 state title at Princeton University's Strubing Field. The victory completed a rare double for Bridgewater West The Golden Falcons had won the Group 2 state boys basketball championship in March.

"Bridgewater West is probably the most aggressive team we have faced all season long," said Rutherford coach Bob Van Saders. "We probably played our worst overall game of the year, and we weren't aggressive at all. We let them take the game to us. That was the difference." The Golden Falcons began their daring play in the top of the second inning. With runners on second and third and nobody out, Otto Gsell attempted a suicide squeeze on a two-strike pitch, but he fouled it off for strike three.

Bridgewater West took the lead later in the inning when Todd Zanizelli grounded out to shortstop to score Mike Winchock from third. "That was important, that we set the tone even if we didn't succeed immediately," said Bridgewater West coach Norm Hewitt, alluding to the failed suicide squeeze. "That got Rutherford to thinking and from then on we tried everything we could to take advantage of every ba-serunning and hitting situation we could." The Bulldogs tied the game, 1-1, in the bottom of the second when Mike Arendt scored from second on an infield single by I The Record's final baseball polls will pitching, defense fifth inning with a triple off losing pitcher Henry Poltorak, Kondel brought in sophomore Paul Magrini, his top pitcher. Magrini didn't start because of soreness in his arm after throwing Thursday's state semifinal victory against Verona. Haddonfield, which finished with 10 hits, continued its barrage.

Magrini gave up three hits and a run in two innings of work. Tom Vellis surrendered another run in pitching the sixth inning for Wellington (24-4). Meanwhile, junior right-hander Casey Carpenter was pitching a five-hitter with seven strikeouts for Haddonfield. Carpenter, using mostly what he calls his sinking curve, had a no-hitter until surrendering back-to-back singleg to Pol in first shot ip LINDA RAOINTHE RECORD Haddonfield gets got that big triple to deep center field," Kondel said. He was referring to Alex Creighton's blast with one out in the third.

Creighton scored on Riley Thorndike's perfect suicide squeeze bunt on a two-strike count. "Riley had looked very bad swinging at two curveballs and I know he's a good bunter, so I figured I had nothing to lose," Haddonfield coach Dick Eastwick said after guiding his team to its first state title. The Bulldogs scored another run later in the third when Frank Moran doubled to deep left field to score Paul Wiedeman, who had walked and stolen second. Haddonfield was 7-for-7 in stolen bases in the game. When Darin Domenico opene the Ik', if I i li Alt 1 v.

1 Rutherford starting pitcher Shawn Kelly gave up one earned run in five innings and took the loss Sunday against Bridgewater West. at title allington foile By John Mayer Correspondent PRINCETON Wellington's baseball team, which has had its share of slow starts this season, fell behind again Sunday in the Group 1 state final at Princeton University. "We again came out sloppy and gave up the early runs, but I wasn't that concerned because weVe been doing that all season," coach Jim Kondel said after the Panthers dropped a 7-1 decision to Had-donfield in their first appearance in a state baseball final. Haddonfield (17-5), the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association South sectional champion, took advantage of two walks, two passed balls, and a run-scoring single to take a 2-0 lead after one inning. Yet Kondel said the turning point came in the third inning.

"I think the big blow came when theyj torak and Ned Kotula to start the fifth inning. "Casey Carpenter has to be up with the toughest kids we faced all season," said Kondel. "We're a team that usually makes good contact and yet he was able to keep us off balance, especially by throwing breaking pitches in situations that you would expect to see the fastball." Carpenter's performance is all the more impressive when you consider that he was a junior varsity pitcher a year ago and had only five starts this season. "I just tried to come out aggressive today and the breaking pitch seems to be coming over so I pretty much stuck with that," said Carpenter, who was backed up by near-perfect defense. Haddonfield made oje error.

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