{"id":5270,"date":"2014-06-07T17:29:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T21:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/?p=5539"},"modified":"2014-08-29T10:06:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T14:06:01","slug":"north-hunterdon-softball-team-holds-off-hillsborough-to-win-njsiaa-group-4-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/north-hunterdon-softball-team-holds-off-hillsborough-to-win-njsiaa-group-4-title\/","title":{"rendered":"North Hunterdon softball team holds off Hillsborough to win NJSIAA Group 4 title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- \/storypackage --><!-- \/#article_inset --><!-- Article --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2014\/06\/NHHS-Lady-Lions-Win-Group4-Softball-State-Title.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5540 alignright\" style=\"border: 0px currentColor\" alt=\"NHHS-Lady-Lions-Win-Group4-Softball-State-Title\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2014\/06\/NHHS-Lady-Lions-Win-Group4-Softball-State-Title-300x222.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com\/school\/annandale-north-hunterdon-high-school\/softball\/\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" >North Hunterdon High School softball team<\/a> jumped out to a six-run lead and held on for a<a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com\/game\/score\/2119223\/\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" > 6-4 victory<\/a> over Hillsborough today in the NJSIAA Group 4 championship game in Toms River.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It was the Lions&#8217; second championship in two title game appearances with the first coming in 2006 against Steinert.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com\/player\/mason-spichiger\/\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" >Mason Spichiger<\/a> finished 4-for-4 with two RBIs while allowing two earned runs and seven hits in seven innings on the mound. Spichiger got <a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com\/school\/hillsborough-hillsborough-high-school\/softball\/\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" >Hillsborough<\/a>&#8216;s top hitter Alyssa VanDerveer to pop out in the bottom of the seventh inning to clinch the victory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com\/player\/-graham-7\/\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" >Megan Graham<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com\/player\/isabella-mary\/\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" > Isabella Many<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com\/player\/k-parker\/\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" >Kayla Parker <\/a>each had two hits for the Lions. <a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com\/player\/carly-severini\/\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" >Carly Severini<\/a> had a two-run double for North Hunterdon in its three-run first inning.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2014\/06\/NHHS-Lady-Lions-Win-Group4-Softball-State-Team-Title.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0px currentColor\" alt=\"NHHS-Lady-Lions-Win-Group4-Softball-State-Team-Title\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2014\/06\/NHHS-Lady-Lions-Win-Group4-Softball-State-Team-Title-300x171.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/sports\/index.ssf\/2014\/06\/north_hunterdon_softball_team_4.html#incart_river_default\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" ><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">HERE <\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>to review the article on LehighValleyLive.com.<\/p>\n<p>Click <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/news\/article\/4768389882629385835\/hillsborough-4-at-north-hunterdon-6-njsiaa-group-tournament-final-round-group-4-softball\/\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" ><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">HERE <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>to review the article on NJ.com.<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycentraljersey.com\/story\/sports\/high-school\/softball\/2014\/06\/07\/north-hunterdon-captures-first-state-title-since\/10182817\/\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" ><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>HERE <\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>to review the article on MyCentralJersey.com.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Hunterdon High School softball team jumped out to a six-run lead and held on for a 6-4 victory over Hillsborough today in the NJSIAA Group 4 championship game in Toms River. It was the Lions&#8217; second championship in two title game appearances with the first coming in 2006 against Steinert. 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