NJ community shattered after Middlesex baseball star dies returning from trip Dan Alexander Published: November 25, 2025 James Matula (Brielle Cooper via GoFundMe)

⚾Middlesex High School senior baseball standout James Matula died after a crash

⚾Details about the crash were not disclosed in a letter from the superintendent

⚾A GoFundMe campaign was launched to assist his family

MIDDLESEX BOROUGH — A high school athlete returning from a trip has died, according to his baseball coach.

Middlesex High School baseball coach Blaze Iannetti told NJ.com that senior James Matula was seriously injured in a crash returning to New Jersey and later died at a North Jersey hospital. His brother, John Matula, posted about his younger brother's death on Monday, describing him as "the most am

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