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Sat. S.J. boys’ roundup: Holy Cross tops Buena

John Adryan belted a two-run home run in the top of the 10th inning, and reliever Jake Doll pitched three scoreless innings to lift Holy Cross over Buena, 4-2, in a Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic baseball opener on Saturday at Washington Township.

John Adryan belted a two-run home run in the top of the 10th inning, and reliever Jake Doll pitched three scoreless innings to lift Holy Cross over Buena, 4-2, in a Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic baseball opener on Saturday at Washington Township.

In other opening-round action:

Keith Wallace struck out 12, did not walk a batter and carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and Alex Tafaro batted 3 for 4 with four RBIs to help Bishop Eustace hold off Audubon, 5-3, at Washington Township.

Christian Walsh's leadoff double ignited a seven-run, sixth-inning rally, sending Sterling past Burlington Township, 13-3, at Overbrook.

Also at Overbrook, Andrew Fisher knocked in four runs with a single, a double and a home run, and freshman A.J. Wright added a pair of doubles to power Cherry Hill West past Pennsville, 7-2.

Reliever Colin Perro gave up two earned runs over 52/3 innings, and Jordan Glover launched a two-run homer to help Cherokee pull away from Haddon Township, 15-7, at Maple Shade.

Warrior Classic. Middle Township stormed out to a 10-0 lead in cruising past Lower Cape May, 11-3, and needs just one win on Monday to wrap up the tournament title at Wildwood.

Winning pitcher Tom Hutchenson helped himself at the plate by driving in three runs, and Erik Arenberg added two hits and two RBIs for the Panthers, who improved to 2-0 in the tournament.

Matt Bolle and Devon Bradshaw each had three RBIs as host Wildwood continued its climb through the loser's bracket by blasting Wildwood Catholic, 13-0.

The Warriors will face Lower Cape May in another elimination game on Sunday, with the winner needing to defeat Middle Township twice on Monday to claim the crown.

Burlington County League Tournament. Seniors Mike Kendall and Alec Tripodi had three hits apiece as Northern Burlington emptied the bat rack in routing Riverside, 17-6, in an elimination game.

The Greyhounds saw seven of their 19 hits go for extra bases, including a double and a triple by Tyler O'Dell.

Cape-Atlantic. Chris Scarlett knocked in three runs with three hits, including a pair of home runs, and Mike DiIanni (3 for 3, 5 RBIs) also went deep in Holy Spirit's 11-2 home win over Egg Harbor Township.

Tri-County. Glassboro opened the scoring with a nine-run second-inning outburst, and the host Bulldogs needed just five innings to dispatch Penns Grove, 13-1.

Daulton Plumley (2 for 3, 3 RBIs) and Mike Maldonado (2 for 3, 2 RBIs) starred in the win.

Burlington County. Justin Conover picked up four RBIs, including a two-run single in the sixth inning that put Bordentown ahead to stay in a 6-4 win at New Egypt.

Nonleague. Robert Perkins tied the game with a double and then scored the go-ahead run on Mark Ostbye's single in a two-run sixth inning, giving Haddonfield a 4-3 come-from-behind win at Moorestown.

Bryan Dobzanski struck out eight and walked one in tossing a one-hit shutout, allowing Delsea to scratch out a 1-0 win at Toms River South.

Adam Quaranta ripped a two-run double in the first inning and went on to bat 3 for 4 with four RBIs, as host Moorestown Friends outslugged Palmyra, 13-12.