Rain Delay Edition

With the rain pretty much washing out today's slate, it's a good time to look back at some of the headline results of the week so far.

The week's shocker, and we talked about this on the podcast, was in the Hunterdon/Warren Tournament semifinals Monday when top-seeded and defending champ North Hunterdon fell victim to seven errors in an 8-3 loss to fourth-seeded Warren Hills -- just another in a long line of games I've picked wrong in the county tournaments, as I had North going all the way.

What compounded my frustration, as well as those of the Lions, North Hunterdon came back Tuesday with an 8-1 victory over the Blue Streaks, begging the question: Did North take Warren Hills too lightly, perhaps looking past the Streaks toward a potential championship game rematch with Hunterdon Central?

Lesson learned, I hope, with the state tournament set to get started next week.

Another interesting result from Monday was Governor Livingston's 6-0 victory over J.F. Kennedy, which was given the top seed in the GMC Tournament earlier in the day.

The Highlanders' win suggests two things: 1. Union County is stronger the Middlesex County this year; 2. GL's loss to Cranford in the UCT quarterfinals was an aberration.

Look for the Highlanders to get a top seed in the CJ II Tournament and challenge for the sectional title.

Finally, Hillsborough earned a measure of revenge against Immaculata on Tuesday with a 2-1 victory as righty Megan McInaw's two-run homer and strong pitching keyed the Raiders win.

Sure, it's a small consolation for Hillsborough after Saturday's 1-0 loss in the Somerset County Tournament final, but if the Raiders are looking to play spoiler in the race for the Skyland Conference Delaware East title, they bit a huge chunk out of the Spartans' hopes with Tuesday's win.

Immaculata now sits three games behind Montgomery and two behind Bridgewater-Raritan with four conference games left. A long shot, to say the least.


NOTES: Congratulations to Rutgers Prep, which beat Pennington on Tuesday for the Prep B Tournament championship. For the Argos last, who won the title in 2005, this is their third Prep B championship in their history.

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Check back here Thursday for a break down of the NJSIAA Tournament, as the brackets are due for release.