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​New Britain, Conn. – The Somerset Patriots (6-2) ultimately finished on top of the New Britain Bees (2-6) in a back-and-forth, extra-inning ballgame Saturday night at New Britain Stadium. The Patriots got on the board first on a Mike Fransoso sac fly in the top of the second inning. New Britain responded and took the lead in the bottom of the …

​New Britain, Conn. – In the first extra-inning contest of the season, the Somerset Patriots (5-2) outlasted the New Britain Bees (2-5) Friday night at New Britain Stadium. Somerset opened the scoring in the top of the first inning on a two-out, two-run single off the bat of Michael Ohlman. They added a third run on a Justin Pacchioli RBI …

May 2 was “Lady Warrior Day” in the school district, in honor of the historic state championship won by the Franklin High School girls’ basketball team, and what a day it was. Highlighting the celebration was a “Tour of Champions” of the district’s seven elementary schools and a special dinner to honor the team’s historic 34-0 season. The day began …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots and Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic will host the first ever Mental Health Awareness Night at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday, May 11th for the team’s 7:05 pm game against the Lancaster Barnstormers. “We are happy to host this event with our partners at Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic during Mental Health Awareness Month,” said …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (4-2) defeated the High Point Rockers (3-3) 7-6 at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday evening to take the inaugural series between the two teams. The Patriots exploded for an early seven-run lead in the bottom of the first inning. An error started off the scoring before Ramon Flores plated a run on an RBI …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots and the newly formed High Point Rockers clocked in a nine-inning game at under two hours on Tuesday, April 30th. Regardless of record status or not, the game, which was completed in 1 hour and 57 minutes, is a very rare feat in baseball and the direction the sport is trending towards. “It all …

The Franklin High School varsity tennis team swept all its matches April 30, defeating North Plainfield 5-0. In singles play, Paul Hellstern defeated Hammad Ahmad 6-0 and 6-1; Tom Thigpen defeated Jeiner Betancourt, 6-3 and 6-1; John Gruiguis defeated Pateek Singh, 6-3 and 6-4. In doubles, C. Gillooly and C. Jones defeated G. Dombrowski and W. Rivers, 7-5 and 7-5 and A. …

Franklin High School pitcher Avery Myers fanned four and walked two while giving up four hits and two runs in the Warriors’ 13-2 rout of Irvington on April 29. Joshua Kuroda-Grauer slammed a home run and scored three runs in the five-inning game. Dylan Millman and Taj Muhammad each scored two runs, while Lenin Cruz, Ryan Hanna, Myers, Daneesh Nadeem, …

Bridgewater, NJ – Logan Darnell (1-0) pitched six strong innings to guide the Somerset Patriots (3-2) to a 2-1 win over the High Point Rockers (3-2) at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday evening. In his 2019 season debut, Darnell allowed just one run on two hits and struck out seven to give the Patriots their first ever win over the …