MCT heads into quarterfinal round
The 41st annual Mercer County Baseball Tournament continues Wednesday with the quarterfinal round, which will include a few teams some may not have been expecting to see.
Head coach Steve Kowalski’s 12th-seeded Pennington School squad pulled off the biggest first-round upset by defeating fifthseeded Allentown High, 7-2, last Thursday. Pennington (7-7) moves on to play at fourth-seeded Hamilton West (12-6) at 4 p.m. Wednesday in one quarterfinal.
Head coach Steve LaRochelle’s 10th-seeded Lawrenceville School club knocked off seventh-seeded Princeton High, 4-1, in the opening round to earn its third meeting of the season with its Mid-Atlantic Prep League and NJISAA Prep A foe, the Hun School.
The Big Red (9-5 heading into Tuesday night’s game vs. St. Joe’s-Metuchen at Trenton Thunder Ballpark) will visit the secondseeded Raiders (14-2 heading into Tuesday’s MAPL game with Peddie) for a 4:15 p.m. MCT quarterfinal Wednesday.
Head coach Mike Kinsella’s ninth-seeded Robbinsville High team (9-8) held off eighthseeded Ewing, 7-5, last week and now gets a shot at top-seeded Notre Dame High (14-1) at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Head coach Justin Ely’s sixth-seeded West Windsor-Plainsboro High South squad (84-1) rallied past 11thseeded Hopewell Valley for a 5-2 win, which earned it a second stop at third-seeded Steinert (15-4) at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday.
In MCT consolation games, Lawrence High will take on Allentown at Dan Venet Field at 4 p.m. Wednesday. WW-P North will cross Route 1 to play at Princeton at 4:15 p.m. that same day. Hightstown will be at Hopewell Valley at 4 p.m. Thursday.
Wednesday’s quarterfinal winners advance
to play at Bob DeMeo Field in Hamilton’s Veterans Park Tuesday, May 17 at either 3:30 p.m. or 7 p.m.
The MCT baseball championship game is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, May 19 at Trenton Thunder Ballpark.
Mercer County Tournament Baseball Results Play-Ins
Wednesday, May 4
WW-P North 14, Trenton Nottingham 13, PDS 4
First Round
Thursday, May 5
Notre Dame 15, Nottingham 0. Robbinsville 7, Ewing 5 Pennington School 7, Allentown 2 Hamilton West 5, Lawrence 2 WW-P South 5, Hopewell Valley 2 Steinert 2, Hightstown 0 Lawrenceville School 4, Princeton 1 Hun School 10, WW-P North 0 4
Schedule Quarterfinals
Wednesday, May 11 Robbinsville at Notre Dame, 4 p.m. Pennington School at Hamilton West, 4 p.m.
WW-P South at Steinert, 4:15 p.m. Lawrenceville School at Hun School, 4:15 p.m.
Consolations
Wednesday, May 11 Lawrence at Allentown, 4 p.m. WW-P North at Princeton, 4:15 p.m. Thursday, May 12 Hightstown at Hopewell Valley, 4 p.m.
Semifinals
Tuesday, May 17
(at DeMeo Field, Veterans Park, Hamilton)
WW-P South/Steinert vs. Lawrenceville School/Hun School, 3:30 p.m. Pennington School/Hamilton West vs. Robbinsville/Notre Dame, 7 p.m.
Final
Thursday, May 19
(at Trenton Thunder Ballpark) Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.