The Essex County Baseball and Softball Tournaments completed their first round of preliminary games on Thursday and move on to Saturday’s Preliminary Second Round. In Baseball, Glen Ridge (23) defeated Irvington (26) and moves on to play 19th seeded Bloomfield Tech. Also, Barringer (22) won over Golda Och (27) and now plays East Side (19). Shabazz (25) goes on to play MKA (17) after it’s win over number 24 Central.
In Softball. Orange (24) defeated Shabazz (25) and will play Montclair (17).
The updated brackets with Saturday’s match-ups may be found under our “Tournaments” tab