Category: Sentinel-EDM Sports

BY SHAWN LAYTONStaff Writer BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer EDISON — Despite losing two of its singles players from a year ago, the Edison High School girls tennis team is returning a host of players with varsity experience, including No. 1 singles player Anmol Gupta. "Anmol will provide some senior leadership for us this year,"…

BY MIKE McDONALDStaff Writer BY MIKE McDONALD Staff Writer The Rutgers University Scarlet Knights are expected to have their best football season since joining the Big East. In his short tenure as head coach, Greg Schiano has managed to put together a solid team, one that is certainly better than the Scarlet Knights have fielded…

BY SHAWN LAYTONStaff Writer BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer EDISON — The returning players to this year’s J.P. Stevens High School girls volleyball team are taking things seriously. The girls spent the off-season in minicamps and summer leagues, and are returning to the Stevens’ gym match-ready. A dozen Hawks traveled to Penn State University to…

Sports Shorts Edison’s Jared Hutt bested 68 others to win the Freehold Raceway Thoroughbred Handicapping Contest held at the raceway Aug. 6. Hutt correctly selected Senda in the fourth race at Calder Racecourse and the resulting $618 payoff for a $5 win and place be catapulted him to the lead at the midway point of…

PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above, Metuchen Municipal Swim Club’s Alexa Hetzel competes in the girls 13/14 200-meter freestyle race during the NJSD Conference Championships at Frog Hollow Swim Club in South Amboy. At left, Metuchen’s Michail Volski competes in the boys 13/14 100-meter breaststroke. On Aug. 3 and 4, the New Jersey Swimming and…

BY SHAWN LAYTONStaff Writer BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer EDISON — The Edison Boys Baseball League (EBBL) hosted this summer’s 9-year-old Cal Ripken/Babe Ruth Regional Tournament. State champions from around the region convened in Edison for a week of baseball, picnics and movies. "Everybody loved the tournament," Edison Boys Baseball League President Frank Bellizzi said.…

BY SHAWN LAYTONStaff Writer BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer EDISON — The Edison Post 435 Senior American Legion team finished the summer with an impressive 21-4 record. The team fell just short of qualifying for the state tournament with a 7-5 loss to league rivals Milltown Post 25. "We jumped out to a 3-0, but…

It’s hard to find one word to describe the North Edison 12-year-old All-Star baseball team’s summer season. After all, few teams can boast a 21-season, let alone four first-place championships. It was surely the dream summer for these 12-year-old ball players. After a disappointing district appearance early in July, in which the boys had just…

BY SHAWN LAYTONStaff Writer BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer EDISON — Edison High School boys basketball coach Charlie Mohr enjoyed his first summer camp since joining the team last winter. Mohr replaced Mike Meagher when Meagher resigned after 10 seasons. In Mohr’s first year Edison went 2-19, but the team is certainly headed in the…