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Senior Ryan Looby launched a three-run homer to power the Delsea Regional High School baseball team to an 8-4 win over Mainland in the South Jersey Group 3 championship on Friday.
It’s the Crusaders' third sectional title in the last five years. The team (20-6) will chase its dream of a state title when it travels to Central Jersey champion Brick Memorial (24-7) in Monday’s state semifinal game.
Looby missed the first part of the season recovering from wrist surgery over the winter. He didn’t play his first game until April 28.
His first scholastic home run gave Delsea a 5-3 lead in the third inning.
Dom Montana plated two runs while Milo Gebhard and Andrew Weir each scored twice to highlight Delsea’s offensive output.
Connor Harrison pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings of relief to shut the door and lock up Delsea’s sectional championship.
Mainland finished its season at 18-9 under interim head coach Billy Kern, who replaced Joe Smith in the season's first week of the season.
Central Jersey Group 3
Brick Memorial 7, Northern Burlington 0: The defending state champion and top-seeded Greyhounds were silenced in the sectional final, generating just two hits in the home loss.
Northern Burlington finished its season at 24-4. The team suffered its first shutout loss since 2024, a span of 62 games.
Brett Walulak and Brenner Pourghassem accounted for Northern’s only two hits, both singles off Brick Memorial starter Brody Moore, who stuck out nine and didn’t walk a batter in his 83-pitch gem.
South Jersey Group 4
Kingsway 12, Eastern 2: The Dragons earned the program’s first sectional title in 34 years, knocking off the Vikings, who were playing in their fourth straight South Jersey final.
Austin Schmidt had two hits, including a triple, and four RBIs while Brayden Thorp drove in three runs and Nate Bott slugged a two-run homer.
Tyler Rodgers went the distance for Kingsway, giving up two runs on five hits over six innings. He struck out nine.
South Jersey Group 2
Haddon Heights 8, Haddonfield 1: The Garnets collected a hit in all seven inning and pushed across a run in six frames en route to their sixth sectional title and first since 2022.
Kevin Clark had a pair of RBI doubles, Cole Simon pitched five strong innings and Jake Dillon finished off with two strong frames for the Garnets.
The Garnets (20-7) will chase the program’s first state championship next week when they play in Monday’s semifinal round at Central Jersey champion Governor Livingston (27-4).
South Jersey Group 1
Woodstown 2, Maple Shade 0: Blake Rodriguez and Stone Hassler combined on a three-hitter as the Wolverines earned their first sectional title since 2022 by knocking off the Wildcats.
Woodstown (21-8) will travel to Point Pleasant Beach (18-6) for Monday’s state semifinal game. Point Pleasant defeated Shore, 9-1, to win the Central Jersey title.
The Wolverines took a 1-0 lead in the third inning with Thomas Tucci’s RBI single and Chase Harding added an insurance run with a solo homer an inning later.
That was plenty of offense for Woodstown.
Rodriguez covered the first 2 2/3 innings, allowing a pair of hits and three walks while Hassler worked the final 4 1/3 innings with six strikeouts for the win.
Maple Shade finished its season at 16-10. The Wildcats generated just three hits, two by Edward Leahy and one by Chase Blum.
Tom McGurk is a regional sports editor for the Courier-Post, The Daily Journal and Burlington County Times, covering South Jersey sports for over 35 years. If you have a sports story that needs to be told, contact him by email at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @McGurkSports. Help support local journalism with a digital subscription.
This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: South, Central Jersey sectional final baseball roundup
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