Bloomfield High School baseball

Bloomfield baseball team has good returning nucleus this season

By Joe Ragozzino on March 28, 2025 BLOOMFIELD

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team has reason to feel optimistic this season. The Bengals lost nine players to graduation, but returned several players: senior outfielder/pitcher Jack Lardner, senior pitcher/third baseman Darious Rivas, senior left-handed pitcher/center fielder Kevin Obiedzinski, sophomore second baseman/pitcher Noah Attas, junior third baseman/pitcher Braeden Weber, sophomore shortstop Sean […]

Bloomfield HS spring team schedules

By Editor on March 28, 2025 BLOOMFIELD

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School spring teams are getting ready for their seasons. The following are the schedules for baseball, softball and boys volleyball: Baseball April 1: at Newark Tech, 4 p.m. April 3: at Cedar Grove, 4 p.m. April 4: Hanover Park, 4 p.m. April 7: Newark Academy, 4 p.m. April 9: […]

Bloomfield 18U baseball team enjoys fine summer

By Joe Ragozzino on August 9, 2024 BLOOMFIELD

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 HS baseball players earn Super Essex Conference honors

By Joe Ragozzino on June 11, 2024 BLOOMFIELD

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 HS head baseball coach Mike Policastro grateful to achieve 300 career wins

By Joe Ragozzino on May 15, 2024 BLOOMFIELD

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 […]

Bloomfield HS baseball team stuns Columbia in 13 innings in Greater Newark Tournament first round

By Joe Ragozzino on May 9, 2024 BLOOMFIELD

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 HS baseball team enjoys victories

By Joe Ragozzino on May 3, 2024 BLOOMFIELD

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 HS baseball team defeats West Orange

By Joe Ragozzino on April 18, 2024 BLOOMFIELD

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 HS baseball team looks to bounce back

By Joe Ragozzino on April 11, 2024 BLOOMFIELD

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 HS baseball team tops Montclair Kimberley Academy in eight innings in the season opener

By Editor on April 5, 2024 BLOOMFIELD

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 […]