Brick Memorial Named Week 10 Joe Leone’s Baseball Team of the Week | Shore Sports Insider
Week 10 Joe Leone’s Team of the Week:
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The Week 10 recipient of the 2026 Joe Leone’s Baseball Team of the Week is Brick Memorial after the Mustangs won their first ever NJSIAA sectional championship by defeating defending Group III champion Northern Burlington, then followed that historic victory up with with its most memorable win of the season in the Group III semifinal three days later.
Last season, Brick reached the sectional final round of the NJSIAA Tournament for the first time in 12 years and lost at Northern Burlington in the Central Jersey Group III championship game by an 8-4 margin. To get back to the final for a second straight year, Brick Memorial first had to get through Colts Neck in the Central Group III semifinal on Wednesday, which the Mustangs did with a 3-2 win on the road.
Brick Memorial scored in each of the first three innings at Colts Neck, starting with a solo home run by senior shortstop Tyler Garbooshian to lead off the game. It was the fourth homer in the first three games of the tournament for Garbooshian and the fourth straight game in which the Rutgers University commit had homered. Senior leftfielder Gavin McCue added an RBI single in the second and a single by sophomore third baseman Matt McGlynn resulted in a run with the help of an errant throw from the outfield.
Colts Neck got back in the game with two runs in the third vs. Pirnik, but the junior fired three straight scoreless innings to finish his outing. Senior left-hander Brody Moore took over for the seventh and retired the side in order on eight pitches to seal the victory and send Brick Memorial back to the sectional final at Northern Burlington.
Moore drew the start in the sectional championship game and matched zeroes with Northern Burlington starter Jordan Gilligo for the first two innings. In the top of the third, Mustangs senior second baseman Trevor Kish broke the ice with a solo home run over the leftfield fence and Moore added an RBI single later in the inning to make it 2-0. Gilligo was one pitch from stranding the bases loaded and keeping the margin at 2-0, but McGlynn swatted a doubled into the left-centerfield gap to clear the bases and open up a 5-0 lead with a five-run third inning.
Moore would add a second RBI single in the fourth and senior first baseman Dan Golembiewski knocked in a run in the sixth with an RBI single, but it was all window-dressing thanks to a dominant outing by Moore. Facing one of the state’s most potent lineups, the senior pitched a two-hit shutout with nine strikeouts and two walks on 82 pitches to improve his record to 8-0 on the season.
Brick Memorial’s banner season was in danger of ending on its home field Monday against Delsea in the Group III semifinals, which Delsea lead, 1-0, going into the bottom of the seventh inning. Senior left-hander Kyle Harrison shut down Brick Memorial’s lineup through six and was looking to finish off his own shutout when he returned to the mound in the seventh.
Junior Will Montanye breathed life into the Mustangs by shooting a single through the middle with one out. A pop-out accounted for the second out and brought up Garbooshian as Brick Memorial’s last hope and Montanye added to the drama by stealing second base on a pitch that was called strike two on Garbooshian. With a 1-2 count, Garbooshian ripped a ground ball toward the hole at shortstop and it kicked off the glove of diving shortstop Ryan Lobby and into shallow leftfield to score Montanye with a game-tying RBI single.
After Tyler Garbooshian ties the game with a 2-out RBI single, Brody Moore wins it with a walkoff RBI single through the right side. Final: Brick Memorial 2, Delsea 1. Brick Memorial will play in the Group 3 final Sunday at Rutgers, 10 a.m. pic.twitter.com/KSaZ9Cz7e3
— Matt Manley (@Matt_Manley) June 8, 2026
Garbooshian then stole second base on the first pitch of the ensuing at-bat to Moore and on the second pitch, Moore punched a ground ball through the right side and into rightfield, scoring Garbooshian from second with the winning run and sending Brick Memorial to its first ever Group III championship game.
Pirnik pitched a completed game on 103 pitches despite battling strep throat and allowed one unearned run in the third inning as he navigated three Brick Memorial errors. The defense came through in the clutch, however, when McCue started a relay from leftfield that cut down a potential Delsea run at home plate to end the top of the seventh, with McGlynn taking the relay throw from McCue and firing to his older brother, Joe, at home plate for the inning-ending tag.
Moore will try to match Pirnik with his third win of the tournament when he takes the ball for the championship game Sunday vs. Old Tappan at Rutgers. Garbooshian, meanwhile, has reached base safely in eight straight plate appearances heading into the championship game and during the NJSIAA Tournament, he is hitting .600 (9-for-15) with four home runs, two doubles, four walks, nine runs scored, nine RBI and four stolen bases in five games.
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On Monday, Shore Sports Insider visited the team to present Brick Memorial Head Coach Evan Rizzitello and the team with a $250 Joe Leone’s Italian Specialties Gift Card, courtesy of our partners at Joe Leone’s, for a well-earned team meal.
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