Bloomfield HS baseball team returns strong group

Bloomfield HS baseball team returns strong group

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Coming off last season’s Greater Newark Tournament championship run, the Bloomfield High School baseball team hopes to build off that success while improving on its record this spring. The Bengals, who went 9-19 overall and lost to powerhouse Seton Hall Prep in the GNT final last season, return 85 percent of their […]

Kids having fun at Bloomfield Bengals summer baseball camp

Kids having fun at Bloomfield Bengals summer baseball camp

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School head baseball coach Mike Policastro is conducting his 16th annual Bengals summer baseball camp at Bloomfield Middle School’s field for players ages 7-15, or grades 2-8. The camp will be held for three weeks: July 11-15, July 18-22 and July 25-29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. A […]

Bloomfield HS baseball players gaining summer experience

Bloomfield HS baseball players gaining summer experience

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team finished with a 9-19 record this past spring, but the Bengals enjoyed one major highlight — they reached the Greater Newark Tournament championship game for the first time since 1997. The GNT is considered the Essex County tournament. Though they lost decisively to perennial powerhouse Seton […]

Bloomfield HS baseball team gives good efforts this season

Bloomfield HS baseball team gives good efforts this season

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Despite finishing with a 9-19 record, the Bloomfield High School baseball team managed to become county tournament runner-up this season. The seventh-seeded Bengals defeated sixth-seeded Nutley in the semifinals before losing to fourth-seeded Seton Hall Prep in the final of the Greater Newark Tournament, which is considered to be the county tournament. […]

Bloomfield HS baseball players receive SEC honors

Bloomfield HS baseball players receive SEC honors

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team, which finished with a 9-19 record this spring, featured five players who earned all-Super Essex Conference–American Division honors, as selected by the division coaches. First team: Nico Ong, senior catcher/outfielder. Second team: Tyler Bell, junior second baseman/pitcher. Brandon Piacenza, junior third baseman/pitcher. Honorable mention: Daniel Murawinski, […]

Bloomfield HS baseball team drops heartbreaking opener in state tournament to end season

Bloomfield HS baseball team drops heartbreaking opener in state tournament to end season

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 11th-seeded Bloomfield High School baseball team dropped a heartbreaking 4-3 decision to sixth-seeded Columbia in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4, tournament on Wednesday, June 1, at Underhill Field in Maplewood. After Columbia scored a run in the bottom of […]

CORRECTED: Bloomfield HS baseball team to visit Columbia in first round of North 1, Group 4 state sectional tournament

CORRECTED: Bloomfield HS baseball team to visit Columbia in first round of North 1, Group 4 state sectional tournament

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team, seeded 11th, will visit sixth-seeded Columbia in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4, tournament on June 1 at Underhill Field in Maplewood. The winner will advance to the quarterfinals against the winner of No. 3 […]

Bloomfield HS baseball team defeats Barringer to reach the GNT semifinals

Bloomfield HS baseball team defeats Barringer to reach the GNT semifinals

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The seventh-seeded Bloomfield High School baseball team defeated No. 15 seed Barringer, 10-1, in the quarterfinal round of the Greater Newark Tournament on Wednesday, May 11, at Bloomfield Middle School field. Tyler Bell, a junior, went 2 -for-3 with a single, a double, and three RBIs, senior Nico Ong went 2-for-3 with […]