MW Productions Inc. Training Camp in Westfield, Pa., has a number of vacancies in its training facility for men and women looking to launch boxing careers. There is no cost, and the camp will provide meals, lodging and training along with professional career services for its boxers. For more information, call (814) 367-5749 or (814) 367-5703, or e-mail zeke4zw@hotmail.com, or visit the Web site www.home.earthlink.net/~zeke4zw.
The Monmouth County and Monmouth County West Divisions of the Atlantic Coast Football League is holding registration for both the 2002 men’s two-hand touch and flag football spring seasons, starting this April. Games in the A League are competitive and consist of games of seven-on-seven and two-hand touch, and eight-on-eight in flag, while games in B League are recreational and will consist of games of six-on-six, two-hand touch, and seven-on-seven flag. Individual players and partial teams are also welcome and will be placed on a team. Players must be 18 years or older. Games will be played on local fields Sunday mornings. There is a 10-week season, plus playoffs Winners advance to play winners in other divisions, with the championship game being played at U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Now in its eighth year, the ACFL is the metro area’s largest two-hand touch and flag football association. For more information or a registration packet, call (973) 486-8072 or visit www.onscore.come.
The Allentown United U-14 co-ed soccer team began defense of its Jersey Coast Youth Soccer Premier Division championship against runner-up Toms River Outlaws on Sunday. Two late first-half goals by center forward Brian Pereira offset an early Outlaws’ score as United took a 2-1 lead into halftime. A third goal by Pereira on a penalty kick, followed by a mid-second-half tally by right winger Thomas Barkley, gave United what appeared to be an insurmountable lead.
However, the momentum turned on a penalty kick and the Outlaws came roaring back, scoring a match-tying goal with less than one minute to play. The 4-4 final was a disappointing fate for a United squad that played outstanding soccer for most of the match, only to fall victim to a lack of focus over the final five minutes. Goalie Richard Switlik turned in a sensational performance in the net, and United also got solid performances from fullbacks Liva Glover, Dimitria Papageorge and sweeper Zach Strobino. On a positive note, United extended its Jersey Coast unbeaten streak to 10 matches. United hopes to get back on the wining track next Saturday when the squad visits the Beachwood Invaders for a 10:30 a.m. match.
Knob Hill Golf Club, Manalapan, will again play host to the Ladies Professional Golf Association FUTURES Golf Tour with the $60,000 Garden State FUTURES Golf Classic Aug. 2-4. This is the second straight year that the LPGA developmental tour, where the future stars of ladies’ golf are playing, has come to the par-71, Mark McCumber Signature championship golf course that opened in 1998.
The Monmouth County Park System and Friends of the Park, a nonprofit organization formed to support the efforts of the park system, will host the March for Parks on April 20 at the Manasquan Reservoir, Windeler Road, Howell. The reservoir is a five-mile perimeter trail that is an ideal site for walkers and bicyclists to march and raise funds for the park system’s trails. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Visitor Center on the 20th. Call the Friends of the Parks at (732) 975-9735 for more information or to receive a pledge form. The TDD machine n umber is (732) 219-9484.