John F. Kennedy High School
Mustangs Baseball
John F. Kennedy High School
Mustangs Baseball
3 State Championship Titles - 20 NJSIAA Playoff Appearances - 11 Conference / Divisional Titles
Greater Middlesex Conference, White Division - NJSIAA North 2 / Group 3
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2012 NEWS REPORTS
EDISON 3, J.F KENNEDY 1
11:44 PM, May. 17, 2012 Written by Staff Report
Anthony Hernandez threw a complete-game six-hitter to lift the ninth-seeded Eagles (13-10) past the eighth-seeded Mustangs (11-8). Hernandez induced a game-ending 4-3 line drive double play with the bases loaded. Junior Fernandez went 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run for Edison, who advances to face top-seeded Sayreville in the quarterfinals on Saturday at 2 p.m.
J.F Kennedy Freshmen Baseball completes their season
11:15 AM, May 18, 2012 - Written by Charlie McDevitt - Kennedy-Baseball.com
Coach Rotella reports the freshmen baseball program has concluded their 2012 season with a strong 12-3 record, 145 runs for and a meager 66 runs against. Rotella indicated his team's success was the result of the hard work put forward by his squad. Team member are as follows: Connor Aston - 34, Brian Bucher - 9, Joshua Cammack - 32, Eddie Caroselli - 2, Jonathan Cuzzola - 11, Jason Hernandez - 27, Ryan Kelly - 12, Joeseph Mastroserio - 18, Anthony Mercedes - 22, Devin Moscarelli - 23, Aman Purba - 25, Thomas Sharfetz - 16, Samuel Stolz - 8, and Adam Vargas - 3. Congratulation to Coach Rotella and his Freshmen Team!
J.F. Kennedy tops Edison behind Stone
12:05 AM, May. 9, 2012 Written by Staff Report
Joe Stone hurled a complete-game three-hitter while leading the J.F. Kennedy High School baseball team to Tuesday’s 4-1 victory over Edison.
Zach Buchholz’s two-run single in the third erased a 1-0 deficit. Chad Barrall’s two-run double in the fourth produced the final margin.
Rob Borwegen singled and scored on a balk for the Eagles (11-10). Tom Farley went 2-for-3 with a run scored for the Mustangs (11-7), who have won three straight.
J.F. KENNEDY 3, NORTH BRUNSWICK 2
11:42 PM, May. 7, 2012 Written by Staff Report
Eric Jutton drew a bases-loaded walk with one out in the top of the seventh to score the go-ahead run for the Mustangs (10-7). Joe Stone hit a fourth-inning solo homer for Kennedy and Leo DaCosta scattered six hits over six innings for the win. Joe Manley went 2-for-3 with a sixth-inning solo home run to tie the game at 2 for the Raiders (10-9).
Htam, Poland power Monroe past Kennedy
12:29 AM, May. 4, 2012 Written by Staff Report
Jeff Htam went 2-for-3 with two doubles and four RBI to power the Monroe High School baseball team to a 14-6 victory over J.F. Kennedy in six innings on Thursday. Richie Poland added to the offense, going 2-for-3 with three RBI for the Falcons (10-6). Eric Giordano went 2-for-3 with a double for the Mustangs (8-7).
J.F. KENNEDY 3, NORTH BRUNSWICK 1
11:12 PM, Apr. 30, 2012 Written by Staff Report
J.F. Kennedy (8-6) starting pitcher Adonis Hernandez yielded four hits, one earned run and struck out nine in a complete game. Harrison Kaye was 1-for-4 with an RBI single and Victor Konstantinovsky went 2-for-2 with a run scored and a stolen base for North Brunswick (10-6).
SOUTH PLAINFIELD 12, J.F. KENNEDY 2 - (6 inn.)
9:52 PM, Apr. 25, 2012 Written by Staff report
Junior shortstop Sal Esposito went 2-for-3 with an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth to give South Plainfield (8-5) its second straight mercy-rule win over the Mustangs (7-6). Junior righty Pat Boyle (1-1) threw a complete game to earn his first varsity win. He struck out two and allowed six hits and a walk.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD 12, J.F. KENNEDY 1 - (6 inn.)
11:45 PM, Apr. 24, 2012 Written by Staff Report
Stephen Petriello went 2-for-4 with a double, homer and three RBI. Winning pitcher A.J. Celentano (2-for-3 with two RBI and a run) went the distance. He fanned four, scattered three hits and walked none. Taylor Born (2-for-3) had a run and an RBI. The Tigers (7-5) scored five unearned runs in the second to build a 7-1 lead. Eric Giordano had an RBI single for the Mustangs (7-5).
J.F. KENNEDY 7, WOODBRIDGE 4
11:23 PM, Apr. 19, 2012 Written by Staff report
Zach Buchholz went 2-for-4 with a double, triple and three RBI and Adonis Hernandez went 2-for-3 with one RBI and two runs scored for J.F. Kennedy. The Mustangs plated five in the fifth inning to take a 5-3 lead. Hernandez (4-0) struck out 13 and walked two in the victory. Steve Sepa went 2-for-3 with a double and Sean Villegas went 2-for-4 with a double and one RBI one runs scored for Woodbridge (5-5).
