Bayonne wins New Jersey Little League state championship

CRESSKILL − For the first time in 38 years, Hudson County is the nexus of Little League baseball in New Jersey.

And for the first time ever, Bayonne is in the middle of it all.

The Bayonne 12-year-olds defeated Blackwood Kiwanis, 9-3, on Aug. 3 to claim the annual Joe Graziano New Jersey Little League championship in front of an overflow crowd at Crestron Field.