With state title in hand, Hillsborough still looking for more as Raiders host one last home game When the Hillsborough baseball team - the nine-seed in Central Jersey Group 4 - hosted 12-seed Montgomery last Tuesday in a sectional semifinal game, it was a surprise. Even if they'd made a run to the finals and won their first sectional title since 2012, the figured they'd be on the road the whole way. They played on the road in their next game, back on Thursday, and after falling behind 6-3 in the fourth, scored ten unanswered runs to beat second-seed Old Bridge 13-6, winning the title, their first in 13 years.

GROUP 4 SEMIFINAL PREVIEW! With state title in hand, #Hillsborough still looking for more as #Raiders host #Cherokee in one last home game. Preview at the link, 4 pm start Monday, follow Alec Crouthamel on Twitter for updates! #NJSIAA #SkylandBaseball #NJBaseball

Photo Gallery: 2025 Central Jersey Group 4 Championship Game: Hillsborough vs. Old Bridge The Hillsborough Raiders won the program's third NJSIAA sectional championship in baseball - and first since 2012 - with a 13-6 win over Old Bridge at Fred Cole Field on June 5, 2025. The Raiders came back from a 6-3 deficit after four innings, scoring ten unanswered runs - one in the fifth, four in the sixth, and five in the seventh - to get the victory, putting them into the state Group 4 semifinals on Monday, June 9th, at home against South Jersey Group 4 champions Cherokee.

Photo Gallery: 2025 Central Jersey Group 4 Championship Game: #Hillsborough vs. #OldBridge.
Enjoy our shots from a classic title game! #Raiders #Knights #NJSIAA #SkylandBaseball

Immaculata’s 15th SCT championship came after four seasons of hard work by Cust and his program to bring home another trophy Kevin Cust, the Immaculata baseball team's head coach, has won Somerset County titles as both a player for the Spartans and as their head coach, but this one had to be extra special. 'Lata won the county in 2018 and 2019, then COVID hit, and baseball went away for a season. The next few years were a bit of up and down.

🏆⚾️MORE CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE!⚾️🏆#Immaculata's 15th #SCT championship came after four seasons of hard work by Kevin Cust and his program to bring home another trophy. Our postgame interview at the link! #Spartans #champs #SkylandBaseball

INSTANT REPLAY:  SCT Semifinals: (1) Ridge 11, (4) Rutgers Prep 0 Top-seed Ridge walked off fourth-seed Rutgers Prep in a ten-run rule win, 11-1, fueled by three home runs - by Jake Dolan, Casey Kucerka and Bode Ganny - in the Somerset County Tournament semifinals, clinching its fifth straight berth in the title game. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Dylan Allen call all the action, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio from TD Bank Park in Bridgewater on May 19, 2025:

INSTANT REPLAY: #SCT Semifinals: (1) #Ridge 11, (4) #RutgersPrep 0. Listen back to all the exciting action as heard on CJSR!! #NJBaseball #SkylandBaseball #Argonauts #RedDevils

Westlake scores walk-off win, second straight in extras, as No. 10 Hillsborough tops No. 5 Bridgewater-Raritan, 5-4, in 8 innings Coming into the game hitting just .121 through three games, fifth-ranked Bridgewater-Raritan looked nothing like that team in the first inning of their Skyland Conference Delaware Division game Thursday at No. 10 Hillsborough. Two infield hits, two singles, and a fielder's choice later, the Panthers took a 3-0 lead before the Raiders could even come to bat. With three more hits in the third, and the aid of an error, they had a 4-0 lead, and things looked good.

ANOTHER THRILLA! #Westlake scores walk-off win, second straight in extras, as No. 10 #Hillsborough tops No. 5 #Bridgewater-Raritan, 5-4, in 8 innings. Recap and postgame presented by #Sportsplex at Metuchen at the link! #NJBaseball #SkylandBaseball