Ron Hunt, former all-star second baseman for the New York Mets, will host a baseball clinic at the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High School baseball field, located on Rues Lane in East Brunswick, on Sept. 15 and 16. There is no charge for the clinic, and youths ages 13-17 years old are welcome to attend. The clinic will stress the baseball fundamentals of hitting, fielding and base running. Pitchers and catchers will also receive valuable tips from Hunt. The clinic will run for two consecutive days, starting each day at 9:30 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m. Attendees should plan to be there for both days and bring their own bats, gloves, hats and safety equipment. An athletic supporter is required for males. The first day will begin with position assignments, fielding and base running activities. The second day will include a scrimmage game. Proof of insurance and a signed letter of permission to play must be completed at the field at 9:30 a.m. the first day in order to participate. There will be no exceptions to the insurance and permission requirements.
Ron Hunt has founded the Ron Hunt Eagles Baseball Association Inc. and has two teams, divided by age group, that compete in a summer program at his camp in Wentzville, Mo. Any of the participants in the free two-day clinic may compete for an invitation to Ron’s program, which is a paid program of 80-120 games of competitive baseball and tournaments. For more information, check out the Eagles’ Web site at www.rheba.com for more information. Over 140 past participants in the program have gone on to college with scholarship assistance, while 10 players were drafted by Major League teams.
Attendees may participate in the clinic with no obligation to try out for the Ron Hunt Independent Eagles program. Hunt has donated his time each year for the past nine years to return some of the support that he received as a player from the NY/NJ area. He also holds clinics in Canada, a return to the area he lived in when he played for the Montreal Expos. For additional information, call R. Hopps at (732) 238-3495 in East Brunswick.
The Morgan-Parlin Panthers football organization played the East Orange Falcons last week and came away with one tie and three losses. The mighty mites fell 28-0 despite strong efforts on both sides of the ball. The junior pee wee team fell 24-6, but were in the game for most of the contest. The pee wees’ game finished 0-0 following a strong defensive effort from Moses Negron, Mike Negron and Mike Knight, along with the strong running of Adam Curry. The midgets lost 29-6, despite strong play from lineman Matt Nowak, Chris Gremin and Shane Thomas.
Despite taking an early 8-0 lead, the Monroe Midgets lost to Raritan Bay 23-14 in Monroe last weekend. Capitalizing on a fumble recovery by Jerry Spiga, Monroe opened the scoring on a 15-yard touchdown run by Erik Swenson, led by the blocking of Kyle Horsch, Mike Marotta and Nick Zirtel. Ed Neidelski added the PAT. Raritan Bay answered back, tying the score at 8-8. Monroe then went to the air to regain the lead, 14-8, following a 55-yard TD pass from Jarred Jimenez to Spiga. Raritan Bay took a 15-14 lead before the half and held on for the 24-14 victory. Monroe was led by the strong play of Josh Urbanek, Derek Melnyk, Matt Schork, and Chris Ward. Monroe fell to 1-2 on the year. Meanwhile the Monroe PeeWees captured their third win, by beating Raritan Bay 22-6. Tommy Sorensen led the offense with two touchdowns behind the blocking of Ryan Walp, Scott Olivia, Kevin "the Slash" Wohltman, Kyle "Animal" Gigliello, Joe Toscano, and Justin Dinsmore. Ryan Meseroll contributed to the offensive explosion with a 5-yard TD. Vinny "the Hawk" DeCarlo played a big part in the Monroe defense with a fumble recovery, a sack, stripped ball, five tackles and a blocked PAT. Justin "the Bee" Mazor led the secondary with two interceptions, and Kyle Gigliello caused havoc all day with four tackles and a sack. Chris Foughran, Dinsmore and Michael "the Hammer" Castronova each helped shut down the Raritan Bay offense with two tackles each. Mike Barnes blocked a punt and had three tackles of his own, while Ryan Worden contributed with three tackles, and Brett Rutzler recovered a fumble. Monroe’s next game is Sept. 16 at West Windsor at 1 p.m.
The following are the results of the Tamarack Women’s Nine-Hole Golf Association’s Sept. 6 outing: The game played was par threes and par fives, half handicap. In the A Flight, Sue Kelner was the winner with 14 (match of cards), followed by Suzanne Levine (14), Thelma Tscarnis (14) and Marge Widder (14). In the B Flight, Jean Ertle was the winner with 13, followed by Mae Thompson (15, match of cards), Doris Colgrove (15) and Diane Del Mastro (16). In the C Flight, Helen Michna was the winner with 10, followed by Marge Wukitsch (11, match of cards), Rosanne Marosky (11) and Mary Thompson (13). Annabelle Donnamarie had the fewest putts with 14.
The East Brunswick Lightning Bolts, a U12 boys’ premier soccer team, kicked off the fall season with back-to-back tournament championships. The Lightning Bolts were the only local champion in this year’s annual East Brunswick Labor Day Tournament, cruising past Westfield, Old Bridge, the East Brunswick Thunder, and Princeton en route to the title. A week later, at the South Brunswick Tournament, the Lightning Bolts powered to a 3-0-1 tournament record, giving up just one goal in four games. The Lightning Bolts, who play in Flight One in the Mid-New Jersey Youth Soccer Association, are led by Evan Brandsdorfer, Michael Buffolino, Ben Cadel, Greg Chierchie, Eric Corpus, Danny Edwards, Chris Hajjar, Sean Holton, Vince Lovallo, Jeremy Merkel, Travis Mikol, Eric Orlando, Josh Raffel, Raphael Smith, Scott Stolzenberg, and Jake Worby. The team is coached by Ron Brandsdorfer, Vinny Buffolino and Greg Chierchie.
The 12U Monroe Mad Dogs registered an 8-3 victory over the Jaguars Saturday at GoodSports Arena in Wall Township. John Scarpa was the star of the game scoring five goals and adding an assist. Andrew Flood netted a key goal scoring along with Steve Trimboli (one goal), Roy Erickson and Thomas Micalizzi (each with a goal and an assist), and Marc Magliaro and Christian Corey had an assist each. Anthony Modugno was solid in the net, supported by Brandon Corey’s scrappy play on defense. John Morello and Derek Witt played a strong offensive skating game.
On Sunday, the 10U Monroe Mad Dogs lost a heartbreaking 6-5 decision in a semifinal game against the Jaguars. Down 6-2, one-third of the way through the third period, Monroe scored three times to close the gap. With less than one minute left, and the goalie pulled, exciting play ensued, ending with a David Knotts slapshot that couldn’t beat the clock. Ryan Kloby scored two goals with an assist, while brother, Shawn, tallied one goal with an assist. Christian Corey and Art Thompson also scored. Nicholas Modugno was scrappy on defense, supported by Tony Guerino, Frank Stuto and Knotts. Thomas Kauffman, Joe Martucci, Dennis Mazza, and Nick Russo played strongly. Next week the Mad Dogs will play for third place in the league.