The Livingston High School varsity baseball team won the 2018 Greater Newark Tournament (GNT) Championship, defeating Nutley 8-3, in front of an estimated 1,000 spectators at Doc Goeltz Field in Verona on Sunday, May 20. This marked the seventh time that Livingston has won the title, with the last championship coming in 2009 when the Lancers defeated Nutley, 5-4.
Ryan Cardona threw a complete game, striking out six and walking one. He is now 8-0 for the season.
Sophomore Will Egner was the hitting star of the day. With the Lancers clinging to a 2-1 lead in the third inning, Egner came to bat with the bases loaded and two outs ,and launched the first pitch 365 feet over the left field fence for a grand slam homerun.
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