WOODBRIDGE 4, J.F. KENNEDY 1
11:44 PM, Apr. 18, 2012 Written by Staff Report
Anthony Pagliuca (3-for-3) finished a homer shy of the cycle to help the Barrons (5-4) win their fourth straight. Dan Kacsmar’s second double of the game gave Woodbridge a 3-1 lead in the fifth. Jesse Lammers’ sixth-inning homer produced the final margin. Nick Hart (4-for-4) doubled for the Mustangs (6-4), who had a five-game winning streak snapped. Matt DeParis (2-for-3) scored J.F. Kennedy’s lone run on Joe Stone’s fourth-inning single. Kacsmar went the distance, fanning six, walking one and scattering 11 hits. J.F. Kennedy stranded nine runners.
J.F. Kennedy shuts down rival Colonia
9:18 PM, Apr. 14, 2012 Written by Greg Tufaro, Staff Writer
WOODBRIDGE — After extending its winning streak to five with Saturday’s 6-0 blanking of crosstown rival Colonia, the J.F. Kennedy High School baseball team has already won more division games than it did last season.
“I think last year we had an inexperienced team,” said coach Eric Mills, whose Mustangs finished 3-11 in the Greater Middlesex Conference White Division.
“Last year I think we found ways to lose. Now we find ways to win. We are a scrappy team with a lot of heart.”
The Mustangs (6-3 overall, 5-1 division) trail division-leader North Brunswick (6-1 overall, 5-0 division) by a half game.
Junior right-hander Adonis Hernandez, who earned a save in Friday’s win over Colonia, struck out nine and scattered four hits while going the distance in Saturday’s victory. He has surrendered just one earned run over 19 innings. Hernandez, who threw an economical 90 pitches, retired nine of the last 10 batters, issuing one of two walks on the day in the seventh.
Were it not for dropping its season opener to West Morris on a walk-off hit and losing on an eighth-inning error to J.P. Stevens, J.F. Kennedy’s record could have just one blemish.
“We lost two heartbreakers,” Mills said. “I think that’s given us a little character.”
Colonia (1-6 overall, 0-6 division), however, which has lost five games by a total of nine runs, knows heartbreaking defeat even better.
The difference between the Patriots and J.F. Kennedy right now is the latter’s ability to execute and come through with timely hits.
J.F. Kennedy rallied from three deficits during Friday’s 12-10 comeback win in the initial meeting between the schools.
Despite stranding 10 runners Saturday, the Mustangs came through in the clutch, including Eric Giordano’s two-run double in the home sixth, which produced the final margin.
Colonia, conversely, got the leadoff batter aboard in each of the first two innings, but failed sacrifice bunt attempts – both resulted in pop outs – changed the game’s complexion.
Three of the Patriots hits went for extra bases – including a fifth-inning leadoff double by Chris Diprofio, who was thrown out trying to ill-advisedly stretch his hit into a triple with Colonia trailing by four runs.
“Execution is part of the game,” Colonia coach Tom Hennessy said. “It doesn’t matter how hard you hit the ball or where you hit the ball. We play good baseball, but there’s always those mistakes that cost us. We take ourselves out of games.”
J.F. Kennedy built a 2-0 lead in the second inning on Tom Farley’s RBI single and Hernandez’s bases-loaded walk. Hernandez’s free pass came on a full count and ended his second consecutive 10-pitch at bat. The Mustangs would have another 10-pitch at bat later in the game, illustrating the club’s trademark peskiness at the plate.
J.F. Kennedy tacked on two more runs in the fifth. Zach Buchholz led off with a double and scored on Joe Stone’s single. Giordano later scored on the back end of a delayed double steal.
Sophomore right-hander Bryan Kopko, making his first start for Colonia, went the distance, throwing 126 pitches, 61 of which came in the final two innings.
He worked in-and-out of trouble as J.F. Kennedy stranded seven runners in scoring position, twice leaving the bases loaded.
Seven Mustangs had at least one hit. Giordano, Stone and Leo DaCosta had two hits apiece.
J.F. KENNEDY 12, COLONIA 10
8:25 PM, April 13, 2012 - Written by Staff Report
Eric Giordano went 2-for-4 with four RBI, Zach Buchholz went 2-for-3 with four runs scored and two RBI and Nick Hart went 2-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI for J.F. Kennedy (5-3). Andrew Neich went 2-for-3 with a pair of homers and four RBI and Joe Coutinho went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored for Colonia (1-6).
