Central and ace Evan Beattie have gone from a four-win season to Class B South co-champs this year.
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COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT Anthony Ranaudo, Fr., P, Louisiana State University The former St. Rose star turned down an offer to sign with the Texas Rangers to head to LSU, where he has pitched three scoreless innings in two relief appearances for the Tigers, who are 32-16-1.
RANDOM FACTOIDS OF THE WEEK --Fourteen of the Shore Conference's 46 teams, or 30.4 percent, were all on the state tournament bubble (at .500, a game above .500, two games below .500 or three games above with four games to the cutoff) heading into Monday's action. How's that for parity?
--Senior Ed Truitt had all four of Pinelands' wins on the mound this season before the Wildcats beat Mainland behind a combination of pitchers on Saturday.
--The first senior class in Barnegat history became the first to win a division title.
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