Madison Balke signs with Campbell

Fish 4 Scores Sports

Steinert senior Madison Balke recently signed a Letter of Intent to attend and play Division I softball at Campbell University in North Carolina. Attending the signing celebration are (front row, from left) father Pete, Madison, and mother Renee; (back row) Steinert coach Jean Ruppert, brother Maguire, Steinert teammate Carli Backlund, and aunt Paula Carmichael. Madison is following several traditions as both her parents and Ruppert attended colleges in Blues Creek, North Carolina.

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Rich Fisher has been around the Hamilton Township sports scene for so long that he actually got Rich Giallella’s autograph when Giallella was still a player! Proud product of Hamilton YMCA and Lou Gehrig baseball leagues and former teammate of Jim Maher on a very average Barton & Cooney rec basketball team, Fish graduated from Nottingham Junior High and Steinert High school and has covered township sports since 1980. His goal in life is to convince Maria Prato that Jersey tomatoes are at least 100 times better than California tomatoes.