Four weeks in, next stop regular season...

It's been a great preseason for the TR South Hitting Indians.

With an 11-2 overall record in March, the Indians finished up the early schedule today with a 14-5 win over Rumson. That followed a 17-10 win over Ocean Township. The bats have been strong, lets hope that continues into April.

For the TR South seniors, there will never be another preseason again.

South is scheduled to open up its Regular Season on Saturday when they take on Mt. Carmel, PA at the TR Fest at TR North at 4:30 p.m. North kicks it off and TR East will finish up on Saturday.


The key for success has been the little things that team has been able to work on accomplish. Baserunning. Situations. Defense. Throwing strikes.

Good luck TRS. One more day of practice to work on the little things.

Two Weeks In...

Two weeks into the high school baseball season and one week into the preseason, the Indians sit with a 5-1 record.

South split a doubleheader today, beating St. Peter's Prep of Jersey City, 8-7, and losing to Hamilton West, 5-2. The Indians had defeated Manalapan on Thursday, 12-4.

South staged a classic comeback against the Mauraders, rallying for six runs in the sixth inning to tie and scoring one more in the seventh to win. Sophomore Ryan Kapp plated sophomore pinch runner Nick Roma with a suicide squeeze base hit bunt to win the contest. Keying the Indians comeback was a two-run homer by Evan Bigler, his third of the preseason.

Bigler also came on in relief to earn the win. The game was tied at 7 when junior Joe Talerico ripped a bases loaded single down the leftfield line which went all the way to the wall clearing the bases.

The Indians stay busy this week hosting Freehold Twp. on Tuesday and Barnegat, coached by former TRS player and coach Tom Sutaris, on Wednesday.

Another good offensive performance

TR South 15, Ferris 2: The Indians rolled to another preseason win as they put up a ton of runs.

Senior third baseman Evan Bigler started the outburst, drilling a two-run homer in the bottom of the second inning and giving South a 2-1 lead.

After Ferris tied at 2-2, South recorded 7 runs in the bottom of the third. A Casey Chant single made it 7-2 and gave the Indians a commanding lead. Other offensive stars included Rick Petrosino (triple), Joe Talerico (2B) and Mark Perry (3B).

Senior lefty Jared Tramutola earned the win on the mound, pitching a strong third, fourth and fifth innings. Other key TRS pitchers included Joe Talerico, Scott Potter and Tyler Gebler.

South hosts Manalapan on Tuesday

Off to a good start...

TR South 10, Monmouth 1: The Indians got their preseason off to a solid start as they put up a good offensive showing against the defending NJSIAA Group III Champions.

Junior Steve Waggonhoffer broke the game open in the bottom of the fourth inning when he drilled a two-run homer over the left field wall. He would later add a double.

Senior Casey Chant drilled a two-run triple one inning later as South pushed the lead to 7-1.

Junior righthander Marc Potter earned the win as he pitched the fourth, fifth and sixth inning. He followed a strong shutout performance by senior righty Evan Bigler. Senior righty Rick Petrosino pitched a scoreless seventh to end it.

South hosts Ferris High School tomorrow at 10 a.m.

Back for 2006!

Hello all high school and Toms River High School South baseball fans.

It's been a few months (well about 9) since I've last checked in, but it is that time of year again - high school baseball time!

With almost one week of practice under our belt (we started Friday March 3rd), the Toms River South Indians will host defending NJSIAA Group III state champs Monmouth Regional tomorrow at 3:45 p.m. at Ken Frank Baseball Stadium.

The Indians once again will be coached by legendary coach Ken Frank, along with myself (Mitch Powitz), 1987 grad Chris Applegate and 1999 grad and former Florida Marlins minor leaguer Charlie Frazier.

Also today, we heard some interesting news - as Charlie's younger brother Jeff went 1 for 2 playing for the Detroit Tigers in a spring training game against the New York Yankees.

So buckle up, its gonna be an interesting ride here in 2006!
- Mitch Powitz