South Jersey Baseball Players Have Chance To Play One More Game

High school seniors in South Jersey will have one more chance to play baseball for their schools this summer.

The One More Game event will take place at the Walt Nicgorski Complex in Pennsauken the weekend of July 25-26, nj.com reports. Seniors from various schools will be put together onto different teams for games that would be played between 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. each day.

The event, organized by King’s Christian School baseball coach John Scanzano and Highland Regional High School baseball coach DJ Gore, will include a carnival-like atmosphere, according to the Courier Post. It will include other baseball events, such as a home run derby, and is only for South Jersey players.

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Schools statewide have been closed since March, and Gov. Phil Murphy announced that the spring sports season was cancelled when he announced that schools would remain closed for the rest of the academic year. Read more here: New Jersey Schools Closed For Rest Of Academic Year: Gov. Murphy

Typically, high school baseball and softball players get one more chance to play in the summer during the annual Carpenter Cup tournaments in Philadelphia. However, this year’s tournaments have also been canceled. Read more here: Carpenter Cup High School Baseball, Softball Tournaments Canceled

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