Looking at the South Jersey Division Winners in High School Baseball

by Marc Narducci | May 28, 2024

While the NJSIAA playoffs are currently underway, the conference and division championships have been decided in high school baseball. Here is a look at how the championships were earned.

Burlington County Scholastic League

Freedom Division: Holy Cross Prep had a 9-1 record to win the division by a game over Doane Academy. The two teams split their regular season games, but Doane Academy also lost a 6-2 regular season decision to Riverside. As an aside, Holy Cross is actually 2-1 over Doane Academy, having won, 9-1 in the South Jersey Non-Public B tournament.

Independence Division: Medford Tech ran the table, going 8-0. Westampton Tech was 6-2, losing two slugfests to Medford Tech, 11-8 and 12-10.

Liberty Division: Burlington Township went 6-0 in this competitive division. Cinnaminson and Northern Burlington were both tied for second with 3-3 marks.

Patriot Division: Bordentown and Pennsauken tied for the title with 7-1 records. After losing the first game between the two, 6-3, Pennsauken earned a share of the title with a 4-3 victory. For a team that was just 1-12 overall and 0-7 in the division two years ago, Pennsauken’s program made tremendous strides.

Cape Atlantic League

American Division: This was a tight race and Mainland and St. Augustine both shared the title with 10-2 marks. Mainland not only won both regular season games against St. Augustine, but defeated the Hermits, 1-0 in the Cape Atlantic League championship.

National Division: Hammonton went 9-3 to win the division by a game over Cedar Creek (8-4). What was key was Hammonton sweeping the season series with Cedar Creek, winning 10-8 and then 2-1 as winning pitcher Lucas Guerrier pitched five shutout innings. Hammonton also beat Cedar Creek, 6-2 in an opening Cape Atlantic League tournament game.

United Division: This was among the tightest in South Jersey. Oakcrest won the division with a 9-3 mark. Three teams finished one game out at 8-4 – Atlantic City, Cape May Tech and Middle Township.

Colonial Conference

Liberty Division: Haddon Heights went 10-0 to win the Liberty, two games ahead of 8-2 Audubon. Heights beat Audubon 8-2 and 4-0. In the clinching 4-0 win, Drew Harris pitched a seven-hit shutout, while striking out nine.

Patriot Division: Gloucester and Collingswood each shared the title with 4-2 records, while Haddon Township was just behind at 3-3.

Olympic Conference

American Division: This was a highly competitive race. Cherokee won with a 6-2 record, with Eastern runner-up at 5-3. To demonstrate how balanced this division was, Rancocas Valley and Lenape were 4-4.

National Division: Bishop Eustace continued its dominance in the National by winning with a 9-1 mark. Paul VI, which split with Eustace, also lost a conference game to Camden Catholic to finish second.

Patriot Division: This was another tight race with Cherry Hill West (6-2) emerging as champion, followed by Shawnee (5-3), Moorestown (5-3) and Seneca (4-4).

Tri-County Conference

Classic Division: Pitman and Pennsville shared the title with 7-1 records. Pitman earned its share of the title with a 4-3 win on May 14 over Pennsville as Connor Sharkey scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to break the tie.

Diamond Division: Woodstown (7-1) won the title by a game over Schalick (6-2). The difference for Woodstown was two wins over Schalick, 9-4 and 12-4.

Liberty Division: Delsea went 10-0 to win the division, while second place Timber Creek was 6-4.

Royal Division: Gloucester Catholic went 10-0 while the second place team was Washington Township (6-4).

Photo: Holy Cross Prep / Marc Narducci

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