Category: Sentinel-EDM Sports

  • Edison football team seeks a return to the postseason

    By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent EDISON Edison High School’s 54-13 thumping of crosstown-rival J.P. Stevens High School in the 2014 football season finale was significant for multiple reasons. First, the victory featured an outstanding performance by freshman quarterback Haaziq Daniels, who unleashed a schoolrecord six touchdown passes, serving notice his arm will be an important part…

  • Barclays event results in red-letter ‘Day’

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Clear sunny skies welcomed the top 125 golfers in the world as they teed off at The Barclays FedExClub Playoffs held at the township’s Plainfield Country Club this past weekend. Notable golfers Jason Day, Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, as well as veteran Phil Mickelson were among those who…

  • Event at Barclays site is hole in one for executive women

    As tournament week at The Barclays kicked off, more than 125 businesswomen from central New Jersey gathered at the Plainfield Country Club for Executive Women’s Day. Sponsored by Astellas Pharma US, Inc., the business forum brought together women for an engaging daylong event focused on professional development, networking, and health and wellness. This year, the…

  • Fundraising walk aims to breathe life into girl’s fight against lung ailment

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — It’s easy to take breathing for granted — most people do it effortlessly all day long. But Olivia Marie Rodrigues isn’t most people. The 7-year-old Metuchen resident was born with a rare heart and lung disease called pulmonary hypertension. “A few times as an infant, we thought we had…

  • Murugesan one of the top singles players in the state

    By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent J.P. Stevens High School’s Gokul Murugesan became just the third junior in program history to be named team captain of the boys tennis team last spring. Murugesan, who plays first singles, has displayed outstanding leadership. He helped the Hawks win the Greater Middlesex Conference title. Gokul Murugesan plays tennis for J.P.…

  • Planning Board revisits MRI application

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — A previously contentious Planning Board application for the expansion of a business to accommodate a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine again went before the board on Aug. 10, and again, did not result in a vote. At the June 15 Planning Board meeting, Dr. Suresh Mody, a radiologist, sought…

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  • Marzano fulfills expectations as key player for J.P. Stevens

    By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent J.P. Stevens High School’s Zach Marzano was named the team MVP last year because of offense (.430 batting average and 31 RBIs) and his pitching. Marzano’s toughest critic happened to be the Hawks’ head coach, his father, Dave Marzano. Zach Marzano admits his baseball coach at J.P. Stevens High School is…

  • Saturday in the Park benefits women’s, children’s services

    The Jersey Shore Running Club’s 22nd annual Saturday in the Park 5K “Women Taking Steps to Help Women” will be at Holmdel Park Sept. 5. The event features a Women’s 5K Run and Scenic 3-Mile Walk that start at 9 a.m. and Children’s Races at approximately 10 a.m. Close to 500 women runners and walkers…