Shore Conference announces baseball divisions for 2027 season
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The Shore Conference Executive Committee approved its baseball divisional alignment for the 2027 season Tuesday.
There will once again be seven divisions.
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Four of the divisions will consist of seven teams and three will have six teams.
The teams in the divisions with six teams will play 10 divisional games and the teams in the divisions with seven teams will play 12 divisional games.
The divisions were arranged mostly on recent strength of the program and geography,
The conference has renamed the divisions from letters of the alphabet to patrotic names.
Here is who will be in each division for the 2027 season.
AMERICAN DIVISION
Christian Brothers Academy
Colts Neck
Howell
Ranney
Red Bank Catholic
Rumson-Fair Haven
CHANGES:
Colts Neck and Rumson-Fair Haven move up from Class B North.
Manalapan drops down to the Colonial Division and Middletown South drops down to the Consitutition Division.
FREEDOM DIVISION
Brick Memorial
Jackson Township
Point Pleasant Beach
Toms River East
Toms River South
Wall
CHANGES:
Toms River South moves up from Class B South and is back with some of its old friends from the days of Class A South.
Southern moves down to the Independence Division.
COLONIAL DIVISION
Freehold Township
Manalapan
Middletown North
Raritan
Red Bank
Shore
St. John Vianney
CHANGES:
Manalapan drops down from Class A North.
Red Bank, Shore and St. John Vianney all move up from Class C North.
Colts Neck and Rumson-Fair Haven move up to Class A North and Monmouth and Ocean move down to the Constitution Division.
INDEPENDENCE DIVISION
Central
Lacey
Manasquan
Point Pleasant Borough
Southern
Toms River North
CHANGES:
Southern moves down from Class A South.
Lacey moves up from Class C South.
Toms River South moves up to Class A South.
Brick Township and Donovan Catholic move down to the Liberty Division.
CONSTITUTION DIVISION
Freehold Borough
Holmdel
Marlboro
Matawan
Middletown South
Monmouth
Ocean
CHANGES:
Red Bank, Shore and St. John Vianney all move up to the Colonial Division.
Middletown South drops down from Class A North.
Monmouth and Ocean drop down from Class B North.
LIBERTY DIVISION
Barnegat
Brick Township
Donovan Catholic
Manchester
New Egypt
Pinelands
St. Rose
CHANGES:
Lacey moves up to the Independence Division.
Brick Township and Donovan Catholic drop down from Class B South
PATRIOT DIVISION
Asbury Park
Henry Hudson
Keansburg
Keyport
Lakewood
Long Branch
Neptune
CHANGES:
None
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: NJ Shore Baseball Division alignment for 2027 season announced