Coming off emotional Opening Day, Middlesex looks to return the favor, sweep Spotswood To so the Middlesex baseball program - or even the entire town - had a difficult, trying, emotional off-season would be a hideous understatement, and words probably can't even do it justice. The death of teammate James Matula in November in a car crash in upstate New York shocked the community, the school, and the baseball program to its core.

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First-year skipper, Middlesex alum Blaze Iannetti named Central Jersey Sports Radio 2025 GMC Coach of the Year One could look at the Middlesex roster of very talented baseball players, the support athletics gets from its administration, and the well-developed feeder program called the Middlesex Little League and see why the high school baseball team has had such success over the years. The names may change, but the results, of late, have stayed the same. Five state Group 1 titles - not just sectional titles - since 2013, most of any school in that stretch other than Gloucester Catholic…

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Alum Blaze Iannetti elevated to head baseball coach at Middlesex after Nastasi steps down One of the most successful small-school baseball programs in the GMC has a new coach, as the Middlesex Board of Education Thursday night approved the hiring of assistant Blaze Iannetti as the Blue Jays' new skipper. Iannetti replaces Justin Nastasi, who coached nine seasons to the tune of a 175-81 record, with five Central Jersey Group 1 titles and three Group 1 state championships, the most recent coming over New Providence in 2021.

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