2024 Baseball season preview for North Jersey

High School Sports Elite • Mar 28, 2024

Baseball:

Team-by-team previews for the 2024 season in North Jersey

OLD TAPPAN

Players to watch – Juniors: CF Rocco Pierorazio, P/OF Kai Ross; sophomores: P/1B Seldon Kolkebeck, C Anthony Onnembo.

Outlook  The Golden Knights (17-10) are young and must reload after winning last year’s National title. Players stepping up include junior 2B Alex Orecchio, freshman P David Brennan and three sophomores: 3B AJ Aiello, IF Max Garcia, P Mateo Skific.

Source Link: https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/baseball/2024/03/28/nj-baseball-team-by-team-previews-2024/73067862007/

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