{"id":10022,"date":"2016-06-03T21:07:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T01:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/?p=10022"},"modified":"2016-06-03T22:12:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T02:12:09","slug":"jack-kennedy-pitches-a-gem-and-leads-the-lions-to-the-n2g4-sectional-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/jack-kennedy-pitches-a-gem-and-leads-the-lions-to-the-n2g4-sectional-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Kennedy pitches a gem and leads the Lions to the N2G4 Sectional Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

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14th-seeded North Hunterdon rode junior Jack Kennedy to a 3-1 victory over top-seeded Watchung Hills in the NJSIAA\/Wilson Sporting Goods North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Sectional final on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kennedy delivered on the mound with a complete-game performance and struck out five in the contest, including two in final inning as North Hunterdon kept an unbelievable postseason run alive<\/span><\/p>\n

John Wilson scored the initial run for the Lions, coming in during the first inning when Jeff Guile hit a grounder to the right side with the bases loaded.<\/span><\/p>\n

John Macce tacked on a run in the third inning by driving in Jack Peterson with a shot up the middle and then Matt Busher hit a sac fly in the fourth that brought around Matt Roskoski. The sequence that led to that third and final run started with a misplayed ball up the middle, continued with a sac bunt from Justin Johnson, developed further after a passed ball and came to end with Busher’s drive to the outfield — a series of events that just optimizes what this team has been about in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

Matt Busher came up with the first jaw-dropping defensive play as he unleashed a laser from right field in the fourth inning to gun out a runner at third base to put the finishing touches on a 9-5 double play. Grant Sible produced another gem in the bottom of the fifth inning as he fully extended and caught a line drive that became the first out in a 1-2-3 frame.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Lions will play Morristown in the Group 4 State Semifinals on Tuesday, June 7th – at Kean University 4pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

North Hunterdon knocks off top-seeded Watchung Hills, wins North 2, Group 4 championship<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

14th-seeded North Hunterdon knocks off top-seeded Watchung Hills, wins North 2, Group 4 championship<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Baseball: North Hunterdon upsets Watchung Hills in sectional final<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

WATCH<\/strong>: Jack Kennedy puts finishing touches on North 2, Group 4 title win<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Box score for Friday’s sectional final<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Look back at live updates from sectional final<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

14th-seeded North Hunterdon rode junior Jack Kennedy to a 3-1 victory over top-seeded Watchung Hills in the NJSIAA\/Wilson Sporting Goods North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Sectional final on Friday. Kennedy delivered on the mound with a complete-game performance and struck out five in the contest, including two in final inning as North Hunterdon kept […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-lion-pride-archive","7":"entry","8":"override"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 22:38:52","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10022"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10036,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10022\/revisions\/10036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}