EMERSON, N.J.—Emerson joined in parade June 22 for your hometown high school NJSIAA Group 1 baseball champions.
The 2019 “Comeback Cavos,” fresh from their 8-5 win over Glassboro on June 8, reveled at the 10th Annual Summer Kick-Off in a parade that had the team and many of its fans whooping it up from Patrick M. Villano Elementary School to Hillman Field.
Glassboro had entered the fray with a 23–5 season. Emerson took the title backed by a record of 22–7. Emerson trailed Glassboro by five runs entering the final’s seventh inning. Then the Cavos brought the heat, sending home eight runners and taking the win at Veterans Park.
Mayor Danielle DiPaola and the Borough Council honored the Cavos, as did Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi (R-39).
In her remarks, DiPaola said the champs had “an amazing season of coming from behind, never giving up, and ultimately winning it all.”
It was the team’s second state championship in five years and its sixth overall. Several championship Cavos teams were represented at the parade.
As it happens, Bergen County went four for four this year, turning out a historic sweep of state baseball titles: Emerson, St. Mary, Pascack Hills, and Ridgewood.
Pascack Hills put it over Point Pleasant Boro for a second consecutive Group 2 baseball title, 2–0, at Hamilton’s Veterans Park on June 8. It was the Panthers’ first state final.
Emerson celebrates
Congratulations to No. 2 Ian Chan, No. 3 Brian Brahm, No. 9 Matt Harada, No. 11 Ryan Taub, No. 18 Joey Giacalone, No. 19 Peter Durocher, No. 21 Joe Giardina, No. 22 Justin Roa, No. 24 Joe Carmosino, No. 4 Frankie Savino, No. 5 Joey Sabatella, No. 13 Bryan Atkinson, No. 16 Tyler Reissner, No. 17 Brendan Pattermann, No. 20 Dylan Kase, No. 23 Mike Carmosino, No. 33 Ryan Pincus, coaches Chris Sommerhalter, Kris Izzo, Marc Sommerhalter, Tom Mansfield, Franklin Tiburcia, and manager Kevin Frank.
The Recreation Department’s Summer Kick-Off included a baseball home run derby at Benkovic Field; free hot dogs, hamburgers, and sausages (well, not free to donor Stop & Shop); inflatable rides and frozen T-shirt contests; a beer garden; and fireworks.