The Gloucester Catholic Rams will challenge the St. Augustine Prep Hermits at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Gloucester Catholic comes in on three and St. Augustine Prep on five.
Gloucester Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: Governor Livingston, who was ranked 22nd at the time (Gloucester Catholic was ranked first). The Rams had just enough and edged out the Highlanders 8-7.
Caleb Lopez looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances.
Noah Danza
| 04/17/26 vs Gloucester County Tech | 3 |
| 04/13/26 @ Clearview | 3 |
| 04/04/26 vs Liberty | 3 |
| 04/01/26 vs Kingsway | 3 |
| 04/19/26 @ Governor Livingston | 2 |
| + 4 more games |
On the hitting side, Noah Danza was incredible, going 3-for-4 with one home run, five RBI, and two runs. He is becoming a predictor of Gloucester Catholic's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 2-3 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Mike Angelo, who went 1-for-3 with two runs.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Augustine Prep). They put the hurt on Vineland with a sharp 20-4 victory on Wednesday. The result was nothing new for the Hermits, who have now won nine matchups by eight runs or more so far this season.
Gloucester Catholic's win bumped their record up to 10-3. As for St. Augustine Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 13-3-1.
Gloucester Catholic came out on top in a nail-biter against St. Augustine Prep when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 10-8. Do the Rams have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Hermits turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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