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Bridgewater, NJ – The High Point Rockers (3-1) defeated the Somerset Patriots (2-2) 4-0 at TD Bank Ballpark in the first ever meeting between the two teams on Monday evening. High Point’s starter Paul Clemens (1-0) pitched six hitless and scoreless innings to earn the win. The Rockers took a 2-0 lead in top of the third inning on an …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (2-1) defeated the New Britain Bees (1-2) 4-1 on Sunday afternoon at TD Bank Ballpark to take the opening series of the 2019 season. Somerset took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Mike Fransoso. Ramon Flores then plated their second run in the next inning …

A seven-run fourth inning powered the Franklin High School Warriors baseball team to a 16-1 win over Manville High School April 22 in the opening day of the Somerset County Tournament. Nearly every Warrior had a say in the win, which featured an inside-the-park two-run homer in the home third inning and a total of 10 stolen bases. Earlier in …

Ten more Franklin High School athletes signed their Letters of Intent to play for various colleges and universities on April 17. The ceremony was held in the FHS library Pictured are, seated, left to right: Zania May (Rider, Track and Field); Brooke Sachau(William Paterson, Women’s Soccer); Jordan Davis (Immaculate University, Men’s Soccer); AJ Gordon (Moravian College, Baseball). Standing, left to …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots have announced that right-handed pitcher Tyler Cloyd’s contract has been purchased by the Seattle Mariners. He will report to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers. Cloyd previously enjoyed a brief stint with the Patriots in 2017, when he owned a 1.50 ERA over three starts. He also struck out 16 batters over just 12 innings of …

A three-run third inning powered the Franklin High School Warriors baseball team to a 6-4 win over a pesky Hunterdon North. When the dust settled at the end of the inning, Franklin held what should have been a comfortable 5-1 lead. Hunterdon got on the scoreboard first, plating a run in the first inning, but Franklin evened the score in …

May 2 is Lady Warriors Day in the township to celebrate the Franklin High School Lady Warriors’ basketball team’s perfect 34-0 championship season. The day will be highlighted by a tour by the team of the township’s seven elementary schools, and a “Dinner of Champions” later that evening. By finishing the season 34-0, the Lady Warriors were not only crowned …

The Lady Warriors softball team threatened early, but could not pull the trigger and eventually fell to Watchung Hills Regional High School, 16-1 on April 16. Franklin loaded the bases with two outs in the second inning, but could only bring one across the plate before being retired. A 10-run fourth inning by Watchung sealed the Lady Warriors’ fate. Julia …

Bridgewater, NJ– The Somerset Patriots have announced the signing of Major League infielder Rey Navarro and local left-handed pitcher James Ziemba. Navarro enters his first season with the Somerset Patriots and second season in the Atlantic League.  He briefly played for the Sugar Land Skeeters in 2018 and hit .545 with two home runs before having his contract purchased by …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots officially kicked off the 2019 pre-season with the team’s annual Fan Fest on Saturday, April 13th. Thousands converged at TD Bank Ballpark to enjoy the various festivities throughout the free event designed to get fans excited for the start of the upcoming season, beginning on Friday, April 26th at home. “Fan Fest is just …