In 1989 The Bridgewater / Raritan West High School Baseball Team Won the State Championship. They are the only B/R Baseball Team to win the State Championship (From "The Breeze" Newspaper in 2015 by Bruce Doorly) | |||||
Bottom row:Eric Sutphen, Otto Gsell, Bob Collins, Mike Winchock, Dan Engelhart, Steve Russell, Todd Zaninelli 2nd row: Pete Iovine, Mike Hodorowski, Mark Crawford, Mike Lynch, Brian DeMuro, Norm Hewitt Back row: Dave Dudeck, Brian DeMuro, John Fidacaro, Randy Fisher | |||||
Coach Norm Hewitt recalls "They were a great group of kids who had a lot of guts. It was an amazing season. I was blessed to be a part of it" | |||||
Click for Full Written Article from The B/R Newspaper The Breeze | |||||
Game by Game | Playoffs Games Holmdel, Shore Regional Freehold, Pennsville |
Championship Game vs Rutherford |
All County Teams Home News & Star Ledger |
The Play of The Year Otto Gsell Steals Home in the Championship Game |
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Head Coach Norm Hewitt |
Assistant Coach Chuck Nelson |
Team Captains & Coach Dan Englelhardt, Mike Winchock, Coach Hewitt and Bob Collins |
Program from Championship Dinner |
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Starting Players | |||||
Bobby Collins Pitcher - DH |
Dave Dudeck Pitcher |
Mark Crawford CF-P |
Mike Lynch 2B |
Dan Engelhardt 1B |
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Mike Winchock SS |
Peter Iovine Catcher |
John Fidacaro 3B |
Otto Gsell LF |
Todd Zaninelli RF |
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Reserves | |||||
Steve Russell DH,1B,P |
Eric Sutphen C |
Michael Hodorowski 2B 3B |
Brian DeMuro 1B |
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Five players get together at Stapleton's Restaurant to talk about the old days. Left to right John Fidacro, Mike Hodorowski, Steve Russell, Dan Engelhardt, and Scott Shaw |