5/7/26
West Windsor, NJ-Mercer baseball advanced to the Region 19 Championship title game with a 14-4 win vs Sussex County CC. Sophomore Anthony Crudo (Point Pleasant Boro, NJ/St. Rose) went 2 for 3 with a home run and 5 RBIs and sophomore Jordan Raba (Hamilton, NJ/Nottingham) was 2 for 4 with a home run and 3 RBIs. Sophomore Geno Bianco (North Wales, PA/Lansdale Catholic) went 2 for 3 with a double and 2 RBIs and sophomore Shaniel Maldonado (Trenton, NJ/St. Benedict’s) was 3 for 4 with an RBI.
Sophomore Slade Harrill (New Egypt, NJ/Allentown HS) had six strikeouts in five innings and moved to 6-1 on the season. Sophomores Mike Amrhein (Langhorne, PA/Neshaminy) and Quaran Williams (Burlington, NJ/Burlington Township) each had a double and RBI and sophomore Ryan Kochie (Wrightstown, NJ/Northern Burlington) added an RBI in the win.
Mercer advances to the Region 19 Championship and will face the winner of Lackawanna/Sussex at 2:00 PM on Friday, May 8th.