Belleville HS baseball team achieves banner baseball season

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At left, Belleville’s Derek Gonzalez fires a throw from the infield and, at right, Belleville assistant coach Vinnie Orrei, wearing blue shirt, leads a pre-game prayer with the players, when the Bucs defeated University at home on Saturday, April 8.

BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville High School baseball team enjoyed a stellar season this spring.

The Buccaneers, under head coach Joe Sorce, finished with an outstanding 20-7 overall record, including winning the Super Essex Conference–Colonial Division championship with a 13-1 divisional record. It marked their first 20-win season since 2013 when they went 23-4.

After losing in the season opener at Cedar Grove 12-2 on Monday, April 3, the Bucs reeled off 13 straight victories. In that win streak, the Bucs avenged the loss to Cedar Grove on Wednesday, April 19, at home with a 4-1 win.

The Bucs, seeded seventh, lost to 10th-seeded Ferris of Jersey City 9-6 in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 state tournament on Monday, May 22, at home to end the season.

Prior to the sectional tournament loss, the Bucs went 3-1 in the final week of the regular season, beating East Orange Campus 11-0 on Monday, May 15, at home; Hoboken 6-4 on Tuesday, May 16, on the road; and Shabazz 13-3 on Friday, May 19, at home and losing at West Orange 5-4 on Saturday, May 20.

The future is bright for the Bucs. They graduate two seniors, Jacob Mauricio and Joe Guancione.

Joe Sorce has been at the Bucs’ helm since 2007.

Photo Courtesy of Joe Ragozzino

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