The second round of the NJSIAA State Tournament wrapped up with plenty of excitement across all brackets. Each bracket featured four games, narrowing the field down to just four teams remaining in each. The second round delivered its fair share of upsets, as lower-seeded teams rose to the occasion and knocked off favorites. There were also standout performances from both teams and individual players, setting the tone for what promises to be an intense and competitive tournament. The action picks back up tomorrow with the semifinal round, as the remaining teams look to take one step closer to the ultimate goal: winning two more games and being crowned state champion. Today, we will be taking a look at the results from last week's group 3 games.

NORTH 1 BRACKET

+ In the North 1 Bracket, Wayne Hills blanked Paramus 4-0. Manhattan commit Casey Barratta was fantastic on the mound while FDU-Teaneck commit Max De Laguarde homered. Ramapo beat Montville 6-2 behind six strong innings from 2026 Cody Herman.

NORTH 2 BRACKET

+ Top seeded Colonia blanked Middletown North 5-0 in the North 2 bracket, behind the right arm of Monmouth recruit Cory Pascarella. Pascarella threw a no hitter and punched out 16 in complete game effort while Jake Harvatt and Joseph Massimino both tripled and scored runs. North Hunterdon edged Carteret 3-2. Stevens Tech commit Brandon Suler went five innings and fanned six and Boston College commit Zach Fronio doubled and drove in two. In the bottom half of the bracket, both top seeded advanced as third seeded South Plainfield beat sixth seeded Cranford, 5-2 and second seeded Millburn snuck passed seventh seeded Somerville, 1-0.

CENTRAL BRACKET

+ In the Central bracket, top seeded Northern Burlington needed a big late comeback to beat Brick Township, 9-8. Jimmy Musser had two hits for NB while Luca Mannino, Liam Velit, and Jaden Freeze all homered. Rutgers commit Cole Marchetti punched out six in four innings of work. Lawrence was all over Hamilton West 12-3 and Middletown South blanked Burlington Township, 4-0. Finally, Brick Memorial topped Steinert, 3-1.

SOUTH BRACKET

+ Ninth seeded Ocean City upset top seeded Mainland 3-1. NJIT commit Kameron Street went 6.1 IP with six strikeouts and did not walk a batter, while Josh Pashley had two RBI. Miami commit Jake Lodgek took the hard luck loss, allowing just one earned run in six innings and striking out six. Toms River South slid passed fourth seeded Clearview, 2-1 and sixth seeded Shawnee blanked third seeded Delsea, 5-0. Coastal Carolina commit Frank Cairone, one of the top helium draft guys in the ‘25 class, struck out 12 in six innings and allowed just one earned run in the loss. Finally, Toms River East took care of seventh seeded Hammonton, 9-0. Second ranked 2027 Joey DiMeo had two hits including a triple while Chase Caswell added three hits and four RBI.

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