{"id":13499,"date":"2017-05-12T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/2017\/05\/12\/hunterdon-county-baseball-hunterdon-central-north-hunterdon-voorhees-delval-all-have-high-hopes-for-states\/"},"modified":"2017-05-12T19:42:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T23:42:44","slug":"hunterdon-county-baseball-hunterdon-central-north-hunterdon-voorhees-delval-all-have-high-hopes-for-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/hunterdon-county-baseball-hunterdon-central-north-hunterdon-voorhees-delval-all-have-high-hopes-for-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunterdon County baseball: Hunterdon Central, North Hunterdon, Voorhees, DelVal all have high hopes for states"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><strong>North Hunterdon, which won its section<\/strong> as the ninth seed last year, is 13-7 with a six-game winning streak and winners of eight of its last nine games, which included revenge wins over Ridge and Montgomery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">North has only lost one game by more than three runs this season. The Lions are expected to be the No. 13th seed in North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 and would play at the fourth seed, which is expected to be Phillipsburg (11-7) or Watchung Hills (11-8), teams they have lost to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/player\/grant-sible\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Grant Sible<\/a> is batting .362 for the Lions with four homers, 14 RBI and 11 of his 21 hits have been for extra bases. <a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/player\/john-macce\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">John Macce<\/a> is batting .362 with 16 RBI and 16 runs scored, <a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/player\/matt-busher\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Matt Busher<\/a> is hitting .413 with 12 RBI and 17 runs, <a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/player\/matt-wagner-4\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Matt Wagner<\/a> is hitting .379 and <a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/player\/billy-russo\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Billy Russo<\/a> .320. <a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/player\/tim-schumacher\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Tim Schumacher<\/a> is 4-0 pitching with an ERA of 1.81, <a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/player\/jack-kennedy\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Jack Kennedy<\/a> is 3-2 with a 1.61 ERA and Busher is 3-2 with an ERA of 1.75.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">&#8220;The pitching has kept us in every game, but now we&#8217;re putting the ball in play and making the routine plays on defense,&#8221; said North&#8217;s veteran skipper Mike Kane, whose club is averaging 5.6 runs per game, while giving up 3.5. &#8220;We&#8217;re really starting to click and there&#8217;s no reason to think we can&#8217;t do what we did last year.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"> Source: Lion Athletic News Hunterdon County baseball: Hunterdon Central, North Hunterdon, Voorhees, DelVal all have high hopes for states <a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/news\/article\/-3519590920288560566\/hunterdon-county-baseball-hunterdon-central-north-hunterdon-voorhees-delval-all-have-high-hopes-for-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Hunterdon County baseball: Hunterdon Central, North Hunterdon, Voorhees, DelVal all have high hopes for states<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Hunterdon, which won its section as the ninth seed last year, is 13-7 with a six-game winning streak and winners of eight of its last nine games, which included revenge wins over Ridge and Montgomery. North has only lost one game by more than three runs this season. 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