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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. Don’t Miss …

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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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by …

Avery Myers strokes a double during the Warriors’ contest against Irvington on April 29. 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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …

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 …

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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …

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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …

Joshua Kuroda-Grauer crosses home plate after his inside-the-park home run April 22 in the play-in round of the Somerset County Tournament. 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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …

Ten more Franklin High School athletes signed their Letters of Intent to play for various colleges and universities on April 17. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight Villages. But we can only …

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 …