Baseball states Friday: Roselle Park, Roselle Catholic triumph; Elizabeth, Oratory Prep fall

Four Union County baseball teams were able to play their state tournament contests Friday, with two winning and two falling.

Roselle Park, the 14th seed, won at sixth-seeded Weehawken 7-0 in a North 2, Group 1 quarterfinal. The Panthers, who captured the section in 2011, will play at either 10th-seeded Secaucus or second-seeded Ridgefield Tuesday in the semifinals.

Roselle Catholic, the ninth seed, won at eighth-seeded St. Joseph, Hammonton 6-0 to advance to the Non-Public, South B quarterfinals. The Lions will next play Tuesday at top-seeded St. Rose of Belmar.

Elizabeth, the eighth seed, lost at top-seeded Watchung Hills 6-0 in a North 2, Group 4 quarterfinal played at Diamond Nation in Flemington.

Oratory Prep, the ninth seed, was defeated by eighth-seeded Montclair-Kimberley Academy 3-2 in a Non-Public, North B first round contest competed at night on the field turf at West Orange.

– JR PARACHINI