SLIDING HOME SAFELY...Gianna Calleja, No. 16, slides home safely in the second inning for the Crusaders’ first run as Barnegat catcher Jadeyn Bodziak awaits the throw during the Group 2 semifinal game in Clark on June 8. David B. Corbin
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Barnegat’s HR in Eighth Stuns ALJ, 4-2, in Group 2 Semifinal
Exceptionally strong pitching set up yet another extra-inning game when the Central Jersey (CJ), Group 2 championAL Johnson softball Crusaders hosted the South Jersey, Group 2 champion Barnegat Bengals in the Group 2 semifinal in Clark on June 8. Crusader junior Cassie Conforti and Bengal ace Gianna Gomez were locked in a 1-1 pitchers’ duel for seven innings until an RBI single and a booming two-run home run in the top of the eighth placed Barnegat in the semi-comfortable position to salvage a 4-2 triumph.
