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, 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, 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, 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, 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 […]
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, NJ — The seventh-seeded Bloomfield High School baseball team fell to fourth-seeded Seton Hall Prep in the Greater Newark Tournament championship game on Saturday, May 21, at Yogi Berra Stadium in Newark. The Bengals, under head coach and 1989 BHS graduate Mike Policastro, reached the GNT final for the first time since 1997. Bloomfield […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team has advanced to the Greater Newark Tournament championship game for the first time in 25 years. The seventh-seeded Bengals defeated Barringer, 10-1, in the quarterfinal round on Wednesday, May 11, at Bloomfield Middle School field. Tyler Bell, a junior, went 2-for-3 with a single, a double, […]
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 […]
BLOOMFIED — The Bloomfield High School baseball team hosted Millburn in a Super Essex Conference–American Division game on Tuesday, May 10. The Bengals lost, 12-1. Photos Courtesy of Jerry Simon