J.F. KENNEDY 12, SPOTSWOOD 8
10:48 PM, Apr 1., 2012 - Written by Staff Report
Nick Hart went 4-for-5 with a double, three RBI and two runs while Leo DaCosta went 3-for-3 with a double, RBI, and three runs to lead J.F. Kennedy (4-3). For the Chargers (3-2), Matt Mangarella went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
J.F. KENNEDY 13, CARTERET 2
9:32 PM, Apr. 9, 2012 - Written by Staff Report
Winning pitcher Adonis Hernandez struck out nine and scattered three hits in four innnings and collected a triple and four RBI at the plate. Zach Bucholz’s three hits and three RBI and Chad Barrall’s three hits and three runs carried the Mustangs (3-3). Dakota Smith’s two-run triple accounted for Carteret’s offense.
J.F. KENNEDY 10, CARTERET 2
10:17 PM, Apr. 7, 2012 - Written by Staff Report
Joe Stone struck out five during a complete-game, four-hitter and was supported by Zach Bucholz’s two hits, including a triple, and three RBI. Erik Fruscella went 3-for-3 with a triple and a run for Carteret.
Baseball: Wojciechowski, Mincey lift J.P. Stevens past J.F. Kennedy
10:40 PM, Apr. 5, 2012 Written by Staff Report
Senior right-hander Justin Wojciechowski went eight innings, and Jared Mincey walked four times and scored the game-winning run Thursday as the J.P. Stevens High School baseball team beat John F. Kennedy 5-4.
Mincey scored on an overthrow in the top of the eighth after stealing third base. Kennedy’s Zach Bucholz singled to open the bottom of the eighth, was moved to second on a sacrifice, but Wojciechowski struck out the last two batters.
Wojciechowski pitched a five-hitter, striking out eight and walking one.
J.P. Stevens (2-0, No. 10 in the Home News Tribune Top 10) led 4-0 after Jasdeep Buttar’s three-run homer in the first. Nick Hart tied the game 4-4 when Nick Hart hit a two-run homer in the fifth. Hart also had a RBI triple. Kennedy is 1-3.
Hernandez throws complete game for J.F. Kennedy
8:54 PM, Apr. 4, 2012 - Written by Staff Report
Junior right-hander Adonis Hernandez struck out 10, scattered five hits and went the distance on Wednesday as the J.F. Kennedy High School baseball team defeated Perth Amboy, 6-0.
Hernandez also scored three runs, while first baseman Eric Giordano went 3-for-4 for the Mustangs (1-2).
Starting pitcher Fernando Rosa suffered the loss but picked up two hits for Perth Amboy (1-1), No. 6 in the Home News Tribune Top 10.
PERTH AMBOY 6, J.F. KENNEDY 3
April 3, 2012 - Written by Staff Report
Panthers closer Jose Hernandez struck out five of the six batters he faced to shut the door on the Mustangs. Jorge Sanchez went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and two RBI for sixth-ranked Perth Amboy (1-0). Eric Giordano had two hits, a run scored, and a double for the Mustangs (0-2).
JFK JV Baseball defeated Perth Amboy on 4/3 by the score of 10-3.
HNT: Baseball Teams Preview ( News Report )
11:33 PM, Mar. 29, 2012
Written by - Staff Report
J.F. KENNEDY
Coach: Eric Mills, first season.
Last year: 9-18 overall, 3-11 division.
Projected lineup: Tom Farley (Jr., C); Eric Giordano (Jr., 1B); Zach Buchholz (Jr., 2B); Adonis Hernandez (Jr., SS); Leandro DaCosta (Sr., 3B); Matthew DeParis (Jr., LF); Chad Barrall (Jr., CF); Nick Hart (Sr., RF).
Pitchers: Joe Stone (Jr., RH); Adonis Hernandez (Jr., RH); Leandro DaCosta (Sr., RH); Matthew Martinson (Sr., LH); Josue Ruiz (Jr., RH); Jose Sierra (Jr., RH); Zach Buchholz (Jr., RH); Eric Giordano (Jr., LH).
Key reserves: Eric Hutton (Sr., INF); Adam Karlin (Jr., C); Jose Sierra (Jr., OF); Nicholas Velez (Jr., 2B); Brandon Wood (So., 3B).
Outlook: Mills takes over for Jerry Smith Jr., who compiled a 120-70 record in seven seasons and led the Mustangs to the 2009 state Group II title. Smith is the new head coach at New Jersey City University. J.F. Kennedy returns nine players with varsity experience including their top four hitters: DeParis (.380, 1 HR, 19 RBI); Hernandez (.380, 6 HR, 18 RBI); Buchholz (.351, 1 HR, 23 RBI); and Giordano (.316, 1 HR, 14 RBI). Each member of the quartet had at least 24 hits and scored at least 16 runs. Stone (3-1, 3.60) and Hernandez (0-1, 5.49) each hurled at least 21 innings. They will combine to replace graduated workhorse A.J. Pichalski (3-9, 5.67), who pitched 54 innings.
HNT: GMC Baseball Scoring Leaders
11:33 PM, Mar. 29, 2012
Staff Report
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Aluminum Foil
Metal bats may thwart offensive performance, some say, as debate lingers over new standard
11:49 PM, Mar. 29, 2012
Written by Greg Tufaro - Staff Writer
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