Hillsborough Hawks Win East Brunswick Summer Slugfest

By Rich Roser

The Hillsborough Hawks 8U travel baseball team won their second tournament of the season this week. Competing in the East Brunswick Summer Slugfest, the Hawks completed the tournament with a 4-0 record.

They finished Pool Play with a 3-0 record outscoring their opponents by a combined 44 runs to 12 over East Brunswick, RBI and Monroe Gold. The Hawks perfect record put them into the Championship game in a rematch with Monroe Gold. The Hawks won the Championship game by a final score of 8-2.

The pitching was led by Brian Quabeck with 2 wins and Shailen Patel and Max Romanok chipping in 1 win each. Logan Raghunath, Quabeck and Patel had 0.00 ERA’s and Quabeck led the team with 13 strikeouts. The offense was led by Alex Reiling, Cole Hayden, Patel and Jack Moran who all ended the tournament with Batting Averages over .600. Hayden led the team lead in runs, while Moran paced the team in RBI’s. Jack Minetti hit a home run for the Hawks, while Jason Roser added 2 stolen bases. Roberto Santiago, Logan McDermid and Jack McLaughlin were on base all weekend.

The Hawks will wrap up their season with tournaments in South Brunswick and Burlington.

Pictured in photo:

Coaches

• Mike Minetti
• Matt Sadin

Top Row

• Alex Reiling
• Brian Quabeck
• Jack Moran
• Shailan Patel
• Cole Hayden
• Jack Minetti

Bottom Row

• Logan McDermid
• Jason Roser
• Roberto Santiago
• Logan Raghunath
• Max Romanok
• Jack McLaughlin