South River will head out on the road to challenge Wardlaw Hartridge at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (South River has five straight wins, Wardlaw Hartridge has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
South River's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Timothy Christian with a sharp 12-0 victory. Considering the Rams have won 15 matchups by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
South River let Reese Rega and Gabriella Castelhano run wild. Rega went 2-for-3 with one home run and three RBI, while Castelhano went 1-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. That home run was Rega's first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Abby Helstowski, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with two runs.
They weren't the only ones working in the home run department: South River lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've posted since back in April of 2025.
Piscataway hit Wardlaw Hartridge with a ten-run first inning on Wednesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Rams fell 11-6 to the Chiefs.
Wardlaw Hartridge's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for South River, their record now sits at 21-4.
South River suffered a grim 17-4 defeat to Wardlaw Hartridge in their previous matchup back in April of 2025. Can South River avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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