With Ranney out of the picture, Point Beach is the lone defending champion remaining in B Central, but St. Rose is back to reclaim its division championship.
Defending state champion Ranney moves into a new division -- one loaded with top pitching, returning talent and teams hungry to knock off the defending champs.
Just as it did in its historic final home game of 2022, Rumson-Fair Haven Monday erased a two-run deficit in the seventh, this time to shock Red Bank Catholic in the 2023 opener.
Donovan Catholic enters the 2023 season as the favorite in Class B South and among the top teams in the conference, while the battle to challenge the Griffins for the top spot should be intense.
Jackson Memorial and Central are A South favorites again, but without the dominant flamethrowers in their rotation, the door is open for the rest of the division.