South Plainfield's Guida is 2015 HNT Baseball Coach of the Year - MyCentralJersey.com
Other South Plainfield High School baseball teams have scored more runs, hit more homers, had better records and been led by better-known players. Some of those teams have played under Tony Guida who became coach of the Tigers in 2009. But this year the Tigers did something they'd never achieved, getting there by winning a title they hadn't won since 1975. They did it despite hitting just... Guida was instrumental in making sure that the message of sacrifice was clear and the team embraced it. He's the Home News Tribune Baseball Coach of the Year. "I had an opposing coach say to me, 'I'm glad we don't have to fight you because you'd really beat us up. '''. The Tigers were beaten by Cranford in a North 2 III final two years, were beaten by St. Joseph in a classic Greater Middlesex Conference... They won a NJSIAA State Group III title, captured a North 2 III title by rallying to beat three-time section champion Cranford in eight innings and capture the program's first sectional title since 1975. During that tense, thrilling game, Guida's... The 2010 team hit 44 with Brandon Downes belting 15. Those Tigers scored 272 runs and finished 25-3. This year's 24-8 team scored 194 runs enough to do what no other Tiger team had accomplished. Source: www.mycentraljersey.com
