BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield 18U baseball team enjoyed a successful summer. Consisting of Bloomfield High School players, the team finished with a 7-2-1 record. They defeated West Orange, 2-0; Bayonne, 7-4; Montclair, 11-10; Morristown, 10-8; Lyndhurst, 8-3; and Montclair, 14-1. They fell to Bayonne, 11-0; and West Orange, 8-5; and tied Passaic Valley, 10-10. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team featured five players who earned all–Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division honors, as selected by the divisional coaches. First team Evan Freid, senior shortstop. Darien Rivas, senior pitcher. Kevin Obiedzinski, junior outfielder. Honorable mention Evit Dwyer, senior pitcher. Trevor Frantantoni, senior catcher. In addition, Freid earned all–Essex County […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team defeated Memorial of West New York, 9-6, on Senior Day on Monday, May 13, at Bloomfield Middle School field, giving head coach Mike Policastro his 300th career victory. A 1989 BHS graduate and former standout Bengals baseball player, Policastro has been at the BHS helm since […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The 14th-seeded Bloomfield High School baseball team upset No. 3 seed Columbia, 5-4, in 13 innings in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament at Underhill Field in Maplewood. The game was on Friday, May 3, but was stopped and suspended. The game was resumed and completed on Saturday, May 4. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ —The Bloomfield High School baseball team won two straight games, defeating Barringer and North Bergen. Senior Darien Rivas pitched 6 ⅓ strong innings, allowing six hits and four walks and striking out five, as the Bengals beat Barringer, 6-3, Wednesday, April 24, in Newark to snap a seven-game losing streak. Senior Trevor Frantantoni […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team defeated West Orange, 4-1, on Wednesday, April 10 in West Orange. Senior righty Darien Rivas earned the win as he pitched five innings of two- hit ball, allowing one earned and one walk and hitting two batters while striking out six. Senior Evan Freid pitched two […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team looks to bounce back from tough losses. The Bengals dropped a heartbreaking 9-7 decision at Verona on Thursday, April 4, on a two-run walkoff home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Bloomfield jumped out to a 7-1 lead into the bottom of the fifth […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team defeated Montclair Kimberley Academy, 7-4, in eight innings in the season opener on Monday, April 1, in Montclair. Senior Evan Freid went 4-for-5, including hitting the game-tying home run in the seventh inning and the game-winning RBI single in the eighth. Senior Darien Rivas had two […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Last season, the Bloomfield High School baseball team had a magnificent 20-10 season, finishing as runner-up in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state tournament. The Bengals dropped a heartbreaking 12-11 decision to Ridgewood in the sectional final at Bloomfield Middle School field. The rebuilding […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Evit Dwyer has been named the Bloomfield High School Student-Athlete of the Month. Dwyer, a senior, was a two-year starter for the Bengals boys basketball team. He amassed more than 100 points and 100 rebounds this season, while shooting 45 percent from three-point range. On the baseball diamond last spring, Dwyer was […]