Colts Neck High School grad Brad Domenico finished seventh at the Rutgers Junior Golf Open held on the par-71 Rutgers University Golf Course. Domenico, who will be playing for Rider University in the fall on a scholarship, shot a 308 after round of 77-65-83-83. Domenico led the field after two round rounds (142). The 65 he carded in the second round was his best-ever competitive score.
Freehold’s Greg Martz finished 17th 79-78-83-82-322 and Manalapan’s Evan Grank, 19th 72-85-85-82-324.
Tim Travalja of Oradell won the junior tournament carding a 72-76-77-71-296.
At the Rutgers Girls Junior Open, also at the university golf course, Freehold Borough grad Kerry Hassell tied for eighth place in the Junior Miss Division, carding an 86. Colts Neck’s Cindy Sobieski tied for ninth (97).
Marlboro’s Ross Berhang, 15, won the Second Annual Junior Golf Tournament at Hole-In-One Golf Center, Millstone Township. Berhang outscored 40 other junior golfers 16 and under, carding a 31.
The Freehold Township Tornado 10U and 12U Girls Fast-pitch travel softball teams completed their 2002 seasons by competing in the PONY Nationals held in Sterling, Va. The 10U team went 4-3 at the nationals. Members of the team are Karissa Battaglia, Jaclyn Castellano, Alyssa Ceravalo, Renee DeBlasio, Carly Friedman, Brianna Gaspich, Jaclyn Reed, Katie Ross, Kristin Travers and Kelsey Trujillo. Joe Battaglia, Phil Castellano, Eric Reed and Henry Trujillo are the coaches.
The 12U Silver Team played its way into the Sweet 16 of pool play in a field of 72 teams. They posted a 6-2 mark overall and were led by pitching stars Katie DeBlasio, Deanne Algeo and Amy DeLuca. Brittani Rivera and Lizzy Robinson provided the team’s power, driving in table-setters Mia Karides and Alex Barrington. Kristy Lynch, Michelle Mussolini and Brittany Bakacs made big contributions as well.
Both teams will be holding tryouts for the 2002 season on Aug. 24 and 25 at Tighe Park, field no. 1. Times are 10 a.m. to noon for the 10U and noon to 2 p.m. for the 12U. The 14U club will be holding tryouts the same days from 2-4 p.m.
Freehold Township Recreation will be holding player evaluations at the same time.
For additional information, call Eric Reed for the 10U team at (732) 928-6214 ([email protected]) or Pat DeBlasio for 12U at (732) 591-0306 ([email protected]). For the Freehold Township Recreation League, call Joe Mussolino at (732) 308-3507 or Frank Ceravalo at (732) 863-9192.