{"id":17309,"date":"2018-05-31T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/2018\/05\/31\/no-11-north-hunterdon-advances-to-2nd-straight-group-4-final-with-3-2-win-over-mount-olive\/"},"modified":"2018-06-02T19:18:23","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T23:18:23","slug":"no-11-north-hunterdon-advances-to-2nd-straight-group-4-final-with-3-2-win-over-mount-olive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/no-11-north-hunterdon-advances-to-2nd-straight-group-4-final-with-3-2-win-over-mount-olive\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 11 North Hunterdon advances to 2nd straight Group 4 final with 3-2 win over Mount Olive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/2018\/05\/31\/no-11-north-hunterdon-advances-to-2nd-straight-group-4-final-with-3-2-win-over-mount-olive\/nhhs-lions-softbll-5-31-18\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17314\" class=\"local-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2018\/05\/NHHS-Lions-Softbll-5-31-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2018\/05\/NHHS-Lions-Softbll-5-31-18.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2018\/05\/NHHS-Lions-Softbll-5-31-18-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2018\/05\/NHHS-Lions-Softbll-5-31-18-768x628.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/school\/annandale-north-hunterdon\/softball\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">North Hunterdon<\/a>\u00a0stands just one win from its second state title in program history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">The Lions, No. 11 in the NJ.com Top 20, received a gritty performance in the circle from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/player\/maggie-swan\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Maggie Swan<\/a>\u00a0and some timely hitting early in the game, and pulled out a 3-2 win over\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/school\/flanders-mount-olive\/softball\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Mount Olive<\/a>\u00a0in the Group 4 semifinals at Mike Sheppard Sr. Field at Ivy Hill Park in Newark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">The win sends North Hunterdon to the Group 4 championship game for the second year in a row, where it is slated to take on Vineland, which defeated Montgomery 8-5 in the other semifinal earlier in the day. The final will be played either Saturday or Sunday at a time to be determined at Kean University in Union.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Maggie Swan\u00a0gave up just two runs on four hits\u00a0for the Lions, in which she struck out five and walked none in a complete-game effort. She also\u00a0helped out her own cause by driving in a run via a sacrifice fly in the second inning.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/player\/jensen-macaulay\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Jensen Macaulay<\/a>\u00a0also had a sacrifice fly in the second, and the Lions were able to chase Mount Olive starter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/player\/alyssa-borozan\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Alyssa Borozan<\/a>\u00a0from the game after just two innings after getting five hits.\u00a0Hanily and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/player\/taylor-hucke\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Taylor Hucke<\/a>\u00a0each had two hits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L52CRJ1XdMo&amp;feature=youtu.be\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17330\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2018\/05\/JerseySportszone-5-31-18-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2018\/05\/JerseySportszone-5-31-18-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2018\/05\/JerseySportszone-5-31-18-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2018\/05\/JerseySportszone-5-31-18-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2018\/05\/JerseySportszone-5-31-18.jpg 1207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>for North Hunterdon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Source: Lion Athletic News No. 11 North Hunterdon advances to 2nd straight Group 4 final with 3-2 win over Mount Olive <a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/news\/article\/-8249059294698532952\/no-11-north-hunterdon-advances-to-2nd-straight-group-4-final-with-3-2-win-over-mount-olive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">No. 11 North Hunterdon advances to 2nd straight Group 4 final with 3-2 win over Mount Olive<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Hunterdon\u00a0stands just one win from its second state title in program history. The Lions, No. 11 in the NJ.com Top 20, received a gritty performance in the circle from\u00a0Maggie Swan\u00a0and some timely hitting early in the game, and pulled out a 3-2 win over\u00a0Mount Olive\u00a0in the Group 4 semifinals at Mike Sheppard Sr. Field [&hellip;]<\/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-17309","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":"2026-06-16 14:22:22","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\/17309","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=17309"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17331,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17309\/revisions\/17331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}