May 2, 2012

Hoboken is seeded fifth and looks to repeat as Ed Ford Memorial Tournament champions. (Photo: Jason Bernstein)

The seedings for the Ed Ford Memorial Baseball Tournament were announced yesterday with Bayonne earning the top seed.

Thanks to a deep lineup led by Frank DiPillo, Justin Guthrie and Jared Ensmenger along with the pitching of Dave Jakubowski, the Bees have rolled to a 15-4 record on the season. Bayonne won the first true Hudson County Tournament in 2010.

St. Peter's Prep is the second seed behind the one-two pitching combo of Ryan O'Connor and Mike Doran and a dangerous lineup headlined by catcher Jason Uliano and Anthony Rinaldi. North Bergen is seeded third, followed by Marist.

Hoboken, the defending champions, are seeded fifth and led by ace hurler Kenny Roder, who has thrown four consecutive shutouts.

The tournament starts on Friday with three preliminary round games. No. 17 seed McNair will play at No. 16 seed University Charter. No. 18 seed Snyder is at No. 15 seed Secaucus and No. 19 seed Lincoln plays at No. 14 seed Dickinson.

The first round will take place on Saturday, May 5 with the quarterfinals scheduled for Saturday, May 12 and the semifinals on Wednesday, May 16. Those games will be played at the higher seeded team.

The championship game is scheduled for Saturday, May 19 at 1:30 p.m. at the Caven Point Athletic Complex. The rain date is for Sunday.

Ed Ford Memorial Baseball Tournament
Preliminary Round (Friday, May 4)
17. McNair at 16. University Charter
18. Snyder at 15. Secaucus
19. Lincoln at 14. Dickinson

First Round (Saturday, May 5)
9. Ferris at 8. Union City
10. Hudson Catholic at 7. Kearny
11. Weehawken at 6. Memorial
12. Harrison at 5. Hoboken
13. St. Anthony at 4. Marist
14/19 winner at 3. North Bergen
15/18 winner at 2. St. Peter's Prep
16/17 winner at 1. Bayonne

Ed Ford Memorial Tournament Bracket