Columbia, behind the guidance of veteran coach Ryan Muirhead, has a number of veteran arms due back including seniors Adam Carlucci, Oliver Ellis, and Will Iozzio.
Montclair, behind the direction of its superb veteran coach Gavazzi, has some talent returning including infielder Patrick Van Note and pitcher David Aishton, but will also have to find some new faces to step up to make the Mounties a contender in 2026.
It all appears to begin and end with SHP, which opens its season with a home-and-home series vs. Montclair starting Tuesday, March 31, at Porcello Field.
The SEC, like the Union County Conference, will have a format in its schedule for those home-and-home contests back-to-back with the same two teams.
The GNT semifinals are once again slated for SHP’s Porcello Field with the championship game at Verona’s Doc Goeltz Field.
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