060822 Gazette Sports Week brought to you by The Hammonton Gazette
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THIS WEEK: St. Joseph Softball--Wildcats win their third-straight South Jersey Non-Public B title, edging Gloucester Catholic 3-2. St. Joe trailed 2-0 early in the game but was able to tie the game in the fourth behind back-to-back RBI doubles from Xelynn Rodriguez and Ava Fisher, then pushed the winning run across in the bottom of the sixth after Rodriguez doubled and later scored on Abby Willis’ single. That win sent St. Joseph into the state finals, where the Wildcats lost for the second-consecutive season to Morris Catholic, 4-3. Hammonton Baseball--The Blue Devils opened the South Jersey Group 3 playoffs last week with a big 13-5 win at Toms River South, then topped second-seeded Mainland 3-0 last Saturday in a quarterfinal upset. They met Delsea in the semis on Tuesday. Winner will play either Ocean City or Cherry Hill West on Friday. St. Joseph Baseball--Wildcats were ousted from the South Jersey Non-Public B playoffs last week with an 8-5 quarterfinal loss to Holy Spirit. Hammonton Track--
Austin Hudak leads a group of four HHS athletes and three relay teams that are headed to states after placing in the top six at sectionals last weekend. Hudak won the javelin throw, while Connor Wright was third in both the long jump and triple jump. Also for the Blue Devils, Dom Alber was sixth in the 100 and Dom DeRose was sixth in the 400. The 4x100, 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams also going to the state finals. For the girls, Emma Peretti won the shot put with a school-record throw, and placed second in discus. Juliana Dogoatino just missed, placing seventh in javelin, and the 4x800 team was also seventh. Hammonton Golf--Blue Devils ended an excellent season with a win against ACIT last week. Hot Shots--The Hammonton Hot Shots opened the season with a 6-1 win at Northfield. Josh Wagner with a complete game win while Jon Gonzalez, Zach Newman and Gino Serechia led the offense. Week ended with a 2-1 loss at EHT. John Kasper threw well in the loss and Stanton Tentnowksi homered for the Shots. Opened this week in Absecon and will host Somers Point on Friday at the Lake.
INTERVIEW: St. Joseph baseball coach Nick Core. IN NATIONAL SPORTS: Phillies—Phils fire Joe Girardi, then go on a win streak taking down the LA Angles and Mike Trout. This week, the Phillies head to Milwaukee for three games then return home to take on the Diamondbacks. NBA—Finals open with Boston taking Game 1. NHL—Rangers take a lead on Tampa Bay, while Colorado looked to sweep Edmonton in the conference finals. All this great sports talk and the "Final Five" questions for Dan on "Gazette Sports Week!" AND REMEMBER: You can watch "Gazette Sports Week" 24/7 at hammontongazette.com